Walter was my grandfather. He was born in Tomasze, Mazowieckie, Poland 27 November 1876 per his naturalization records. He was the son of Jan and Anna Budziszszewska.
Month: July 2026
Edward B. Mierzejewski
My father, Edward Mierzejewski, was born the year following my grandparents’ arrival in the US on 23 December 1924. The family was recorded as living on Buckingham St. at the time of dad’s birth, the same address as Helena’s brother, John. This was the same address they had provided as a destination on the Ellis…
Joseph Plenzler
Joseph, my great-grandfather, was born to Joseph Plenzler and Mary Lisiecka on 21 February 1855, the second son and fourth child in a family of ten children. The village where the Plenzler family lived, Wiorek, is in the area of Poznań.
John Plenzler, Pineapple Marine
I knew for quite sometime that my grandfather, John Plenzler, had been in the US Marines. He served from August 1908 until July 1912. I had a muster calls that placed him in a number of places, including Honolulu. And I remember my Mom saying to me when I was maybe 6 or 7 years…
John Plenzler
My grandfather, John Plenzler, was born 20 February 1885 to Joseph and Eva Dauer Plenzler and baptized 22 February. Godparents were Michael Mruk (husband of his aunt, Margaretha) and Catharina Falkenstein. He was the third child, third son, of 10 children in the family. John also was the first child born to Joseph and Eva…
How Toledo Makes Americans
Or my subtitle: How Polish immigrants were viewed at the start of the 20th century