Another photo from my wife's family collection. This is a photo of her grandparents. Her late grandfather, Keith Moran, and her grandmother Barb (Collins). You can tell that Keith worked a lot with his hands since he has huge arms. … [Read more...]
18 June 2009 By
Tell Me Thursday – Zalewski Family
11 June 2009 By
This is another photo I scanned recently from a Zalewski Genealogy booklet. Back row: Mary (Gierszewski), My great-great-grandmother Anna (Lindner), my great-grandfather Joseph & Martha (Strelka) --- Front row: Frances (Cybela), Helen (Stroinski) & Angeline (Pierzchalski) - Milwaukee, Summer … [Read more...]
Tell Me Thursday: 4th of July
28 May 2009 By
This is one of the latest photos that I scanned. It was a copy inside of a book I got from a fellow Zalewski researcher a few years back. For some reason, I never got to scanning the photos from it. This photo is from July 4th, 1913. Back row is Frank Gierszewski and Edwin Cybela. Front row is … [Read more...]
Happy Memorial Day
25 May 2009 By
Happy Memorial Day, everyone! I'd like to thank all of my military ancestors and all of your military ancestors, too. Johann W G LAST - Civil War- My 3rd-great-grandfather, server with Company K, 50th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin - 29 Mar 1865 to 14 Jun 1866 LeRoy THIELKE - World War II - My … [Read more...]
Tell Me Thursday: Richard & Jenny
14 May 2009 By
This week's photo is of my grandfather, Richard Zalewski, and his friend Jenny Strelka. There is no year mentioned, but Richard looks to be maybe 4 or 5 years old, so I would guess 1924-25. I'm assuming it's also in Milwaukee, Wisconsin since Richard grew up there. I don't see a Jenny Strelka in my … [Read more...]
Tell Me Thursday: Boys Being Boys
7 May 2009 By
This is a photo from my wife's family tree. The boy on the right is her grandfather, Keith Moran. The other boys are listed as being Ralph and Lyle, who I assume are family but I don't have all of the information. There is another photo of these three boys making more faces. The location is … [Read more...]
Tombstone Tuesday: DeBroux
21 April 2009 By
This weeks photo is that of my great-great-grandparents, Joseph & Mary Philomene (LAURENT) DEBROUX. The stone is located in St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery, Norwood, Langlade Co., Wisconsin. Joseph DEBROUX was born 1864 in Grand Chute, Outagamie Co., Wisconsin to Desire and Desiree DEBROUX. He … [Read more...]
Tombstone Tuesday: Zalewski
14 April 2009 By
This week's tombstone is that of my grandfather, Richard Zalewski. Richard passed away on April 18th, 1999. His death (along with a newspaper article) spurred my interest in genealogy and here we are today. Unfortunately, my Zalewski line is one of the toughest to research and he may have had … [Read more...]
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