Frank's relatives

Name variants: Nee: Agnieska Fudalik R1
Child of: Kasper and Magdaline Fudalik
Born: January 28th, 1877 in Poland ^R2
Died: May 3, 1967 at the home of her daughter 434 Conover Terrace in Orange, NJ. ^FC1
Emigrated to the U.S.: See Ellis Island passenger record. ^{R4 FC6} Date of Arrival being Oct. 15, 1920. Her two children Tommy and Marja were with her.
This was seven years after her husband came to the U.S. ^FC2
Married: Frank Kurczab Jan 31, 1920. Marriage in the Podgórze district of Kraków.
Children: Marie Rose, Anthony J.
Events of interest: In New Hampshire, ^FC5 while on summer vacation with the family, she broke an arm trying to get into the motel room.
For other events see my footnotes^{FC3 FC4}.

Name variants: Actual first name: Antoni; Familiarly: Tommy
Child of: Frank and Agnes Kurczab
Born: August 27, 1907.^R3
Emigrated to the U.S.: See: Ellis Island passenger record. Date of arrival October 15, 1920 at age 11 on ship Adriatic from port of Southampton, England, with last Place of Residence being Kraków.^R4
Died: June 10, 1961

Name variants: Actual first name: Franciszek
Born: September 10th, 1880. R5 in Limanowa, Sowlinie, Gallicya, Poland.
Died: July 29, 1938
Married: Agnes Fudalik October 1906 ^R6 Marriage in Kraków Podgórze
Children: Marie Rose, Anthony J.
Remarks: Occupation was butcher.
Arrived in U.S.: June 29, 1913. See Ellis Island passenger record which states Date of Arrival June 27, 1913 and spells the first name as Franz. Wife and children came to the U.S. seven years later.
U.S. Naturalized citizen September 29, 1924. Naturalization certificate states: Certificate number: 2094237. Petition, Volume 25, Number 8532 Age: 44; height: 5 feet 6 inches; color: white; complexion: Light; color of eyes: gray; color of hair: Brown;
A September 24, 1940 article in the newspaper Nowy Swiat states that Frank was a butcher in Cracow near Kazimierza Wielkiego (Casimir the Great) Street.
Residence: 211 Hall Ave, Perth Amboy, NJ.
Lived at 687 State Street, Perth Amboy, NJ. ^R7 Both of these addresses are in the North side of town in the area that was Polish.

Married: Ann Siwiec
Children: Anthony
Address: 17 Bayberry Drive, Little Egg Harbor, NJ 08087.
Remarks: "Tony was hurt at work a month before he was to retire. He suffered a brain injury and was in a coma for 3 weeks. We spent 10 months in the hospital. A month after the trauma we had so many problems, I thank God he is still with me. Its been a rough two years, but we're making some good progress. But it takes time; they say they give you five years for the brain to come back, if it can." Anna ^R8

Name variants: Former husband: Duder
Child of: Clifford Frank McLure 1912 - 1989 & Natalie C. Hilliker
Married: John Duder.
Children of this marriage: Kate and Jeremy
Married: Frank Siwiec in 2006 and retained her maiden name.
Children of this marriage: none

Name variants: Nee: Siwiec
Child of: Jacob and Mary
Married: Angelo Melillo in 1975.
Children: Angelo
Last known address: 24 Willis Ave., Keansburg, NJ 07734

Name variants: Nee: Siwiec
Child of: Adalbert and Mary
Born: Dec 1, 1910
Married: John Otreba
Died: Nov 1977

Name variants: Nee: Verello
Child of: Thomas Verello and Ann (Lagonia)
Married: Edward James Scala Dec 3, 1995
Last known address: 20 Trellis Way, Robbinsville, NJ 08691

Name variants: Nee: Siwiec
Child of: Andrew G. and Mary Siwiec
Married: Thomas Verello; divorced.
Children: Thomas, Ann-Marie, Victoria, Lori.
Married: Tony Lagonia
Children: Anthony
Address: 17 Bayberry Drive, Little Egg Harbor, NJ 08087.

Name variants: First name: Adalbert in English = Wojciech in Polish; sometimes Adelbert. He seems to have taken the name George when in the US.
Child of: Valentine and Sophia Lochol
Born: April 23, 1878 in Zagorzyce-Ropczyce, Poland
Died: May 16, 1955
Emigrated: There are two possibilities.
1. See Ellis Island passenger record This is likely the person, though the first name is spelled Wojtiech, because the age of 26 with arrival date, April 13, 1905, match correctly with his date of birth and because the "Last Place of Residence" Kolbuszowa is only 10 or 12 miles from his birthplace with a highway between. The problem with this person is that he married before arriving.
2. The other possiblity is Ellis Island passenger record. For this person the first name is spelled correctly, the date of arrival is August 5, 1902 and age at arrival is 23. However the "Last Place of Residence" is Bukowico, over 100 miles from birthplace.
Married: Mary Smiałek Jan. 24, 1905 at Visitations of B.V.M. Church, Priceburg, PA. (Priceburg is now known as Dickson City and the church is St. Mary's Visitation. See the church.)   See their marriage certificate.
Children: Frank P., Andrew G., Jacob J., Victoria K., Caroline D., Julia Truszkowski, Sophia, Agnes, Helena. 1st child born Dec. 1905.
Remarks: Gardener and grocery store at 248 South Road, Jamaica.
Frank Peter's birth certificate states that he is the 2nd child of the father (1st born Dec. 1905) and 1st child of the mother. Moved to Jamaica, NY in July 1906 and to Perth Amboy on Sep. 5, 1907. ^FC7
Obituary: An obituary taken out in a newspaper upon the death of his wife Marji Siwiec, has his name spelled Wojciec.

Child of: Adalbert and Mary
Born: March 12, 1921 Perth Amboy, NJ
Died: Feb. 1, 1922 Perth Amboy, NJ. Possibly died Feb. 2, 1922.

Child of: Stephen and Beverly
Born: Feb. 21, 1983 Seattle, WA
Education: Western Washington University, 2006; Masters degree in Child Psychology, 2008.
Married: Kristine Ushimaru Siwiec on May 2nd, 2015.
Children: Henry W. Siwiec, born August 25th, 2017 and Daniel R. Siwiec, born March 29th, 2019.
Employment: Administrator, Auburn School District, WA.
Address: 5041 36th Avenue SW, Seattle WA 98126

Name variants: Nee: Espada
Child of: Luis and Gloria Espada of Brooklyn NY
Married: Frank Edward

Child of: Adalbert and Mary
Born: Nov. 26, 1908 Perth Amboy, NJ
Married: Mary. 50th wedding anniversary celebration was on 11/19/1985
Died: April 16, 1988
Children: Andy, Chet, Joseph, Ann.
Last known address: RD 1 Box 190C, Jackson Mills, NJ

Child of: Andrew G. Siwiec & Mary
Married: Linda; divorced.
Children: Andy, Brian, Corey.

Child of: Adalbert & Mary
Born: Jan. 29, ?

Child of: Stephen and Beverly
Born: March 28, 1978 Seattle, WA
Education: Western Washington University 2002; Masters degree in Geology, University of Arizona, 2004.
Employment: Geologist in Anchorage AK.
Address: 2911 W 35th Street, Anchorage, AK 99513

Name variants: Nee: Gentala
Child of: William Gentala and Evelyn Messer
Born: August 19, 1949
Married: Steve Siwiec
Died: 1995 of Pancreatic Cancer.

Child of: Adalbert and Mary
Born: Dec. 4, 1914 Perth Amboy, NJ
Died: Jan. 20, 1978, letter from Julia of Jan. 27, 1978
Married: Bert Koller. Bert had a son, Allen, from a previous marriage.*
Children: Timothy born in 1957 and now living in PA. ^R9
Remarks: Nun for 25 years. ^R9

Child of: Andrew G. Siwiec & Mary
Married: Carol Poljak who died Feb 21, 1992.

Name variants: Actual first name: Francis
Child of: Frank Peter and Marie Rose
Born: July 11, 1941, 2:06 PM Perth Amboy, NJ. Baptised: July 25, 1941 St. Stephen's Church, Perth Amboy, NJ
Married: Alina de la Caridad Espada Oct. 30, 1971 in Brooklyn, NY. Divorced Feb. 25, 1983 in Middlesex County, NJ
Married: Nancy Lee McLure Nov. 18, 2006 at Morristown Unitarian Fellowship in Morris Township, NJ in a ceremony that lasted about ten minutes and consisted in a total of five people.
Early years: 209 Hall Avenue, Perth Amboy, NJ; 702 Penn Street, Perth Amboy NJ; 132 Rector Street, Perth Amboy NJ from Nov. 25, 1943; 434 Conover Terrace, Orange NJ from Sep. 1, 1951
Education: Dartmouth College, BA 1963; University of Iowa, MS in Mathematics 1965; University of Pittsburgh, PhD in Mathematics (specialty: General Topology) 1972.
More information: Chronology of events in the life of Frank.
Address: 9 Bodnar Street, Bernardsville, NJ 07924. Phone: 908-204-9571

Name variants: Actual first name: Francis
Child of: Adalbert and Mary Siwiec
Their second child, the first died.
Born: January 28, 1907, 10 AM, at home, 248 South Road, Jamaica, Queens NY. Baptized February 3, 1907 St. Joseph's Church, Rockaway Road, Jamaica, NY. A 1920 baptismal certificate record has 28th crossed out and marked 29th for birth. A 1916 datebook agrees.
Died: November 13, 1992 at Dover Hospital, Dover, NJ. His death certificate states that the
Immedate cause of death was: Peritonitis,
Due to or as a consequence of: ruptured abdominal viscus,
Which occurred: eight days before death.
Other significant conditions: Organic brain syndrome; Parkinson's disease.
Married: Marie Rose Kurczab 09/29/1940 at St. Stephen's Church, Perth Amboy, NJ.
Here is the likelihood on how they met. An article in a Polish newspaper from July 18, 1937 states that Frank is the President of the Polish Chamber of Commerce and it will be having its first picnic. The Vice President is stated as being Antoni Kurczab.
Children: Frank Edward, Stephen Thomas
Remarks:

• Amer Prod Co representative in 1926.
• Graduate of the International Correspondence Schools, of Scranton, PA. On November 28, 1927 he received a diploma for their Complete Commercial Course and on January 21, 1930 he received a diploma for their Accountancy and C. P. A. Coaching Course.
  Outdoor ad sign tacker in 1931.
• On November 18, 1933 he applied for enrollment for the Complete University Extension Law Course of the LaSalle Extension University. In the application he described himself as a Real Estate Broker. Due to this course he purchased a set of fourteen volumes of "American Law and Procedure".
• A 1934 advertisement for Alka-Seltzer has a picture of my father with the statement: "I have used your Alka-Seltzer for Headache and found it very effective to relieve and very pleasant to take. F. P. Siwiec, Perth Amboy, N.J."
• A September 7, 1934 article in the South Amboy Citizen states "Among the business leaders in Perth Amboy an unprejudiced observer couldn't help but single out as worthy of special mention Mr. P. Siwiec, of 452 Lawrence St., Perth Amboy, one of that city's leading realtors and insurance men..."
• His insurance and real estate business was initially at his home at 452 Lawrence Street, but in very late 1937 he established an office at 197 Hall Avenue.
  On December 15, 1944 he formally filed the name of his business as being "Frank P. Siwiec & Co." in the state of New Jersey. (I don't know when he incorporated the business.)
• In 1946 he drew a graph of the income of his company: 1931 $23.92, 1932 $90.24, 1933 $81.52, staying steadily low through 1939, but then shooting up so that by 1946 it was $9,976.36.
  In 1947 he had a sales meet at Monmouth Beach for his real estate sales force. He informed them that with an average selling price of homes and businesses of $8,000., there was a half million dollars negotiated for the year.
• The real estate and insurance office was relocated to 336 State Street, Perth Amboy with the official opening being on November 5, 1949. In an advertisement in the local newspaper he states the staff as being: himself as President, wife as Secretary-Treasurer, Violet Malowski as Office Secretary, Joseph Sawicz as Real Estate Salesman, John Bartko as Real Estate Salesman, Walter T. Kross as Real Estate Salesman, Anthony S. Majewski as Real Estate Salesman, and Mike Arlone as Insurance Solictor.
  This address is on the second-most shopping street in the city, a block and a half from the center of town and across the street from a savings bank.
  This was far better than the previous address on Hall Avenue which was a secondary business area --- mostly Polish --- a mile from the main business area.
  See the pictures of the two offices:
  197 Hall Avenue.   another view of 197 Hall Avenue.
  336 State Street front.   336 State Street inside.
• Early on he joined numerous service organizations, Elks, Lions, in order to be sociable and find contacts for his business.
  An ad taken in the Perth Amboy Evening News on Nov. 29, 1950 states that it is the 20th anniversary of the business. The ad states the staff as being: Frank P. Siwiec, Marie R. Siwiec, Sally Babulak, Joseph Sawicz, John Bartko, Michael Arnone, Anthony S. Majewski, Walter T. Kross, John Pollack, and Walter S. Pryga. Sally Babulak was probably the front desk person. The others were real estate sales people, Sawicz, Bartko, Majewski and Kross working many years. I recall my mother speaking disparigingly of Pryga as being a politician.
• In addition to the insurance and real estate business my father also translated Polish-to-English for people.
• My mother increasingly became involved with their antique business. When they moved to a busy traffic street, King George Road, in Warren, they modified the house to be suitable for an antique business. They took numerous trips around the New Jersey New York area looking for antiques that they could sell. They particularly liked a wholesaler of antiques in Westchester County NY, around Chappaqua, and going into retirement he did also.
• In his mid/late-60s he retired from his insurance business by selling/merging his business with Boynton Bros & Co on March 31, 1975.
• Parkinson's disease increasingly incapacidated him for the last years of his life; his wife never could understand this, charterizing him as lazy.
• He told me that he had worked as a fireman—person who kept the fire going by shoveling fuel into the furnace—at the Copper Works in Perth Amboy. He also mentioned climbing the stairs of an oil storage tank at an oil refinery. His wife, my mother, mentioned to me that she talked him out of such dangerous work.

Died: 02/09/1949. Buried in North Arlington, NJ. Have funeral parlor card.
Married: Jacob Siwiec Oct 3, 1943.

Known as: Jake
Child of: Adalbert and Mary
Born: July 26, 1912 Perth Amboy, NJ
Died: Feb 8, 1994
Married: Helena Kozimar Oct 3, 1943; died.
Children: none.
Married: Mary Woratschek
Children: Irene, Louise
Last known address: 561 Bamford Avenue, Woodbridge, NJ

Child of: Andrew G. Siwiec & Mary
Married: Shirley Whalen.
Children: Susan, Nancy.

Child of: Adalbert and Mary Siwiec
See: Truszkowski, Julia

Name variants: Nee: Marja Rose Kurczabowna; familiarly: Mamie
Child of: Frank and Agnes
Born: January 21, 1910 Lubicz St., Kraków, Poland. Name date: Feb. 2nd. Her father's naturalization certificate of 1924 states born in 1909. Kraków school record from 1920 states 1910, though that 1910 is written over 1908. Citizenship application agrees. Some more recent papers say 1912, which seems wrong.
Died: July 17, 1995 Overlook Hospital, Summit, NJ.
The Death Certificate does not state any cause of death, just stating "Natural".
Married: Frank Peter Siwiec 09/29/1940 at St. Stephen's Church, Perth Amboy, NJ
Children: Frank Edward, Stephen Thomas
Remarks: Real estate, insurance. Antiques in retirement.
Arrived in U.S.: New York, on Oct. 15, 1920 (The Immigration Act of 1924 severly restricted immigrants from Poland. Shall we say she was lucky.) with her brother Tommy on Steamer Adriatic (White Har Line) out of Southampton England. This date was stated by Tommy in a letter to her, possibly in 1952. See Ellis Island passenger record which states her name as "Marja" and Last Place of Residence being Kraków, Poland. ^R4 Father, Frank, came to the U.S. seven years earlier.
Was a minor when she came to the U.S. and so became a U.S. citizen by her father's naturalization in 1924; but applied formally for citizenship and granted on Nov. 16, 1953.
Move to Orange, NJ: Marie was likely the one to have pushed for a move out of Perth Amboy due to an explosion that took place at the Copper Works in June 1949—it blew out the front window of the insurance office at 336 State Street. So we moved to 434 Conover Terrace in Orange on September 1, 1951.

Died: June 2010.
Married: Andrew G. Siwiec
Children: Andy, Chet, Ann, ...
Last known address: RD 1 Box 190C, Jackson Mills, NJ

Name variants: Nee: Maryanna Smiałek (Note the crossed l.)
Child of: Peter and Mary
Born: 1879 Lezajsk-Lancut, Poland
Died: May 30, 1943 at home, 197 Hall Avenue, Perth Amboy, NJ.
Married: Adalbert (George) Siwiec Jan. 24, 1905 at Visitations of B. V. M. Church, Priceburg, PA
Children: Frank P., Andrew G., Jacob J., Victoria K., Caroline D., Julia Truszkowski, Sophia, Agnes, Helena
Remarks: Housekeeper. Have newspaper obituary, in Polish, which mentions 3 sons and 4 daughters: Victoria Otreba of Jersey City, Truszkowska and Zofje Siwiec of Perth Amboy, as well as being a Sister of the Felician Sisters of Baltimore MD; 6 grandchildren.
I wonder whether this is the person, Maryanna Smiałek, found in the ship passenger record at Ellis Island passenger record who arrived April 13, 1899 with residency Groizdow.

Name variants: Nee: Woratschek
Married: Jacob J. Siwiec
Children: Irene, Louise

Born: Nov. 18, 1949.
Married: Steve Siwiec July 4, 2001
Children: Rebecca Ann Howlett (Pomering), born April 26, 1974.
Grandchildren: Cooper Pomering, born August 11th, 2006, and Quinn Pomering, born April 7th, 2010.
Employment: School Psychologist, Highline Public Schools WA

Name variants: Actual first name: Stephen
Child of: Frank and Marie
Born: 12/27/1948 Perth Amboy, NJ Baptism: Jan. 8, 1948 St. Stephen's Church, Perth Amboy, NJ
Married: Beverly Gentala Aug. 26, 1972 Seattle, WA.
Married: Nancy Lu Hutchison July 4, 2001.
Children: Benjamin, Timothy, Alexander
Education: Dean College, 1967; Suffolk University, 1969; University of Washington, Degree in Education, 1974.
Employment: Retired Postal worker after 35 years.
Presently Special Education teacher, Highline Public Schools, and Antique dealer Funcollectibles.net.
Address: 16444 Marine View Drive SW, Seattle WA 98166; Phone: 206-937-0265

Child of: Stephen and Beverly
Born: June 4, 1980 Seattle, WA
Education: Western Washington University, 2004.
Employment: Environmental Protection Agency, Seattle WA.
Address: 307 NE Thorton Pl, Apt 633, Seattle WA 98125

Child of: Adalbert and Mary
Born: Dec. 1, 1910 Perth Amboy, NJ
Died: Nov 12, 1977, letter from Julia dated Jan. 27, 1978

see: Mary A. Siwiec
Married: Adalbert Siwiec

Name variants: Nee: Siwiec
Child of: Adalbert and Mary
Born: March 14, 1917 Perth Amboy, NJ
Married: Stanley Truszkowski July 11, 1941
Children: Maryann, Jimmy. 12 children according to Louise Welch's email of March 8, 2004.
Last known address: 109B Henley Court, Freehold, NJ 07728 462-2924
Information from a relative: Lauren (Husband: Richard) Truszkowski of Ocean Gate, New Jersey wrote to me on May 12, 2009: I believe that you are cousin to our dad Richard son of Julia. Julia Siwiec Truszkowski is my husband's grandmother. I noticed on your page that you didn't have much info for her. She passed away February 2, 1997 in Freehold, NJ. Yes she does have 12 children. Stanley, John, Richard, Robert (Bob), George, Theodore (Ted), Carol, Patricia, MaryAnn, James (Jimmy), Michael (Mickey), Tommy. Those are not in age order but Stanley is the oldest named after his father. We do have a photo of Grandma Julia if you would like a copy for your records. You can definitely see the family resemblance in a picture of her and what I've seen of your father. My father in-law is a twin with Robert and he has mentioned your father's name in the past. Just thought I would share some information with you for your site. I came across your site because we have been searching for our oldest Uncle. Stanley. He is the only one that has lost contact with the family. Also a side note. Julia Truszkowski was known to have every child with her for Xmas. This tradition still goes on. Every Xmas eve the whole family gets together with their children and children's children for dinner and we stand around the table and break communion as she did back then.

Name variants: Nee: Siwiec
Child of: Jacob and Mary Siwiec
Born: Dec 17, 1955 Perth Amboy, NJ
Married: Tom Welch. Previously married to Joseph Ambrosio April 8, 1978 in Woodbridge
Children: Michelle Ann Ambrosio; Thomas Alfred Welch, Jr.
Address: 94 Asbury Avenue, Atlantic Highlands, NJ 07716. 908-291-3669
email: mycb2@aol.com

Married: Louise Siwiec
Children: Thomas Alfred Welch, Jr.
Address: 94 Ashbury Avenue, Atlantic Highlands, NJ. 908-291-3669

Name variants: in Polish: Zofje; in English more commonly: Sophie
Nee: Siwiec
Child of: Adalbert and Mary
Born: Feb. 15, 1919 in Perth Amboy, NJ
Died: Dec. 1982
Married: Otreba.
Children: Dorothy.