Comments on: 1940 US Census Finds … — #Genealogy, #1940, #Census

By: Donna Mierzejewski-McManus

Donna Mierzejewski-McManus — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 01:15:45 +0000

LOL…making like Johnny Appleseed. My family sure did that! I think in some weird way, I’m related to half of the 100k+ buried in Calvary Cemetery in Toledo. It may take me some time, but I’ll look into the connection. One of the Plenzler progeny through Michael and Margaretha Plenzler Mruk — Stanley Mruk, Stanley married Victoria Andrejewski, they had a daughter named Agnes. Agnes married a Stephen Nadolny. Stephen would be my 1st cousin 2X removed, Agnes my 2nd cousin 1X removed. I do not know any of Stephen’s siblings. Agnes was born 1/8/1918 in Toledo. This is all I know for now. Margaretha and Michael came to Toledo early — 1880s, about the time my great-grandfather, John Plenzler arrived from Poznan.

By: C. Michael Eliasz-Solomon

C. Michael Eliasz-Solomon — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:29:32 +0000

Rose Nadolny married Steve S. Sobieszczanski (named changed to Sobb). But Toledo is like a small Polish village in America.

So Nadolny is an affiliated family for me too. But it goes to show how quickly family trees merge.

Of course it helps that my grandparents made like Johnny Appleseed and planted children:

Biechow/Pacanow parish -> Antwerp/Hamburg -> NYC/EllisIsland (except for Busia who went to Philadelphia ??) -> St Augustine parish (Depew, NY) -> St Anthony parish (Toledo, OH) -> multiple parishes in Detroit, MI area. Thankfully, I have birth certificates/ship manifests to trace their travels across the Atlantic and the Great Lakes region to provide a timeline.

By: Donna Mierzejewski-McManus

Donna Mierzejewski-McManus — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 01:58:04 +0000

Nadolny? Interesting. I had a 2nd cousin who married a Nadolny!