Hi Monica, Yes, that is the Irena whose birth year calculates to 1909. She died 28 Mar 1911 at the age of 2 years (lat 2). In the 1910 census she was enumerated with Frank and Clara and was 1 year old at the time - her name looks like Ire on the census. Hope you are enjoying your holiday. Marge MONICA ZENDEJAS wrote: > Is this one of the Irene Galus' you are looking for? > http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=galus&GSfn=iren&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=42337731&df=all& > I am out of town for the week, but I'll check my files when I get home. I doubt I have what you're looking for if Marge doesn't have it! :) > Happy Fourth! > Monica > >

Monica - Marge (M&M) - Thank you both for taking the time to find IRENA. I truly appreciate your time in this endeavor. Anyone run across IRENE ?? Marge, I can't read the small lettering on the tombstone. I can probably guess what is said but it irks me in that I can't read it (Letters too small). Can you read it ?? This is the first time that I have seen "Lat" on a tombstone. Initially I thought it said "Lut" and I couldn't figure the thing out. I thought it was referring to "lute", Polish -February- so I see now it is actually "Lat", for "years". The capital "L" should have been a clue I suppose. Anyway, you've clarified the lettering so we're good to go. For information, I've included an extract here that shows the months of the year, in the Polish way. Perhaps it will be of some interest to others. Thank you again. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> The months names are related to the farmers calendar through the year. Styczeń - stykac means "to meet" - "to join" since he old year "meets: the new year in January Luty - luty in old Polish means "fierce", "bitter frost", "freezing cold" Marzec - from marznac meaning " to freeze". Some people believe that this name comes also from Roman God "Martius" - in Polish Mars. Kwiecień - from kwiecie - flowers - a blooming month. Maj - this is the only name which was adopted from Roman calendar devoted to goddess Maia. Maia was the Roman female deity of growth or fertility.This name gained its own meaning in the Polish language, for instance as majowka- the outdoor trip. Czerwiec - from czerw meaning "grab" - the larve of a bee or moth. In this month people were picking up the larves dry them in the sun and then made from it a red or purple die (pigment); therefore the name "czerw" comes from "redden" and some sources also derive the name of Polish June from a Polish word "czerwienic" - to redden or rippen Lipiec - from lipa - "linden tree" - which flowers in that time; this tree is very popular in Poland. There is a famous poem by Kochanowski"Na lipe" (about Linden tree) - "gosciu siadz pod ma lipa a odpoczyn sobie" - "dear visitor -please sit under my linden tree and relax" . ReadLove and Lore of the Linden Sierpień - sierp is "a sickle" used for harvesting (tool to cut the hay, grass or wheat) Wrzesień - from wrzosy - "heather" that beautifully purple in that time of the year Październik - from paździerz - tow, wooden dry part remained from flax or hemp. In the past flax and hemp was used for making cloths. In that time of the year the wind was carrying out "paździerze" - the wooden waste remained after flax and hemp - all over the fields. Listopad - padajace liscie - falling leaves. Grudzień - gruda - hardened ground which is caused by cold weather By the way, Polish names of the months are written not with capital letters like in English. Still in mourning for COLUMBO !! Tomasz On Jul 4, 2011, at 8:58 PM, Marge Sandlier wrote: > Hi Monica, > > Yes, that is the Irena whose birth year calculates to 1909. She died 28 > Mar 1911 at the age of 2 years (lat 2). In the 1910 census she was > enumerated with Frank and Clara and was 1 year old at the time - her > name looks like Ire on the census. > > Hope you are enjoying your holiday. > > Marge > > MONICA ZENDEJAS wrote: >> Is this one of the Irene Galus' you are looking for? >> http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=galus&GSfn=iren&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=42337731&df=all& >> I am out of town for the week, but I'll check my files when I get home. I doubt I have what you're looking for if Marge doesn't have it! :) >> Happy Fourth! >> Monica >> >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message