Who was your grandfather and when and where was he born ? Debby Dew-Malecki - in South Carolina surmay@sccoast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <Tanmars593@aol.com> To: <palackaw@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 6:16 PM Subject: Re: [PALACKAW] Zawatski > I am trying to track relatives that are living or have lived in the Wilkes > Barre area. What I know is that my grandfather was killed by a train in 1928. > He had two brothers living in the area, Robert and Frank. One of the brothers > was married to an Anna. She lost an arm in a trolley acident. I believe > there were also 2 children that I am aware of. One was Irene and the other was > Vicky (Victoria). My grandfather's mother also lived in the Wilkes Barre area > also. Her name was Victoria also and she lived to be 100 or close to it. > Irene married a fellow from South Plainfield, NJ. His name was Johnny Schenker > or Shenker or Shanker. They moved to CA. The had three sons. One, I believe, > was killed in a motorcycle accident. Johnny also predeceased him having a > heart attack. I believe that Frank also spent some time in prison for failing to > pay alimony. That's about all I know. I'd love to find out more about the > family and perhaps even make contact with any of them. > > As you are aware, part of the problem is that names like Zawatski in those > days ended up being spelled many different ways. I have official documents of > my granfather where the name is spelled about 5 different ways. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Jack Sponaes > > > > ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PALACKAW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >