BIRTH:
Certificate #11117

CHRISTENING:
30 Jun 1918. Sponsers were John Maciek & Carola Madkowska

MARRIAGE:
Myczkowski, Bernice and Lisek, Stanley vol.194 pg276
(Cuyahoga county Probate Court Marriage Index)

MILITARY:
Served in U.S. Army during WWII as a fireman in England.

OCCUPATION:
Fireman for US Steel.

DEATH:
Died of Cancer.

OBIT:
STANLEY LISEK, 74, WAS A FIREMAN AT U.S. STEEL
The Plain Dealer; Cleveland, Ohio; Mar 30, 1993; Page: 2D
Stanley J. Lisek was a fireman for the U.S. Steel Corp., where he worked 42 years. He was also a Eucharistic minister at Marymount Hospital and SS. Peter & Paul Catholic Church. Mr. Lisek, 74, died Sunday at his home in Garfield Heights. He had cancer. He was born in Cleveland and attended East Technical High School. Mr. Lisek served with the Army Engineers and was stationed in Europe during World War II. Mr. Lisek belonged to the Holy Name Society and was an usher at his church. He is survived by his wife, Bernice; daughters, Marge Babik of Cleveland, Carol Ann Germano of Parma and Rosemarie DiLisi of Columbus; and eight grandchildren. Services will be at 10 a.m. tomorrow at SS. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, 4750 Turney Rd., Garfield Heights.

1. Margaret Carol LISEK
2. Carol Ann LISEK
3. (daughter) LISEK

BIRTH:
Year of birth calculated from his age (as listed on marriage license) of 25 in 1917 giving year as 1892, however, the gravestone shows year as 1894. My assumption is that the license would be more accurate since Walter would have provided the information. Even better is the WWII draft record where he provided his birth as Oct 15, 1893.

OCCUPATION:
House painter and did odd jobs.

IMMIGRATION:
There is a Wladyslaw Lisek in a Port of NYC manifest for the Kronprinz Frederich Wilhelm (port of departure -- Bremen, Germany) on Jun 1, 1909. His destination was Buffalo, NY. His last residence was Rezyca. His father's name was Augustyn Lisek. Until there is some verification found for Walter's year of birth, there's no way to be sure this is his immigration record.
Note (12 Jul 2003) - Walter's father's name was listed as Felix on his marriage license, so the above mentioned Wladyslaw is probably NOT Walter.

IMMIGRATION:
(added 23 Mar 2003) The 1930 census has 1912 as the year that Walter arrived in this country, so the above information is additional confirmation that this was another Wladyslaw.

NATURALIZATION:
Yes

CENSUS:
1920 - ED 280, Sheet 10B, Ward 14, Lines 93-95 (name appears as SISEK)
1930 - ED 18-491, Sheet 15B, Ward 28, Lines 97-100 (indexed on Ancestry.com as LISCH)

RESIDENCES:
1917 - 1779 East 31st St., Cleveland, Ohio
1920 - bought property on E. 49th St.
1922 - sold property on E. 49th St.
1920 - 6727 Chambers Ave., Cleveland, Ohio (per 1920 census)
1924 - bought property on Durkee
1928 - sold property on Durkee
1930 - 3635 East 113th St., Cleveland, Ohio (per 1930 census)
1942 - 3635 East 113th St., Cleveland, Ohio

DEATH:
Died from Cerebral hemm., 2 days after their 25th anniversary party.

OBIT:
Name: Lisek, Walter,
Date: Oct 14 1942, Source: Cleveland Press
Notes: Lisek, Walter--Beloved husband of Caroline; father of Stanley; father-in-law of Bernice, and grandfather of Margaret Carol; Tuesday. Funeral Saturday, Oct. 17, at 9 a. m., from Mosinski's Funeral Home, 3675 E. 65 and St. Mary's Church of Corlett, at 9:30 a. m. Burial Calvary Cemetery.

IMMIGRATION:
1912 (per 1930 census)

Supposedly, Karolina Osinski was a distant cousin of the Myczkowski family. If so, it would have to mean that she was from the same area of Poland (Przymysl), but John Zabka told me that Karoline's side of the family was Russian just like the Trzeciak's. Przymysl was right on the border of Poland and Russia.

MARRIAGE:
Marriage License application lists
#1 - OSINSKA, CARRIE and LISEK, WLADYSLAW (v.0106 pg.0333)
#2 - LISEK, KAROLINE and BIELAWECZ, JOHN (v.0239 pg.0114)
(Cuyahoga County Marriage License Index)

OBIT:
Name: Bielewicz (Lisek), Karolina, Date: May 30 1957, Source: Cleveland Press
Notes: Bielewicz (Lisek), Karolina (nee Osinski), of 3633 E. 113th St., wife of John, dearest mother of Stanley Lisek, and grandmother. Friends received at the Hopko Funeral Home, 3601 E. 93d St. Funeral Friday, May 31, at 8:15 a. m. Services at Epiphany Catholic Church, E. 120th and Oakfield Ave., at 9 a. m. Interment Calvary Cemetery.

BURIAL:
Calvary Cemetery, Sec. 21, Lot 96B, Grave 1.

1. 1. Stanley LISEK b. 27 Jun 1918, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; c. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 28 Mar 1993, Garfield Hts., Cuyahoga, Ohio; bur. 31 Mar 1993, Holy Cross Cem.
2. Jean LISEK

SOURCE_OF_NAME:
Name listed on Walter & Karoline's marriage application. Also listed on his son Walter's death certificate.

SOURCE:
Name listed on Walter & Karoline's marriage application.

1. Elizabeth LISEK b. 19 May 1891, Poland; d. 31 Oct 1991, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
2. 2. Wladyslaw (Walter) John LISEK b. 15 Nov 1893, Rovno , , Poland; d. Oct 1942, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.

In Poland it is spelled Osinski, the (si) has the sound of (sh). Polish Catholics here in the United States have kept the Osinski spelling and some have placed an (h) after the "s" to maintain it's proper pronunciation and their pride in being Poles. Osin in Polish means Aspen (tree).

1. 3. Karolina OSINSKI b. 15 Aug 1891, , , , Poland; d. May 1957, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.