1. Angela STANKIEWICZ
2. Edward Michael STANKIEWICZ b. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 1946.

The suffix -owicz or -ewicz means "son of," so this name means "son of Stanek" or "son of Stanko." These are both nicknames or diminutives of the name Stanisl~aw (in English Stanislaus), a very ancient and popular first name in Poland; Poles loved to take the first syllable of popular first names, drop off the rest, and add suffixes (not unlike our "Eddy" from "Edward"). So Stanek or Stanko would be kind of like "Stan" or "little Stan" or "Stan's son" in English; and the sons of a man by either of these names would be referred to very often as Stankiewicz. Eventually it stuck as a surname.
Surnames derived from diminutive or affectionate forms of popular first names tend to be pretty common, and that's true in this case. As of 1990 there were 19,826 Polish citizens named Stankiewicz, distributed more or less evenly all over the country. This makes sense, the name could and probably did get started anywhere they spoke Polish and had guys named Stanisl~aw, i. e., all over Poland.

IMMIGRATION:
Arrived 1902 or 1903 (per 1920 census - writing hard to make out).

NATURALIZATION:
Yes, 1914 (per 1920 census)

MARRIAGE:
PANKOWSKA, JULIA and STANKIEWICZ, JULIAN vol.0057 pg.0483
(Cuyahoga County Marriage License Index)

CENSUS:
1910 - 6103 Fullerton Ave., Cleveland, ED 256, Sheet 5B
Julian Stankiewicz
Age: 26 State: OH
Color: W Enumeration District: 0256
Birth Place: Poland Visit: 0096
County: Cuyahoga, Cleveland
Relation: Head of Household
Other Residents: Relation Name Color Age Birth Place
Wife Julia 23 Ohio
Son Julius 02 Ohio
Son John 2/12 Ohio
Boarder, John Pankowski, 28, marriage 1, married 12 yrs (sic), Poland

CENSUS:
1920 - 6809 Claasen Ave., Cleveland, Ohio (ED 299, Sheet 14B, Lines 68-73)

RESIDENCES:
1959 - 6809 Claasen Ave., Cleveland, Ohio

OBIT:
Name: Stankiewicz, Julia
Date: Jul 29 1959
Source: Cleveland Press; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #158.
Notes: Stankiewicz, Julla (nee Pankowski), residence, 6809 Claasen Ave., beloved wife of Julius (deceased), mother of John (deceased), Julius, Edward, Clara Pekar, Leo, sister of Mary Luczak and the late John, Frank, Anthony Pankowski, and grandmother. Friends received at Knmorowski Funeral Home, 4105 E. 71 St. Funeral Thursday, July 30, from Holy Name Church (Broadway Ave.) at 9:30 a. m. Burial Calvary Cemetery.

MARRIAGE:
1) PANKOWSKA, JULIA and STANKIEWICZ, JULIAN 0057 0483 62
2) PANKOWSKA, JULIA and POLONOWSKI, FRANK 0280 0218

1. John STANKIEWICZ b. 7 Aug 1906, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 5 Nov 1931, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
2. Julius STANKIEWICZ b. 22 Feb 1910; d. Apr 1984, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
3. 1. Edward STANKIEWICZ b. 14 Oct 1912, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; c. 14 Oct 1924, Sacred Heart, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 24 Apr 1989, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
4. Clara B. STANKIEWICZ b. 8 Aug 1917, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 14 Oct 1995, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
5. Leo STANKIEWICZ
6. Joseph STANKIEWICZ

OCCUPATION:
Laborer at Canfield Oil Co.

RESIDENCES:
1910 - 6506 Lansing Ave., Cleveland, Ohio <-- per 1910 Census
1928 - 6522 Fullerton Ave., Cleveland, Ohio

CENSUS:
1900 - 12th Census of the United States - Year 1900 - Ohio, Cuyahoga, Cleveland
Twp, Cleveland City Division, dated June 19, 1900, Supevisor's District
No. 19, Enumeration District 138, Sheet no. 26, Ward 27 - page 52 on
ancestry.com:
John Pankowski, born March 1853, age 47, Poland/Russ (parents same), arrv'd 1880, laborer, wire mill
wife Josepha, age 47, born 1852, born Poland/Russ (parents same), came to america 1882
son Frank, born Dec.1876, single, born Polalnd/Russ, came to america 1882, iron melder
daughter Mary, born June 1883, age 16, single, born Ohio, Woolen Mill
daughter Julianna, born 1884, age 15, single, born Ohio, Woolen Mill
son Anton, born 1889, age 10, born Ohio, at school 39-327-465 St. Stanislaw St.
***note: lived next door to the Golembiewski and Luczak families.


CENSUS:
1910 - 6506 Lansing Ave., Cleveland (ED258, Sheet 16A, Lines 39-41, Ward 17)
Pankowski, John (50), head, M1, 32, Russ.Polish, arrv'd 1884, laborer odd jobs
, Josephine (50), wife, M1, 32, 7children, 5 living, Russ.Polish, arrv'd 1884
, Frank (30), son, D, Russ.Polish, arrv'd 1884, laborer machine shop

RESIDENCES:
1943 - 6809 Claasen Ave., Cleveland, Ohio

DEATH:
PANKOWSKI, Josephine
Death date: 9/7/1943,
Cuyahoga County Certificate #54564

1. Frank PANKOWSKI b. Dec 1876, Poland; d. 30 May 1955, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
2. 3. Juliana PANKOWSKI b. 1884, Ohio; d. 28 Jul 1959, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
3. Mary PANKOWSKI b. 27 Jun 1885, Ohio; d. 29 Nov 1970, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
4. Anton (Anthony) PANKOWSKI b. 1889, Ohio; d. Bef 1955, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
5. John PANKOWSKI b. 26 Oct 1877, Poland; d. 17 Apr 1917, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

1. 6. John PANKOWSKI b. Mar 1853, Poland; d. 16 May 1928, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.