1. Elettra Marie GERMANO

1. Bernadette Marie GERMANO
2. Regina Marie GERMANO
3. 1. Salvatore Anthony GERMANO, Jr.
4. Caroline Marie GERMANO

OBIT:
GERMANO, FRANK : Husband of Virginia (Obit.).Plain Dealer 06 Feb, 1979, pg. 07 sec. C

MARRIAGE:
LAROCCA, REGINA and GERMANO, FRANK vol.0236 pg.0108 (Cuyahoga County Marriage Index)

OBIT:
GERMANO, REGINA: Wife of late Frank-ObitPlain Dealer 24 Sep, 2001, pg. 4 sec. B
Regina (Virginia) Germano (nee La Rocca)
Beloved wife of the late Frank, loving mother of Salvatore (Carol) and Carmella Kammer (David), dear grandmother of seven, great grandmother of five, sister of the late Anna Giacomazza and Joseph La Rocca. Mass of Christian Burial, St. John Bosco Church, Wednesday, Sept. 26 at 11:30am. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. Friends received at the RIPEPI FUNERAL HOME, 5762 PEARL RD. (AT SNOW RD.) TUESDAY 2-4 AND 6-9PM

1. 2. Salvatore Anthony GERMANO, Sr.
2. Carmella GERMANO

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.

BIRTH:
Certificate #9000

CHRISTENED:
At St. Stanislaus Church, East 65th Street, Cleveland, OH. Sponsors were Frank Stefy & Cunigunde Myczkowska. (her father's sister)

EDUCATION:
Kindergarten - Mound School
1st - 6th - St. Stan's School on E. 65th St.
7th - 9th - Nathan Hale Junior High on East Blvd.
10th - John Adams High School

RESIDENCES:
1938-1941 - 3912 W. 18th St.
1941 - 3633 E. 113th St., Cleveland, OH.
Donovan Drive, Garfield Hts., OH.

OBIT:
BERNICE M. LISEK (nee Myczkowski), age 83. Beloved wife of the late Stanley; loving mother of Marge Babik, Carol Germano (son-in-law, Sal) and Rosemarie DiLisi; dear grandmother of Edward and Mark Babik (Janine), Bernadette Isham (Don), Regina Grassi (Don), Sal Germano Jr. (Sarah), Caroline Germano, Ray DiLisi Jr. (Rachel) and Russell DiLisi; loving great-grandmother of Nicole, Anthony, Alyssa, Allison and Nicholas; dear sister of Helen Wanicki, Leonard Burak and the following deceased: Edward Mitchell, John Burak and Stanley Myczkowski. Member of SS. Peter and Paul Altar and Rosary Sodality and Garfield Hts. Seniors (Civic Center). Family suggests contributions to Hospice of the Western Reserve or SS. Peter and Paul Marian Shrine Fund. Friends may call at RYBICKI & SON, A GOLDEN RULE FUNERAL HOME, 4640 TURNEY RD., where services will be held Wednesday, Aug. 21 at 8:45 a.m. and at SS. Peter and Paul Church, Turney Rd. at 9:15 a.m. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. VISITING HOURS TUESDAY, 2-4 AND 7-9 P.M

1. Margaret Carol LISEK
2. 3. 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. 6. 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

IMMIGRATION:
The following manifest information IS PROBABLY NOT FOR A MEMBER OF OUR FAMILY
The manifest shows a Frantiszek Myczkowski arriving 21 Aug 1906 in NYC on ship "Bremen" out of the port of Bremen, Germany. Residence listed as Pikulice, Galicia. He was 18 years old and single (per Ellis Island Records). IMAGE AVAILABLE at Ellis Island site. The ship manifest lists that his occupation was "locksmith" and his destination was his uncle, Karl Ullman at 358 E.72nd St., New York City. The reason I don't think this is OUR Frantiszek is because of the manifest found for a Stanley Myczkowski which has his father as Frank. See the note attached to our Stanley's record.

BIOGRAPHY:
Frank built a house for his mother before leaving for America.

OCCUPATION:
Window washer at Hotel Statler for some years after arriving in the U.S.

RESIDENCES:
19__ - Orange Ave.
1917 - 1312 St. Clair (rear)
1920 - 3627 E.75th St.
19__ - Hosmer Ave.
19__ - Gertrude Ave.
1927 - 6321 Lansing Ave.

MARRIAGE:
Cuyahoga County Marriage Index V-0098 Pg-0035 Pg Match-75 Bride (HORWAT, MAGDALINA)
Groom (MYCZKOWSKI, FRANCIS).
Married at St. Hyacinth Church, Francis Ave. & East 61st St.; Cleveland, 44127

There were some cousins living in the Cleveland area named BRZOSKI (living with Bazeli Trzeciak in 1910 census), MURAWSKI, TRZECIAK, KOTWICA, and OSINSKA (Caroline Osinska married Walter Lisek and their son, Stanley, married Bernice Myczkowski)

DEATH:
Died of lobar pneumonia and LaGrippe. (they lived on Lansing Ave, Cleveland at the time). Years later, his wife had dreams that he was drowning so she insisted that his coffin be dug up. In those days it could be done without a lot of legal hassle. When they opened the coffin they found that the body was floating in water. The grave was moved to a different location to prevent rain or groundwater from seeping in.
UNDERTAKER: Dzrczkowski (7117 Harvard Ave)

Ohio State Historical Society lists his death record as
MYCZKONSKI FRANK
County Name: CUYAHOGA
Date of Death: 11/3/1927
Volume Number: 5486
Certificate Number: 61822

BURIAL:
Calvary Cemetery, Sec 21, Lot 136

Skalat Location: Tarnopol district, Ukraine Latitude/Longitude: 49°26´/25°59´
Skalat was a small town of maybe 5,000 half of which was Jewish.

The Horwath's lived just across the road from the schoolhouse. The teacher, whom they called "The Professor", wore a large handlebar mustache and when annoyed, he'd twist the end of it. Margaret's mother frequently gave him milk and eggs (which suggests that they owned cows and chickens). He was very good friends with her brother, Henry, which implies that Henry was the oldest and possibly close in age. Because they were so close to a school, the children were educated and couldn't play hooky.

Typical housing of the times were cottages in the "zre~bowo-sl~upowa" style, a.k.a. a thatched hip roof. The exterior of the farmhouses and buildings are brown - weathered wood. The farm buildings were laid out to form a square or rectangular central yard. The typical farm had a cottage for the family and separate building for the livestock and a barn. A middle-size peasant farm from the second half of the 19th century has an interior consisting of a large room called the _s~wietlica_, a small room, and a sleeping chamber. In the large room there is a large stove called a_sabatnik_ with an open fireplace, bread oven and a special place at the back of the stove for sleeping. In the small room there is a fireplace. The living spaces are whitewashed with blue stenciling on the walls. The fireplace might have a small embroidered mantel cloth. Each farmhouse had a corner of the room set aside for the bed(s). Rich and poor peasant alike followed the same tradition of surrounding their sleeping area with holy pictures and a crucifix. The pictures of Jesus and Mary were hung on the wall and decorated with paper or strawflowers.

We know very little about the Horwath family and their circumstances except that they probably had cows, chickens and lots of fruit trees. They probably owned several acres of land. The house had beds built into the walls and a separate pantry off the kitchen. The bedding included feather pillows and covers. These facts don't sound like a poor family's account. In fact, Margaret had many beaded dresses and purses stored away in a trunk during the 1920's which don't sound like a poor immigrant's wardrobe, either. Many neighborhood people said that her accent was high class, so the possibility exists that the family was at least a little well-to-do before coming over to America.

Margaret said she was a tomboy as a child and would frequently climb up into the fruit trees. Her brother, Henry, would yell at her to stay out of the trees and once left her hanging by her foot when she lost her balance and got it caught in a branch, to teach her a lesson. On another occasion, she crawled up into a cherry tree and fell, biting through her tongue. Her father had probably died sometime while Margaret was young because the stories she told about her brother seemed to imply that he was in charge of the family. Her mother died after Margaret had moved to the U.S.A.

Magdalowka and Skalat were formerly situated in Galicia but are now considered as being in the Ukraine. Both cities are in the region of Ternopol (49n26 25e59)

EMIGRATION:
Margaret left Poland because she hated the Cossacks who were showoffs. She also didn't want to work on a farm and hated war. She boarded a German ship called the Kronprinz Wilhelm in the port of Bremen and arrived at Ellis Island, NY on 9 Apr 1912. The ship manifest lists her as Mazda Horwat (she came in under her sister's name), age 19 and single. Her residence is listed as Moutuka, Galicia. She almost had to return to Europe because she had "Pink Eye" (conjunctivitis). She went into quarantine until it cleared up. Then she lived temporarily with her sister, Anna Gabryluk, in Amsterdam, NY. She was probably there less than a year before moving in with her sister Hedwig Mudry (Mondry) in Cleveland. There, she was sick with pneumonia and almost died. She was operated on under the arms (??? -- not sure what that implies)

OCCUPATION:
Worked as a chambermaid at the Statler Hotel in downtown Cleveland. It was at this hotel that she met her future husband, Frank, who was a window washer and a buddy of Frank Horwath who also worked there. Caroline Myczkowski and Kunigunda Macek were other family members who worked at the Hotel Statler.

AKA: Maggie, Magadalena

Margaret was known as witty and very outspoken.

MARRIAGE:
1. HORWAT, MAGDALINA and MYCZKOWSKI, FRANCIS vol.0098 pg.0035
2. MYCZKOWSKA, MAGGA HORWAT and BORAK, KOSTANTY vol.0152 pg.0207
(Cuyahoga County Marriage License Index)

NATURALIZATION:
22 Mar 1957. Certificate #7798726. Alien #A3370038. Petition #127268.

RESIDENCES:
19__ - Orange Ave. (exact address unknown but near where Tri-C college presently sits)
1920 - 3627 E. 75th St., Cleveland, Ohio (purchased this home and then sold it shortly thereafter)
19__ - Hosmer Ave. (exact address unknown)
19__ - Gertrude Ave. (exact address unknown)
1927 - 6321 Lansing Ave.
1928 - E. 121st St. (behind John Adams High School with a view of the football field)
1936 - E. 118th St.
1937 - 3782 E. 55th St.
1938 - 3912 West 18th
1942 - 1310 Redman Ave. (Two houses were on the property when she bought it, but we know the back house had been moved to that location and not built there.)

DEATH:
Died of stomach cancer.

Will probate #626364 (as Margaret Burak)

OBIT:
Name: Burak, Margaret
Source: Plain Dealer; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #097.
Notes: Burak. Margaret Burak, residence, 1340 Redmond Ave.; beloved wife of Constantine; dear mother of Bernice Lisek, Helen Warfield, Edward Mitchell, Leonard Burak and John Burak; sister of Ann Gabrylak of Amsterdam, N. Y., and grandmother. Friends may call After 2 P. M. Saturday, at the A. J. Tomon & Sons Funeral Home, 4772 Pearl Rd. Time of services later

BURIAL:
Calvary Cemetery, Sec 21, Lot 136

1. Stanley MYCZKOWSKI b. 11 Sep 1916, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 17 Dec 1917, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; bur. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
2. 7. Bernice MYCZKOWSKI b. 16 Jun 1919, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; c. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 17 Aug 2002, Parma, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
3. Helen Janina MYCZKOWSKI b. 21 May 1922, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; c. 11 Jun 1922, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 30 Aug 2011, Parma, Cuyahoga, Ohio; bur. Riverside Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. Edward (Myczkowski) MITCHELL b. 18 Apr 1926, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 5 Feb 2002, Willowick, Cuyahoga, Ohio.