1875 - 1959

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• Birth	1875	Poland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Between 1930/1959
  Person ID	I2023	Wanicki/Rozhon and Kapusta/Jemiola
  Last Modified	13 May 2004 12:14:51
  Family	Juliana PANKOWSKI, b. 1884, Ohio
  Married	Abt 1904
  Children	1. John STANKIEWICZ, b. 7 Aug 1906, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA > 2. Julius STANKIEWICZ, b. 22 Feb 1910 > 3. Edward STANKIEWICZ, b. 14 Oct 1912, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA > 4. Clara B. STANKIEWICZ, b. 8 Aug 1917, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA   5. Leo STANKIEWICZ   6. Joseph STANKIEWICZ
  Photos		Stankiewicz Family 1930 - Niagara Falls?
  Family ID	F701	Group Sheet

• Notes

  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)

• Sources

  [S18] 1930 U.S. Federal Census - Fifteenth Census, (NARA - National Archives and Records Administration, Great Lakes Region, 7358 South Pulaski Road, Chicago, Illinois 60629), ED 242, Sheet 11B, Lines 93-99. 6809 Claasen Ave., Cleveland, Ohio