Showing posts with label St Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label St Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery. Show all posts

Sunday, August 04, 2013

My Real Name is Wislosky

It is not Weleski or Wisloski or even Wislocki. It is Wislosky and my great paternal grandparents came from Austria, spoke Polish, and were named Lucas and Eva. Lucas is interred in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery in Manayunk. He died in 1906 (New Years Day) and Eva is interred in Westminster Cemetery. (Lower Merion) She died in 1932. Mystery finally solved on all accounts.
 
YES. I DID MAKE IT!

For those of you who do not know me, I am NOT known for any desire to COOK.

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Lucas Wisloski


After years of research and wondering the reasons behind what happened to my great grandfather, I finally discovered he was interred in St. Mary's on January 1, 1906. Along with Lucas is an infant also named Lucas who died a year before my grandfather John was born. My grandfather was born in 1904. The rest of the Wisloski Clan is interred in Westminster Cemetery which includes my great grandmother Eva who died 30 years after her husband. 

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Lucas (Lewis) Wisloski

Lucas Wisloski died December 29, 1905 and was interred January 1, 1906 in St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church Cemetery in Manayunk. Apparently, Lucas died before the birth of his youngest child Julie. At the time of his death, my grandfather (John Weleski/Wisloski) his son was nearly two years old. At Westminster Cemetery are interred his wife, sister and most of his children, which appeared odd to me considering his wife was not interred with him at St. Mary's. However, it could have been about space or the fact that at the time of Lucas's wife's death in the early 1930's, the children decided to purchase a large family plot. Although my grandfather John Weleski (he changed his name) is interred with the Schroeder Family at Laurel Hill Cemetery, his two other sons Andrew and Samuel are interred in the family plot over at Westminster. It appears Lucas was born in 1858 and was the first Wisloski to come to the United States. He worked in the steel mill and eventually sponsored his brothers, sister, wife and older children to come to this country from Austria.