Pelc is my married name. My husband is also Polish and his name my have been short for Peltz. Name may have been changed when arriving in America. My grandparents are Byra and Chudzicki. My grandmother was Katarzyna Byra and her father was a farmer. I have her church birth/bapt record from Poland. It states her father was a farmer. She was the last of her sisters to arrive on the last boat allowed out of Germany. I found her on Ellis Island entry. She actually traveled with theKobal into the USA. I would have to look up the records again. It has been a long time since I have done this. I do not speak Polish so I have to have someone tras for me.. She had sisters and brothers. Do you have any names of family members?

USA
Grandfather, Piotr (Peter) Dziadura
Sons: Alfred (dec), Urban (dec), Ernest
Known brothers: Frank (Can), Stanley (Pol)

I believe grandpa was the oldest and was sent to America to avoid WWI. He went first to Chicago where supposedly an Uncle was a professor at a University there. Later he moved to Kansas City. I believe he was born in 1895 but when he died he was not sure because he had changed his birthyear to get better jobs since he was pretty young. It is my understanding that he was 14 or younger when he came to America

TO: Patricia Dziadura Monahan

Do you know where in Poland your grandfather was born?

I believe my grandfather was born in Krakow. My Great Uncle Stanley wrote us from what looks like Rzeszow (many years ago).

Do you have specific villages/towns for place of birth for your uncle and for your grandfather? For other relatives, also? How about specific birthdates and places? I have a work-up of Churdziks and Dziaduras with specific info which I would like to try to match-up.

I, too, have a work-up on Chudzik and Dziadura. This is info since I last posted on the Message Board. I also have a number of documents with additional names. If you're interested in this info, please write to me. I know my mother and her brother were born somewhere in, or near, the Jata area. This is an area near Nisko, Bojanow, Jezowa, Kolbuszowa, etc. Daniel Kobylarz-Hughes