Magdalena Krol & Franciszek Lyszczasz
Magdalena Krol & Franciszek Lyszczasz were married at St Adalbert Roman Catholic Church in Elizabeth New Jersey on April 29, 1917. Magdalena was 19 and Franciszek was 26 years old. The best man was Michael Lyszczasz and the matron of honor was Joanne Runnals. Franciszek passed away on March 31, 1953. Magdalena on January 20, 1969. We carry out their legacy!
Fond Memories & Fun Facts..............
Frank had a reputation as an extremely hardworker. On paydays, he would meet his co-workers at the local tavern for a few drinks. When he was ready to leave, he'd purchase a large pitcher of draft birch beer to bring home as a treat for his children. To this day, nothing can beat the taste of that birch beer.
Bertha was the oldest daughter. Babci would give each of the younger children a few cents and Bertha would take the kids from Florida Street to a local candy store blocks away near St Patrick's Church so the kids could splurge their money on candy!
It was during the Depression that Al & Henry first started work in a local bakery. Al & Henry recruited their younger brother Joseph to deliver unsold bread to the area widows and poor unable to find work.
Magdalena's mother was Jullia Kuboszczyk. She was born in 1877 and died in 1964 and is buried in Dukla, Poland. All that is known now is that she was married to Albert Krol and had one daughter - our Babci. Albert Krol died and Julia remarried to Jozef Rzaca (1852-1940). Jozef & Julia had 4 children - Babci's half siblings - Leopold (deceased), Tadeuz (1908-79), Ludwig (killed in action WWI) & Stanislawa.
Stanislawa Bek was born in 1912 and currently resides in Dukla Poland. This picture was taken in June 2006. For those of us who remember, the family resemblance is amazing..
Long before the days of personal computers and video games, know what kids did for fun? One memories was climbing on the shed roof and jumping to the next roof! One time, while climbing a pole to reach the top of a roof, a young Joe lost his balance and fell, impailing himself on a iron spike fence. He bears his scar proudly to this day!
As of the 1990 census, there were 1,406 Poles by the name Lyszczasz, with the largest numbers living in the provinces of Czestochowa 175, Katowice 166, Krakow 69, Poznan 72, Rzeszow 136, Tarnobrzeg 81, and Tarnow 126. So while the name is found all over Poland, it is most common in the southcentral to southeast part of the country -- this is the area that was seized by the Austrian Empire during the partitions in the late 18th century, and was ruled by them until after World War I as a province of Austria called Galicia.
Polish name expert Prof. Kazimierz Rymut mentions this name in his book Nazwiska Polaków [The Surnames of Poles]. He says it comes from the word l~yz*ka (slash through the L, dot over the Z), which means "spoon." A l~yszczasz was one who made spoons. So this name is one of many in Polish that came from terms denoting an ancestor's occupation.
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