Greetings to all members of the Lasiewski Family! This page is intended to gather and share information about our family and its history. Most of the information presented here was written by Paul Lasiewski and forwarded to me, Erik Lasiewski. I am forever grateful to Paul for opening up this part of my life for me. I hope other members of our family will be equally happy to learn more about who we are, and to share what they may know. If you read anything that doesn’t match with your information, or have details to fill in blank areas, please let me know! I am particularly interested in completing the names (first and middle) and birth and death dates of the people listed here. Any history, recolections, pictures, addresses (e-mail or snail) or other information related to our family is also welcome. I am currently in beginning a Lasiewski search through the Family History Center of the Church of LDS; any steps you’ve taken and would like to share would be great.
You can contact me at:
Erik Lasiewski
3857 Elmwood Ct.
Riverside, CA 92506
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I’m looking forward to hearing from you!
Lasiewski:
In the English language there is no letter which corresponds to the Polish L. The letter looks like an English Scrpit L with a slash through it. The Polish letter which looked more like an English L was actually pronounced like an English W. The original spelling with the polish letter was also with a z instead of the first i, Laszewski. It was pronounced Was zef ski or Was shev ski. It appears that the version as we know it today came about at Ellis Island where immigration officers could not understand the imigrant brothers, and they could not understand English. “Lucian Lasiewski” is engraved on the “American Immigrant Wall of Honor” at Ellis Island (Note: I am unable to find the details… Let me know!).
Lucian Lasiewski (Lucyan Laszewski):
Lucian was born in Olita, a small village near Vilnius, on March 5, 1877. Because of the moving boundries of the countries at that time due to power struggles, it is unclear if the area was part of Poland or Lithuania, though it is currently in Lithuania. Lucian had four brothers: Gregory, Johann, Kaziemerz, and one other, name not known possibly Klemenz. Johann committed suicide by jumping off a roof. The history of the other brothers in unknown to us at this time.
Lucian married Jacenta Raczkiewicz who was born in 1879 in a part of Poland which was a German territory. They had six children: Helen (b.1901), Franciszek (b. 1905), Anna (b. 1911) , Constanti (b. 1910), Alfonse (b. 1914), and John (b. 1916). They lived in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Lucian worked for the Lackawana Railroad as a dock builder in Jersey City, NJ. When his wife, Jacenta died of tuberculosis in June of 1924 (age 45), Lucian tried to keep his family together in a four room flat, on the fourth floor at 589 Henderson St. That site is now where the Holland Tunnel is connecting N.J. to N.Y.C. When Lucian remarried to Julia, in 1930, his new wife did not want to take care of all the children. With Helen now married to Leo Lemanski, the younger siblings stayed with her. When Julia died in 1933, Lucian again remarried in 1935. His third wife, Stella died in 1951. Lucian died on November 10, 1965 and is buried with Jacenta and Julia in Holy Cross Cemetery, Arlington, N.J. Block 6, Section G, Tier A. Grave 331.
Lucian Lasiewski (b. March 5, 1877; d. November 10, 1965)
Married Jacenta Raczkiewicz (b. 1879: d. 1924). Six children.
Helen Lasiewski Lemanski (b. Oct. 23, 1901; d. May 24, 1986)
Married Leo Lemanski. Two sons.
John (b. May 5, 1923; d. Nov. 12, 1987); was in Bataan Death March (P.O.W.) W.W.2
buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Lived in N.J.
Married Barbara ?. One adopted daughter:
Susan (b. ? )
Leo Jr. (b. Jan. 10, 1921; d.)
Married Frances ?. Two daughters:
Joan (b. ? )
Maryann (b. ? )
Franciszek (Frank) Lasiewski: (b. Dec.12, 1905: d. ?)
Married Mary Gryniak. Four sons.
Frank Jr. (b. ? )
Lenny (b. ? )
John (b. ? )
Eddie (b. ? )
Anna Lasiewski Hoop (b.Nov, 12, 1911: d. Aug, 1996)
Married George Hoop. One daughter.
Dorothy (b.? )
Married to Dominic Pesce. No children
Constanti (Connie) Lasiewski (b.March 17, 1910: d. Nov. 17, 1965)
Married Stella (7/17/16, ?/?/01. Three sons.
Robert (b. Nov 14, 1936; d. Aug 1 1971)
Married Margaret Mueller. Two sons.
Erik Scott (b. June 6, 1965)
Gregory Clark (b. Sept 18, 1967)
Married Michelle Nichols. One son.
Lukas Robert (b. March 31, 1996)
Gerald (10/12/38)
married Kathy O’Haren (12/22/41). Three children.
Susie (3/8/63: 1/1/87)
Chris (12/26/82).
Jon (12/31/61 )
Denise Calafati (9/5/71)
Joshua (6/2/05)
Kevin (11/28/64)
married Pauline (Baginski) McKean (6/6/67). One child.
Diego (12/18/01)
Richard (1/2/1945
Married Kersti (7/13/46). Two children.
Stefan (b. March 24, 1973)
Laura Rosie Day (?)
Ethan (7/3/04)
Monica (2/24/78)
Alfonse (Alfred) Lasiewski (b. Aug.2, 1914: d. March 2, 1996)
Married Margaret Bobak. Three sons.
Alfred John Jr. (b. Oct.8, 1941)
Married Theresa Neimas. Two children.
Laurie Tereza (b.Oct.3, 1969)
Married George Furlong. One daughter.
Erin (b. ?)
Michael John (b. August 23, 1973)
Paul Michael (b. May 19,1946)
Married Doreen Kovacsofsky. Two sons.
Brian James (b. March 19, 1973)
Craig Thomas (b. March 31, 1974)
William Joseph (Bill) (b. April 27, 1952)
Married Cheryl Medeiros. One daughter.
Jill (b. Nov.30, 1977).
John Lasiewski (b. Nov.5, 1916: d. )
Married Jane Zaorski. They had two children.
Joseph (b. Jan.29, 1951)
Married to Jadwiga Cyberman. Children ?
Marilyn (b. May 27, 1953)
Married to James Dhuyheitter (sp?). Two daughters.
Jessica (b. Sept. 23, 1985)
Lauren (b. Oct. 3, 1986).
