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John Joseph Szczech

Male 1913 - 2007  (93 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  John Joseph Szczech was born on 21 Feb 1913 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (son of Jan Jozef Szczech and Maria Antoinett Byrnas); died on 03 Jan 2007 in Santa Rosa, CA, USA; was buried in Saint Francis Solano Cemetery, Sonoma, Sonoma, California, United States of America.

    Notes:

    SZCZECH, John Joseph - Passed away in Santa Rosa on January 3, 2007 at the age of 93. Dearly beloved husband of 65 years to the late Josephine Szczech; Beloved father of Bernadette Kurzawski (Bill) of Rockford, IL, John Szczech III (Diane) of Denver, CO and Ed Szczech (Linda) of Santa Rosa, CA; Adored grandfather of Karyn Hagan (Greg) of Birmingham, AL, Kristyn King (Kevin) of Rockford, IL, Kathlyn Blassage (Peter) of Rockford, IL , Klarissa Pappas (Nicholas) of Menomonee Falls, WI, Kara, Christopher and Jenna Szczech all of Santa Rosa, CA, Brittany and Stephanie Szczech, both of Denver, CO, and J.W. Szczech of Round Mountain, NV; Dear great grandfather of Micki, Jensen and Cooper Blassage all of Rockford, IL and Annastasia and Nicholas Pappas of Menomonee Falls, WI; Beloved brother of Joseph Szczech of Chicago, IL, Anne Tokarz of Spring Lake, MI and Henry Szczech of Chicago, IL. John was born in Chicago, IL. John's parents came from Poland and he was proud of his ability to speak Polish and carry out some of the Polish traditions. As a young man, he dreamed of living in California and during WWII he received a job opportunity at Mare Island Shipyard and settled in Sonoma, living in one house for 50 years. John's professional career also took him into the Life Insurance industry for 30 years. He was a talented athlete and excelled in tennis, golf and bowling. John was an especially talented golfer. He received a Hole In One Award and was the Flamingo Club Champion in 1969 and 1970. Some other hobbies included bridge, fishing, walking and collecting. He collected and recycled many different items and metals and was quite conservation minded. John was a talented builder and made picture frames, furniture and major home additions. He loved to listen to music-Big Band, Polkas, Classics, and singers like Pavarotti. He loved to dance, especially the Polka and Waltzes. John was a member of St. Rose of Lima Parish, The Young Men's Institute and the Knights of Columbus. Friends are invited to attend a Funeral Mass on Tuesday, January 9, 2007 at 10:00AM at St. Rose Catholic Church, 398 Tenth St., Santa Rosa. Interment, St. Francis Solano Cemetery, Sonoma. Evening Vigil Rites will be celebrated on Monday, January 8, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. at the DANIELS CHAPEL OF THE ROSES, 1225 Sonoma Ave., Santa Rosa. Friends may attend a visitation beginning at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to the Hanna Boys Center, PO Box 100, Sonoma, CA 95476-9989 or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Memorial Program, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-1905. DANIELS CHAPEL OF THE ROSES FUNERAL & CREMATION SERVICES 707-525-3730
    Published in the Santa Rosa, CA Press Democrat on 1/6/2007.

    John married Josephine Marie Kasprzyk (Kasprazak) in 1939 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois USA. Josephine (daughter of Jan (John) Kasprzyk (Kasprazak) and Mary Waclawik) was born on 18 Feb 1917 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 7 Apr 2004 in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Bernadette Szczech was born on 26 Jan 1940 in USA.
    2. Edward Szczech
    3. John Joe Szczech, III was born on 21 Apr 1946.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Jan Jozef Szczech was born on 10 Apr 1885 in Nowy Targ, Malopolskie, Poland (son of Jozef Szczech and Maria Jachymiak); died on 28 Jan 1969 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Also Known As: House Name = Malancorz
    • Comment 1: moved to Chi IL from Scranton PA abt 1908??
    • Birth: 16 Mar 1885, Nowy Targ, Lalopolskie, Poland; alt birth

    Notes:

    Sandy Miarecki genealogy says
    Joannes Szczech B 16 Mar 1885 (Krauszow house 30), D 1 May 1956? (birth record, note not clear) // ?wed Maria Byrnas (?Chicago, St Cyril), lived on Bishop St // (from Rose of Fox Lake), Maria had sister Rosalia who married Joseph Sojka in Chicago, Joseph Sojka was brother of Bronislaw Sojka's father Franciszek, Maria's and Rosalia's families lived in same house on 4440? Bishop

    Jan married Maria Antoinett Byrnas on 26 Sep 1909 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Maria (daughter of Franciszek Byrnas and Antonina Czarniak) was born on 4 Feb 1890 in Ludzmierz, Malopolskie, Poland; died on 30 Dec 1983 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Maria Antoinett Byrnas was born on 4 Feb 1890 in Ludzmierz, Malopolskie, Poland (daughter of Franciszek Byrnas and Antonina Czarniak); died on 30 Dec 1983 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Aka (Facts Pg): Mary Biernds; Mary Biernds or Bernas

    Notes:

    1984-01-02
    Chicago Tribune (IL)

    SZCZECH

    Edition: Chicago Tribune

    Mary A. Szczech, nee Byrnas, beloved wife of the late John; loving mother of Rose (John) Michalak, John (Joyce), Joseph (Irene), Matthew (the late Alice, Anne (Felix) Tokarz and Henry (Loretta); dear grandmother of 17; great-grandmother of 23; fond sister of Anieta Hyc in Poland and the late Rose (Joseph) Solka; also survived by many relatives in Poland. Funeral Tuesday, 9 a.m. from Ridge Funeral Home, 6620 W. Archer, corner of Natoma to St. John of God Church. Mass 10 a.m. Interment Resurrection Cemetery. Visitation Sunday, 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Monday, 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. 586-7900.

    Copyright 1984, Chicago Tribune. For permission to reprint, contact Chicago Tribune.

    Record Number: 19840102dn027

    Died:
    Or Dec 30 1983

    Notes:

    Married:
    Alternate 3 Jul 1915, Chicago, Cook, IL

    Children:
    1. Rose Szczech was born on 31 Jul 1910 in Chicago, IL; died on 1 Jun 1988 in Homewood, IL.
    2. 1. John Joseph Szczech was born on 21 Feb 1913 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 03 Jan 2007 in Santa Rosa, CA, USA; was buried in Saint Francis Solano Cemetery, Sonoma, Sonoma, California, United States of America.
    3. Joseph T. Szczech was born on 1 Nov 1916 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 8 Oct 2013.
    4. Matthew Ronald Szczech was born on 27 May 1919 in Chicago, IL; died on 27 Oct 1996 in Ingleside, Lake, Illinois, USA; was buried in Saint Michaels Cemetery, South Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, USA.
    5. Anne Elizabeth Szczech was born on 3 Jul 1922 in Chicago, IL; died on 16 Dec 2014 in Heartwood Lodge, Spring Lake, MI; was buried on 19 Dec 2014.
    6. Henry M. Szczech was born on 24 Apr 1926 in Illinois; died on 17 Jun 2008 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Jozef Szczech was born on 04 Jul 1850 in Krauszow, Malopolskie, Poland (son of Jozef Szczech and Marianna Jachymiak); died in 1924 in Malopolskie, Poland.

    Other Events:

    • Address: Address:
      Krausz
      Krausz
    • House Number: 30, Krauszów

    Jozef married Maria Jachymiak on 22 Feb 1873 in Ludzmierz, Malopolskie, Poland. Maria (daughter of Wojciech Adalbert Jachymiak and Katarzyna Jachymiak) was born on 5 Jul 1850 in House 41, Ludzmierz, Poland; died on 30 Aug 1930 in Malopolskie, Poland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Maria Jachymiak was born on 5 Jul 1850 in House 41, Ludzmierz, Poland (daughter of Wojciech Adalbert Jachymiak and Katarzyna Jachymiak); died on 30 Aug 1930 in Malopolskie, Poland.

    Other Events:

    • Address: Address:
      Krauszów House 30, House 41
    • Also Known As: House Name = Czaja
    • Comment 1: or Mary Bern or Marianna
    • Death: 20 Aug 1930, Malopolskie, Poland; alt death

    Notes:

    Name:
    Or surname Czaja, may have been a "house name"

    Notes:

    Marianna Jachymiak B 5 Jul 1850 (Ludzmierz house 41), wed Joseph Szczech 22 Feb 1873 (Krauszow house 30, house 41), D 20 Aug 1930 (birth record) // see JSMJ for more info // (same family as Rose from Fox Lake), "household nickname was Malancorz" (because there were so many of them)

    Married:
    or 11 Feb 1873

    Children:
    1. Franciszek Joseph Szczech was born on 15 Jun 1872 in Poland-Galicia,Ludzmierz/Krauszow; died on 25 Aug 1948 in Victory Memorial Hospital, Stanley, WI; was buried in St Mary Czestochowa, Stanley, WI.
    2. Jozef Szczech was born on 13 Nov 1875 in Krauszów, Malopolskie, Poland; died on 23 Feb 1940 in Krauszów, Malopolskie, Poland.
    3. Andrzej Szczech was born on 05 Sep 1878 in Krauszow, Malopolskie, Poland; died on 14 May 1879 in Ludzmierz, Malopolskie, Poland.
    4. Maria Szczech was born on 21 Apr 1880 in Krauszow, Malopolskie, Poland; died on 11 Feb 1970.
    5. Bronislaw Szczech was born on 07 Oct 1882 in Krauszow, Malopolskie, Poland; died on 27 Apr 1884 in Krauszow, Malopolskie, Poland.
    6. 2. Jan Jozef Szczech was born on 10 Apr 1885 in Nowy Targ, Malopolskie, Poland; died on 28 Jan 1969 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    7. Karolina Szczech was born on 26 Oct 1887 in Krauszow, Malopolskie, Poland; died on 25 Sep 1889 in Ludzmierz, Malopolskie, Poland.
    8. Ludwik Szczech was born on 21 May 1896 in Krauszów, Poland; died on 4 Aug 1973.

  3. 6.  Franciszek Byrnas was born on 28 Jul 1860 (son of Jan Byrnas and Anna Sopiarz); died on 14 Dec 1936.

    Franciszek married Antonina Czarniak. Antonina was born on 26 Dec 1859; died on 1 May 1933. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Antonina Czarniak was born on 26 Dec 1859; died on 1 May 1933.
    Children:
    1. Franciszek Byrnas was born on 28 Dec 1882.
    2. Katarzyna Byrnas was born on 30 Oct 1887; died on 20 Jan 1957.
    3. Antonina Byrnas was born in 1898; died in 1899.
    4. 3. Maria Antoinett Byrnas was born on 4 Feb 1890 in Ludzmierz, Malopolskie, Poland; died on 30 Dec 1983 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    5. Stanislaw Byrnas was born in 1891; died in 1892.
    6. Rozalia Byrnas was born in 1893; died on 27 Oct 1975.
    7. Jan Byrnas was born on 9 Nov 1895; died on 1 Nov 1964.
    8. Aniela Byrnas was born on 29 Nov 1899; died on 13 Jan 1988.
    9. Zofia Byrnas was born in 1902; died in 1943.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Jozef Szczech was born in 1815 in Malopolskie, Poland (son of Tomasz Szczech and Anna Cison).

    Jozef married Marianna Jachymiak on 22 Feb 1873 in Ludzmierz, Malopolskie, Poland. Marianna (daughter of Jachymiak) was born in 1815 in Ludzmierz, Malopolskie, Poland; died before 1865 in Malopolskie, Poland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Marianna Jachymiak was born in 1815 in Ludzmierz, Malopolskie, Poland (daughter of Jachymiak); died before 1865 in Malopolskie, Poland.
    Children:
    1. 4. Jozef Szczech was born on 04 Jul 1850 in Krauszow, Malopolskie, Poland; died in 1924 in Malopolskie, Poland.
    2. Jan Szczech was born on 1 Nov 1852 in Krauszow, Malopolskie, Poland; died on 1 Nov 1857 in Krauszow, Malopolskie, Poland.
    3. Agnieszka Szczech was born on 1 Jan 1857 in Krauszow, Malopolskie, Poland.
    4. Jan Szczech was born on 7 Mar 1858 in Krauszow, Malopolskie, Poland; died on 2 Jun 1862 in Krauszow, Malopolskie, Poland.
    5. Marianna Szczech was born on 16 Jun 1860 in Krauszow, Malopolskie, Poland; died on 19 Sept 1887 in Ludzmierz, Malopolskie, Poland.

  3. 10.  Wojciech Adalbert Jachymiak was born in 1809 in Malopolskie, Poland (son of Mikolaj Jachymiak and Jadwiga Myrda); died on 14 Oct 1892 in Ludzmierz, Malopolskie, Poland.

    Other Events:

    • Also Known As: House Name = Hajmos
    • House Number: 41

    Wojciech married Katarzyna Jachymiak on 28 Feb 1832 in House 41 Ludzmierz, Poland. Katarzyna (daughter of Jachymiak) was born in 1814 in Ludzmierz, Malopolskie, Poland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Katarzyna Jachymiak was born in 1814 in Ludzmierz, Malopolskie, Poland (daughter of Jachymiak).

    Notes:

    Married:
    Adalbertus Jachymiak B 1809 (age 24 wed), wed Catherina Jachymiak 28 Feb 1832 (LUDZMIERZ house 41) // Catherina B 1814, see AJCJ

    Children:
    1. Anna Jachymiak was born on 15 Mar 1836 in Ludzmierz, Malopolskie, Poland; died on 30 Jun 1903 in Ludzmierz, Malopolskie, Poland.
    2. Agnieszka Jachymiak was born on 5 Dec 1840 in Ludzmierz, Malopolskie, Poland; died on 19 Apr 1901 in Ludzmierz, Malopolskie, Poland.
    3. Katarzyna Jachymiak was born on 14 Jul 1844 in House 41, Ludzmierz, Poland; died on 24 Mar 1881 in Ludzmierz, Malopolskie, Poland.
    4. 5. Maria Jachymiak was born on 5 Jul 1850 in House 41, Ludzmierz, Poland; died on 30 Aug 1930 in Malopolskie, Poland.

  5. 12.  Jan Byrnas was born in 1827 (son of Melchior Byrnas and Katarzyna Czaja); died in 1899.

    Jan married Anna Sopiarz. Anna was born in 1826; died in 1894. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Anna Sopiarz was born in 1826; died in 1894.
    Children:
    1. Jan Byrnas was born in 1850; died in 1934.
    2. Maria Byrnas was born on 19 May 1869; died on 24 Jul 1945.
    3. 6. Franciszek Byrnas was born on 28 Jul 1860; died on 14 Dec 1936.
    4. Anna Byrnas was born in 1868.


 

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