He immigrated to the United States as a
young man. He must have met his future wife, Anna Grajeznk, through her brother, because her brother had worked for the same company as Frank did. Anna had been raised on a farm in the Remus, Michigan area. He and Anna married, and in time they had
6 children, 3 sons and 3 daughters. He
was originally a machinist. In time, he
owned a tavern, and a cottage for the
family. He had good business instincts,
was traditional, & they were practicing
Catholics. Anna was polish. The family ethnic identity was
polish, they spoke it, & ate polish foods.
As I have done family research, we have
discovered that Frank actually might
have been russian, not polish. He was an
intelligent man. Apparently, he didn't
speak polish fluently. That is possibly
because it wasn't his native language,
Russian was! Either that, or Poland was
under Russia's control at the time. That still
doesn't explain why he didn't speak polish
well though. Sadly all but two of his children
are now deceased. He didn't tell them this.
I base this on the fact that they (he and
2 other close male relatives) all departed
for the United States from Russia. All
men of age at that time were required
to complete a military draft card, if
they ended up serving in the military
or not. All of them stated that their
allegiance was to Russia, before they
became naturalized American citizens.
The part of Poland that they came from
was generally near the Russian border.
As many others did, he and some of
his male family members came to America
to seek a better life. His brother became
a Catholic priest. He was definitely
a hard worker and a shrewd businessman.
young man. He must have met his future wife, Anna Grajeznk, through her brother, because her brother had worked for the same company as Frank did. Anna had been raised on a farm in the Remus, Michigan area. He and Anna married, and in time they had
6 children, 3 sons and 3 daughters. He
was originally a machinist. In time, he
owned a tavern, and a cottage for the
family. He had good business instincts,
was traditional, & they were practicing
Catholics. Anna was polish. The family ethnic identity was
polish, they spoke it, & ate polish foods.
As I have done family research, we have
discovered that Frank actually might
have been russian, not polish. He was an
intelligent man. Apparently, he didn't
speak polish fluently. That is possibly
because it wasn't his native language,
Russian was! Either that, or Poland was
under Russia's control at the time. That still
doesn't explain why he didn't speak polish
well though. Sadly all but two of his children
are now deceased. He didn't tell them this.
I base this on the fact that they (he and
2 other close male relatives) all departed
for the United States from Russia. All
men of age at that time were required
to complete a military draft card, if
they ended up serving in the military
or not. All of them stated that their
allegiance was to Russia, before they
became naturalized American citizens.
The part of Poland that they came from
was generally near the Russian border.
As many others did, he and some of
his male family members came to America
to seek a better life. His brother became
a Catholic priest. He was definitely
a hard worker and a shrewd businessman.
He immigrated to the United States as a
young man. He must have met his future wife, Anna Grajeznk, through her brother, because her brother had worked for the same company as Frank did. Anna had been raised on a farm in the Remus, Michigan area. He and Anna married, and in time they had
6 children, 3 sons and 3 daughters. He
was originally a machinist. In time, he
owned a tavern, and a cottage for the
family. He had good business instincts,
was traditional, & they were practicing
Catholics. Anna was polish. The family ethnic identity was
polish, they spoke it, & ate polish foods.
As I have done family research, we have
discovered that Frank actually might
have been russian, not polish. He was an
intelligent man. Apparently, he didn't
speak polish fluently. That is possibly
because it wasn't his native language,
Russian was! Either that, or Poland was
under Russia's control at the time. That still
doesn't explain why he didn't speak polish
well though. Sadly all but two of his children
are now deceased. He didn't tell them this.
I base this on the fact that they (he and
2 other close male relatives) all departed
for the United States from Russia. All
men of age at that time were required
to complete a military draft card, if
they ended up serving in the military
or not. All of them stated that their
allegiance was to Russia, before they
became naturalized American citizens.
The part of Poland that they came from
was generally near the Russian border.
As many others did, he and some of
his male family members came to America
to seek a better life. His brother became
a Catholic priest. He was definitely
a hard worker and a shrewd businessman.
young man. He must have met his future wife, Anna Grajeznk, through her brother, because her brother had worked for the same company as Frank did. Anna had been raised on a farm in the Remus, Michigan area. He and Anna married, and in time they had
6 children, 3 sons and 3 daughters. He
was originally a machinist. In time, he
owned a tavern, and a cottage for the
family. He had good business instincts,
was traditional, & they were practicing
Catholics. Anna was polish. The family ethnic identity was
polish, they spoke it, & ate polish foods.
As I have done family research, we have
discovered that Frank actually might
have been russian, not polish. He was an
intelligent man. Apparently, he didn't
speak polish fluently. That is possibly
because it wasn't his native language,
Russian was! Either that, or Poland was
under Russia's control at the time. That still
doesn't explain why he didn't speak polish
well though. Sadly all but two of his children
are now deceased. He didn't tell them this.
I base this on the fact that they (he and
2 other close male relatives) all departed
for the United States from Russia. All
men of age at that time were required
to complete a military draft card, if
they ended up serving in the military
or not. All of them stated that their
allegiance was to Russia, before they
became naturalized American citizens.
The part of Poland that they came from
was generally near the Russian border.
As many others did, he and some of
his male family members came to America
to seek a better life. His brother became
a Catholic priest. He was definitely
a hard worker and a shrewd businessman.
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