Casimir Staszed Family

Stella Louise Staszek, daughter of Casimir Staszek on her wedding day at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Ironwood, MI. May, 1933....The center four of the wedding party are (from left to right):

Best Man: Joseph Staszek, brother of the bride
Groom: Anton Cisewski of Montrael, WI, son of Walter & Josephine Cisewski
Bride: Stella Louise Staszek
Maid of Honor: Regina Cisewski, sister of the groom

Some History of the Staszek Family:

Casimir was born in that part of Poland under Russiam Rulein 1880.
He came to Ironwood as a boy in 1892. In 1896 he was naturalized as a US citizen.

Casimir married Catherine Banaszak in Ironwood in July of 1903...She was born November 7, 1877 in Jarocin, in the Posnan Province of what is now Poland. According to family research, Catherine had been betrohed to an old invalid of the Prussian nobility and fled with her brother and sister-in-law, arriving in Ironwood in January of 1903.

Casimir died November 1, 1925.

Casimir and Catherine had nine children, most of whom raised families on the Gogebic Range:

Anna...1904-1982...married Adam Gibowski...lived in Ironwood
Mary...1905-199?...married Stephen Raymond...lived in Ironwood
Frances...1907-1991...married Jacob Gouza ...lived in Wakefield
John...1910...Believed to have died at an early age
Joseph...1911...lived in Ironwood
Stella Louise...1914-1993...married Anton Cisewski...lived in Ironwood...see photo above
Anthony...1919...lives in California
Julie...1921-1979...married Leo Hanson and lived in the area
Stanley "Stosh"...1923...lived in the area

Information & Photos for this page were furnished by
Gene Cisewski

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