Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 09:03:32 -0600 To: Richard Cleaveland From: Paul Kislanko Subject: Re: Cleaveland Family Tree - Kislanko ... I have not forgotten about your request. I will be visiting my parents in Wiggins for Christmas, and will take a notebook. I haven't just answered from memory because I found out this past September that my grandfather's gravestone doesn't match my memory of his birth and death years, so I want to check before I answer to see which is right. His is an interesting story. He was a first-generation immigrant, coming to America in 1912 at the age of 14. He became a citizen early by virtue of service in WWI in the Army Signal Corps. I know he met Louise in college (University of Minnesota?) and upon graduation they moved to Mississippi. My sister has Louise Fischer's confirmation certificate framed on her hallway wall. A confirmation (as if you needed it) that her parents were first generation is that the certificate is entirely in German. Paul Kislanko ================= Date: Sun, 04 Jan 1998 13:37:26 -0600 To: Richard Cleaveland From: Paul Kislanko Subject: Re: family heraly in Belgium Actually, I know no more than you do. Sandy and Steve were the relatives I mentioned before that I met infrequently when I was much younger. I mistakenly referred to them as being of my generation - it turns out that they are my father's first cousins, even though they are closer to my age. (Jerry was my father's uncle, too, and my father was one of Jerry's minor heirs.) Jacob Paul Kislanko's tombstone says he was born in 1897 and died in 1983. My memory had 1898 as the birthdate, but I know he was 86 when he passed away and that it was late in the year (early November) when he passed away. Could be somebody just subtracted 86 from 1983 instead of checking the birthdate. Louise Fischer Kislanko was born in 1901 and died in 1972. I don't have the exact date of her death, but I know it was before my high school graduation that year. J P and Louise had three children. Will followup with vitals on them if you like. I had intended to provide more info, but some of the papers I wanted to look at over the holidays were in the possession of a cousin I didn't get a chance to see. Paul Kislanko http://web2.airmail.net/kislanko/ |