The Gresiak/Grzesiak Line

Andrew Gresiak, John's father, was born in Buffington, Fayette County, PA on November 22, 1917. The original family name was Grzesiak, but Andy changed his last name to Gresiak, supposedly to make it easier to spell and pronounce. To my knowledge, he was the only one in the family who did that. He grew up in Fayette County, PA in the southwestern part of the state in a place called Tower Hill I. He had 3 brothers, Michael, Lewis and Joseph, and a sister, Ann. As a young man, he moved to Youngstown, OH and was employed by Truscon Steel Corp. for 30 years. This is where he met John's mother, Rosaline Tucciarone (she worked in the office). They were married on October 22, 1949. He later went on to work for Consolidated Freightways in Richfield, OH, retiring in 1983 after 15 years. He was a Marine Veteran of World War II. In his spare time, Andrew enjoyed golfing, watching sports on TV and helping his father-in-law (see William Tucciarone, below) on "the farm". Andrew died on January 8, 1992.

Jacob Grzesiak, John's paternal grandfather, was born June 21, 1876 in Galicia, Austria (now part of Poland) He married Marcia Anna Karpinska, place and date of marraige are unknown. They lived in Buffington, Fayette County PA. Jacob died Nov 12, 1918 in the 1918 flu epidemic.There is no further information on the Grzesiak line at this time.