Descendants of Progenitor Drajus

Generation No. 1

1.  PROGENITOR1 DRAJUS was born Abt. 1810 in Szubin, Poland.
	
Children of PROGENITOR DRAJUS are:
2.	i.	JULIA2 DRAJUS, b. July 1837, Szubin, Prussian Poland; d. 1921, South Bend In.
3.	ii.	ANDREW DRAJUS, b. 1832, Szubin, Prussian Poland; d. May 03, 1918, South Bend , IN.

Generation No. 2

2.  JULIA2 DRAJUS (PROGENITOR1) was born July 1837 in Szubin, Prussian Poland, and died 1921 in South Bend In.  She married FRANK SZYBOWICZ.  He was born September 1827 in Prussian Poland, and died 1912 in South Bend In.

More About JULIA DRAJUS:
Burial: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Notre Dame, Indiana

More About FRANK SZYBOWICZ:
Burial: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Notre Dame, Indiana
Emigration: 1868
	
Children of JULIA DRAJUS and FRANK SZYBOWICZ are:
4.	i.	ANTONY3 SZYBOWICZ, b. 1852, Prussian Poland; d. July 12, 1897, South Bend In.
5.	ii.	CATHERINE KATARZYNA SZYBOWICZ, b. November 26, 1863, Prussian Poland; d. December 16, 1925, South Bend, IN.

3.  ANDREW2 DRAJUS (PROGENITOR1) was born 1832 in Szubin, Prussian Poland, and died May 03, 1918 in South Bend , IN.  He married ANTONINA BILINSKI 1858 in Szubin, Prussian Poland.  She was born 1838 in Szubin, Prussian Poland, and died August 20, 1917 in South Bend , IN.

More About ANDREW DRAJUS:
Burial: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Notre Dame, IN

More About ANTONINA BILINSKI:
Burial: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Notre Dame, IN
	
Child of ANDREW DRAJUS and ANTONINA BILINSKI is:
6.	i.	JOSEPHINE3 DRAJUS, b. March 05, 1861, Szubin, Poland; d. January 13, 1939, South Bend , IN.

Generation No. 3

4.  ANTONY3 SZYBOWICZ (JULIA2 DRAJUS, PROGENITOR1) was born 1852 in Prussian Poland, and died July 12, 1897 in South Bend In.  He married (1) WIFE UNK SZYBOWICZ 1869 in Prussian, Poland.  She was born Abt. 1852 in Prussian Poland, and died Bef. 1873 in Prussian Poland.  He married (2) JOSEFA ROZEK August 16, 1873 in St Joseph County, Indiana.  She was born March 12, 1850 in Prussian Poland, and died September 26, 1926 in South.

More About ANTONY SZYBOWICZ:
Burial: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Notre Dame, Indiana
Emigration: 1872

More About JOSEFA ROZEK:
Burial: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Notre Dame, Indiana
Fact: Lived in SBN 55 yrs, 1871
Residence: 1926, 207 So Walnut
	
Child of ANTONY SZYBOWICZ and WIFE SZYBOWICZ is:
	i.	ANNIE4 SZYBOWICZ, b. October 13, 1870, Prussian Poland; m. LUKE RUSZKOWSKI; b. October 10, 1865, Prussian Poland; d. March 06, 1933, South Bend In.

More About LUKE RUSZKOWSKI:
Burial: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Notre Dame, Indiana
Emigration: 1884, Bremen to Baltimore

Children of ANTONY SZYBOWICZ and JOSEFA ROZEK are:
	ii.	BERTHA4 SZYBOWICZ, b. Aft. 1873, South Bend In; m. MICHAEL ANDREWS, June 20, 1900, St Joseph County, Indiana; b. Abt. 1873, South Bend In.
	iii.	MARY SZYBOWICZ, b. August 1876, South Bend In; d. 1940, South Bend In; m. MARTIN NIEDBALSKI, November 17, 1885; b. November 14, 1848, Szaradowo Parish, Poland, Prussian Poland; d. April 07, 1936, South Bend In.

Notes for MARTIN NIEDBALSKI:
Martain was blind for 6 years as a result of standing in front of the open foundry fire at Olivers ....he later opened a Grocery store on Walnut and Napier for 15 years

	iv.	JOSEPH SZYBOWICZ, b. September 1879, South Bend, IN.
	v.	WALERYA SZYBOWICZ, b. Abt. 1880, Prussian Poland; m. JOSEPH C DOBRZYKOWSKI, November 10, 1919, St Joseph County, Indiana; b. March 02, 1875, Prussian Poland; d. September 08, 1930, South Bend IN.

More About JOSEPH C DOBRZYKOWSKI:
Burial: St Joseph Cemetery

	vi.	LEO SZYBOWICZ, b. June 28, 1883, South Bend In; d. July 22, 1946, Lansing, MI.

More About LEO SZYBOWICZ:
Burial: St Joseph Cemetery
Ordination: July 23, 1907, Holy Cross Priest

	vii.	FRANK SZYBOWICZ, b. October 11, 1886, South Bend In; d. January 19, 1943, South Bend In; m. CONSTANCE SZAFRANSKI, February 25, 1908, St Joseph County, Indiana; b. February 10, 1885, South Bend In; d. March 08, 1968, South Bend In.

More About FRANK SZYBOWICZ:
Burial: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Notre Dame, Indiana

More About CONSTANCE SZAFRANSKI:
Burial: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Notre Dame, Indiana

	viii.	STANISLAUS SZYBOWICZ, b. November 1889, South Bend, IN.
	ix.	HELEN SZYBOWICZ, b. January 1892, South Bend In; d. 1958, South Bend In.

More About HELEN SZYBOWICZ:
Burial: St Joseph Cemetery

5.  CATHERINE KATARZYNA3 SZYBOWICZ (JULIA2 DRAJUS, PROGENITOR1) was born November 26, 1863 in Prussian Poland, and died December 16, 1925 in South Bend, IN.  She married VINCENT NIEDBALSKI May 24, 1886 in St Joseph County, IN, son of VALENTINE NIEDBALSKI and VICTORIA NIEDBALSKI.  He was born May 1858 in Bydgoszcz, Prussian Poland, and died April 23, 1908 in South Bend In.

More About CATHERINE KATARZYNA SZYBOWICZ:
Burial: Cedar Grove, Notre Dame , Ind

More About VINCENT NIEDBALSKI:
Burial: Cedar Grove, Notre Dame , Ind
	
Children of CATHERINE SZYBOWICZ and VINCENT NIEDBALSKI are:
7.	i.	STANLEY L4 NIEDBALSKI, b. March 23, 1887, South Bend, IN; d. December 28, 1951, South Bend, IN.
	ii.	PAULINE NIEDBALSKI, b. 1893, South Bend, IN; d. August 18, 1941, South Bend, IN.

More About PAULINE NIEDBALSKI:
Burial: Cedar Grove, Notre Dame , Ind

	iii.	JULIUS V NIEDBALSKI, b. December 26, 1894, South Bend, IN; d. January 09, 1939, South Bend, IN.
	iv.	HARRIETT T NIEDBALSKI, b. September 20, 1895, South Bend, IN; d. October 1964, South Bend, IN.
	v.	RUTH NIEDBALSKI, b. 1899, South Bend, IN; d. Aft. 1951, Bayville NJ.
	vi.	MARIE NIEDBALSKI, b. March 02, 1905, South Bend, IN; d. September 09, 1955, South Bend, IN.
	vii.	THEODORE NIEDBALSKI, b. 1907, South Bend, IN; d. Aft. 1951, South Bend, IN.

6.  JOSEPHINE3 DRAJUS (ANDREW2, PROGENITOR1) was born March 05, 1861 in Szubin, Poland, and died January 13, 1939 in South Bend , IN.  She married MICHAEL KLYSZ May 06, 1879 in St Joseph County, Indiana.  He was born September 28, 1851 in Poland, and died December 02, 1899 in South Bend , IN.

More About JOSEPHINE DRAJUS:
Burial: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Notre Dame, IN
Emigration: 1872
Occupation: 1880, Keeping House

Notes for MICHAEL KLYSZ:
South Bend Weekly 
12/2/1899	

Michael Klysz a leading merchant on So. Chapin Street died at 9:45 am Sunday Morningat his residence at 910 Perkins St. He had suffered for 14 years with Rheumatism and about three months ago lung trouble developed. He was born September 28, 1851 in Polish Germany and came to South Bend 29 years ago in 1870. For 12 years he had conducted a drug business on So. Chapin street. He leaves a wife, the former Josephine Drajus and seven children Bert, Lane, Pelgia, Lottie, John, Tola, and Teddy. He had been married for 21 years. The funeral will take place at 9:00 am Wednesday at St Hedwig Church. Rev Father Czyzenski will officiate. The remains will be laid to rest at Cedar Grove Cemetery, Notre Dame, IN.

More About MICHAEL KLYSZ:
Burial: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Notre Dame, IN
Occupation: 1899, Prop Drug Store on Chapin St
	
Children of JOSEPHINE DRAJUS and MICHAEL KLYSZ are:
	i.	BRONISLAW BERT4 KLYSZ, b. September 1880, South Bend , IN.

More About BRONISLAW BERT KLYSZ:
Occupation: 1900, Drug Store Clerk

8.	ii.	LEONARD KLYSZ, b. September 1883, South Bend , IN; d. January 05, 1951, South Bend , IN.
	iii.	PELAGIA KLYSZ, b. August 1885, South Bend , IN.
	iv.	WLADYSLAWA LOTTIE KLYSZ, b. June 1888, South Bend , IN.
	v.	JOHN KLYSZ, b. July 1891, South Bend , IN.
	vi.	ANTONIA KLYSZ, b. September 1893, South Bend , IN.
	vii.	MIECZLAW KLYSZ, b. August 1897.

Generation No. 4

7.  STANLEY L4 NIEDBALSKI (CATHERINE KATARZYNA3 SZYBOWICZ, JULIA2 DRAJUS, PROGENITOR1) was born March 23, 1887 in South Bend, IN, and died December 28, 1951 in South Bend, IN.  He married CECILIA MAGERIA September 30, 1918 in St Joseph County, IN, daughter of STANLEY MAGERIA and VERONICA JANIGOWSKA.  She was born August 04, 1893 in So. Chicago, IL, and died November 24, 1980 in South Bend, IN.
	
Children of STANLEY NIEDBALSKI and CECILIA MAGERIA are:
	i.	EVELYN PATRICIA5 NIEDBALSKI, b. March 1919, South Bend, IN; d. 1984, South Bend, IN.
	ii.	LORETTA HILDEGARDE NIEDBALSKI, b. September 10, 1921, South Bend, IN; d. April 01, 1974, South Bend, IN; m. (1) CARL JOSEPH KOT, August 25, 1945, St Hedwige, South Bend,  IN; b. March 24, 1914, Canton, IL; d. February 18, 1965, South Bend, IN; m. (2) DANA RAMSBY, Bef. August 1972, St Joseph County, IN; b. Abt. 1921, South Bend, IN.

8.  LEONARD4 KLYSZ (JOSEPHINE3 DRAJUS, ANDREW2, PROGENITOR1) was born September 1883 in South Bend , IN, and died January 05, 1951 in South Bend , IN.  He married CLARA BRZEZINSKI October 08, 1912 in St Hedwig, South Bend, IN, daughter of VINCENT BRZEZINSKI and ANNA NOWAK.  She was born August 05, 1889 in South Bend , IN, and died March 02, 1943 in South Bend , IN.

More About LEONARD KLYSZ:
Burial: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Notre Dame, IN
Occupation: 1900, Drug Store Clerk
Residence: 1900, 910 Perkins

More About CLARA BRZEZINSKI:
Burial: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Notre Dame, IN
	
Children of LEONARD KLYSZ and CLARA BRZEZINSKI are:
	i.	LEONARD5 KLYSZ, b. Aft. 1912, South Bend , IN; d. Aft. 1912, South Bend , IN.

More About LEONARD KLYSZ:
Burial: St Joseph Cemetery, South Bend, Indiana
Fact: Infant death

	ii.	HILDEGARDE KLYSZ, b. Aft. 1912, South Bend , IN; d. April 06, 2005.
	iii.	DELPHINE KLYSZ, b. August 10, 1916, South Bend, IN; d. February 26, 2009, South Bend , IN; m. FRANK MEZYKOWSKI, May 16, 1936, St Joseph County, Indiana; b. October 08, 1914, South Bend In; d. November 03, 2006, South Bend, IN.

Notes for DELPHINE KLYSZ:
Mezykowski, Delphine R.
 nee KLYSZ
Aug. 10, 1916 - Feb. 26, 2009 SOUTH BEND - Delphine R. Mezykowski, 92, passed away on Thursday, February 26, 2009, at 8:55 a.m. in Healthwin Specialized Care Facility. She is survived by her two children, William Mezykowski and Madeline (Tom) Marosz; grandchildren, Jennifer (Bob) Pinkowski and Jeffrey Marosz and his fiancée Kim Karpinski; and by her great-grandson, Zachary Pinkowski. Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. on Monday, in St. Joseph Funeral Home, 824 S. Mayflower Road, where a Rosary will be prayed at 4 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday, March 3, at 10 a.m. in Holy Cross Catholic Church

Aug. 10, 1916 - Feb. 26, 2009 SOUTH BEND - Delphine R. Mezykowski, 92, passed away on Thursday, February 26, 2009, at 8:55 a.m. in Healthwin Specialized Care Facility. Delphine was born on August 10, 1916, in South Bend, to the late Leonard and Clara (Brzezinski) Klysz. On May 16, 1936, she married Frank J. Mezykowski, who passed away on November 3, 2006. She was also preceded in death by her sister, Hildegarde Klysz; and by an infant brother, Leonard Klysz. She is survived by her two children, William Mezykowski of South Bend and Madeline (Tom) Marosz of Edwardsburg, MI; two grandchildren, Jennifer (Bob) Pinkowski of Edwardsburg, and Jeffrey Marosz and his fiancée Kim Karpinski, both of Dallas, TX; and by her great-grandson, Zachary Pinkowski. Delphine was a member of Holy Cross Catholic Church where she was involved in the Rosary and Altar Society. She was also a member of Hoosier Grandmothers. Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. on Monday, March 2, 2009, in ST. JOSEPH FUNERAL HOME, 824 S. Mayflower Road, South Bend, where a Rosary will be prayed at 4 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday, March 3, 2009, at 10 a.m. in Holy Cross Catholic Church. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Cemetery, South Bend. Memorial contributions may be made to Healthwin Specialized Care, 20531 Darden Road, South Bend, IN 46637. For those who are unable to attend the funeral liturgy,

More About DELPHINE KLYSZ:
Burial: St Joseph Cemetery, South Bend, Indiana

Notes for FRANK MEZYKOWSKI:
Frank J. Mezykowski
Oct. 8, 1914 - Nov. 3, 2006

SOUTH BEND - Frank J. Mezykowski, 92, died at 6:45 a.m. Friday in Healthwin Nursing Home. Survivors include his wife, Delphine (Klysz); a daughter, Madeline Marosz of Edwardsburg; a son, William of South Bend; and a brother, Casimer of South Bend. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Holy Cross Catholic Church. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday in St. Joseph Funeral Home, 824 S. Mayflower Road, where a rosary will be said at 3 p.m.

Frank J. Mezykowski
October 8, 1914 - November 3, 2006

Frank J. Mezykowski, 92, of South Bend, passed away at 6:45 a.m. on Friday, November 3, 2006, in Healthwin Nursing Home.

Frank was born on October 8, 1914, in South Bend, to William and Theophilia (Brodzinski) Mezykowski. His parents have preceded him in death as well as sisters, Francis Huffard, and Bernice Ewald; and brothers, John and Alex.

On May 16, 1936, Frank married Delphine (Klysz). She survives along with their children, Madeline (Tom) Marosz, of Edwardsburg, Mich., and William, of South Bend; grandchildren, Jeff Marosz, Dallas, TX and Jenny (Bob) Pinkowski, of Granger; great-grandson, Zachary Pinkowski; and brother, Casimer Mezykowski, of South Bend.

Frank retired from Bendix after 37 years and from the South Bend Municipal Parking Garage after 10 years. He was a parishioner at Holy Cross Catholic Church for 65 years. He belonged to the VFW 8748, Bendix Local #9, and was an avid Euchre player. Frank was a person who enjoyed life.

Visitation will be on Monday, November 6, 2006, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in ST. JOSEPH FUNERAL HOME, 824 S. Mayflower Road, South Bend, where a Rosary will be prayed at 3:00 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday, November 7, 2006, at 10:00 a.m. in Holy Cross Catholic Church. Burial will follow in St. Joseph Cemetery, South Bend.

More About FRANK MEZYKOWSKI:
Burial: St Joseph Cemetery
Occupation: Bendix retired
Religion: Holy Cross