Genealogy / Family name "Olejarz" [12]

My Grandfather's name was Andrew Olejarz. He was born in either Poland or Austria in 1883 and lived in Poland. His wife Anna Pieczko was born in Poland in 1881. I do not know what city they lived in or what year they got married. They had two daughters born in Poland, Julia in 1909 and Sophie in 1911.

Andrew Olejarz immigrated to the United States around 1912 and left his wife and daughters behind. When he came through Ellis Island, as happened to so many, his name was changed, and spelled phonetically as OLASH. He settled in Acosta PA in Somerset County and his wife and daughters joined him shortly thereafter. They had six more children, Helen, Walter, Frank, John, Stanley and Mary. Stanley was my father, (1922-1996) He married Anna D Knopp in 1942 and they had five sons of which I am number four. My name is Donald Olash. My father and all of his siblings are deceased. I am attaching three of the photos I have.

1. The large sepia family photo was taken in Acosta PA around 1925. They are from left to right, Walter, Sophie, Andrew (seated), Stanley (between his knees), Julia, John, Anna (seated with Mary in arm), Helen and Frank.

2. The small black and white is Andrew, Anna and Mary Olash circa 1928. This photo was taken at the old Monaca home on 8th Street.
3. Photo of Andrew and Anna tombstone Saint John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery, Monaca, PA

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  Olash (Olejarz) family Acosta PA circa 1925
  

Genealogy / Family name "Olejarz" [12]

THANK YOU SO MUCH for this information. I do have a copy of Andrew Olash's Certificate of Citizenship #3537176 and Petition #2702 for the Beaver County Courthouse, Beaver PA

Thank you, my family will be so very pleased to learn this!
Donald

THANK YOU SO MUCH for this information. I do have a copy of Andrew Olash's Certificate of Citizenship #3537176 and Petition #2702 for the Beaver County Courthouse, Beaver PA.

YES, Pieszko was my grandmother's (Anna Olash) maiden name. Ironicly, my Mother (Stanley Jr.'s wife married on June 29 1942) was also named Anna (Dolores Knopp). The Knopp family came to the US in 1636 from Germany. My Father, the late Stanley Olash Jr. next to the youngest child of Andrew and Anna, discovered at age 62 when returning to his birthplace, Acosta, PA in Somerset County, upon recieving a copy of his birth certificate, his name was listed as Andrew!

Thanks again.
Thank you, my family will be so very pleased to learn this!