1. 2. Matthew (Mateusz ) DLUZYNSKI   b. Jan 1849, ,, Poland; d. 15 Dec 1934, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. 3. Catherine DLUZYNSKI   b. 1859; d. 3 Jun 1937, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. 4. Frank DLUZYNSKI  
4. 5. John DLUZYNSKI   b. Oct 1864, ,, Poland; d. Mar 1945, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
5. 6. Peter DLUZYNSKI   b. Oct 1865, ,, Poland.
6. 7. Theodore DLUZYNSKI   b. 19 Nov 1866, Gozno,, Poland; d. 12 Nov 1940, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
7. 8. Rose DLUZYNSKI, O.S.J.   b. 11 Oct 1868, Szymberg,, Poland; d. 7 Jun 1943, Garfield Hts., Cuyahoga, Ohio.

CLEVELAND PRESS. "Oldest Polish pioneer tells of fleeing to U. S. to evade war." Cl. Press, Feb. 27, 1934. Matthew Dluzynski, a brief biography.

Matthew purchased sublot 37 on Bliss St. (A.A. Jewett subdivision). His parents, Simon & Dorothea Dluzynski, purchased sublot 38 on Bliss St.. Both purchases were made on Jun 18, 1881. Simon sold his property on Bliss in 1886. So did Matthew. No further deeds were found for Simon and his wife. Did they move to another county or state? Did they die around that time?

Had 10 children -- 8 lived (per 1910 census)

RESIDENCES:
1934 - 3724 E. 65th St., Cleveland, Ohio

OBIT:
Name: Dluzynski, Rites Today
Date: Dec 19 1934
Source: Plain Dealer; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #020.
Notes: Polish Resident, 86, Came to Cleveland 64 Years Ago. Funeral services for Matthew Dluzynski, 86, recently selected as one of the city's two oldest living Polish pioneers, will be held this morning at 10 at St. Stanislaus' Catholic Church, E. 65th Street and Forman Avenue S. E. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Mr. Dluzynski died Saturday at his home, 3724 E. 65th Street. He came to Cleveland 64 years ago. A wagon maker, he worked on the construction of the old Superior Avenue viaduct in 1870. Later he opened a grocery or?vhat is now Warsaw Avenue S. He is survived by two sons, Aloysius and Alphonse; six daughters, Mary, Agnes, Mrs. Monica Pawlowski, Mrs. Helen Cwiklinski, Mrs. Hattie Verbsky and Mrs. Nettie Planicka; two brothers, Theodore and John; two sisters, Mrs. Catherine Kowalski and Sister Juliana, a sister of St. Joseph.

DEATH:
DLUZYNSKI, Mateusz
Death date: 12/15/1934,
Cuyahoga County Volume #7679, Certificate #71565

1. 9. Mary DLUZYNSKI   b. Mar 1892, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. Jun 1961, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. 10. Agnes DLUZYNSKI   b. Abt 1893, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. 11. Helen DLUZYNSKI   b. 30 May 1894, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 1 Dec 1979.
4. 12. Monica DLUZYNSKI   b. Aug 1896, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
5. 13. Aloysius (Alois) DLUZYNSKI   b. 10 Dec 1897; d. Feb 1978.
6. 14. Nettie DLUZYNSKI   b. Abt 1902, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. Mar 1961, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
7. 15. Hattie DLUZYNSKI   b. Abt 1903, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. Jun 1968, Tucson,, Arizona.
8. 16. Alphonse DLUZYNSKI, (Dunn)  
9. 17. Robert DLUZYNSKI  

RESIDENCES:
1937 - 3680 E.65th St., Cleveland, Ohio

May have had a daughter named Mary Piotrowski. She was the informant on Catherine's death certificate.

1. 18. John F. KOWALSKI   b. 21 Nov 1887, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 30 Apr 1950, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

RESIDENCES:
1910 - 3836 E.67th St. is this the same guy?
1945 - 4612 E.49th St.

MARRIAGE:
BINNERT, MARY and DLUZYUSKI, JOHN vol.0029 pg.0512
(Cuyahoga County Marriage License Index)


OBIT: Name: Dluzynski, John
Date: Mar 7 1945
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #020.
Notes: Dluzynski: John, of 4612 E. 49 st., beloved husband of the late Mary, father of Frank, Walter, Rose (deceased), Henry, Regina Flowers, and Helen Turajski, beloved grandfather and great-grandfather, passed away Sunday, March 4. Funeral Thursday, March 8, from Slezak's Funeral Home, 3652 E. 65 st., at 8:45 a. m., St. Stanislaus' Church at 9:30 a. m. Burial in Calvary Cemetery.

1. 19. Frank DLUZYNSKI   b. 21 Mar 1887, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. May 1948, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. 20. Walter J. DLUZYNSKI   b. 11 Aug 1889, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 17 Apr 1949, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. 21. Rose DLUZYNSKI   b. Nov 1898; d. Jan 1969, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. 22. Henry DLUZYNSKI   b. 24 Aug 1897; d. Aug 1969, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
5. 23. Regina DLUZYNSKI  
6. 24. Helen DLUZYNSKI  

Listed in the 1900 Census for Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio as living with his brother Matthew Dluzinsky.

Publisher of "Polonia w Ameryce"

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Dluzynski, Theodore; publisher and editor; born, Poland, 1866; son of Simon and Dorothia Dluzynski; educated, St. Mary's College, Dayton, O.; married, Cleveland, May, 1901, Lotti Milosyenska; three children; worked one year in the post office money order department; ten years deputy County Treasurer; sec'y of the Polonia in Amuryre Corporation Polish Newspaper, organized twenty years ago; after seven years the corporation sold the paper to him; is now the sole owner and publisher; has improved the publication, increased the circulation; it is read mostly by the Polish people in the State of Ohio; has a membership of 7,000; see'y and treas. Realty & Trust Co.; director Wanda Furniture Co. and Olsty Carriage Co.; trustee of St. Stainslaus Church; see'y Polish Chamber of Industry; vice pres. of Polish Turnvers; member of Polish Alliance in the State of Ohio, Polish Catholic Union of Ohio, and of the United States, and Polish National Alliance of the United States; member Ben Franklin Club and Polish Singing Society.

The Book of Clevelanders, A Biographical Dictionary of Living Men of the City of Cleveland, Burrows Book Company, 1914
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MARRIAGE:
1) MILOSZEWSKA, LEOCADIA and DLUZYNSKI, THEOPHIL vol.0057 pg.0026
2) ROZMIAREK, WALENTINA and DLUZYNSKI, THEOPHIL vol.0097 pg.0184
(Cuyahoga County Marriage License Index)

RESIDENCES:
see deed of 1911 upon death of his first wife, Lottie (Leocadia). Several parcels were noted.
Parcel 1 - sublot 76 on E.74th St.
Parcel 2 - Broadway (part of original lots 318 and 319)
Parcel 3 - Broadway (also part of 318 and 319)
Parcel 4 - sublot 2 on Fleet Ave. (part of Isaac Gill's resubdivision)
Parcel 5 - sublot 35 on Union Ave. (part of E.S. Gillette allotment)
Parcel 6 - Vistula St.
Parcel 7 - 8 sublots on Polonia Ave.

RESIDENCES:
1911 - 6907 Fleet Ave., Cleveland, Ohio
1922 - 11026 Miles Ave.

NATURALIZATION: Court: Dalton, Montgomery County, Ohio in 1885 (see Theo. Dluzenski - arrival Sep 09, 1924 aboard the S.S. Olympic out of Cherbourg, France - line 0028)

OBIT:
Name: Dluzynski, Theodore
Date: Nov 14 1940
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #020.
Notes: Dluzynski: Theodore, beloved husband of Valeria, father of Theodore II. Alfonse and Hattie Wroblewski, and grandfather, Tuesday. Funeral Saturday, Nov. 16, 10:15 a. m., from the late residence, 11026 Miles ave., and St. Stanislaus' Church 11 a. m. Burial Calvary Cemetery.

DEATH:
DLUZYNSKI, Theodore
Death date: 11/12/1940,
Cuyahoga County Certificate #66540

1. 25. Theodore DLUZYNSKI, Jr.  
2. 26. Alphonse DLUZYNSKI  
3. 27. Harriet DLUZYNSKI  

OBIT: Name: Szesciuk, Mary
Date: Jun 29 1961
Source: Cleveland Press; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #160.
Notes: Szesciuk. Mary Szesciuk (nee Dluzynski), beloved wife of Joseph, daughter of Matthew and Elizabeth (both deceased), sister of Agnes (deceased), Helen Maszczynski, Aloise, Nettie Reynolds (deceased), Hattie Karwick of Tucsoo, Ariz., and Alphonse Dunn. Friends received at Slezak Funeral Home, 3652 E. 65 St., where services will be held Friday, June 30, at 8:30 a. m., and St. Stanislaus Church at 9 a. m. Burial Calvary Cemetery

Executor of his father's estate.

BIRTH:
Alois gave a date of birth as 10 Dec 1898 for his WWI draft card.

OBIT:
DLUZYNSKI, ALOIS W : Husband of late Irene (Obit.).Plain Dealer 17 Feb, 1978, pg. 05 sec. B

1. 28. David DLUZYNSKI  

~She was either married earlier to PLANICKI, or that was Clarence's original surname.

6412 Fullerton Ave.

OBIT:
Name: Reynolds, Nettie
Date: Mar 19 1961
Source: Plain Dealer; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #149.
Notes: (Nee Dluzynski); beloved wife of Clarence; daughter of Matthew and Elizabeth, both deceased; sister of Mary Szesctuk, Agnes, deceased, Helen Maszczynski, Alois, Hattie Karwick of Tucson, Ariz., and Alphonse Dunn. Friends received at Slezak Funeral Home, 3652 E. 65th St., where services will be held Monday, Mar. 20, at 10 a. m. Burial Calvary Cemetery

OBIT: Name: Karwick, Hattie
Date: Jun 2 1968
Source: Plain Dealer; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #122.
Notes: Karwick. Hattle Karwick (nee Dluzynski) of Tucson, Ariz., beloved wife of the late William, mother of Jerry and Robert, grandmother of Nancy, Bobby and Debbie, daughter of Matthew and Elizabeth (both deceased), sister of Mary Szeszchik (deceased), Agnes (deceased), Helen Maszczytiski, Monica Pawlowski, Alois, Nettie Reynolds (deceased), and Alphonse Dunn. Family will receive friends of Slezal Funeral Home, 3652 E. 65th St. where services will be held Monday, June 3 at 8:30 a.m. and at St. Stanislaus Church at 9 a.m. Burial Calvary Cemetery. Visitation 2-5 And 7-10 P.M. Sunday.

RESIDENCES:
1942 - 9412 Garfield Blvd.

RESIDENCES:
1950 - 3591 E.105th St., Cleveland, Ohio

BIRTH:
Frank provided his date of birth as 21 Mar 1887 on his WWI draft card and his address as 6722 Forman Ave. Married with one child at the time.

OBIT:
Name: Dluzynski, Frank
Date: May 13 1948
Source: Plain Dealer; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #020.
Notes: Dluzynski, Frank, of 6720 Forman Ave., beloved husband of Rose, father of Edward, Eleanore Oney, brother of Walter, Henry, Regina Flowers, and Helen Turaiski, beloved grandfather, passed away suddenly Tues., May 11. Funeral Sat., May 15, from Slezak Funeral Home, 3652 E. 65, at 9:15 a. m., St. Stanislaus Church, at 10 a. m. Burial Calvary Cemetery.

1. 29. Edward DLUZYNSKI  
2. 30. Eleanor DLUZYNSKI  

BIRTH:
Walter provided his date of birth as 11 Aug 1889 for his WWI Draft Card. He was living at 6715 Forman Ave. at the time.

MILITARY:
Discharged from the Army (World War I), May 18, 1920.
Ohio Military Men, 1917-18
Name: Walter Dluzynski
Serial Number: 2660468
Race: W
Residence: 6715 Foreman Ave., Cleveland, O.
Enlistment Division: National Army LB 10
Enlistment Location: Cleveland, O.
Enlistment Date: 26 May 1918
Birth Place: Cleveland, O.
Birth Date / Age: 28 10/12 Years
Assigns Comment: 33 Co 3 Infantry Replacement Regiment Cp Gordon Ga to --; 25 Co July Automatic Replacement Draft to Cp Gordon Ga to --; Co I 16 Infantry to Discharge Private St Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. Wounded In Action slightly 4 Oct 1918. American Expeditionary Forces 22 July 1918 to 23 March 1919. Honorable discharge 18 May 1920. Surgeon's Certificate of Disability 63% disabled. Cited in General Order 1 Division dated 1 Jan 1920.
Volume #: 5

DEATH:
Died at 6806 Claasen Ave., Cleveland, Ohio

OBIT:
Name: Dluzynski, Walter J.
Date: Apr 20 1949
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #020.
Notes: Dluzynski, Walter J., of 10206 Richland Ave.; beloved husband of Anna; father of Rita Sarama and Therese; grandfather of Karenann; brother of Frank (deceased), Rose (deceased), Henry, Regina Flowers and Helen Turajski. Friends may call at Frank J. Rybicki Funeral Home, 4640 Turney Rd., where services will be held Thursday, April 21, at 8:30 a. m., and SS. Peter and Paul's Church, Turney Rd. at 9 a. m.

1. 31. Rita DLUZYNSKI  

MARRIAGE: DLUZYNSKA, ROZALIA and STEFANSKI, ANTHONY 0097 0250
Note that OBIT lists her maiden name as Tutay.

OBIT: Name: Stefanski, Rose
Date: Jan 17 1969
Source: Cleveland Press; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #158.
Notes: Stefanski. Rose Stefanski (nee Tutay), residence 3615 E. 55 St., beloved wife of the late Anton, dear mother of Leonard and grandmother of two, sister of the late Mary Mulka, Larry, John and Hyacinth. Friends may call at The Domagalski Funeral Home, Harvard Ave. at E. 143 St. where services will be held Saturday, Jan. 18, at 8:15 A. M. and at St. Stanislaus Church at 9 A. M. Interment Calvary Cemetery. Visiting Hours 2-5 And 7-10 P. M.

1. 32. Leonard STEFANSKI   b. 6 May 1915, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 18 Dec 2005.

BIRTH:
Henry provided a date of birth as 24 Aug 1897 for his WWI Draft Card. He was living at 6715 Forman Ave. at the time. The card also lists him as the son of John.

OBIT:
Name: Dluzynski, Henry
Date: Sep 1 1969
Source: Cleveland Press; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #104.
Notes: Dluzynski. Henry Dluzynski, beloved husband of the late Mary (nee Shelter), dear brother of Frank (deceased), Walter (deceased), Rose Stefanski (deceased), Regina Flowers and Helen Turaiski, dear uncle of nine. Funeral services Tuesday, Sept. St. Stanislaus Church 1 a.m. Friends received at The Golubska Funeral Home, corner Turner Rd. and Garfield Blvd. Visiting Monday 2-5 And 7-10 P.M.

RESIDENCES:
1961 - 3748 W.13th St., Cleveland, Ohio
____ - 7320 State Rd., Parma, Ohio

OCCUPATION:
Metallurgist

1. 33. Glen STEFANSKI   b. 6 Jan 1945, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. Aug 1966, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. 34. Shirley Sue STEFANSKI  
3. 35. Bryan STEFANSKI