Brief Life History of Raymond John
When Raymond John Zawislak was born on 20 June 1921, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, his father, Stanislaw Zowislok, was 24 and his mother, Julia Zywicki, was 23. He married Bertha Luceal Brown on 29 April 1946, in Belmont, San Mateo, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in United States in 1949. He died on 25 September 1997, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Bayport, Washington, Minnesota, United States.
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- Raymond Zawislak, "United States 1950 Census"
- Raymond Gawislak, "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940"
- Raymond John Zawislak, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1953"
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World Events (8)
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1925 · Woman's World's Fair
The first Woman's World's Fair was held in Chicago in 1925. The idea of the completely women-run fair was to display the progress of ideas, work, and products of twentieth-century women
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Polish Beata, Boguslaw, Janina, Kazimierz, Piotr, Ryszard.
Polish (Zawiślak): topographic name for someone who lived ‘over the Vistula’, from za ‘beyond’ + Wisła ‘Vistula’ + -ak, suffix of animate nouns.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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