Alexander Pianka was born in Dobry Las, a small village in northeastern Poland, in 1890. He immigrated to America in 1910, settling in the Josephatowa neighborhood of Cleveland, where he found work at Otis Iron and Steel Co., and later at W. S. Tyler, another large employer of immigrants in the neighborhood. In 1913, Alexander married Wladyslawa ("Lottie") Zalewska, also a Polish immigrant. The ceremony was performed in St. John's chapel by Father Joseph Kocinski, pastor of St. Josaphat parish. Raymond Pianka, Cleveland's Housing Court judge, is a grandson of Alexander and Lottie Pianka. | Source: Raymond Pianka.Download Original File
