Radzvilowizc Reader # 2

Following  is the second issue of the Radzvilowicz Reader, Vol 2 Fall 1990.

The photo on the front page is of our maternal great grandparents, Zofy  and Marcel Zachar, shown seated and Marcel’s niece, un-named, standing behind them.  Her father, Marcel’s brother, apparently had died earlier of influenza, (there were influenza pandemics in Eastern Europe in 1889-1890 and again in 1917-1919, most likely he died in the earlier one).  She would have been a cousin of our Babcia, Michalena, and most likely was raised as a family member in Marcel’s household with the last name, Zachar. This might explain why she would be in a family photograph.

I would speculate her age to be between 12 and 15. Zofy and Marcel appear to be in their 40’s, suggesting their own children to be of similar age or slightly younger.  Helen’s notes indicate our Bobcia, Michalena had 3 sisters, Mary Zachar-Krupowski, Blanche and Josefa, and 2 brothers, Boleslaw and Stanley (Imagery & Reflections page 18). It is possible that one of these sisters was actually this cousin.