The Tao Of Paul

My Paternal Grandmother lived here with her Mother Wiktorja Lusiak and her sister, Vi. Her father was not in the picture. According to Gram, her mother threw him out of the house because her was “no good”
Great Grandmother supported the family as a seamstress. Every Sunday the girls would show up at church (St. Stans I believe) in nice new dresses. Models, I guess for their mother’s work. She must have been pretty frugal and done well, because when my grandparents who were living with her decided to move out to the wilds of Tonawanda and Ellicott Creek in the late 30’s, she loaned them the money to buy the property and start the house. Gram said that there was no question about the fact that this was a loan, not a gift.
So there you have the East Side beginnings of my family. There was a brief return when my grandparents owned a tavern on the corner of Stanislaus and Lathrop in the early 70’s.

When I find more pictures i will give you my South Buffalo roots (Mom) on Altruria Street.

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