Swezey-Tomsic Ancestors

per Gary T - May 1, 2015 - My mother's maiden name was Bernard. Her family was from Slovenia too.
She was actually born Virginia Helen Bernard but she preferred to be called Jean.
There's very few documents in which she's referred to as Virginia.
My wife's maiden name is James and she was born May 23, 1951. We're almost the same age. Her mother is from Cleveland but was living and working in Wash. D.C. when she was born and they moved back here when she was still a baby. So she was raised here in the Cleveland area too.

When I was small we lived in Cleveland but in three different places in the same neighborhood off of St. Clair Ave. The first five years was on E. 67th St. north of St. Clair (about two blocks away from Azman's store). We then moved to a street off of E. 79th called Kosciuszko (try spelling that for your teacher when your're in the 1st grade). We lived there 10 Years then moved about 3 streets over to Bellevue Ave. where we stayed for about 3 years and that was it. By then I was about 18 and the family all went our separate ways. In only about 2 years my father died, my brother went into the army, my mother moved to the west side and I went off on my own.

As far as schools, they were all in that same neighborhood. Elementary school was only one street over from Kosciuszko. It was called Sowinski Elementary (that was the name of the street it was on). Middle school was called Addison Jr. high and the high school was East High in Cleveland.

Per Gary Tomsic, via email - March 4-31, 2015 - My birthday is Jan 4, 1951.
My wife's name is Debra and we been married since 1978.
I never left this area. I lived and worked in and around Cleveland
my whole life. My kids are all grown now
and they all live in the area.

My wife's from around the area too. She was actually born in Wash D.C. but raised in the Cleveland area. My sons are Alan 42, Mark 40, Jeffrey 32, and Gregg 30 (yes two G's). Only one grandson Nick. He's 10 now and he's Mark's son. Jeff was just married last year.

In Feb 2015 email - time since we last saw each other - 60 years since I was age 4. I'm doing fine.
I retired a couple years ago after 20 years at the post office as a mailman.
My four boys are all grown now and doing fine. One just got married this
summer. I live in Willowick OH which is just east of the city. Been here
about 30 yrs.