This is what I have on file on the ancestor side.
Gene
Ancestors of Edward Joseph
PopaGeneration No. 1
1. Edward Joseph
Popa, born 22 Jan 1914 in Centerville Twp,
Leelanau Co, MI; died 26 Nov 2001 in
Grand Traverse Co, MI. He was the son of 2. Francis
Xavier Popa and 3. Anna Veronica Fleis. He married (1) Irene
Eldridge 29 Aug 1942.
Generation No. 2
2. Francis
Xavier Popa, born 08 Jul 1881 in Albany, NY; died 23 Sep 1965 in Centerville Twp,
Leelanau Co, MI. He was the son of 4. Steven
Popa and 5. Johanna Maltrowski. He married 3. Anna Veronica Fleis 09 May 1904 in
Cedar, MI.
3. Anna Veronica Fleis, born 05 Sep 1882 in MI; died 13 Dec 1918 in Centerville Twp,
Leelanau Co, MI. She was the daughter of 6. Thomas Fleis and 7. Josephine Kelinski.
Children of Francis
Popa and Anna Fleis are:
i. Steven A. Popa, born 06 Apr 1905; died 11 Jan 1995; married
Harriet Tomaszewski Abt. 01 Aug 1940; died Nov 1992.
ii. Anna
Popa, born
Abt. 1906.
iii. Sophia
Popa, born 31 Jan 1909 in
Cedar, MI; died 04 Mar 2002 in William
Beaumont Hospital, Troy, MI.
iv. Joseph
Popa, born 06 Feb 1912 in Centerville Twp,
Leelanau Co, MI; died 23 Jun 1997 in
Leelanau Co, MI.
1 v. Edward Joseph
Popa, born 22 Jan 1914 in Centerville Twp,
Leelanau Co, MI; died 26 Nov 2001 in
Grand Traverse Co, MI; married Irene
Eldridge 29 Aug 1942.
Generation No. 3
4. Steven
Popa He married 5. Johanna Maltrowski.
5. Johanna Maltrowski, born
Abt. 1845 in Ger/Pol.
Children of Steven
Popa and Johanna Maltrowski are:
2 i. Francis
Xavier Popa, born 08 Jul 1881 in Albany, NY; died 23 Sep 1965 in Centerville Twp,
Leelanau Co, MI; married Anna Veronica Fleis 09 May 1904 in
Cedar, MI.
ii. Paul
Popa, born
Abt. 1884; died 06 Aug 1947 in
Grand Traverse Co, MI; married Anna Flees; born 06 Aug 1895 in
Leelanau Co, MI; died 31 Jul 1979 in MI.
iii. Anna
Popa, born 03 Apr 1885; died 27 Mar 1910 in
Leelanau Co, MI; married Martin Fleis 18 Jun 1906 in
Leelanau Co, MI; born 12 Nov 1883 in MI; died 1955 in
Maple City, MI.
iv. Joseph
Popa, born
Abt. 1890; died 22 Feb 1897 in
Leelanau Co, MI.
v. Adam
Popa, born
Abt. 1893; died 15 Feb 1897 in
Leelanau Co, MI.
6. Thomas Fleis, born 08 Apr 1854 in Ger/Pol (
Prussia); died 09 Feb 1929 in
Traverse City, MI. He was the son of 12. Thomas Fleis and 13. Anna Brueger. He married 7. Josephine Kelinski 10 Feb 1876 in
Leelanau Co, MI.
7. Josephine Kelinski, born Jan 1857 in Ger/Pol (
Prussia); died 23 Jul 1938 in MI. She was the daughter of 14. John Kilinski and 15. Susanne Wojdanowski.
Children of Thomas Fleis and Josephine Kelinski are:
i. Leohodya Fleis, born 25 Sep 1876 in MI; died 21 May 1964 in MI; married Theophil
Czerniak 23 Nov 1896; born 23 Jun 1876 in Slupca (Poznan) Poland; died 15 Jul 1943 in Centerville Twp,
Leelanau Co, MI.
ii. John F. Fleis, born 1879 in MI; died 1972 in Poland; married Emma Rybczynska in Poland; born 1881 in Poland; died 1970 in Poland.
iii. Mary Fleis, born 02 May 1880; died 13 Aug 1971 in Northport, MI; married Martin
Brzezinski 30 Oct 1899 in
Leelanau Co, MI; born 24 Oct 1875 in Milwaukee, WI; died 02 Jun 1960 in
Traverse City, MI.
3 iv. Anna Veronica Fleis, born 05 Sep 1882 in MI; died 13 Dec 1918 in Centerville Twp,
Leelanau Co, MI; married (1) Popa; married (2) Francis
Xavier Popa 09 May 1904 in
Cedar, MI.
v. Martin Fleis, born 12 Nov 1883 in MI; died 1955 in
Maple City, MI; married (1) Anna
Popa 18 Jun 1906 in
Leelanau Co, MI; born 03 Apr 1885; died 27 Mar 1910 in
Leelanau Co, MI; married (2) Victoria
Kruse Jan 1911 in
Cedar, MI; born 18 Sep 1887 in Manistee, MI; died 12 Sep 1982 in Northport, MI.
vi. Joseph Fleis, born Nov 1886 in MI.
vii. Josephine Fleis, born 07 Nov 1886 in MI; died 1973 in Chicago, IL.
viii. Thomas A. Fleis, born 10 Nov 1888 in MI; died 12 May 1965 in
Traverse City, MI; married Agnes Pleva; born Jan 1895; died 24 May 1944 in
Leelanau Co, MI.
ix. Agnes Fleis, born 19 Apr 1891 in MI; died 10 Sep 1981 in Chicago, IL.
x. Elizabeth Fleis, born 16 Apr 1893 in Centerville Twp,
Leelanau Co, MI; died 06 Jun 1984 in Chicago, IL.
xi. Susan Fleis, born 10 Aug 1895 in Centerville Twp,
Leelanau Co, MI; died 25 Jan 1978 in
Traverse City, MI; married (1)
Roman Pleva; born Aug 1887; died 1956 in Mi; married (2) John P. Schopieray 26 Apr 1965; born 1895; died 1967 in Northport, MI.
xii. Rosa Fleis, born Mar 1898 in MI; died 1978 in Chicago, IL.
Generation No. 4
12. Thomas Fleis, born Bef. 1830; died in Poland. He married 13. Anna Brueger.
13. Anna Brueger, born Bef. 1830.
Children of Thomas Fleis and Anna Brueger are:
i. Ignatz
Flies, born
Abt. 1840 in Poland; married (1) Dorothy Ugectz; married (2) Dorthea Kugacz; born
Abt. 1844 in Poland.
ii. Marianna
Flis, born 23 Jan 1844 in Poland; died 29 May 1931 in
Cedar, MI; married Adam Cerkowski 21 Aug 1868 in Poland; born 10 Dec 1845 in West Prussia; died 17 Oct 1933 in
Cedar, MI.
iii. Anna
Flis, born 22 Jan 1846; died 14 Feb 1929 in
Leelanau Co, MI.
iv. Frank A. Fleis, born 01 Jan 1849 in Poznan, Poland; died 17 Feb 1909 in
Cedar, MI; married (2) Florintina Kugacz 16 Oct 1870 in St. Stanislaus, Milwaukee, WI; born 17 Apr 1849 in Poland; died 23 Feb 1923 in
Leelanau Co, MI.
v. John M. Flees, born May 1851 in Ger/Pol; died 25 Oct 1926 in
Traverse City, MI; married Katherine Czmriny 11 Jan 1874 in St. Stanislaus, Milwaukee, WI; born 29 Sep 1853 in Prussia; died 25 Oct 1928 in
Leelanau Co, MI.
6 vi. Thomas Fleis, born 08 Apr 1854 in Ger/Pol (
Prussia); died 09 Feb 1929 in
Traverse City, MI; married Josephine Kelinski 10 Feb 1876 in
Leelanau Co, MI.
14. John Kilinski, born 1811; died 01 Feb 1899 in
Leelanau Co, MI. He married 15. Susanne Wojdanowski.
15. Susanne Wojdanowski
Children of John Kilinski and Susanne Wojdanowski are:
i. John Kelinski, born 1856; died 1938; married Susan.
7 ii. Josephine Kelinski, born Jan 1857 in Ger/Pol (
Prussia); died 23 Jul 1938 in MI; married Thomas Fleis 10 Feb 1876 in
Leelanau Co, MI.