LOOKING FOR INFO ABOUT LADA'S. MY GF NAME: FRANK LADA.
B. 29-JAN-1883 POLAND-RUSSIA
1903 IMMIGRATED AGE 19
D.16-DEC-1952/NEW BRITAIN, CT
MARRIED: ROZALIA DZIECZYK
B. 1891/3 POLAND-RUSSIA
D. 6-OCT-1950/NEW BRITAIN,CT
ABOUT: 1906/7 IN WEBSTER, MASS.
HAD 5 CHILDREN
FRANK J./B.29-JAN-1908/WEBSTER,MASS
HELEN LADAY/B.30-JUL-1911/WEBSTER,MASS
ROSE/B. 19-JUNE-1915/AUGUSTA,MAINE
JOHN/B.8-NOV-1917/AUGUSTA, MAINE
JEAN/B. 18-MAY-1924/NEW BRITAIN,CT
FRANK LADA'S BROTHER'S NAME WAS:
IGNATZ LADA/B. 1880?/POLAND,RUSSIA
1906 IMMIGRATED
MARRIED: VALERIA
DAUGHTER: FRANCEIS/ES/B. 1910
RESIDED IN WEBSTER,MASS
THERE WAS A SISTER WHO MOVED TO BOSTON
MY GF AND FAMILY IS LISTED ON THE 1930 CENSUS. HOWEVER HIS BROTHER,IGNATZ/CE IS LISTED ON THE 1910/20/30 CENSUS.
THERE ARE SEVERAL FAMILY STORIES THAT MAY BE OF INTEREST TO SOMEONE:
WHEN NAPOLEON MARCHED THROUGH POLAND ON HIS WAY TO RUSSIA MY GGGGF+/- AND HIS BROTHER WERE WITH HIM. WHEN THE GEN. RETREATED BECAUSE THE RUSSIANS BURNT EVERYTHING.IN HIS PATH THE SOLDIERS HAD FEND FOR THEMSELVES IN THE HARSH WINTER. THE GEN. PROMICED HE WOULD RETURN IN THE SPRING. THE BROTHERS MARRIED POLISH GIRLS AND STAYED IN POLAND/RUSSIA [AFTER TRI NATION APPORTIONMENT]
IT HAS BEEN FAMILY HISTORY THAT THE NAME WAS CHANGED WHEN THE BROTHERS ENTERED THE USA. THE ORIGINAL WAS LADAY OR L'ADE.
I DISCOVERED A LADA CREST. IT IS OCTAGONAL IN SHAPE AND HAS WHITE STYALIZED CROSS [X[ IN A FIELD OF RED. THERE IS A HERALD,ALSO.
I WAS SUPRISED THAT THE BROTHERS COULD READ AND WRITE. THIS WOULD INDICATE SOME RANKING. PEASANTS DON'T WRITE.
I HAVE BROWSED ELLIS IS FILES W/O LUCK.
" " " ANCESTRY RECORDS AND I HAVE GAPS FROM WEBSTER,MASS, MAINE, POLAND, CENSUS-1910/20
ANY/ALL INFO ABOUT RELATIVES LOST AND FOUND WELCOMED. ANY HISTORY ABOUT NAMES AND PLACES APPRECIATED.