Jerzy Marian Lojszczyk (1942 - 2014)

Biography

Jerzy Marian Łojszczyk was born on 9 April 1942 in Warszawa, Poland, the eldest son of Waleria Weronika (Zielińska) Łojszczyk (1922–2014) and Marian Tadeusz Łojszczyk (1917–1998).

• From June 1947 to January 1948 he lived with his family at DP Camp Fernblick in Osnabrück.^[1]
• On 18 October 1949 he was examined in Fallingbostel, Germany, and certified as fit for emigration to Australia by the Australian DP Selection Team.^[2]
• On 1 February 1950 he departed Seedorf, Germany, aboard the Castelbianco, arriving in Sydney, New South Wales, on 2 March 1950.^[3]

He was naturalized as an Australian citizen on 27 March 1963 in West Wallsend, New South Wales.^[4][5]

By 1977 he was working as a metallurgist and living at 7 Lois Crescent, Cardiff, New South Wales.^[6]

Jerzy died in 2014 in Newcastle, New South Wales, aged 72.

DNA

* Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Jenny Lojszczyk and Laura Smith, his first cousin. Their most-recent common ancestors are Marian Łojszczyk and Waleria Zielinska, the grandparents of both Jenny Lojszczyk and Laura Smith. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 1st cousin, based on sharing 839 cM across 28 segments. (Smith-347801 01:37, 12 August 2024 (UTC))

Sources

1. ↑ NAA, A12011, 500-505, Łojszczyk Family. CM/1 form lists family residence at DP Camp Fernblick in Osnabrück, June 1947–January 1948.
2. ↑ NAA, A12011, 500-505, Łojszczyk Family. IRO Resettlement Medical Examination Forms show each child examined at Fallingbostel and certified fit for emigration to Australia on 18 October 1949.
3. ↑ Passenger record, S.S. Castelbianco, arrival in Sydney, NSW, 2 March 1950.
4. ↑ Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, Certificates of Naturalization.
5. ↑ "Citizenship for Poles," Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate, 28 March 1963.
6. ↑ Ancestry.com, Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903–1980.

• National Archives of Australia (NAA): A12011, 500-505, Medical Examination and Migration Files.
• Arolsen Archives: Correspondence and nominal rolls for transport on S.S. Castelbianco and related emigration documentation.