{"id":2088,"date":"2007-12-24T00:01:04","date_gmt":"2007-12-24T07:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/23\/the-firm-of-meleski-niedzialkoski-in-1924\/"},"modified":"2007-12-24T00:01:04","modified_gmt":"2007-12-24T07:01:04","slug":"the-firm-of-meleski-niedzialkoski-in-1924","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2088","title":{"rendered":"The Firm of Meleski &amp; Niedzialkoski in 1924"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My grandmother&#8217;s half-brother, Joseph Meleski was listed in the Worcester, Massachusetts Directory in 1924. In addition to Joseph and his children Harry, Francis, and Helen, there are listed several other Meleskis, including a Walter Meleski who was in business with my grandfather Kostanty Niedzialkowski in a grocery store known as Meleski &#038; Niedzialkoski.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"Worcester, Massachusetts Directory 1924 Entry for Joseph Meleski &#038; Walter Meleski\" href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/DWO-Meleski-1924-C.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image2090\" style=\"width: 460px; height: 203px\" height=\"203\" alt=\"Worcester, Massachusetts Directory 1924 Entry for Joseph Meleski &#038; Walter Meleski\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/DWO-Meleski-1924-C.jpg\" width=\"460\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><em>Worcester, Massachusetts Directory 1924 Entry for Joseph Meleski &#038; Walter Meleski<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE: Massachusetts City Directories, Worcester 1924, page 527, Joseph Meleski &#038; Walter Meleski; digital image, Ancestry.com (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/\">http:\/\/www.ancestry.com<\/a> : accessed 23 December 2007); citing Worcester directory 1924 containing a general directory of the citizens, a business directory, and the city and county registers,<br \/>\nwith map. LXXXI. 1924. Worcester, MA: Sampson &#038; Murdock Co.<\/p>\n<p>Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Worcester, Massachusetts Directory 1924 Entry for Joseph Meleski &#038; Walter Meleski. The records state the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Francis J Meleski was an engineer who resided at 130 Endicott;<\/li>\n<li>Harry J Meleski was a lawyer at 507 Main, Room 1011, who resided at 130 Endicott;<\/li>\n<li>Helen Meleski was a student who resided at 130 Endicott;<\/li>\n<li>John Meleski was a wireworker who resided at 112 Ward;<\/li>\n<li>Joseph Meleski was a cement finisher who resided at 130 Endicott;<\/li>\n<li>Walter Meleski was a member of the firm Meleski &#038; Niedzialkoski located at 194 Prescott, also was a grocer at his own store at 53 Ward, and resided at 112 Ward;<\/li>\n<li>Witold P Meleski resided at 952 Pleasant;<\/li>\n<li>Meleski &#038; Niedzialkoski was owned by Walter Meleski and Konstanty Niedzialkoski who were grocers at 194 Prescott.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This entry clears up the owners of my grandfather&#8217;s grocery store. I don&#8217;t know who Walter Meleski was, but he was living with John Meleski at 112 Ward. Except for Witold P Meleski, all the other Meleskis are related to my grandmother, Helen Chmielewski (Chmielewski was shortened to Meleski).<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Meleski is my grandmother&#8217;s half-brother. Francis J, Harry J, and Helen Meleski are three of Joseph&#8217;s five children.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2007 by Stephen J. 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