Thursday, May 11, 2006
Mothers
On January 21, 1895, Anna Chrzan was born in the small village of Medrzechów, near Tarnów in Poland. (Chrzan means horseradish in Polish.) Before World War I, she arrived in New York Harbor and ended up in Danielson, CT. It was there she met Anthony Kierukstys. They moved to Windsor and bought a farm that had been a governmental farm experimental station. Two boys and a girl were raised in a household that spoke Polish.
Babci was a strong woman running a 48 acre farm. She learned English and spoke half na pół (half english, half Polish) around us. It is from her and my mother that I draw my strength. They both faced and overcame many challenges.
