John E. Smith b. 5 May 1933 Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States of America d. 21 Aug 1945 Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA: Our Family History

1933 - 1945 (12 years)

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Name	John E. Smith [1, 2]
Birth	5 May 1933	Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States of America [2]
Gender	Male
Death	21 Aug 1945	Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA [1, 2]
Burial	Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States of America [2]
Person ID	I1833	Perchinske Strohmeyer Tree
Last Modified	5 Aug 2025

Father	John Harry Pijaczynski, b. 8 Jul 1898, Grafton, Lorain, Ohio, USA d. 1949, USA (Age 50 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Catherine Wallace, b. 16 Jul 1899, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States of America d. 1 Sep 1951, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States of America (Age 52 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	26 Oct 1927
Age at Marriage	He : 29 years and 3 months - She : 28 years and 3 months.
Family ID	F99	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

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Death - 21 Aug 1945 - Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA

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[S683] Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health, Ohio, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2018, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Ohio Department of Health; Columbus, OH, USA; Ohio Deaths, 1945-1957.
[S702] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).

The Pijzaczynski family name changed many times over the years. In Polish records, Andrew’s surname appeared as Peczynski. He had six children in Poland and five in the United States. After immigrating, his last name varied on documents such as census records, deeds, and death certificates, before his children in the U.S. eventually adopted the name Perchinske. Rumor had it that teachers could not spell the name correctly and eventually his children became Perchinske.