The Jargowsky-LaRosa Family Page

I have a large and interesting family.  I have focused this website around my four grandparents, all of whom immigrated to the US in the early 1900s: from Poland, Peter and Nellie Jargowsky (“Dziergowski” in the old world spelling) and, from Sicily, Pasquale and Giovanna LaRosa.  I have tried to include all of their descendants.  I have also included Nellie's ancestors in Poland and will include the other old country ancestors if I can find them.  Thus, with a few exceptions, everybody in this tree is either an ancestor or descendant (or married to one) of my four grandparents.  There is a page here for every person I could track down, but here are two images that give an overview of the two families.  The Polish family is on the left, the Sicilian is on the right. (Click the thumbnails and a larger image will open in a separate window.)

           

A few other families figure prominently in history of the Jargowsky-LaRosa clan.  My father, Bernard “Jiggs” Jargowsky, had two brothers who married two sisters from the Bates family.  My mother, born Lucy LaRosa, had two sisters who married two brothers from the Libro family.  Just to make things interesting, a sister of the two Libro brothers married one of my father's brothers, bridging the two families and giving me two double-cousins (at least by marriage).  Sharon Jargowsky Buganski, for example, is my first cousin on my Polish side because her father Teddy Jargowsky was my father's brother, but my Italian uncles Dan and Sam were her uncles as well because they were brothers of her mother, Sara Libro.  To top it off, Rose Libro Resye, the sister of Sara, Dan, and Sam, was one of my mother's best friends and lived a block from my childhood home.  I called her Aunt Rosie, though technically she is not related to me.  Got all that?

 

The detailed pages cover about 290 individuals.  Note that pictures and details of living persons, but not names, are suppressed to respect privacy.  Nobody can steal your identity with just your name.  You can just wander from person to person, but here are some good places to start:

 Peter Jargowsky * Nellie Jargowsky * Pasquale LaRosa * Giovanna LaRosa * Index of Surnames  * Name List

My intention is to have links from here to the personal web pages of any family member who wants to be linked.  Please let me know if you want your website listed below or if you find any errors or omissions. 

-- Paul Jargowsky, son of Jiggs and Lucy

Some Jargowsky-LaRosa related websites:

My web site at Rutgers-Camden: http://jargowsky.rutgers.edu/about

My brother Peter, who you may want to contact if you are having second thoughts about the honesty or intelligence of your current financial advisor:  http://www.linkedin.com/pub/peter-jargowsky/1/933/6a6

My sister Trish, physical therapist extraoadinairre, can fix what ails you. http://patriciarepiciphysicaltherapy.com/  For more on her treatment philosophy, go here: http://restoremobilitynow.com/

* January 19, 2017.  Dedicated to Lester Jargowsky, who got this ball rolling many years ago.