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
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.