My great-aunt, Franciszka E. Jacobs(Jakubowski) was born on December 20, 1893 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.  She was the 2nd child and oldest daughter of Anastazja and Johann Jakubowski.  Her family and friends called her Francis for short.

     She married Joseph Timothy Stashak on March 19, 1924.  He was a chiropodist, or foot doctor.  They had no children.

     Franciszka was a piano teacher and her obituary said she was "well known as a linguist".  She could speak five languages fluently(English, German, Polish, Russian, and Italian).

     She died on November 16, 1952 and is buried in St. Adalbert's Cemetery in Glen Lyon, Pennsylvania.