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So just before Christmas, I received a notice on Facebook, from someone I do not know. Normally, I would just delete it, but I opened this one. A woman wanted to know if I was related to Anthony Majchszak, who was at one time a Toledo Police Officer. My Grandfather was a Toledo Police Office for 44 years. This woman works in a local history museum, just outside of Toledo. Another woman was at a garage sale and found a beautiful frame that she wanted to buy and give to the museum, for one of their pictures that needed a frame. So, the woman who contacted me was working at the museum the day the frame came in. She thought the man in the picture looked familiar and when she removed the pic from the frame, she saw the name Majchszak on the back. She could not believe it. My Grandfather's Sister was this woman's Godmother. She knew my Grandfather's entire family. This woman then went to the Toledo Police Museum to look for any other information about Tony, my Grandfather. She searched Facebook and decided to take a long shot when she found me. Anyway, here is a pic of my Grandfather , who retired from The Toledo Police Department in 1963 and died in 1967. I was 6 when he died.  Niech Zyje P-220 Steve | ||
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great story! Thanks for posting. What's that "#1" on his collar mean? **************~~~~~~~~~~ "I've been on this rock too long to bother with these liars any more." ~SIGforum advisor~ "When the pain of staying the same outweighs the pain of change, then change will come."~~sigmonkey | |||
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I am not sure, I will check with the Toledo Police Museum and see if they know. I have his skillet badge, but not that one. The skillet badges (I think that is what they are called). His badge I have is #199. Niech Zyje P-220 Steve | |||
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This is so damn cool. What a find! Congrats! _____________ This country has a mental health problem disguised as a gun problem and a tyranny problem disguised as a security problem. -Powerful Joe Rogan | |||
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Maybe his precinct/district? | |||
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Terrific story! Thank you for sharing it with us!! __________ "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal labotomy." | |||
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Road Dog |
This, is so cool!! Thank you for sharing! | |||
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Legalize the Constitution |
Really nice of that woman to track you down. Hope you put it up somewhere in the house. _______________________________________________________ despite them | |||
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| My other Sig is a Steyr.  |
Cool! It would be neat if you were able to go to the museum and read all about him. I was able to find an old print and read up about my forefathers. It was fun. | |||
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Optimistic Cynic |
I find, as I am getting old(er), that I am getting more interested in my genealogy, and relatives that have passed. Every generation, something is lost from generations past, the OP might want to consider figuring out a way to leave family information to the following generations, kids, grand kids, nephews/nieces, etc. I sure wish someone would have done that for me. | |||
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delicately calloused |
Imagine sitting with him both of you in your prime. What would you say? You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier | |||
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| Gone but Together Again. Dad & Uncle  |
Great story! | |||
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Not sure what I would say/ask. I was 6 when he died. However, I remember him as a giant of a man. Their home was at 1056 Nebraska Ave. Not sure why I remember that, but I always have. That part of Nebraska Ave, was once a proud Polish neighborhood. Sadly, it has fallen into decay and looks like a third world country now. Niech Zyje P-220 Steve | |||
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Great story and a very serious looking man. "I vowed to myself to fight against evil more completely and more wholeheartedly than I ever did before. . . . That’s the only way to pay back part of that vast debt, to live up to and try to fulfill that tremendous obligation." Alfred Hornik, Sunday, December 2, 1945 to his family, on his continuing duty to others for surviving WW II. | |||
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| Oh stewardess, I speak jive.  |
Cool story and photo. | |||
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Great story and thanks for sharing. This goes to show how small of a world we live in......... While growing up and the old photos were brought out it was nice to see the one that had name of the subjects on the backs of the photos. This made it easier in later years as the older generations passed away the young could identify the people. ................... drill sgt. | |||
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What a nice thing she did for you. Nice looking man your grandfather was and he just has the looks of a very competent police officer. No car is as much fun to drive, as any motorcycle is to ride. | |||
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That is so cool! Thanks for sharing ______________________________________________ "Saving one dog will not change the world, but surely for that one dog, the world will change forever." - Karen Davison "Man can measure the values of his own soul in the look of the eyes of an animal he's helped" - Author Unkown | |||
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Great effort by the woman from the museum. Great pic of a man I'd like on my side. | |||
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That is cool! "But, as luck would have it, he stood up. He caught that chunk of lead." Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock "If there's one thing this last week has taught me, it's better to have a gun and not need it than to need a gun and not have it." Clarence Worley | |||
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