Per email from John Lewis,12/16/07: Dear Judy: My maternal grandmother was born in Klodawa in about 1880. Her name was Bertha Kolsky(Jaretsky) Pifko. she came to the U.S. in 1909. Much of her family sadly remained. My cousin Henyik Opoczyanski appears in the photo of the 24 survivors.

Per Email from Bob Kosovsky, 8/30/08: My great-grandmother (who died when was around 11,
so I remember her) is mentioned on her site, Bertha (Kolski) Jaret, so all those Jarets are descendents of her brothers, and I'm literally thrilled to find them.
Bertha married Abraham (or Abram) Pifko (in Polish: Piwko) who seems to have come from the nearby town Prezedecz (I see that a number of Klodawa residents married people from this town).  I guessed that the surname must have been Jaretsky or Jaretzky from Abram's immigration papers in 1907 that he listed Samuel Jaretzky (with that spelling) as his uncle.

PHOTO BELOW SUBMITTED BY BOB KOSOVSKY AS GIVEN TO HIM BY JOHN LEWIS. THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL PORTRAIT!

 

PIWKO/JARET FAMILY C. 1908. KLODAWA, POLAND. (PHOTO SUBMITTED BY BOB KOSOVSKY AND JOHN LEWIS) Front row (sitting) from right to left: Nathan Pifko, Bertha Jaret Pifko, Eva Pifko, Pauline Pifko, Max and Sam Alexander (I don't know which Alexander is which). Standing in the back -- I think -- are (again right to left): Abraham Pifko, unknown Jaret, and Dave Jaret.