My Father Stanislaw Ras

Born in Sieklowka: March 28, 1904; Died in Warsaw: November 28, 1976
Son of Jakub Ras (born: 1876) and Wiktoria Mastyj (born: 1877)

- Jakub was a son of Jozef Ras and Rozalia Hendzel. He had a daughter Stefania from his previous marriage (born in 1897).
- Wiktoria was a daughter of Wawrzyniec Mastyj and Jozefa Gorczany. Wiktoria was born and raised in Sieklowka. In 1901, she moved to Jaslo where she met Tadeusz Sroczynski. The same year, she was hired to work as a member of his staff in Gorajowice Palace.

My father was raised in Sieklowka by his mother's family and moved to Gorajowice Palace in 1916. He was admitted to three-year lower gymnasium in Jaslo from which he graduated in 1919. He joined Jedrzejowski's Squadron of 11th Legions Infantry Regiment of Marshal Edward Smigly-Rydz (11 Pulk Ulanow Legionowych) on August 13, 1919 (he was 15 years old but said that he is 17). Sergeant Major L. Peszkowski (relative of Zygmunt Peszkowski) was the Squadron Commander.

After intervention by Tadeusz Sroczynski (1858-1942), he was discharged from the Cavalry on July 26, 1920 as L. Peszkowski did not know that my father was born in 1904. Then, my father was admitted to five-year junior high school (Gymnasium) in Jaslo in 1920 from which he graduated in 1925. From 1916 till 1930, his home address was Gorajowice 1
In 1930, my father become a student in the Law Department at the Catholic University of Lublin. He graduated with MA degree in 1935 and started to work in the Polish State Railways. He married Helena Gozdawa Baczalska (my mother) on December 19, 1936. They were living at Smolna 5, in Warsaw with Helena's parents. The second world war started in 1939 (they decided to remain in Warsaw).

Tadeusz Sroczynski's first wife: - Countess Zofia Zborowska, h Jastrzebiec (1862-1902; married on Oct 7, 1888; they had 3 children: Jan - born 1889, Marian - born 1891 (wife - Izabella), Karol - born 1892; Karol's children - Krysia, born 1922 & Zbyszek - born 1923);
- second wife: her sister Countess Irena Zborowska (1858-1927; married on: Sept 3, 1904). Tadeusz had two sisters (Helena, Anna) and two brothers (Boleslaw, Wlodzimierz).