Joseph (Josef) Pyzik was born March 25, 1896, in Yaslo, Poland, to Fransiscus Pyzik and Marianna Stanula. He arrived in the United States in June of 1914 aboard the Vaderland, at the age of 19. Joseph registered for the World War I Draft in 1917 and served as a private in the U.S. Army (pictured here on far left), stationed at Camp Lee in Prince George, Virginia, in 1920. He was naturalized as a U.S. Citizen in 1918. After Joseph left the Army, he worked as a pipefitter on railroads in Chicago, IL.
Marya Wegrzyn was born September 19, 1900, in Poland to Henry Andrew Wegrzyn and Julia Brash. She had blonde hair and blue eyes, and immigrated to the United States in November of 1907, aboard the Grosser Kurfurst. After arriving in the U.S., Mary lived at 34 Blue Island Avenue, #64, in Chicago, Illinois. 
Joseph and Marya married in 1921. They had Irish twins in 1922, Chester Joseph and Mary Eleanora, and then a third child, Helen, in 1931. The family lived at 4224 W. 31st St. in Chicago. 
Joseph died of congestive heart failure in Antioch, IL, in 1941. The family lore was that he had problems as a result of exposure to mustard gas during the war.Marya died on April 9, 1993, in Villa Park, Illinois.
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