Pajewski/Page Photo Collections

Pajewski/Page Collections

• John Pajewski/Page and Anna Gainowski Photo Collection
  • Elizabeth Marie Pajewski/Page Photo Collection - Herbert Arthur Jordan Photo Collection
    • Harold John Jordan Photo Collection
    • Herbert Fred Jordan Photo Collection
    • Edward Charles Jordan Photo Collection - Jeanne Filipek Photo Collection
  • Ann Pajewski/Page and Harry Ulrich Photo Collection

John Pajewski and his brothers came to America in the 1880s. They lived south of Danzig in West Prussia which at the time governed by Germany. The Pajewski families spoke German when they came to America and their name was pronounced as Payefskee. On American documents such as marriage, christenings, etc. they to used Pajewski for several decades.

But at some point they informally Americanized their name to Page with more and more use of that after the year 1900. They formally changed their name to Page in the Superior Court of Cook County on December 10, 1926. In these genealogy listings I chose to use the original Pajewski name followed by the Americanized name Page to link their two surnames.