 powjabo family powjabo family ray sat 10232010 1014 the powajbo family at biloxi mississippi had its origins in grodno poland with the birth of alexander powajbo 18951920 he came to america at the age of sixteen and settled probably in nyc here he may have met another polish immigrant marion 18941920 who had arrived here in 1908 by 1920 they were married and settled at amsterdam montgomery county new york here alexander powajbo made his livelihood as a spinner in the john k stewart sons knitting mill mrs powajbo was a puncher at a button manufacturer plant 1920 montgomery co new york federal census t6251126 p 16a ed 63  zigmund powajbo  alexander and marion powajbo had a son zigmund chester ziggy powajbo 19172000 who was born at amsterdam new york on october 17 1917 he attended st stanislaw s catholic high school at amsterdam before enlisting in the army air corps during wwii ziggy was stationed at keesler field in biloxi mississippi here he met and later married erena branecki 19222001 a biloxi native on august 30 1942 at st john s catholic church on lameuse street erena called boom booms was the daughter of john branecki 18831955 also a 1918 polish immigrant and mary branecki 18881951 native of baltimore maryland mr braneki made his livelihood as a fisherman and the family was domiciled in the back bay section of biloxi 1930 harrison co mississippi federal census r1146 p 29b ed 6 and harrison co mississippi mrb 57 p 35 and the sun herald february 17 2000  ziggy powajbo made his livelihood as a traveling sporting goods salesman he relocated the family to nola in 1968 and retired there in 1989 ziggy expired on february 15 2000erena followed him in death dying on april 6 2001  the sun herald february 17 2000 and april 6 2001  children  ziggy powajbo and erena branecki were the parents of five children  constance connie powajbo  b 1944 m mr maurer  linda powajbo m joseph a bosco 19482010  robbe powajbo m mr stillman  richard a powajbo  and john z pawjabo  19572004 m julie mellon linda powajbo  circa 1970 linda powajbo married joseph a joe bosco joe became a celebrated author and teacher his biography follows  joseph augustus joe bosco   19482010 author writer and college professor died on natural causes on july 8th in beijing china joe was born at biloxi mississippi on august 30 1948 to frank a bosco 19191975 and wilma annetta snyder bosco 19262006 he graduated with the 1966 class of ocean springs high school and left this forward in  the greyhound  the school annual   beware i may yet do something sensational  joe matriculated to usm and uno where he earned fine arts degrees in 1972 and 1976 respectively his published works were  the boys who would be cubs  a year in the heart of baseball s minor leagues 1990  blood will tell  a true story of deadly lust in new orleans 1993 and  a problem of evidence  how the prosecution freed oj simpson 1996 joe bosco resided in new orleans and los angeles before his demise in china while in los angeles he reported on the ludicrous  oj simpson trial  for  penthouse magazine  he had also written of the murder of ennis cosby 19691997 son of bill cosby comedian and actor as   in the face of death   for n ation a   magazine   june 2 1997   joseph a bosco a favorite son and friend of ocean springs is survived by linda powajbo bosco a former wife joseph a bosco ii a son and sylvia a bosco his sister and a special education teacher at oshs ray l bellande august 7 2010  references  the sun herald   sigmund c powajbo   february 17 2000 the sun herald   erena powjabo   april 6 2001 the times picayune   powajbo   may 21 2004 100 views  