Toledo, Ohio has many residents of Polish descent. About 40 years ago there were several Polish Catholic parishes in Toledo; St. Hedwig, St. Adalbert, St. Vincent dePaul, St. Anthony, St. Stanislaus Kostka, St. Hyacinth, Nativity of Jesus, Our Lady of Lourdes. At present, only St. Adalbert and St. Hyacinth Churches are still Active. St. Hedwig has been relegated to an Oratory.
Here are some of the more predominant Polish surnames in metro Toledo:
Kujawa, Wi¶niewski, Lewandowski, Kowalski, Nowak, Nowakowski, Nowacki, Nowicki, Andrzejewski, Michalski, Michalak, Czajka, Tucholski, Szymański, Szymanowski, Szyperski, Robakowski, Czarnecki, Machciński, Kubicki, Kubacki, Kozłowski, Wojciechowski, Wawrzyniak, Janowiecki, Zieliński, Jagodziński, G±siorowski, Jasiński, Kwiatkowski, Mierzwiak, Sieja, Królak, Katafiasz, Nadolny, Adamski, Kukla, Spychalski, Tafelski, Sujkowski, Rejent, Rosiński, Łabudziński, Urbański, Kociński, Kłociński, Szczechowiak, Ignasiak, Kamiński, Szczewczykowski, Iwiński, Domagała, Holewiński, Tomaszewski, Zaj±c, Sobczak, Pietrykowski, Przybyła, Rojek, Kaczmarek, Zalewski, Sobota, Kucharski, Drzewiecki. Well, the list goes on and on.
The little "ma & pa" grocery stores and bakeries have mostly disappeared. Same thing with the little independent hardware stores.
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