{"id":10,"date":"2026-10-06T12:15:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T17:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefamilyopus.com\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2026-10-08T08:37:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T13:37:54","slug":"family-stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thefamilyopus.com\/?page_id=10","title":{"rendered":"Family Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Follow the family stories through the people, photographs and records that connect the Samuel, Wistuba, Rudy and Okulewicz branches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Frank and Theofilia Sophie Samuel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/thefamilyopus.com\/?page_id=17\">Samuel family account<\/a> follows two generations of Frank Samuel and the family\u2019s life in Sayreville. Read the individual accounts of <a href=\"https:\/\/thefamilyopus.com\/?page_id=26\">Frank Samuel Sr.<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefamilyopus.com\/?page_id=27\">Theofilia Sophie Samuel<\/a>, including naturalization evidence, names in the records and the questions that remain about their European origins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Frank and Viola<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The accounts of <a href=\"https:\/\/thefamilyopus.com\/?page_id=53\">Frank E. Samuel, the younger Frank<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefamilyopus.com\/?page_id=54\">Viola Wistuba Samuel<\/a> bring together their wedding report, census household, family photographs and travel photographs. The <a href=\"https:\/\/thefamilyopus.com\/?page_id=18\">Wistuba family account<\/a> follows Viola\u2019s parents and sisters. Conflicting dates remain attached to the records that report them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Joseph and Frances Rudy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/thefamilyopus.com\/?page_id=19\">Rudy family account<\/a> follows the Sayreville household and the evidence connecting it to the Okulewicz family. Read the individual accounts of <a href=\"https:\/\/thefamilyopus.com\/?page_id=51\">Joseph S. Rudy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefamilyopus.com\/?page_id=52\">Frances Okulewicz Rudy<\/a>. Joseph\u2019s parents and the family\u2019s earlier origins remain open questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Okulewicz family<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/thefamilyopus.com\/?page_id=20\">Okulewicz family account<\/a> compares census households, obituaries and sibling evidence for Charles and Anna\u2019s family. It explains what supports Frances\u2019s parentage and why Anna\u2019s maiden surname and the family\u2019s exact ancestral locality remain unresolved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefamilyopus.com\/?page_id=9\">Explore the family overview<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/thefamilyopus.com\/?page_id=11\">Browse photographs and artifacts<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/thefamilyopus.com\/?page_id=15\">Read how sources are evaluated<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Follow the family stories through the people, photographs and records that connect the Samuel, Wistuba, Rudy and Okulewicz branches. Frank and Theofilia Sophie Samuel The Samuel family account follows two generations of Frank Samuel and the family\u2019s life in Sayreville. 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