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Kaczmarek in 2011, photo by kathclick /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Jane Frances Kaczmarek
Place of Birth: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Date of Birth: December 21, 1955
Ethnicity: Polish
Jane Kaczmarek is an American actress. She is known for playing Lois on the series Malcolm in the Middle .
Jane is the daughter of Evelyn Delores and Edward Anthony Kaczmarek. She has three children with her former husband, actor and liberal political activist Bradley Whitford .
Jane’s paternal grandfather was Szczepan Kaczmarek (the son of Antoni Kaczmarek and Rozalia Buszka). Szczepan was born in Ośno, Nieszawa Uyzed, Warsaw, Russian Empire. Antoni was born in Posen, Prussia, the son of Maciej Kaczmarek and Katarzyna Łukasik. Jane’s great-grandmother Rozalia was born in Bądkowo, Aleksandrów, Kuyavia-Pomerania, the daughter of Tomasz Buszka and Marianna Bett.
Jane’s paternal grandmother was Aniela Tomaszewska (the daughter of Wojciech Tomaszewski and Antonina Staworko). Aniela was born in Dubaśna, Dąbrowa Białostocka, Białystok, Poland.
Jane’s maternal grandfather was Judge Frank Edwin Gregorski (the son of Stanislaus/Stanislaw Gregorski/Grzegorski and Marya/Marianna Kador/Wroblewska). Frank was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Polish parents, from Posen, Prussia. Stanislaus was born in Trlong, Mogilno, the son of Bartholomaeus Grzegorski and Michalina Bilka/Beling. Jane’s great-grandmother Marianna was born in Dobieszewko, Schubin, the daughter of Joannes Wroblewski and Michalina Frydrych.
Jane’s maternal grandmother was Frances/Franciszka Josephine Schilling/Szelang (the daughter of Simon Jacob Schilling/Schelling/Szelag/Szelang and Veronica Plutowska). Frances was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Polish parents. Simon was born in Alt Grabau, Berent, West Prussia, the son of Joseph Szeląg and Veronika Koszewski. Jane’s great-grandmother Veronica was born in Wieck, Preußisch Stargard, West Prussia, Prussia, the daughter of Adalbert Franz Plutowski and Catherine Rostankowska.
Source: Obituary of Jane’s maternal grandmother, Frances/Franciszka Josephine (Schilling/Szelang) Gregorski – http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com