The two children of Albert and Mary Piela(Anastasia and John) came to Danbury, CT about 1925 with Joseph Drozd and his two children John and Mary. Albert's wife Mary must have died about 1918. I believe that Mary was Joseph Drozd's sister because in the 1930 census Anastasia and John are listed as his niece and nephew. Joseph Drozd is my wife's great-grandfather(he died in 1939) and worked at a hat shop in Danbury. I know that Albert married a woman named Josephine whom I think had been married to Albert's brother.

I do not know if the Piela and Drozd families came from the same place in Poland. The one placename that I have connected with the Drozd family in Lukawiec(Lukawice).
I know the family of John Piela in Danbury...ironically, one of my best friends in High School was John's son Dennis. I only realized that he and my wife were related after putting together her family history.

Let me know if there is anything else I can do for you.

Roy Gannon
lgannon01@yahoo.com