Henry Piaseczny

• Name	Henry Piaseczny
  Birth	28 Jun 1917	Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire   [1]
  Gender	Unknown
  Occupation	Manchester, New Hampshire
  	Former sporting goods store owner (UPI, Oct 1977). Family tradition remembers a boat yard that Dinny Walsh had to help run - not confirmed.
  Death	3 Sep 1977	Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
  Burial	Bedford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire   [2]
  Notes	THE PIASECZNY MURDER. Henry Piaseczny, Emily's brother (age 12 in the 1930 census, Cypress St, Manchester), a former sporting goods store owner, was found dead in his home in Manchester on 3 September 1977 with a shotgun wound to the head; the death was ruled a suicide. His daughter then petitioned the Hillsborough County Superior Court to have the body examined again. A new autopsy by forensic pathologist Dr. George Katsas found a second gunshot wound, to the chest, from a .22-caliber weapon, and that Henry had died by 'other than lawful means'; detectives travelled out of state to interview people who knew him (UPI: Valley News, West Lebanon NH, 7 Oct 1977 p22; Brattleboro Reformer 8 Oct 1977 p8). The daughter, Susan Piaseczny Hughes, was tried for his murder, pleaded insanity and in 1978 was committed to the New Hampshire Hospital in Concord. On a Saturday in June 1980 she escaped; the hospital called her 'unstable' and 'potentially dangerous' (UPI: Valley News 16 Jun 1980 p9, 'Escapee Sought'). She was arrested on 30 July 1980, shortly after her release, and charged with obtaining a controlled drug by fraud; in January 1983 the NH Supreme Court ruled 3-2 that the 68-day delay in indicting her was reasonable (Concord Monitor 27 Jan 1983 p5; Biddeford ME Journal Tribune same day). Family tradition (Craig, probably via his father from Dinny and Emily): one of Emily's brothers, who owned a boat yard, killed his wife and went to prison - Dinny moonlighting to run the boat yard - and his daughter shot him the day he got out, a story so bizarre it was written up in the New Yorker. The newspapers confirm a daughter killing her father; nothing has been found for a wife-killing, a prison term, the release-day shooting or a New Yorker piece. When Craig asked Emily about it in 2010-11 she said sweetly, 'Oh, we don't talk about that any more.' An unrelated case: on 22 Dec 1955 Mrs. Ann Piaseczny, 33, of Hooksett, wife of chicken farmer Isadore Piaseczny, was shot by a neighbour, Mrs. Theresa Louise Zela, who was found insane (Concord Monitor 22 Dec 1955 p1, 20 Jan 1956 p1).
  Person ID	I2417	Walsh - Wilson Family Tree | Craig
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2026

  
  

  Father	Stanislaw Piaseczny,   b. 21 Mar 1890, Bialetz, Poland d. 9 Nov 1962, Los Angeles, California (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Karoline Herbut,   b. 29 Oct 1892, Golcowa, Poland d. Mar 1981, Manchester, New Hampshire (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	20 Jan 1913	Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire   [3]
  Family ID	F853	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family
  Marriage	12 Oct 1940	Lowell, Massachusetts   [4]
  Divorce	23 May 1963	Hillsborough County, New Hampshire   [5]
  Children	1. Susan Piaseczny
  Family ID	F895	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Occupation - Former sporting goods store owner (UPI, Oct 1977). Family tradition remembers a boat yard that Dinny Walsh had to help run - not confirmed. - - Manchester, New Hampshire  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S5004] Ancestry.com, 28 Jun 1917, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Reliability: 2). Henry Clemant Piasecny, born 28 Jun 1917, Manchester Heights, New Hampshire; parents named. [S5004] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Reliability: 2). Henry Piaseczny, born 28 Jun 1917 Manchester, died 10 Sep 1977 Manchester [TNG: 3 Sep]; buried Bedford, New Hampshire. [S5004] Ancestry.com, 20 Jan 1913, New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659-1947 (Reliability: 2). Stanislaw J Piaseczny, born about 1891 Austria, married 20 Jan 1913, Manchester, New Hampshire. Bride not shown in the hint; entered on his only TNG marriage, to Karoline Herbut. [S5004] Ancestry.com, 12 Oct 1940, New Hampshire, U.S., Divorce Certificates, 1850-1974 (Reliability: 2). Henry C Piasecny, married 12 Oct 1940, Lowell, Massachusetts; divorced 23 May 1963, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. Wife not named in the hint; entered on his only TNG family (daughter Susan, born about 1942). [S5004] Ancestry.com, 23 May 1963, New Hampshire, U.S., Divorce Certificates, 1850-1974 (Reliability: 2). Henry C Piasecny, divorced 23 May 1963, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.