What a Plesz-ant name, eh?

There are times I wished I had paid better attention to what my Opa (God rest his soul) said to me while he was alive. Like the story behind our name (Plesz). I could have sworn he mentioned something about royalty - Baron Von Plesz, and the evolution of the spelling of the name through the ages (Plac - Plas - Ples - Plesz). I don't remember much anymore. I know Plesz isn't a very common name - at least not in Canada, and most of them are in Montreal. But in Ohio, there's a shitload of them.