Notes:

Ella was married twice. First she married John Kemick in April 1917. After he died she married Frank Ross. She resided in Bradford, Pennsylvania in 1979. Her birth year is listed as 1899 in her marriage record and 1900 in her birth record. Her birth record would be the more likely accurate for this event. (D-37, 58)

Ellen married John J. KEMICK on 10 Apr 1917 in , Mckean, PA, USA. John was born on 27 Feb 1890 in Bradford, Mckean, PA, USA; died in 1929. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Frank ROSS. Frank died before 1950. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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According to the christening record of Michael Kacsmar on Oct. 20, 1869, in Koprivnica, Slovakia, his parents were Juraj Kacsmar and Ann Kuchar. Family tradition says that blonde haired Michael was a sheepherder in the old country and brunette haired Susan (Mary) Hruskovic was a cook for 30 people. These two met when they lived on either side of the border. (What border it is not known.) They were married in Austria and had two children, Mary and Anna, before they came to America (D-18). According to their daughter, Sue Irene, they were Slovaks although her father might have been German (D-18). Michael came over first to America, got a job, and then sent for his family. He might have been the Michael Kacsmar who arrived on the Pennland from the Port of Antwerp on July 3, 1893. The Ellis Island records state that he was 24, married, from Koprivnica, Hungary. He was a workman who could not read or write and whose destination was Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania. According to his daughter Mary's 1930 census record, his family emmigrated in 1896. (D-18, 74, EL). Michael was employed in many different capacities. He supposedly came to America for work as a lumber jack. He is listed as a laborer and dye maker in his daughters' marriage certificates. He worked largely in chemical factories according to daughter, Katie. He and most of his sons might have worked in the charcoal plant in Custer City, Pennsylvania. He and his family moved a lot because he was a teamster of horses. He was a roustabout and pumper for independent producers of oil and a gardener at the end of his life. (D-57,73) He became a U.S. citizen June 2, 1903 (D-53, 95). He made his own beer and snuff (out of 5 Brothers Tobacco). According to his grandson, John Dudick, the beer was quite good - without bitter aftertaste. (D-73) His granddaughter, Shirley Augustine, remembers that he also made great pigs feet. Granddaughter, Betty Helbert, adds that he loved and ate great quantities of salt pork and butter on his bread. He use to stoke up the wood stove in the living room until it was real hot and then sit right in front of it. He also made wagon tongues and handles for his tools. (D-152) In 1919, when their daughter Susan Kutchmire married, they signed the marriage application with an X meaning that they could not write. He is probably the Mike Katchmire in the 1920 census. He is listed as married, but living with Andrew and Helen Polcha in Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania. His age was estimated as being born in 1874/5 by the person giving info to the census taker. He and his parents were listed as being born in Czechoslovakia. In the 1930 census for Bradford Twp., McKean Co., PA, it states that he, his wife and both their parents were born in what was currently called Czechoslovakia. He and his wife were supposedly both age 58. He was 28 when they married and she was only 17. If you do the math on what we know of this family, their ages and marriage ages are both off. The language spoken in the home was Slovak. He emigrated in 1893 and she in 1895. It's hard to tell if he had become a U.S. citizen, but his wife definitely had not. They rented their home. It's contents were worth $8.00. He was listed as a laborer for all jobs. Susan, his wife, was a midwife. She, herself, had 8 children as well as 4 other stillborn children. Our older relatives remembered her stuffed cabbage that "was out of this world." (D-74) Granddaughter Betty Helbert recollected that she made aprons and dust caps and had her grandchildren go to the neighbors to sell them. She raised two of Betty's siblings, Pat and Margaret Ross, after Betty's mother died. (D-152) Residences: Backus, PA (D-57) (Their children went to school in Backus). Lewis Run, PA (D-57) Oct. 21, 1900; Ormsby, PA (D-36) Aug. 7, 1907; Lafayette Twp., McKean Co, Pennsylvania (D-27) Aug. 11, 1913; Dunmore, PA (D-74) Mar. 30, 1917; Custer City, PA (D-26) Dec. 29, 1919; Custer City, PA (D-24) Degolia, PA; (D-57) Sept. 24, 1934; Bradford City, Bradford Twp.: Mike and Mary each purchased two acres of land from Dorothy Healy. (D-22) Possible nieces and nephews or cousins of this Michael Kacmar, immigrated to PA and moved from Dunmore, PA to Hamlin, Hollisterville, and Pennsburg, Pennsylvania. This family included siblings named John Kacmar, b. 1890, Mary Motichka and possibly Andrew. (D-168) They could have lived in Dunmore at the same time as Michael Kacmar. Their father is listed as George in John's death record.Another likely relative, Mihaly Kacsmar who was emmigrating to stay with his cousin Mike Danko in Braddock (borough of ) Pittsburgh, PA gave his age as 18 in this record (b. of 1877).

Mihaly married Maria HRUSKOVITS before 1891. Maria (daughter of Josephus HRUSKOVITS and Catharina KOTULYAK) was born on 1 Oct 1867 in Zborov Parish, Saros, SVK; was christened on 2 Oct 1867 in Zborov Parish, Saros, SVK; died on 8 Feb 1947 in Degolia, Mckean, PA, USA; was buried in Bradford, McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Maria or her daughter Katie had four children that were born dead. She herself was baptized into the Roman Catholic faith in Zborov Church, Saros, Slovakia. It was probably in Saros, Hungary at the time. Her godparents were: Thomas Vojtuc and Anna (Simeto). (D-57)

Maria Kacsmar came to the U.S. on Mar. 12, 1896 with Maria, age 4 and Anna, age 2. She is listed at age 25 years, married and from Hungary. They departed from the port of Breman and were headed for Bradford, Pennsylvania. (This record is on page 90 of the Ship's roster named Saale built in 1886.)

In the 1920 census, Mary gives her place of birth as Cartva, Hungary like her daughter lists. I need to study to see if the baptismal record I found for her would be the same place with a different name due to political boundary changes.

Notes:

The Kacsmar name is Slovakian in cultural origin. It means "a place where they serve beer." The other records I've located so far for a Kacsmar in Koprivnica, Slovakia where Jaraj and Anna Kacsmar had son Michael. It was a marriage record for (Toth or Soth) Kacsmar to Maria G(r)ega on Apr. 29, 1869. He was age 24, born in 1845 at the time and she was age 25. This would be a likely brother or cousin to this Juraj Kacsmar. (D:DOC, D-210) A likely sister or cousin was Anna Kacsmar who married Michael Fortuna on Nov. 25, 1868 in Koprivnica. She was age 20 , born in 1847 and her spouse was born in 1842. There was no marriage record for Juraj and Anna between the years of 1861 and 1878 in Koprivnica.

If he was born in the same province as Koprivnica, he was likely one of the two following baptismal records.

Georgius Kacsmar
28 Feb 1828 Malcov, Bardejov, Slovakia Georg,
Catharina

Georgius Kacsmar
28 Mar 1830 Malcov, Bardejov, Slovakia Adamus,
Maria

The first one is more likely by naming patterns in this family and is my current theory.

Gyorgy married Anna KURUTZEK \ KURUZEK \ KUNINCS?K \ KYSZCZAK before 1857. Anna was born before 1847 in of Slovakia; died in in Of Koprivnica, Slovakia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

I have corresponded with a Greg Watt who has Kuchar ancestors. His Josef was born in 1812 in Nepromerice, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia and married Marie Brantova. If this ancestor ties in, his ancestry is in my files under D-163. I have also corresponded with a Carolyn Kuchar who has ancestor John Kuchar, b. 1859 in Austria to Anton and Teresia Epich Kuchar. He supposedly had a brother and three sisters. He came to Illinois by way of Pennsylvania to work the coal mines. (D-166)

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There are several persons living in Sborov Parish, Saros, Slovakia at the same time as Josephus who are likely his relatives. There is a Susanna Hruskovics who married Andreas Maskovics (p. 138), a year or two before Josephus married. There is a Susanna Hruskovics who had an illegitimate son, Paulus on Jan. 14, 1864 who was baptized on Jan. 17, 1864. There is a Maria Hruskovics married to Josephus Orlovszki who had a daughter, Maria on Dec. 1, 1864 who was baptized the same day she was born. A Joannes Hruskovics was the godfather for a Joannes ( )kovics who was baptized on Oct. 2, 1867. (D:DOC)

I was unable to find he or his wife and family in the 1869 census for Presov, Zborov Parish, Slovakia in Ancestry. No father attended Josephus' wedding in 1861 suggesting he might have already died at the time or was working elsewhere. The only Hurskovits in Zborov around the time of Josephus' birth were couples named Martinus and Maria and Andras and Maria. We know his mother's name is Marias from his marriage record.The lazarus kit for John Joseph Dudick, Jr. gives his cousin, Philip HERSCHKOWITZ, GEDmatch Ref: 3875422 as a match 12.6 total cM's between them. They have one segment in common at 12.6 cM's. That suggests they could have a common Hruskovic/Herschovic ancestor 5 generations back. His son James inherited the same 12.6 cM's also suggesting that James was 5 generations away from this cousins' common ancestor. That tells us that this oldest unknown Hersch below is between 5 and 6 generations back. This is the cousins tree. Hersch , b. abt 1825, Russia
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Moshe Herscu, b. abt 1847, Russia, d. 3 Dec 1909, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA
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| Rachel (Herschkowitz), Russia
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Aaron Yaakov Herscu, b. abt 1869, d. aft 1917
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| Unknown (Herscu), b. abt 1847, Assuming age is similar to husband Moses/Morris., d. before 1903, Assuming she died before husband Moses/Morris em
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Louis Hershkowitz, b. 15 Dec 1889, Ia?i, Romania, d. 3 Apr 1960, New York, USA
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| | Unknown Moissi
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| Rebecca Sin Moisi, b. abt 1869
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| Unknown (Moissi)
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Philip Herschkowitz, b. 2 Dec 1912, New York City (All Boroughs), New York, USA, d. 28 Jan 1968, New York City (All Boroughs), New York, USA
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| Shmeryl Reshin, Russia
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Rode Czernin, b. 5 Dec 1883, Babruysk, Mogilev, Belarus, d. 26 Sep 1973, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA
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Bassih Cohen

Josephus married Catharina KOTULYAK on 28 Jan 1861 in Zborov Parish, Saros, SVK. Catharina (daughter of Joannes KOTULYAK and Anna CZEKELNIK) was born in 1839 in Of Zborov Parish, Bardejov, Pre; was christened in 1839 in Zborov, Bardejov, Slovakia; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A likely older cousin of this family believes that she was married twice. She believes her second marriage could be to Anton Zajac by whom she had John Anthony Zajac, b. 1891 in Zborov, Slovakia, a half brother to Katarina. John Anthony Zajac's parents were Anton Zajac and Margarita Katarina Hruskovic according to research by Elizabeth Beechwood. If this is the case, John Anthony also had siblings named Joseph, Therecia and Mary that would be a half-siblings to Mary Hruskovic. Mary was born on Jan. 2, 1889. There are persons of the same last name in Zborov Parish that are likely relatives of Catharina. There is a Maria Katalyik who was a godparent to a Joannes ( )kovics on Oc. 2 1867.

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It is theory on my part that these are this Gyorgy's children based upon location, ages and naming patterns.

Georgius married Catharina SZOLNI. Catharina was born before 1815 in of, Malcov, Bardejov, Pre; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He did not attend his son's wedding in 1861 and therefore is likely to have been deceased by that date.

married Marias. Marias was born before 1824 in of Slovakia or Russia; died after 1861 in Of Zborov Parish, Saros, SVK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Joannes married Anna CZEKELNIK. Anna was born before 1820; died in in Of Zborov Parish, Bardejov, Pre. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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There is no birth/baptism record for Anna in Zborov Parish, Slovakian church records suggesting she was born elsewhere.