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He emmigrated in 1890 and his wife in 1893. He stated that he migrated from Austria and arrived at Philadelphia on or about the 2nd day of December, 1893. (McKean Co., PA Alien Dockets, pg. 253, D-94.) It is unlikely that his surname was spelled as Wojcik by himself as that spelling appears to almost always be someone from Poland. He supposedly is in the 1900 census for Johnsonburg, PA under the name of John Wolfe. I have not been able to find he or his family in any of the census records. He was born in 1872 according to the Andersons. The Vovcsik's did have a son named Janos in 1869 according to their census records. If he died young and they renamed a second son Janos then he could have been born in 1872. I'm taking the simplest explanation though that he was the Janos who was born in 1869.

Janos married Julia PATRICK before 1896. Julia was born on 20 May 1875; died on 21 Sep 1926 in Kane Hospital, Johnsonburg, Elk, PA, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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There is a very interesting passenger list for Ellis Island, where a Maria Dudik, age 7 of Hungary likely traveling with Julia Volcsik, (listed directly after her), age 22, married with the ethnicity of "USA", who arrived on the ship Havel from Bremen, Germany on Nov. 27, 1896. If this is this Julia... she was likely married in the United States and traveled to the "Old Country" to meet her husband's family and bring back her niece of age 7, Mary and Joseph Dudick's daughter. These two names traveling together seems more than coincidental, and I have estimated Julia's birth date from this record. Other records will confirm if she is that age. (D-199)

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The spelling of this name is any of the following in this country: Volcsik, Vovcsik, Vocsik, Vovcsol, Volcik,Welshik, Wolfshik, and/or Wolfe. The name is also spelled "Wojciech" in Polish. The name Volcik originally goes back to Saint Adalbert Vojtech who converted Poland to Christianity. He was the first Bishop of Prague from 982 onwards and a Czech Prince. He was expelled from Bohemia in 995 and went to Poland in 996 on a mission to the Prussians. He was killed by the Prussians in 997 and canonized in 999. (D-125) This information on Saint Adalbert was from a Wojciech descendant whose family came from Hluboczek, Borszczow, Galecia, Austria. It is now a part of the Ukraine. (D-125b)

Anna, the wife of their son, George Vosick, lived to over 100. When interviewed, she said that Mike and Maria Vocsik were blessed with 11 children. Mike's son, Mike, came over as an adult after 1920 when Sue and John Joseph Dudick were married according to John and Sue Dudick. According to the immigration records for his daughter Veron Vovcsik Perilla, she was born in Nevicske, Hungary (now Nevitske in the Ukraine) in 1884. Her father, Mihaly Wocsik/Vovcsik was living in Nevicske in this 1910 emigration record for his daughter.

Other persons of this same surname spelled Vovcsik from the Nevicske area are Gabor, Jozsef, Zsuzsa, Mihaly, and Julia. There is an Olean Volcsik who came on the Southwark through Antwerp Belgium from .....arina, Hungary in 1899. She was born about 1878 and is a peer and possible relative of this family. Julia is probably the one who arrived on May 26, 1910 from the port of Fiume on the Pannonia. She was age 26 at the time and might be a spouse to one of Mike's sons.

I hired a researcher to photograph and send me the 1869 census for Neviczke. I found this Michael with his wife, children and 2 siblings living in Neviczke, Hungary. They were all born in the same state and it is very difficult to read. It looks like the abbreviation "Helbe". The spelling for the state where born was common amongst those that lived in Neviczke. Other clearer spellings look like Helybe or Hebybe. The town's name for the census was spelled Nevicke, Magyar with Magyar being the state's name in 1869. It looked like all of them had been born in Nev. or Nevicke (Helybe, Magyar). There is a Helybe, Magyar in a foreign version of Wikipdedia so I'm taking that that is the correct spelling. In this 1869 census Mihaly, Maria and family are living in the same household with brother Gyorgy's family. They are living just 4 doors down from Janos Vovcsik born in 1830 that is also a likely sibling.

Mihaly married Maria BOGDAN. Maria (daughter of Unknown BOGDAN and Anna MELERUIS) was born in 1848 in Of Neviczke, Ung, Ungvasi Jaros, Magyar (Now In Ukraine); died after 1920. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mary's maiden name listed in her daughter's first marriage application to Michael Cesario is Mary Budgon and in her second is Mary Smith. Smith was often a translation of a much different common name in the old country. However, in this case, I simply believe Mary said the name of a person was Smith when she didn't want to reveal the identity of a person. This is based on the fact that in her first marriage application she said her father's name was Mike Smith. (D-170) In records of this family from Neviczke, in what is now the Ukraine, this name was spelled Bogdan or Bogdoin. Maria and Joseph Dudik's first son Andras had his baptism witnessed by a Julianna Bogdoin. This could easily be a sister, mother or niece of this Maria Bogdan. Also, when Maria's daughter, Maria Vocsik, emmigrated to the U.S. in 1892, she traveled with a female relative of her mother's named (Baoko)? Bogdan, age 18, a likely sister or cousin. When an untranslated record occurs for a Bax.. Dudik, witnesses were a Joseph Popovitz and an a Borbola Bogdan (female).

Unknown married Juliana VEGESA. Juliana was born in 1803; died after 1869 in Of Neviczke, Ung, Ungvasi Jaros, Magyar (Now In Ukraine). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was a widow who was the mother-in-law of a Janos Bogdan, and therefore the mother of his wife, Anna Vovcsik. They lived in house 55 of Neviczke in 1869. I'm not absolutely sure the s is an s in her name. It could be an r or a t.

Unknown married Anna MELERUIS. Anna was born about 1810; died after 1869 in Of Neviczke, Ung, Ungvasi Jaros, Magyar (Now In Ukraine). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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It is extremely difficult to read her last name in the 1869 census. She is listed as the head of household's mother-in-law in house 36 and would be Anna Bogdan's mother. She is listed as a widow.