George Joseph Dudick

1899 - 1972  (72 years)

• Name	George Joseph Dudick  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
  Birth	22 Oct 1899	Johnsonburg, Elk County, Pennsylvania, United States of America   [5, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14]
  Christening	28 Oct 1899	Johnsonburg, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1900	Johnsonburg, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA   [12]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
  Death	7 Jul 1972	Painted Post, Steuben County, New York, United States of America   [11, 15]
  Burial	10 Jul 1972	Mount Jewett, McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States of America   [11]
  Person ID	I10875	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Gyorgy Josef Dudik, *,   b. May 1867, Austria d. 2 Nov 1907, Johnsonburg, Elk County, Pennsylvania, United States of America (Age 40 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Marie Vovcsik,   b. 25 Dec 1862, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary d. 18 Aug 1932, Mt. Jewett, Mckean, PA, USA (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1886  [12, 16, 17]
  Family ID	F3110	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Grizelda James,   b. 2 Dec 1904, Kushequa, McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States of America d. 6 Oct 1962, Hamlin Township, McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States of America (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	12 Jan 1923	Olean, Cattararaugus, NY, USA   [10]
  Children	1. Richard James Dudick,   b. 22 Aug 1928, Kushequa, , PA, USA d. 21 Feb 1960, Kushequa, , PA, USA (Age 31 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Edward John Dudick,   b. 2 Oct 1925, Kushequa, , PA, USA d. 14 May 1958 (Age 32 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Shirley Ann Dudick,   b. 13 Jan 1935, Kane, Mckean, PA, USA d. 11 Dec 1987, Erie, Erie, PA, USA (Age 52 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Julia Jean Dudick,   b. 14 May 1927, Kushequa, McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States of America d. 25 Sep 2013, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, United States of America (Age 86 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. George Joseph Dudick,   b. Abt 1925, Pennsylvania d. 11 Feb 2020 (Age 95 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3064	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

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• Notes

  He was baptized with the name Georgium (in latin) and went by the name of Joe. After Joe's father's death, the children were sent to an orphanage while Mary went to work at a boarding house. Joe was adopted for a while by a family whot he was German. When they discovered he wasn't, they neglected him and he ran back to the orphanage at St. Marys. As an adult, he worked as a laborer and carpenter. He was living in Hamlin, McKean Co., PA in the 1930 census, married and with 4 children. He was a fireman for the brickworks and living next to his stepbrother, Tony Cesario and cousin, John Perilla. He listed his parents birthplace as Czechoslovakia. He lived in Kushequa, Pennsylvania when his son George Joseph was honored in 1951 by becoming President of his Chical Engineering group in college. Joe retired as a employee of Kaul Clay Products. (D-45, 164) His obituary gives some incrongruos dates with those believed to be accurate by his son George. It gives his birth date as Oct. 22, 1899 in Dubois, PA, the son of George and Mary Wolfe Dudick. It says he married Grizelda James on Jan. 12, 1933. He was a member of St. Joseph's Church. The information was provided by Joes's youngest daughter, and George Joseph, Jr. clearly disagrees with the place of birth as provided by his sister. His birth record, entered by a doctor that made many errors in submitting this families births, stated that Joseph Dudick was born Nov. 5, 1899 at Hill St. Extention, Johnsonburg, PA. His baptismal record, has a birth date of Oct. 24 with his baptism on Oct. 28, 1899. I'm taking this one as the accurate one because it was extremely close to the event and because of the other multiple errors in the birth records on this family. (D-164, 184, 191) As for his death, he was visiting his son, George, at Painted Post, NY when he suffered a heart attack and died. (D-191d)

  
  

• Sources

  [S159] CD 111, Social Security Rec. [S985] 1900 U.S. Census Johnsonburg, Elk Co., PA. [S2649] Tony Cesario 2 Dayton, Mt. Jewett, PA 16740 Interviewed by Linda Coate Dudick July 1979 In Linda Coate files (D-21). [S2650] George Dudick 391 Beartown Rd., Painted Post, N.Y. 14870 interviewed by Linda Coate Dudick via phone conversation Mar. 18, 1981 In Linda Coate files. [S459] 1930 US Federal Population Census, Hamlin, Mckean, PA (www.ancestry.com). [S2651] Obituary of George Joseph Dudick, The Leader (Corning, NY, July 14, 1972). [S457] George Dudick & Ann Kerekanich Dudick, Dudick & Wolfe (Volcik/Welshik) Family Tree (unpublished, c 1990). [S2652] Obituary of George Joseph Dudick The Times Herald Olean, NY Jul 8, 1972. [S458] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Date:2002 Place:Provo, UT, USA;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Hamlin, McKean, Pennsylvania; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 0018; FHL microfilm: 2341813, 1,6224::0. [S769] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Date:2019 Place:Lehi, UT, USA;), The Kane Republican; Publication Date: 8/ Oct/ 1962; Publication Place: Kane, Pennsylvania, United States of America; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/49811946/?article=1ab55a34-2d28-4613-8a7d-ebd65eff7561&focus=0.14333107,0.39556345,0.2586405,0.6069, 1,61843::0. [S170] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). [S749] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Johnsonburg, Elk, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1406; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 0039. [S2653] George Dudick Baptismal Record Oct 28, 1899. [S2654] Joseph Dudick Birth Record. [S2655] George Dudick to Linda Coate Letter dated June 4, 1997 at 391 Beartown Rd., Painted Post, NJ 14870 (D-176). [S700] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Date:2004 Place:Provo, UT, USA;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Johnsonburg, Elk, Pennsylvania; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 0039; FHL microfilm: 1241406, 1,7602::0. [S1067] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Date:2004 Place:Provo, UT, USA;), Source number: 11.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: LCD, 1,7836::0.