Thanks to everyone who posted a response to my query...I would still like to

hear from Barb who mentioned the name SISAK in her last post...

I do have the birth date for Andrew Sysak as 10/18/1880...arriving in U.S. from

Austria Hungary (realize could be one of several countries)in 1896...He married

Justyna Oprishko on 6/1/1907 at St. Cyril and Methodius in Olyphant PA...have

written to them for a record but had no response. Andrew died from a train

accident in Nov. 1927....I have studied the records for Wislok Wielki (where

Justyna definetely came from) extensively and can't find a record of Sysak...His

parents were Michael Sysak and Marka Yarvernick...Andrew had two full brothers:

Stephan Sysak who was a barber in Olyphant and Miklaus in Erie PA...he had

several half brothers because his mother was the 3rd wife of Michael, his

father...hope this isn't too confusing...

This is a great group by the way...And I appreciate all the help I have recieved

here...I realize that my Sysak/Opryshko people are not Slovak...They are most

likely Rusyn and/or Lemko...

Just to reiterate the two Slovak families I am researching (my mom's parents)

are John Gonos and Pearl Petruska...

Thanks again...

Marge,

      Just a little aside;    My mother's doctor in the '30's was a doctor

Syslak.

       Now, you say you have some Petruskas in your family?

There is a Robert Petruska in youngstown , Ohio   (He is head of the Sister

Cities program there).    His relatives are from somewhere Southeast of Spisska

Nova Ves, I think?

      If you want I can give you his phone number.

                                 Tom

   ----- Original Message -----

   From: Marjorie

   To: SLOVAK-ROOTS@yahoogroups.com

   Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 12:51 PM

   Subject: [S-R] SISAK OR SYSAK







   Thanks to everyone who posted a response to my query...I would still like to

hear from Barb who mentioned the name SISAK in her last post...

   I do have the birth date for Andrew Sysak as 10/18/1880...arriving in U.S.

from Austria Hungary (realize could be one of several countries)in 1896...He

married Justyna Oprishko on 6/1/1907 at St. Cyril and Methodius in Olyphant

PA...have written to them for a record but had no response. Andrew died from a

train accident in Nov. 1927....I have studied the records for Wislok Wielki

(where Justyna definetely came from) extensively and can't find a record of

Sysak...His parents were Michael Sysak and Marka Yarvernick...Andrew had two

full brothers: Stephan Sysak who was a barber in Olyphant and Miklaus in Erie

PA...he had several half brothers because his mother was the 3rd wife of

Michael, his father...hope this isn't too confusing...

   This is a great group by the way...And I appreciate all the help I have

recieved here...I realize that my Sysak/Opryshko people are not Slovak...They

are most likely Rusyn and/or Lemko...

   Just to reiterate the two Slovak families I am researching (my mom's parents)

are John Gonos and Pearl Petruska...

   Thanks again...











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Marjorie,

Since your family of Sysak's is a complicated one, there are some Sysak's

arriving in U.S. from the village of Myscowa in

Galicia, a Rusyn village very close to the border with Slovakia.  They are

reasonably close in age to your family. I did not find your Andrew, Stephen or

Miklaus though.



Curt B.



--- In SLOVAK-ROOTS@yahoogroups.com, "Marjorie" <msysakcano@...> wrote:

>

> Thanks to everyone who posted a response to my query...I would still like to

hear from Barb who mentioned the name SISAK in her last post...

> I do have the birth date for Andrew Sysak as 10/18/1880...arriving in U.S.

from Austria Hungary (realize could be one of several countries)in 1896...He

married Justyna Oprishko on 6/1/1907 at St. Cyril and Methodius in Olyphant

PA...have written to them for a record but had no response. Andrew died from a

train accident in Nov. 1927....I have studied the records for Wislok Wielki

(where Justyna definetely came from) extensively and can't find a record of

Sysak...His parents were Michael Sysak and Marka Yarvernick...Andrew had two

full brothers: Stephan Sysak who was a barber in Olyphant and Miklaus in Erie

PA...he had several half brothers because his mother was the 3rd wife of

Michael, his father...hope this isn't too confusing...

> This is a great group by the way...And I appreciate all the help I have

recieved here...I realize that my Sysak/Opryshko people are not Slovak...They

are most likely Rusyn and/or Lemko...

> Just to reiterate the two Slovak families I am researching (my mom's parents)

are John Gonos and Pearl Petruska...

> Thanks again...

>

There was a fairly significant number of Petruskas in Sosujfalu, now Ruska Nova

Ves all throughout the 1800s and at least up until 1895.  Not sure how common

of a name that is though.  Some were godparents to my ancestors.  I think a

few settled in Mahanoy City, PA where my Sabol family ended up in the early 20th

century.



 

From: tom geiss <tomfgurka@...>

To: SLOVAK-ROOTS@yahoogroups.com

Cc:

Sent: Monday, January 3, 2011 2:19:17 PM

Subject: Re: [S-R] SISAK OR SYSAK





 

Marge,

Just a little aside; My mother's doctor in the '30's was a doctor Syslak.

Now, you say you have some Petruskas in your family?

There is a Robert Petruska in youngstown , Ohio (He is head of the Sister Cities

program there). His relatives are from somewhere Southeast of Spisska Nova Ves,

I think?

If you want I can give you his phone number.

Tom

----- Original Message -----

From: Marjorie

To: SLOVAK-ROOTS@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 12:51 PM

Subject: [S-R] SISAK OR SYSAK



Thanks to everyone who posted a response to my query...I would still like to

hear from Barb who mentioned the name SISAK in her last post...

I do have the birth date for Andrew Sysak as 10/18/1880...arriving in U.S. from

Austria Hungary (realize could be one of several countries)in 1896...He married

Justyna Oprishko on 6/1/1907 at St. Cyril and Methodius in Olyphant PA...have

written to them for a record but had no response. Andrew died from a train

accident in Nov. 1927....I have studied the records for Wislok Wielki (where

Justyna definetely came from) extensively and can't find a record of Sysak...His

parents were Michael Sysak and Marka Yarvernick...Andrew had two full brothers:

Stephan Sysak who was a barber in Olyphant and Miklaus in Erie PA...he had

several half brothers because his mother was the 3rd wife of Michael, his

father...hope this isn't too confusing...

This is a great group by the way...And I appreciate all the help I have recieved

here...I realize that my Sysak/Opryshko people are not Slovak...They are most

likely Rusyn and/or Lemko...

Just to reiterate the two Slovak families I am researching (my mom's parents)

are John Gonos and Pearl Petruska...

Thanks again...



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I hope this isn't a duplicate - all my messages seem to landing in my spam

folder and i really wanted to thank people - so if you got this before - please

let me know



here is the message i am not sure went through



 The knowledge and talents of people in this group are amazing -



Special thanks to Frank Plichta, Sue "Zuza" Groh and Carolyn Mudry who so kindly

responded to my request for the Christmas Drink - this is the reply I received

from the person who requested it for her 93 year old father and I want to share

it



"Thank you for this recipe.  I want to thank you especially for taking the time

and effort to help me in my search.  I am overwhelmed by yours and everyone

else's kindness.  God bless each and eveyone of you."



I thought this was sooo nice!



Happy New Year!



helene











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i also remember the name petruska , also sisak's  and also sabol who all

lived in mahanoy city, pa.    maybe you remember magac's that is who i am.





hmsbob





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