Many of the Ellis Island immigrants whose name we are researching, all from the Lokve, Ravna Gora area, immigrated to McKeesport, PA (and Mc Kees Rocks, Ambridge and Pittsburg itself) as well as St. Louis and the east St. Louis area in Illinois. Does anyone have specific knowledge of the probable industry/employer for these locations? I presume the Pittsburg area would be steel mills.

James; "Westinghouse Electric" was and is a large employer in that area. Plant extends from East Pittsburgh, Turtle Creek Wilmerding, Pitcairn and Trafford all along Turtle Creek. My dad worked there from the 30's to the 50's. Steel mills were located in Braddock, Duquesne and Pittsburgh along the Monongahela River, most if not all are gone. The Rand McNally Pittsburgh Metro City Map will show how close everything is in that area. Hope that helps. Nick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Birkholz, James" <James.Birkholz@usa.okmetic.com> To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 11:30 AM Subject: [CROATIA-L] Pittsburg and St. Louis industries? > Many of the Ellis Island immigrants whose name we are researching, all from > the Lokve, Ravna Gora area, immigrated to McKeesport, PA (and Mc Kees Rocks, > Ambridge and Pittsburg itself) as well as St. Louis and the east St. Louis > area in Illinois. > > Does anyone have specific knowledge of the probable industry/employer for > these locations? I presume the Pittsburg area would be steel mills. > >

On Monday, May 20, 2002, at 10:30 AM, Birkholz, James wrote: > Many of the Ellis Island immigrants whose name we are researching, all > from > the Lokve, Ravna Gora area, immigrated to McKeesport, PA (and Mc Kees > Rocks, > Ambridge and Pittsburg itself) as well as St. Louis and the east St. > Louis > area in Illinois. > > Does anyone have specific knowledge of the probable industry/employer > for > these locations? I presume the Pittsburg area would be steel mills. > > ---------------------------------------------------- Seize the moment because tomorrow you might be dead. -Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Sorry about the double post - I grew up in the East St. Louis, St. Louis area. My relatives were from the Ravna Gora area, Delnice be exact, Delosic, Pleshe, Jelenich, and all settled in the Granite City, IL area, about 10 minutes from ESL. Actually a suburb of Granite City was Madison and was were a lot of the immigrants settled. My grandpa, the son of a Croatian immigrant, wouldn't go to some parts of Madison because of all the Serbs! Anyway, the area has A LOT of factories. Steel mills, coal mines, I believe an enamelware factory at one time. Hope that helps a bit! K. Doyle On Monday, May 20, 2002, at 10:30 AM, Birkholz, James wrote: > Many of the Ellis Island immigrants whose name we are researching, all > from > the Lokve, Ravna Gora area, immigrated to McKeesport, PA (and Mc Kees > Rocks, > Ambridge and Pittsburg itself) as well as St. Louis and the east St. > Louis > area in Illinois. > > Does anyone have specific knowledge of the probable industry/employer > for > these locations? I presume the Pittsburg area would be steel mills. > > ---------------------------------------------------- When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all.

K., Delnice is only a few miles from Mrkopalj, where my grandparents were from. May I inquire what surnames you research? Just in case, Ashley PETROVIC, GRUBISIC, BLAZEVIC, KRUZIC, KUCHAN, TOMICH, KAUZLARIC, BALEN or BAILEN, PASKVAN, SCHAEFFER, and a whole bunch more >Sorry about the double post - I grew up in the East St. Louis, St. >Louis area. My relatives were from the Ravna Gora area, Delnice be >exact, Delosic, Pleshe, Jelenich, and all settled in the Granite >City, IL area, about 10 minutes from ESL. Actually a suburb of >Granite City was Madison and was were a lot of the immigrants >settled. My grandpa, the son of a Croatian immigrant, wouldn't go >to some parts of Madison because of all the Serbs! > >Anyway, the area has A LOT of factories. Steel mills, coal mines, I >believe an enamelware factory at one time. Hope that helps a bit! > >K. Doyle > > >On Monday, May 20, 2002, at 10:30 AM, Birkholz, James wrote: > >>Many of the Ellis Island immigrants whose name we are researching, all from >>the Lokve, Ravna Gora area, immigrated to McKeesport, PA (and Mc Kees Rocks, >>Ambridge and Pittsburg itself) as well as St. Louis and the east St. Louis >>area in Illinois. >> >>Does anyone have specific knowledge of the probable industry/employer for >>these locations? I presume the Pittsburg area would be steel mills. >> >---------------------------------------------------- > >When you do things right, people won't be sure >you've done anything at all. --