The first John, m. Anna Bakalar is Tim's maternal grandfather. I don't have my genaealogy here, and can't go back further from memory. (They all had the same names!) Twila --- bluejay201@mchsi.com wrote: > Col. Plumb went to England to get money and > miners. The English mine owners > lost too many men, so they asked their gov. to put a > stop to it. Then agents > were employed to encourage miners from eastern > Europe to come. Many of these > families came in the late 1870's, Bartko, Merks, > Pearchard(Perhach?), Urich, > Fellow, Martin, Cheveny, Harcharik, Super, Masley. > Most of the Polish people > seem to come at or after the turn of the century. > Don't know when the Italians > came, probably after 1900, not many of them > work/stayed in the mines in > Streator. > Migration routes are interesting. Most of the > information I have comes from > obituaries or funeral home records. The words "spent > a year in New York, then > came to Streator", later obituaries have "came > directly to Streator in 189?" > Some funeral home books had the question, "how long > a resident of U.S./or > state." > > If everything is OK, I will be at the museum this > afternoon, going to miss the > Eagles at the Rock. We have a couple of the annual > coal mining reports, what > year did John Kerestes die? > Long time ago, I asked the Streator library if > they could get the books on > an interlibrary loan, but no luck. They could not > find the books. There HAS to > be copies of the books somewhere. I checked the > state library in Springfield, > maybe I should try the U of I? > > I have several John Kerestes > John Kerestes, jr 1873 - 1944 married to Anna > Bakalar, who had a son named John > John Kerestes, sr, 1843 - 1927 married to Anna > Botko? > John Kerestes married to Pauline Plesko, had a dau. > Barbara 1927 - 1928 > John Kerestes, abt 1913 - 1948, married to Viola > (maiden name unknown) > John Kerestes, prob. above John's father, married to > Anna Kochis > > Joanie > > > -- > Streatorland Historical Society > 306 South Vermillion Street > Streator, Illinois 61364 > Monday - Friday 9:30 - 2:30 > Sunday 1 - 4 p.m. > > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death > Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > >