my grandfather was John Bires. In 1920 census they spelled his last name Birse.My grandparents came from Hungary. They were slovak. My grandfather married Mary. They had 3 kids Lena,Frank,and Emily.I don't know if Mary died or if they got divorced. But John married Anna Hajza? and they had 8 kids. John,Anna,Mary,George, Joseph,Andrew and Michael and Helen.They lived in Detroit on maywood.