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Galida/Galajda in Scranton, PA

Galida/Galajda in Scranton, PA

Posted: 18 Nov 2002 4:50AM GMT
Classification: Query
I was surprised to see so many posts for the surname Galajda. (I had searched ancestry.com, and this board on rootsweb, which is supported by ancestry, did not show in the results listing a Galajda board).

On February 6, 1906, my greatgrandmother Tanka Galajda, 20 years old, departed on the steamship Babarossa bound for America. She reported that she was an ethnic Ruthenian from Telefiawoe, Galicia, bound for Scranton Pennsylvania where her cousin (Olena?) resided. In later years, she reported on census forms that her maiden name was Galida, and that she was from Czechoslovakia, an ethnic carpatho-rusyn. (by this time Galicia no longer existed as a recognized state). Mom remembers a "weeko" Steve Galida who also resided on Reynolds avenue in the borough of Taylor in Scranton. Was he really Tanka's brother? By this time, Tanka was married to Nicholas Juse.

I would like to find out about Steve Galida and a possible sister (Olena)?. I believe that it is possible that the town she reported to be Telefiawoe may actually be Telepovce in ne Slovakia.

Perhaps this has been helpful info to some of you, and perhaps someone might have some helpful info for me? Also see my Galida posting and the replies at Ukraine.com geneology board.

Thanks,

Joe

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