Hi Jeff:
My grandfather was Fabian Hladik who emigrated to the US around the turn of last the century. Family legend has it that Fabian witnessed his brothers death in an accident at the Edison Works (GE) in Schenectady so it sounds like there is a connection here. Fabians siblings were Michael, Tobias, Anne and Matthew and I do have some additional limited family information that I'll be happy to share with a cousin.