My grandfathers name was Albert Joseph Kocak he died in Dec of 1951 I am running into many dead ends on this side of my family he was from Duquesnes PA he had 1 brother named George and his parents names were Stephen and Elizabeth our name was changed some time possibly in the 1940's it may have been spelled Kozak, or Koczak If any one knows any information on tis family please email me I am very curios about my history on this side. Thank You
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I have learned a little from my search and this is my great-grandmothers maiden name was Toth, the name was changed from Koczak, both of my great-grandparents were born in Hungary I believe Elizabet was born around 1892 and Steve/Stephen was born in 1892 but I'm not exactly certain if any of this sound familiar please reply.
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Steve/Stephen was born in 1878 not 1892
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IM NOT SURE I AM RELATED TO YOU. MY FATHER'S NAME IS MICHAEL KOCZAK AND HIS FATHER TO. HIS MIDDLE NAME IS STEPHEN. I NEVER KNEW MY GRANDFATHER HE DIED WHEN MY FATHER WAS YOUNG. I HOPE TO GET MORE INFO FOR YOU AND WE CAN EMAIL.
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My farther's name is Albert J. Kocak, his family grew up in Rankin, PA, near Duquesne. His farter's name was Frank Kocak. I'm sure we are related. Email for further information.
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i am confused as to how we could be related !
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Well, i forget what you wrote. You have the same name as my sister. If you want to talk about potential family history, email me at kocak@comcast.net. jerry
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I am so sorry I have not responded could you please e-mail me at donna.avt@verizon.net I tried to e-mail you but it would not go through
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Donna, I emailed you today, if you do not get it, reply back here. Jerry Kocak
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I have come into possession of 3 Silver Certificates from WWII. They have yellow seals on them instead of blue, which means they were issued for our troops in North Africa and Southern Europe. Each one is signed George Kocak. On the first one he wrote Casablanca, January 1944. The second one, Roma, May 1944. And the last one, Battle of Arno River Italy, August 1944. I believe these to be from your relative. A George Kocak from the Pittsburg Pa. area enlisted in the army on January 18, 1941. He was released from active duty September 27, 1945. I believe this George Kocak may have been assigned to the 337th Inf. Reg. of the 85th Inf. Div. of the 5th Army. However, I have not been able to prove so. If this George is your Great Uncle please let me know. I have attached a scan of the silver certificates.
Walt League
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