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KURASH New York boroughs

Posted: 14 May 2013 9:19PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 14 May 2013 9:28PM GMT
Surnames: Kurash, Basso, Dalmer or Dallmer (phonetic)
Trying to find any record of my husbands family. Apparently nobody ever talked about their relatives on his side.
4 known children
Sylvia Kurash b. 20 Feb 1918 in Brooklyn Queens NY
d. 13 Jun 2007 in Green River WY
she married a Victor Basso who passed in 1961 and I don't know if they had any children.
Joseph C Kurash b 1 Jan 1921 in New York
d 27 Mar 1979 in Cleveland MI
never married
Nellie Kurash b abt 1925 per census 1940
d ? guessing she has passed on but can't find any record of her marriage or death.
said to have married a William Dalmer or Dallmer (word of mouth ONLY) and said to have a daughter born about 1943, again I find no records. I am guessing Nellie is a nickname but that is the only name they knew her by. I found an Anne married to a William Dallmer who both have passed but I can't be sure it's her but the birth year is approximate and the location is in New York.
Walter Kurash b. 7 Feb 1926 in Floral Park (baptism cert said Floral Park and it was in Polish Wladyslaw I believe)
d. April of 1988 in Willoughby OH
Very frustrating because what we really want is my husband's fathers birth certificate which is located in NY and I understand you have to appear in court to get one...nobody lives in or near NY or has the funds to fly or drive there let alone pay whatever court costs / time involved. I was thinking we could move on if we could get his fathers exact name and birth dates plus the mothers name and what happened to her.

Their father is said to be Joseph Kurash of Warsaw Poland and I am guessing he was born in the 1890's sometime. Nobody knows exactly when he passed away but one relative guessed it was in the early 1960's in New York. I find one 1940 census with Walter and Nellie as children "boarder" with a Polish family and another 1930 census with a Sophie (Sylvia?) and Joseph with another Polish family as "lodger" Nobody knows who Joseph Sr was married to, and family history is that the children were orphaned (but the dad lived if that makes sense) at a young age. Apparently the father farmed the kids out to friends? I can't find Joseph Sr in ANY census or any other records. Birth Divorce etc. The whole family is making me nuts. If any of this sounds familiar to you as in long lost family or any tips on getting past the roadblocks in NY state it would be greatly appreciated.
FYI there ARE some Joseph Kurash names to be found with the approximate birth dates but none appear to be the correct one as these had spouses beyond the 1930's and lived beyond the time that Joseph was said to have passed. Also he lived in New York at times in Brooklyn, Queens, and Floral Park based on the birth places of the children and recollection of family members.
Thanks for any help :)
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