Sojka - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Joannes Sojka born Jan 1877 in Nieczajna, Krakow, Poland

gasoyke — 2012-09-06 20:12:14Z

I am looking for info about Joannes Sojka (aka John Soyke). I believe his parents were Joannes Sojka and Eva Kobos. He married Maria Krupa and immigrated to Williamsport, PA

Re: Valenty SOJKA

MarcyC48 — 2012-03-25 22:54:00Z

Not to my knowledge. Valenty came from the Slupy area of Poland to Ohio in the early 1880's.

Re: Anton Sojka

kris10s_kreations — 2012-03-04 03:02:19Z

Hi! I am just starting my research into my family tree. My great-grandfather is named Anton Sojka. What have you found out?

Re: John Sojka & Catherine (Sinkoski) Sojka

LizAbramek — 2012-02-17 01:19:30Z

Hi Joe,

I have been looking for information on my great-grandparents, John Sojka & Catherine (Katarzyna) Sinkoski, and stumbled upon this post. If I'm replying to the correct person, I believe we are related and you know my Baciu, Irene (Sojka) Jones. If you happen to receive this message, I would love to know if you have come across any new information in the past 10 years!

Kind regards,
Liz

Karol Sojka

CareyHross37 — 2011-09-08 20:15:31Z

I am looking for a friend for his uncle's family. Karol Sojka was born in 1901 in Ustie ne orave, Slovakia. He married 1926 to Anna Kubanova.
He moved to America with his sons. My friend thinks they went to Hamilton, New York.
any help would be apprectiated.

Re: John Sojka & Catherine (Sinkoski) Sojka

skudpud — 2011-08-04 19:51:00Z

Do you or any of your relatives know of a Bernard Sojka? He was my greatgrandfather and I know nothing about him other than he was born in 1906 (I assume in Poland) and died 8/8/1991 in Warren, Kentucky, USA. He had two sons Victor and Richard.

Ring any bells?

Re: Jozef Sojka

skudpud — 2011-08-04 19:50:16Z

Re: Anton Sojka

skudpud — 2011-08-04 19:43:41Z

Unfortunately I know nothing of Anton. Would you happen to know of an of the relatives he may have left behind? I'm looking for information on Bernard Sojka b. 1906.

Re: Sojka from Nieczajna Poland

skudpud — 2011-08-04 19:42:02Z

Unfortunately I know nothing of them but did either of them have a sibling named Bernard Sojka b. 1906?

Re: Finding Sojka family members

skudpud — 2011-08-04 19:40:21Z

I was also looking for information on the Sojka line. If I find any information that could possibly help you I'll let you know. Do you have any information that could help me with my search? The info I have is listed below.

My grandfather's original surname (before his adoption) was Victor Sojka. His father, Bernard Sojka b. 1906, left him and his brother, Richard, with their mother in Poland to come to America. After adoption his last name changed to Brumlow.

Re: Valenty SOJKA

skudpud — 2011-08-04 19:40:16Z

None of that sounds familiar but did Valenty have any relatives named Bernard Sojka b. 1906?

Re: Finding Sojka family members

skudpud — 2011-08-04 19:38:18Z

Re: Pronunciation of Sojka

1liscanor — 2011-03-28 23:06:02Z

My grandparents, simply pronounced the name Soy-Kah. I think it means BlueJay

Re: Pronunciation of Sojka

wsojka1 — 2011-03-17 21:55:43Z

Soyka

Re: Wojciech Sojka

wsojka1 — 2011-03-17 21:52:37Z

I am Wojciech Sojka! Unbliveable! I am living in Katowice in Poland. In English it is Adlebert or Adalbert. Even Albert. Please, mail: wsojka@hotmail.com

Re: Wojciech

mjdall — 2011-02-20 13:34:38Z

Since Wojciech doesn't have a direct equivalent in English, the most English common names taken were George, Adalbert, and Albert. My grandfather was born in Poland with the name Wojciech and used Albert here in the States.

-MJ

Wojciech Sojka

JillBrownBurns — 2011-02-20 13:32:37Z

My g-grandmother was Barbara Ann Sojka (married to a John Martin Yetka) in Wisconsin. I think her father was Wojciech and mother Katarina or Katy. Does this ring any Sojka bells? And does anyone know of a potential "americanizing" of the name Wojciech?

Re: Sojka

citicelt — 2011-01-05 16:56:11Z

Dear Jane, Thank you for your post and warm interest in our shared ancestry. Last year in November, I had initated contact with Jeanne Sojka and she very graciously sent me the following email. I had tried to respond to her but for some unknown reason,I was unable to continue our correspondence and further contact failed regretably.

At this time, I would like to extend my own belated condolences on the passing of your Mother. As a youngster of perhaps 5 yrs old I recall that I only met her on one or two occasions when she visited my Grandmothers house(Apolonia Osmola Kadula)in Brooklyn, NY. Her mother Eva was a Saj. One notable visit of your Mothers was the New york Worlds Fair which she attended with some of my own family and they brought me along. I posted a picture of your mother on her wedding Day and Jeanne was able to identify it for me.

I met all of your Mothers Brothers/Sisters but as a youngster don't recall too much. Kasimir was a lawyer and had an office in our Chinatown, NYC and he closed on my sister Dolores first house. I remember that all your aunts/uncles were well educated and genteel people and they stood out among the crowd so to speak. My Grandmother was delighted to have visits and corresponde(exchange of photo's and some letters)from her cousin Antonina your grandmother. I think she had a brother and sister that were both in religious orders, Buffalo NY.

I would like to provide my own direct email address: citicelt@warwick.net. My home telehone number is 845 258 4679. My name is Kenneth C Martin, 20 Horizon Farms Drive, Warwick, New York 10990 If there is anything specific you would like to know I will do my best to answer. I know its hard to cover it all and would be pleased to communicate with you and share stories. I have posted a lot of information on my family tree and have saved various documents that might interest you.

My Grandmother married Karl Kadula in 1908 they had four children. William, Caroline, Helen & Charles. Caroline died in 1918 of the Flu. She was 6years old. All have passed now with my mother Helen living the longest. She died at age 97 last February. When she married my Dad, Joseph Martin, 1931 they visited your grandmothers home in Turner Falls and stayed a few days.

Here is Jeannes email to me:
Dear Mr. Martin,

What a joyous surprise to receive your detailed email in my inbox at work! I've never encountered any other family member who is so interested in genealogy. I wrote the obituary for "Lily" Florence Sojka and the funeral director thought I included too much information, but now I am so glad that I did! It is amazing how helpful the web can be for family history searches.

I am responding to you from my home email which is jms-66@comcast.net, so please use this email for correspondence.

I have always wondered about the rest of the Osmola family. I know very little but I will send you what I have via US mail if you send me your complete address. "Lily" Florence Sojka was my aunt; she and my dad Andrew (Babe) were brother and sister, the two youngest in the family of nine children born to Antonina (Osmola) and Jan Sojka. My dad died in 1968 when I was only eight years old so we didn't spend a lot of time at the Sojka house at 178 L Street. My grandmother Antonina Sojka died in 1974, so perhaps contact between your family and mine stopped then.

Blanche (Sojka) Golonka and her husband Stephen and their two daughters Jane and Charlene lived on the second floor of 178 L Street and we spent more time with them. Yes, that is a photo of her wedding from April of 1948. Thank you for the image.

My husband Richard Herchenreder and I became close to Cioci Lily Sojka and helped her during the last ten years of her life. She

had cancer of the blood and congestive heart failure. I just am completing my duties as the executor of her estate after she passed away in 2007. Lily had accumulated a lot papers and photos from the family over the years and I am still sorting them. There are I believe some photos that she couldn't identify that she thought may be Osmola family members. She knew there were family members in New York but couldn't remember them. I will try to scan them and send them to you. There are also letters in Polish that I need to have translated that might provide more clues about the Osmola family.

Antonina Osmola was born on April 25, 1889 in Wojslawiec, Mielec, Poland.

Her parents were Agnieszka Niedbala and Frank Osmola. She had four sisters and one brother: Bronislawa; Caroline; Josephine; Anna; and Joseph.

She immigrated to the United States at age 18, via Hamburg, Germany aboard the S.S. Grafwaldersee on March 17, 1905, and arrived at Ellis Island in New York on March 31, 1905. She listed her occupation as servant and that she could read and write. She had $16 in her pocket. She paid for her own passage. She was going to Turners Falls, MA where she had a relative by marriage, Frank Zak. Her cousin Mary Niedbala was married to Frank Zak.

According to the Ellis Island website, the S.S. Graf Waldersee was built by Blohm & Voss Shipbuilders in Hamburg, Germany in 1899. It was built for the Hamburg-American Line for service from Hamburg to New York. It was to be named the Pavia but the name was changed to Graf Waldersee prior to completion. The ship weighed 12,830 gross tons; it was 586 (bp) feet long; 62 feet wide. Its service speed was 13 knots. The ship could hold 2,546 passengers: 162 first class; 184 second class; and 2,200 third class. It was scrapped at Hamburg in 1922.

She came to Turners Falls, Massachusetts where her cousin, Mary (Niedbala) Zak was already living. She worked on the Zak farm in Gill until Mrs. Scheff (Szewcz?) taught her to use the machinery at the cotton mill in Turners Falls.

Antonina Osmola married Jan Sojka on May 6, 1907 at St. Mary’s Church (renamed Our Lady of Peace in 2006) in Turners Falls, Massachusetts. They were married by Father Luke Thomas Purcell and witnesses were Jan’s cousin Peter Sojka and Jan’s sister Mary (Sojka) Zajac.

Nine children were born to them: Anna Sojka on June 25, 1909; Anthony Joseph Sojka on May 7, 1912; Blanche Agnes Sojka on June 7, 1914; Edward Joseph Sojka on January 1, 1916; Casimir Frank Sojka on February 5, 1917; Stanislaus Joseph Sojka on April 11, 1919; John Frank Sojka on February 4, 1921; Andrew Frank Sojka on November 20, 1923; and Florence Cecelia Sojka on October 22, 1925.

At the time of her naturalization on June 28, 1922, Antonina Sojka was 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighed 127 pounds. She had brown hair, medium complexion, and blue-grey eyes, with a mole on her left cheek.

Antonina died on December 13, 1974 in Turners Falls and is buried in the Our Lady of Czestochowa Cemetery.

I haven't had a chance to go to the Mormon family history center and check the microfilm records for more info about the Osmola/Sojka family. I only recently became interested in genealogy and so many people had already passed away before I could

ask them questions.

Please understand that I have two children, Alex, a senior in high school and Amy, a fifth grader and sometimes I get very busy with them and don't get to read my email every day. Amy has type 1 diabetes and wears an insulin pump and was diagnosed in May with juvenile arthritis so sometimes our lives get very complicated managing these two illnesses.

My home address is 9 Sherman Dr., South Deerfield, MA 01373 and our phone number is 413-665-9979.

Thank you so much for writing and I hope we can share more information,

Jeanne Sojka.

Re: Sojka

janeg2711 — 2011-01-05 16:51:50Z

Dear Ken,
I am remembering my mother, Blanche Sojka Golonka, today on the 10th anniversay of her death. My mother was the daughter of Antonina Osmola Sojka, my grandmother. I was so shocked to read that she came to the US with a cousin, as I had always thought that she came with her bother, who became a priest, and her sister, who became a nun. I grew up in Turners Falls and lived in the Sojka home which was sadly sold just last year. I would love to hear more information about your grandmother and family. Jane Golonka

Re: Sojka

1liscanor — 2010-10-10 16:27:22Z

My Grandmother Apolonia Kadula,age 21(nee Osmola)arrived in the US in 1905 with her Cousin Antonina Osmola age 18. Antonina went to Turner Falls and married John Sojka. Over the years they communicated and visited each, mostly their children, John, Cashmir,Frank,Blanche etc. My maternal grandparents lived in Brooklyn, New York and had four children, William, Caroline, Helen and Charles. My mother Helen vistied the Sojka family in Turner Falls several times. Would like to share family tree info and other incidental information. Ken Martin, Warwick, New York

Re: Pronunciation of Sojka

loriciborowski — 2010-09-06 05:31:55Z

This is my Grandmother's maiden name & we also say Soy - ka in Chicago...

Re: Pronunciation of Sojka

jobud44 — 2010-09-03 23:16:38Z

My maiden name is Sojka and we pronounced it Soy-cah as did other families with that name living in and around Turners Falls, MA.

Re: Jozef Sojka

stefan1448 — 2010-06-08 21:38:08Z

How old are you? How old is your father?

Re: Jozef Sojka

rsojka189 — 2010-06-08 13:23:06Z

Hi

Jozef Sojka was my father too. I'm from Poland:)

Re: Pronunciation of Sojka

donnasojka — 2010-05-30 15:32:30Z

That is how we say it too... Soy...ka :)

Frank Sojka

Jrschulfer — 2010-05-01 11:54:23Z

Frank Sojka was born in 1886 and died in 1958. I have no information or records of him other than he was married to Victoria Stancyk.

Re: Pronunciation of Sojka

Jrschulfer — 2010-05-01 11:54:02Z

Soy like the plant and ka.

Re: Finding Sojka family members

donnasojka — 2010-04-19 04:53:40Z

What was your father's name? Were or are you a Sojka? I will help if I can!

Donna

Sojka - Washington, Iowa

jwelsch — 2010-02-07 22:30:44Z

WASHINGTON, Iowa -- Franklin 'Frank' LeRoy Sojka, 72, Washington, died Saturday, December 31, 2005, at the Halcyon House, Washington, after failing in health for the past several years.

Funeral Service will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, January 4, 2008, at the St. James Catholic Church, Washington. The Revs. Ed O'Melia and Charles Fladung will officiate the services. Burial, with military honors, will be at Elm Grove Cemetery, Washington.

Visitation begins at noon on Tuesday, January 3, 2008, with family present from 5:30-8:30 p.m. and 6:45 p.m. Knights of Columbus rosary and 7 p.m. prayer services, Jones Eden Funeral Home, Washington. A memorial has been established for Washington County Public Health.

Mr. Sojka was born March 15, 1933, in rural Washington, the son of Yaro and Mabel Kos Sojka. He married Rita Schultz on September 7, 1957, in East Pleasant Plain, Iowa. She preceded him in death in 1995.

He attended school in Washington and graduated from Washington High School.

He was a life resident of Washington County where he farmed for 46 years north of Washington until his retirement in 1996.

He was a veteran of the Korean Conflict, having served in the U.S. Army. He was a member of St. James Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus (Third and Fourth Degree); past member of Farm Bureau; was past president of the Iowa Cattleman's Association; and he served on the Washington County Hospital Board for 20 years.

Survivors include six children, Dr. Matthew Sojka and wife, Kim, of Muscatine, Martin Sojka and wife, Brenda, of Winnebago, Illinois, Marvin Sojka and wife, Lori, of Magnolia, Texas, Angela Sojka of Glen St. Mary's, Florida, Myron Sojka and wife, Katie, of Logan, Renee Cunningham and husband, Jeff, of Chesapeake, Virginia; 10 grandchildren; three sisters, Nadyne LaRouche of Indianapolis, Indiana, Eldiene Amer of Anchorage, Alaska and Donna Reha of Wellman; and a brother, Alvin Sojka of Washington.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, a son, Michael Sojka; a sister, Hazel Chalupa; and three brothers, Walter, Elmer and George Sojka.
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RIVERSIDE, Iowa — Dale “Deke” Sojka, 86, of Riverside died Sunday, May 3, 2009, at the Lone Tree Health Care Center in Lone Tree following an extended illness.

Funeral Mass will be 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 7, 2009, at the St. Mary's Catholic Church in Riverside.The Reverend Rich Adam of St. Mary's Catholic Church will officiate. Casket bearers will be Joni Wallace, Blake Trachta, Kristin Keiper, Nicholas Scheetz, Brett Scheetz, Trey Scheetz, Patrick Sojka and Abby Sojka. Burial will be at the Mount Olivet Cemetery. Following the committal service there will be a time of food and fellowship at the St. Mary's Parish Center.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 6, 2009, with a 7 p.m. rosary service at the Sorden-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Riverside. .

Dale was born on May 19, 1922, in Washington County, the son of Charles J. and Rose I. Knotek Sojka. He married Darlene D. Kleopfer on June 7, 1945, at the St. Mary's Catholic Church in Riverside. She preceded him in death on June 30, 2005.

He farmed his entire life south of Riverside, where he contracted and finished hogs, raised livestock and worked at Farm Service in Washington where he applied fertilizer with his own tractor. He also sold Maygold Seed Corn and was the bookkeeper at the Sequel clothing store in Iowa City.

He was a member of the St. Mary's Catholic Church in Riverside and the Moose. He played baseball and softball on many teams in Riverside and coached baseball, Little League and Babe Ruth. He was an avid gardener, and enjoyed hunting, fishing, attending farmers markets in Iowa City, Washington and Coralville but most of all, he dearly loved to spend time with his children and grandchildren.

He will be deeply missed by his two sons, James D. Sojka of Gilbert, Arizona, and David C. Sojka and wife, Jennifer, of Muscatine; three daughters, Jean A. Frauenholz and husband, Ken, of Swisher, Susan K. Keiper and husband, Tim, of Atkins and Patricia R. Scheetz and husband, Dan, of Oxford; eight grandchildren, Joni Wallace and husband, Marc, Blake Trachta, Kristin Keiper, Nicholas Scheetz, Brett Scheetz, Trey Scheetz, Patrick Sojka and Abby Sojka; and a sister, Betty Stewart and husband, Eugene, of Washington.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; two brothers, Harold and Vince Sojka; and four sisters, Dorothy Wollrab, Lorene Cerny, Marie Kleopfer and Luella Beenblossom.
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KALONA, Iowa -- Vincent J. Sojka, 84, Kalona, died Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2004, at Mercy Hospital, Iowa City, after a brief illness.

The Rev. Rich Adam will officiate the services. Burial will be at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Riverside. Casket bearers are Brian Sojka, Grant Sojka, Seth Sojka, Nathan Sojka, Jessica Sojka and Nadia Sojka. After the burial, a time of food and fellowship will be held at St. Mary's Parish Center.

A memorial has been established for St. Mary's Catholic Church, Mount Olivet Cemetery and Camp Courageous.

Mr. Sojka was born Sept. 21, 1920, in Riverside, the son of Charles J. and Rose I. Knotek Sojka. He married Anita M. Frank Feb. 28, 1946, in Riverside.

He farmed south of Riverside all of his life, retiring to Kalona in 1982.

He was a past member of the Mount Olivet Cemetery Board and a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and the Farm Bureau.

He enjoyed going to cattle shows, playing Euchre, gardening and doing yard work.

Survivors include his wife; five sons, Charles V. Sojka and wife Colleen of Riverside, John M. Sojka and wife Joan of Fairfield, Philip F. Sojka of Marion, Gregory L. Sojka and wife Nancy of Riverside and Joseph W. Sojka and wife Julie of Kalona; nine grandchildren; one great-grandchild; a brother, Dale Sojka and wife Darlene of Riverside; and three sisters, Lorene Cerny of Lone Tree, Betty Stewart and husband Eugene of Ainsworth and Luella Beenblossom and husband Paul of Washington.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Harold 'Jake' Sojka; and two sisters, Dorothy Wollrab and Marie Kleopfer.

Pronunciation of Sojka

mickeyzucker — 2009-06-06 04:23:25Z

How do you pronounce the name Sojka? We have friends with that last name who pronounce it SAY-coh. I am curious as to whether that is a common pronunciation and what other ways the name is pronounced. Thanks!

Finding Sojka family members

earraes — 2008-09-09 13:13:42Z

I was born in Brazil, but my father came from Austria from where he ran way during Second WW. He fought with the english army and came to Brazil afterwards where he met my mother. Unfortunately he passed way and I am his only child, and I never knew other relatives. Please contact me if there is a possibility of finding anyone.
Thanks Elizabeth

Re: Sojka

Ardea_3 — 2007-05-06 17:22:16Z

Hi ^-^, i'm from Croatia, my name is Ivana Sajko, it seems we have allot of surname variations lol, anyway just wanted to say hello.

Re: Jozef Sojka

elvira193 — 2006-05-22 07:32:21Z

Dear Stefan!
My grandfather Theodor Sojka was born 1898 in Oppeln/Opole Poland.His fathers name was Josef,Jozef,Joseph/Jozeph or Johan/n
I dont know the name of the mother.
What the names of your grandparents?
With best wishes Manuela

Re: Josef Sojky?

2000-12-18 09:41:20Z

Hi Stefan!
Do you have any records of a 'Marie Bartikove'? We have a Josef Frantiska Sojky in our tree somewhere around 1901...

Re: Sajko

sajkojan — 2008-01-27 14:43:35Z

Hi, I m Jan Sajko from Slovak Republic. My grandpar. Demeter came to Slovakia from Galicia - Torki / Przemysl - Poland. His brother Zacharias sajko move to USA - Ohio ? Maybe some relatives living in Penn, Ohio, too.Some Zacharias came to Cuyahoga County OH. Please give me info - if you have interest
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http://ematusov.soe.udel.edu/jano
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Re: Sojka Surname - Sajko, Soyko

kennethzabel — 2005-12-17 14:49:26Z

My great grandparents came to the US from Slovakia, some time before 1915 - when my grandmother Julia Sojka (Soyko, Sajko) Polens was born (May 11) in Pleasant City, OH (Guernsey County). I have seen Sojka written as Sajko and Soyko.

Susan (Hanas) Sojka, b 7/22/1879, Czechoslovakia, d 1945, Detroit, MI

John Sojka, b 1881, Czechoslovakia, d Jan 1919, Pleasant City, OH

SAJKO, John Death: 1/17/1919, Cuyahoga County OH
Volume #2861, Certificate #1712
SOJIO, John Death: 1/17/1919, Cuyahoga County OH
Volume #2861, Certificate #1712

Re: Sojka Surname

2004-05-18 19:05:46Z

Hi,

I am researching my family and I read your response to Danelle Klinect. My Great Grandmother’s name was Anne Sojka. Her immediate family originated from Bohemia and immigrated to Cleveland, OH. She married a German with the last name of “Brand” and had 4 children (I think); Robert, Mildred, Dorothy & Laverne. Laverne married a Scotch-Irishman; Carl Edward McCollough (his family had settled in Butler, PA). Sometime in the late 1940’s, the whole family moved to California.

Does any of this sound familiar to you? Thanks in advance for any help you can give.

D. Taylor

Re: Sojka Surname

2000-10-16 12:20:00Z

My mother was born to Raymond E. and Frances A. (Perrin) Sojka in Washington Co., IA. Raymond Sojka had a brother named Yaro. Their father, George was an infant when his parents John (Jan) and Mary (Maria) Sojka emigrated from Bohemia in the 1850s; directly to Washington Co., IA. Evidently no family connection since "our" Yaro lived all of his life in Washington Co. Evidently not many people looking into the Sojka line?? Valorie

Re: Sojka

2000-08-10 11:57:55Z

Hi my name was Danelle Sojka and I was orginally from Cleveland, Ohio. My grandfather was from Scotland. His name was Yaro. Do you have any family from Scotland?

Jozef Sojka

2000-08-08 22:44:48Z

Just thought I'd be the first to say HI to all the Sojka family. I am living in Sydney Australia, son of Jozef Sojka from Poland. He told me that he thought his family was in the aristocracy way back in the 1800's, but I don't know... Do you think we'll ever get back those lost millions?? I hope so! :-)

Cheers,

Stefan Sojka

Re: Sojka (Sajko, Soyko)

smpodhola — 2006-04-12 18:31:16Z

This is really bizzar that we may be related, I live in Michigan. I am looking for the same information and just 2 days ago I sent for their death certificates so that I would have them for my children. The original spelling was Sojka, my sister has my dads baptism papers that show that name.
My father was Andy, he passed March 2004 he was 95 and their sister Mary passed 2005. I can not remember when Anna and Suzie passed, brother John passed in 1971. My Uncle John was married to a woman named Catherine (they have one surviving daughter)

Re: Sojka (Sajko, Soyko)

kennethzabel — 2005-12-17 14:36:52Z

My great grandparents came to the US from Slovakia, some time before 1915 - when my grandmother Julia Sojka (Soyko, Sajko) Polens was born (May 11) in Pleasant City, OH (Guernsey County). I have seen Sojka written as Sajko and Soyko.

Susan (Hanas) Sojka, b 7/22/1879, Czechoslovakia, d 1945, Detroit, MI
John Sojka, b 1881, Czechoslovakia, d Jan 1919, Pleasant City, OH

Thank you for any information you can give me on how to look for these records.

Re: Catherine (Sinkoski) Sojka

2003-08-21 18:41:24Z

Hi Joe, My maiden name was Sinkoski. Catherine Sinkoski was my Great Grandfather's (Frank Sinkoski) half sister. My father, Mark who still lives in Ware, researches our family history and can provide you with a lot of the information that you are looking for. Email me at jodihorn@yahoo.com and I will be glad to give you his number.

Re: Catherine (Sinkoski) Sojka

km657 — 2003-05-15 17:07:41Z

I can help you My GrandFather is Walter Sinkoski he is Catherine half sister.

Re: John Sojka & Catherine (Sinkoski) Sojka

2003-02-15 05:55:13Z

Hello,
I am a Sojka from Massachusetts. My grandfather John Sojka was born in NY but his family moved back to Poland in about 1920. He and his wife Frances(not sure if that is her correct spelling) moved back to the US in 1949 where they lived in Rehoboth. I currently live in Alpharetta, GA.....thought I'd say hello to a fellow SOJKA!

Jon Aaron Sojka,
age: 28

John Sojka & Catherine (Sinkoski) Sojka

prostar_1 — 2002-12-23 15:57:11Z

I am looking for the relatives of this couple that came to the U.S. in the latter 1890 from Poland. The lived in Ware, Mass. I am the son of Pat Sojka which was the son of John Sojka. My name is Joe Sojka. I live in Georgia. I would appreciate any help.

Researching John and Susan SOJKA

2006-01-14 13:06:47Z

I am researching my family genealogy.

John and Susan Sojka came to the USA just before my maternal grandmother (Julia Sojka Polens on11 May 1915) was born. John's death certificate says that were from Hungary. Family stories say that it is an area that later became a part of Czechoslovakia, which is probably now Slovakia.

John Sojka b 1881 (d 17 Jan 1919 - Cleveland, Ohio USA)
Susan Hanas b 22 July 1879 (d 1945 - Detroit, Michigan USA)

John's parents were Michael and Anastazia. John's death certificate says that they were both from Austria.

Do you have any suggestions on where I can begin searching for more information?

Ken Zabel

Is Sojka surname related to Sojenka surname?

2005-08-11 12:04:44Z

SOJENKA -, my father Aleksander Sojenka was born in Luck, Poland in the 1920's. His mother's surname was Lipnicka. Does anyone have any information. Does anyone know if the surname SOJKA is related to SOJENKA.

Thomas Sojka b. 1860's, son of John Sojka and Eva Wasik of Niecjnaria, Poland

asoyke — 2003-10-07 21:38:12Z

Still looking for this Sojka line. I have found that my John Soyka was the son of Thomas Sojka who was a brother to Jan Sojka who immigrated in 1907 to Ludlow, MA. Two of Jan's daughters also immigrated.

John Soyka(b.1877) m. Mary Anne Krupa (b.1874) Poland
Thomas Sojka(b. abt 1857) m. Tekla Wieclaw - Poland
John Sojka(b. abt 1837) m. Eva Wasik - Poland

Valenty SOJKA

2001-02-11 14:22:01Z

My grandmother had some relatives from Poland near Bydgozck (the spelling is off I'm sure) named Valenty Sojka son of Matthew , I think. Valenty came to the USA with his 1st wife and child. He opened a mortuary in Toledo,Ohio and later changed his last name to Sujowski(it sounded more Polish). His grandson and greatgrandsons now run 3 mortuarys in the Toled area. Other family names are Gawronski,Stefaniak,Radecki and Helminiak. Does any of this sound familiar?