Looking for any information on Andrew Yuhas and relatives. Andrew Yuhas is my great grandfather. Date of birth is not known (I have it as 11/29/1886, but it doesn't sound right). Date of death is 1/4/1937. He married a Marie (Mary?) Kolesar (10/16/1873-11/16/1950). Date of marriage not known. They had 8 children: Mary, Anna Marie, Susan, Veronica, Emma, John, Andrew, Michael. They lived in Streator, IL.
I do not know from where Andrew emigrated. Family legend has it that he came over from Slovakia, perhaps in the 1880s. My grandfather's baptism certificate has Andrew's last name spelled as Juhas. Legend also had that Andrew was in Pennsylvania then went to Illinois, but came back to Pennsylvania for a bit before permenantly settling in Streator, IL, most likely by the early 1890s. It is believed that he married Marie in the early 1890s (first child was born in 1894). Legend also has it that Marie emigrated from Czechoslovakia (Czech?), due to a figurine showing that it was produced in Czechoslovakia that the family has. Other than that, we have no information on Andrew or Marie.
I'm posting this in hopes that someone may have some information on Andrew Yuhas and/or Marie Kolesar and their ancestors/relatives. Thanks!!
Dave
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Andrew Yuhas is a relative of mine-I think probabaly a uncle of my grandfather. (His name was George and they all lived in Streator, Ill.) The family is from what was then Austria-Hungary, but spoke Slovak.
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Anne:
Do you have more information that you could provide me? I don't know the names of any brothers or sisters of Andrew Yuhas. Do you know when they settled in Streator? Do you know what village or region they emigrated from in the Austria-Hungary empire? When did they come over to America? etc. There is a lot of information of Andrew Yuhas and his family that I do not have. I would be grateful for any of the details that you could provide. Thanks!!
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Dave: I will have to check with my mother for more specific information regarding her father's side of the family. Please e-mail me at Anniekosu@aol.com and I will let you know as soon as I get more info. Thanks! Anne
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Anne is my first cousin--I have birth certificates of the family living in what was then the A-H Empire(Czechoslovakia) re. A. Juhaszyn's family-I will look thru them and re-post ASAP
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Dave, Not sure who you are but I can tell you that I had a grandfather, Andrew Yuhas, from Streator Ill. Him and wife Susan lived at 815 Painter St. Andrew died in 1963 at age 69 or 71, not sure which and Susan died years later at age 97. I believe this was Andrews 2nd marriage, first wife passed away. I believe they had 7 children, Mary, Elie, Virigina, Dorothy Emma, John and a couple of half brothers, can't remember their names. Also, Yuhas is not spelled correctly. this was changed at Elis Island, can't remember the correct spelling, may be Fuhas but not certain. Let me know what you find out.
Barry
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Although it seems impossible, there are two Andrew Yuhas families in Streator, Illinois. From everything I have discovered, they are not related (but how could they not be???). Be careful in doing your research because both family groups are out there and the names are getting confused.
My family branch is......Andrew Yuhas born August 20, 1890 in Kladzany, Slovakia. Died June 3, 1961 in Streator, Illinois. He was the son of Juraj Juhasz (b 3/20/1851 d Bet 1916-1920)and Helena (Ilona??) Tomasova (b 4/18/1858 d @1925). His siblings were Jan (b 9/15/1875 d @1930 who remained in Czech) Maria (perhaps also known as Anna remained in Czech; perhaps married a Jencava and her children immigrated to Canada) Juraj (b2/26/1882 d 5/5/1941 in PA maybe Pittsburgh?) Michal (b 6/4/1885 d @1949 in Los Angeles)
My grandfather, Andrew Yuhas, went to Pittsburgh after Ellis Island and then immigrated to Streator, Illinois. He married Clara Kolesar (coincidence???) and had 3 children--George, Andrew and Edward.
When Clara Kolesar died from consumption, he married Suzana Barlock Sabol on January 26, 1921 in Streator, Illinois. Suzana was born March 2, 1896 in Ambrahamovce, Czechoslovakia. She was the daughter of John Sabol and Mary Kolesar (aren't the name coincidences something else????). Susan and Andrew had the following children: Mary (b 11/18/21 in Streator, IL) Eleanor (b 12/14/24) Virginia (b 8/28/26) John (b 4/28/30) Dorothy (b 3/14/32)
One other thing you probably should know is the Drapp family has also put some information on the internet regarding the Andrew Yuhas family. Susan Kolesar Drapp of Streator, Illinois is an aunt to Susan Sabol (married to my Andrew Yuhas). So more than likely they are not related to your Andrew Yuhas.
The coincidences are outstanding and I can't explain them yet. However, I thought this might help you a little just so you don't get the two families confused.
Sorry for the length of this e-mail. If you want more info, let me know......Jacque
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Sorry for the delay in my reply to your post. As I'm no longer a subscriber to Ancestry, I don't check out the message boards here as often. Plus, my email had a slight change in the address, so I didn't receive any notifications of any of the later responses to my original post.
It is indeed an odd circumstance that there were two Andrew Yuhas families in Streator that are seemingly unrelated, along with the various Kolesars on the periphery of the Yuhas families. I do recognize the surnames Hozie and Drapp. Thank you for responding to my post. Every little bit of information helps, especially when it comes to Slovakian genealogy.
I have discovered more information on my Andrew Yuhas that I'll add here to help distinguish him from your Andrew Yuhas and to basically add the Yuhas information that I have in the hopes that there other Yuhases (or Kolesars) out there that came from the general area in Slovakia that my Andrew Yuhas (or Marie Kolesar) did.
I currently have a copy of my Andrew Yuhas's baptismal certificate (certified in 1935) which relatives obtained from Andrew's last remaining child before he passed on.
Andrew Yuhas (originally Andrej Juhas) was born on 10/21/1860 in Giraltovce (Hungarian: Radoma), Saros, Slovakia. He died 1/4/1937 in Streator, La Salle Co, IL. His parents were, according to the baptismal certificate: Andrej Juhas and Maria Cikjovska [note: the "ska" is a feminine ending of the surname. The name originally would have been spelled C'ikjovska. According to the "sounding" of the name, it would have been Chikov or Cikov]. The parents were noted as residing at house # 37 in Radoma (Slovakian: Giraltovce). No birth dates have been obtained for the parents yet. Andrew was supposedly an orphan and emigrated to avoid service in the Austria-Hungarian army. Service in the army supposedly was at the age of 21. So, it is likely that Andrew emigrated from 1882 onwards until 1890, from Bremerhaven, Germany and arrived in New York. Andrew went to work on the railroad in Pennsylvania practically as soon after he got off the ship. Where in Pennsylvania, I have no idea. At some point, he worked in the coal mines, which is what seems to have brought him to Streator at some point.
Andrew reportedly married Marie (or Mary) Kolesar on 2/15/1891 in what looks to have been an arranged marriage. Where is uncertain. It may have been in Streator. Or in Pennsylvania. Or perhaps even in Baltimore, Md as soon as Marie arrived in the U.S. Marie was said to have arrived in Baltimore in 1891, so it had to have been prior to mid-February. At any rate, I don't have a copy of the marriage certificate yet. I've looked in the La Salle and Livingston County offices without success.
Marie was perhaps born in Tulcik, Saros, Slovakia, which seems to have only roughly been about 15 miles from Andrew's birthplace. She had a niece that she corresponded with in the 1930s who lived in Tulcik. Her niece was Anna Mackova (nee Kolesar), daughter of a brother John Kolesar who came to the U.S. but went back to Slovakia. She was born 10/16/1873 and died in Streator on 11/14/1950. (The LDS website shows a Maria Kolesar who was born in Piller-Peklen, Saros, Hungary [Slovakia?] on 10/12/1873. Can't tell if this is the same one or not.)
Marie also had 4 siblings that came to the U.S (in later years most likely), but they all ended up elsewhere. One mentioned before, John (birth year unknown), ended up in Minnesota, where he reportedly got married, but went back to Slovakia, where he reportedly served in WW I and died as a POW in Russia. The others: Anna (b. abt. 1883 and married John Kupcik), Susannah (b. abt. 1886 and married George Strako) and Andrew (b. 8/20/1895 and married an Anna) ended up in Westville, Vermillion Co, IL. The source of the birth years is mostly the 1930 census. The parents of these Kolesar siblings are reportedly to have been Andrew Kolesar and Anna Adamchak. [And there were Adamchaks in Streator too! These coincidences are certainly something.]
So Andrew and Marie got married somewhere but ended up in Streator. It looks like Andrew was in Pennsylvania, came to Streator, then went back to Pennsylvania for a short while before returning to Streator (South Streator in Livingston Co) for good. They had 9 children.
1) An unknown child, b. before 1900 and d. before 1900. [From the 1900 census, Marie was noted as having had 5 children of which 4 were living at the time of the census.]
2) Mary Yuhas (b. 8/30/1894 Streator, IL; d. 3/13/1966 Streator, IL. Married Leo Lesko.)
3) Anna Marie Yuhas (b. 1/7/1896 Streator, IL; d. 7/18/1975 Streator, IL. Married Michael Kascak.)
4) Susan Yuhas (b. 12/5/1897 Mickeburg [?], PA; d. 4/21/1973, Streator, IL. Married Arthur Mayfield. This is where it looks like Andrew and Marie were back in Pennsylvania for a while. I have a copy of the birth certificate for Susan, yet the town of her birth is difficult to make out, and I can't find it on any map of Pennsylvania. I received this birth certificate from another relative of the other Andrew Yuhas who is in Pennsylvania but also has done genealogy work on the Yuhases in Streator, mainly the other Andrew.)
5) Veronica Yuhas (b. 10/3/1899 Streator, IL; d. 2/28/1986 Streator, IL. Married Francis Leo Crawford.)
6) Emma B. Yuhas (b. 3/21/1902 Streator, IL; d. 5/23/1981 Ottawa, IL. Married Frank R. Johnson.)
7) John J. Yuhas (b. 6/28/1904 Streator, IL; d. 1/27/1982 Streator, IL. Married Helen Henrietta Woll. My line.)
8) Andrew J. Yuhas, nicknamed Barney (b. 8/2/1908 Streator, IL; d. 1/19/1986 Streator, IL. Did not marry.)
9) Michael E. Yuhas (b. 4/10/1911 Streator, IL; d. 9/15/2002 Streator, IL. Did not marry.)
This is pretty much what I have on the Yuhases and Kolesars that are in my line. And, like you mentioned, there are those other Yuhases and Kolesars in Streator that apparently aren't related to mine. Amazing, heh. The LDS family centers have microfiches that are copies of church records of a number of localities in Slovakia. Some day I'll have to go to an LDS center to review those church records for Giraltovce and Tulcik and any others as necessary to find further ancestors for my Yuhas and Kolesar lines. Hopefully, it'll provide fruit. Because I have a hunch that, as was similarly the case of another line I have that was mistakenly belived to be the case, Andrew Yuhas was not an only child. So, this is all that I have. I know it doesn't really add anything to your Yuhas line, but at least it may help separate out and organize the Yuhas/Kolesar families to make it less confusing. I too apologize for the extremely long length of my post, but hope you'll find it of help and interest.
Dave
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Hi,
Thanks for your response to my original post. I apologize for the delay in responding to you. I've just made a post that lists more information on my Andrew Yuhas in a response to another post later in time than yours that you may like to check out. The information that I've included doesn't have anything that is related to your Andrew Yuhas unfortunately, but you may find it interesting and perhaps helpful. My post was made in response to a post made by a JHozie just below your original response.
Dave
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Thanks for the info Dave. I need to study it and see if there is any new information (or at least clarification) of my Andrew Yuhas. Appreciate it. Still can't get over the names....my mother is Mary Yuhas (daughter of my Andrew Yuhas) but she married Eugene Crouch. Wonder how confusing this all was in school? And yet none of my family has ever indicated there were any problems. If I asked too many questions, they would just say "They are the other Yuhas's"!!!!!
Again thanks for the reply and if I find out anything new I'll let you know..................Jacque
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