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Post by roman on Aug 15, 2014 10:53:39 GMT -6
I have always thought that Streator people have some interesting names. Does anyone recall some of those names? How about Pizzolato or Uhren?
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Post by roman on Aug 15, 2014 11:03:51 GMT -6
How about Kuntz?
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Post by doglover on Aug 15, 2014 15:11:45 GMT -6
Uhren's owned Med-O-King.
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Post by capncrunch on Aug 15, 2014 15:28:03 GMT -6
Streator had a lot of Slovak and polish people in this town at one time. One of the catholic churches use to have mass in Slovak. I believe it was St. Stephens but correct me if I'm wrong on the church. Names for this town. Kmetz is one that was known in this town also. Harcar is another name known in this town.
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Post by capncrunch on Aug 15, 2014 15:29:42 GMT -6
Streator was name Unionville, then Hardscrabble prior to Streator. Is that what you are talking about? Or are you talking about family names like Harcar or Kmetz?
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Post by roman on Aug 15, 2014 15:32:13 GMT -6
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Post by roman on Aug 15, 2014 15:32:40 GMT -6
Streator was name Unionville, then Hardscrabble prior to Streator. Is that what you are talking about? Or are you talking about family names like Harcar or Kmetz? I was talking about family names, and I knew several Harcars snd Kmetzes. Majercin, Schoenneshoefer, Seegar, Adamchak, Averweg and Cheatham are a few more.
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Post by Fat Boy on Aug 15, 2014 19:18:18 GMT -6
What about three Streator family names, Butz, Bottoms and Rehers?
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Post by roman on Aug 15, 2014 19:46:03 GMT -6
Streator had a lot of Slovak and polish people in this town at one time. One of the catholic churches use to have mass in Slovak. I believe it was St. Stephens but correct me if I'm wrong on the church. Names for this town. Kmetz is one that was known in this town also. Harcar is another name known in this town. For reasons I never understood, the word "Slovak" was often used to describe Hungarians, Poles and people who came from Slovakia.
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Post by oldtimer on Aug 16, 2014 7:45:56 GMT -6
Streator had a lot of Slovak and polish people in this town at one time. One of the catholic churches use to have mass in Slovak. I believe it was St. Stephens but correct me if I'm wrong on the church. Names for this town. Kmetz is one that was known in this town also. Harcar is another name known in this town. I think st. Casmir did mass in Slovak?
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Post by fudrucker on Aug 16, 2014 8:48:08 GMT -6
Slovakia has been under many different controls over the years at the time many of our grandparents and great grandparents came over they were part of the Austrian-Hungarian empire; this region consisted of many different Slavic tribes which could lead to the confusion of some being referred to as Slovak; many could have been Croatian or Hungarian, Serbian etc. Slovaks here may often been referred to as Hungarian as their passports may have indicated Austria-Hungary as their homeland; they were also referred to in slang as bohunks (Bohemian-Hungarian). After WW1 the nation of Czechoslovakia was created and was in existence till the fall of the Soviet Empire, at that time the Republic of Slovakia and the Czech Republic were established as independent nations. St. Casmir was a Polish Congregation and offered various services in Polish; Slovak services would been at St. Stephens which was the First catholic Slovak parish in the United states. Many of the spelling of names may have changed as immigrants arrived and registered ,names may have taken a spelling more resembling the pronunciation then how it was spelled in the homeland. Names beginning in J were pronounced like a y, so for example a name like Yanek was probably originally Janek; names ending in ec were actually pronounced like yutz, names ending in O may have cut off the ending such as viszch such as Hanko for Hankoviszch. If you visit the ethnic cemeteries in town you may find a lot of similar names with a little different spelling; they may well be related but as they came to this country the took on the various different spellings while others may have changed names to give them a more American like spelling.
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Post by roman on Aug 16, 2014 8:54:54 GMT -6
Slovakia has been under many different controls over the years at the time many of our grandparents and great grandparents came over they were part of the Austrian-Hungarian empire; this region consisted of many different Slavic tribes which could lead to the confusion of some being referred to as Slovak; many could have been Croatian or Hungarian, Serbian etc. Slovaks here may often been referred to as Hungarian as their passports may have indicated Austria-Hungary as their homeland; they were also referred to in slang as bohunks (Bohemian-Hungarian). After WW1 the nation of Czechoslovakia was created and was in existence till the fall of the Soviet Empire, at that time the Republic of Slovakia and the Czech Republic were established as independent nations. St. Casmir was a Polish Congregation and offered various services in Polish; Slovak services would been at St. Stephens which was the First catholic Slovak parish in the United states. Many of the spelling of names may have changed as immigrants arrived and registered ,names may have taken a spelling more resembling the pronunciation then how it was spelled in the homeland. Names beginning in J were pronounced like a y, so for example a name like Yanek was probably originally Janek; names ending in ec were actually pronounced like yutz, names ending in O may have cut off the ending such as viszch such as Hanko for Hankoviszch. If you visit the ethnic cemeteries in town you may find a lot of similar names with a little different spelling; they may well be related but as they came to this country the took on the various different spellings while others may have changed names to give them a more American like spelling. Interesting post. All I know is that Slovaks are very hard workers. They started out in the mines and ended up in the factories. Hail Pintininti!
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Post by dumdave on Aug 16, 2014 9:08:19 GMT -6
I knew a family named Crapp here in town a long time ago.
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Post by roman on Aug 16, 2014 9:32:47 GMT -6
I knew a family named Crapp here in town a long time ago. Kingsley Crap?
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Post by dumdave on Aug 16, 2014 11:18:55 GMT -6
I knew a family named Crapp here in town a long time ago. Kingsley Crap? That would be correct as you knew him.
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