Hovan

Miner’s First Name:   John
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Miner’s Last Name:   Hovan
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Miner’s Country:   Czechoslovakia
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John Hovan was a coal miner, who worked at the Harry E. Colliery in Swoyersville. He met his wife, Mary, at the boarding house where he lived when he first arrived in the U.S. Mary was the daughter of the owner of the boarding house. John and Mary had 13 children. His wife, Mary, ran a grocery store in the front of their home. When John would come home from working in the mines, he would always save some of the lunch that his wife had packed for him. His children would run out to meet him to grab the lunch bucket for the treat he did not eat. John was not the disciplinarian in the house. His wife was the tough one. John knew he had a large family to support, and although many days he didn't want to go back into the mines, he went; often at his wife's insistence!

Place & Manner of Miner’s Death:   non-mine related
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Wife’s Name:   Breha
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Child Name 1:   Ann
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Child Name 2:   Betty
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Child Name 3:   Agnes
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Child Name 4:   Helen
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Child Name 5:   Michael
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Child Name 6:   Josephine
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Child Name 7:   Rene
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Child Name 8:   Andrew
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Child Name 9:   Marguerite
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Child Name 10:   Alberta
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Author’s Name:   Mary
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Author’s Last Name:   Krolewski
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