Kunec

Miner’s First Name:   Stephen Miner’s Middle Name:    Miner’s Last Name:   Kunec Miner’s Picture:    Birth Place of Miner:   Hertnik, Slovakia Miner’s Country:   Austria-Hungary Arrived in USA:    Miner Information: Stephen Kunec (Koonyets). Worked for the Lehigh Valley Coal Company Place & Manner of Miner’s Death:   Wilkes-Barre, PA Died:   February 10, 1972 Birth Date:   February 9, 1882 Married:   Yes Place Miner Was Married:    Wife’s Name:   Mary Shedlock Wife’s Middle Name:    Wife’s Last Name:    Birth Place of Wife:    Wife’s Country:    Arrived in USA:    Place & Manner of Wife’s Death:    Died:    Birth Date:    Number of Children:   6 Child Name 1:    Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:    Birth Date:    Child Name 2:    Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:    Birth Date:    Child Name 3:    Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:    Birth Date:    Child Name 4:    Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:    Birth Date:    Child Name 5:    Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:    Birth Date:    Child Name 6:    Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:    Birth Date:    Child Name 7:    Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:    Birth Date:    Child Name 8:    Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:    Birth Date:    Child Name 9:    Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:    Birth Date:    Child Name 10:    Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:    Birth Date:    Author’s Name:   Sandra Author’s Middle Name:    Author’s Last Name:   Latsko Relationship to...

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Prohaska

Prohaska

Miner’s First Name:   Anthony Miner’s Middle Name:    Miner’s Last Name:   Prohaska Miner’s Picture:    Birth Place of Miner:   Bohemia (1930 Census); Germany (1940 Census) Miner’s Country:   Country ID Varies by Source; Slovak ethnicity Arrived in USA:   May 9, 1888 Miner Information: Father named Frank; no other family information available. (Anton Prochaska per Naturalization papers) Place & Manner of Miner’s Death:   Larksville, Luzerne County, PA; Natural Causes; Age 77 Died:   April 21, 1944 Birth Date:   June 14, 1867 Married:   June 21, 1890 Place Miner Was Married:   Roman Catholic Church, Larksville or Plymouth, Luzerne County, PA. Wife’s Name:   Catherine Wife’s Middle Name:    Wife’s Last Name:   Smolok Birth Place of Wife:    Wife’s Country:   Austria-Hungary, Slovak Region Arrived in USA:   1890 Place & Manner of Wife’s Death:    Died:    Birth Date:   October 6, 1866 Number of Children:   12 Child Name 1:   Anna Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:   Lietz (Married Name) Birth Date:   November 4, 1891 Child Name 2:   Robert Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:   Prohaska Birth Date:   March 26, 1893 Child Name 3:   Michael Child’s Middle Name:   Anthony Child’s Last Name:   Prohaska Birth Date:   September 4, 1895 Child Name 4:   Frank Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:   Prohaska Birth Date:   September 5, 1897 Child Name 5:   Gus Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:   Prohaska Birth Date:   August 29, 1898 Child Name 6:   Mary Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:   Mingloski (Married Name) Birth Date:   October 19, 1900 Child Name 7:   Andrew Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:   Prohaska Birth Date:   October 20, 1902 Child Name 8:   Catherine Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:   Snyderite (Married Name) Birth Date:   August 15, 1904 Child Name 9:   Charles Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:   Prohaska Birth Date:   October 15, 1906 Child Name 10:   Theresa Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:   Shaffer (Married Name) Birth Date:   March 22, 1908 Author’s Name:   Albert Author’s Middle Name:   Stephen Author’s Last Name:   Prohaska Relationship to...

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Franckiewicz

Franckiewicz

Miner’s First Name:   Stanley Miner’s Middle Name:    Miner’s Last Name:   Franckiewicz Miner’s Picture:    Birth Place of Miner:   Wilkes-Barre, PA Miner’s Country:   USA Arrived in USA:   Born here, but his parents arrived from Poland, his father William, b. 1/12/1879, immigrated from Poland 5/30/02 Miner Information: From 1939 through 1963, escaped Knox Mining Disaster because another miner, Michael Shanko, has asked him to switch shifts. Place & Manner of Miner’s Death:   Wilkes-Barre, PA combination of black lung disease and COPD Died:   September 30, 1984 Birth Date:   January 28, 1916 Married:   July 27, 1940 to Helena Sydorka Place Miner Was Married:   Wilkes-Barre, PA Wife’s Name:   Helen Sydorka Wife’s Middle Name:    Wife’s Last Name:   Sydorka Birth Place of Wife:   Wilkes-Barre, PA Wife’s Country:   Born here but parents came from what is now the Ukraine area after getting married in Austria in 1910 Arrived in USA:   Born here Place & Manner of Wife’s Death:   Wilkes-Barre, PA of ALS Died:   April 30, 2004 Birth Date:   February 23, 1922 Number of Children:   4 Child Name 1:   Rose Child’s Middle Name:   Marie Child’s Last Name:   Knox Birth Date:   October 29, 1940 Child Name 2:   Stanley Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:   Franckiewicz, Jr. Birth Date:   July 29, 1942 Child Name 3:   Joseph Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:   Franckiewicz Birth Date:   June 12, 1944 Child Name 4:   George Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:   Franckiewicz Birth Date:   February 20, 1947 Child Name 5:    Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:    Birth Date:    Child Name 6:    Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:    Birth Date:    Child Name 7:    Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:    Birth Date:    Child Name 8:    Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:    Birth Date:    Child Name 9:    Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:    Birth Date:    Child Name 10:    Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:    Birth Date:    Author’s Name:   Joseph Author’s Middle Name:   John Author’s Last Name:   Knox Relationship to...

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Kratcoski

Miner’s First Name:   Peter Miner’s Middle Name:   Joseph Miner’s Last Name:   Kratcoski Miner’s Picture:    Birth Place of Miner:   Kingston, PA Miner’s Country:   USA Arrived in USA:    Miner Information: Place & Manner of Miner’s Death:   Bernice, PA Lung Cancer Died:   1978 Birth Date:   1900 Married:   Yes Place Miner Was Married:   Parsons, PA Wife’s Name:   Frances Wife’s Middle Name:    Wife’s Last Name:   Novinski Birth Place of Wife:   Parsons, PA Wife’s Country:   USA Arrived in USA:    Place & Manner of Wife’s Death:   Estella, PA- Cancer Died:   1981 Birth Date:    Number of Children:   9 Child Name 1:   Joeseph Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:   Kratcoski Birth Date:    Child Name 2:   Leonard Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:   Kratcoski Birth Date:    Child Name 3:   Delores Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:   Kratcoski Birth Date:    Child Name 4:   Geneve Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:   Kratcoski Birth Date:    Child Name 5:   Eugene Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:   Kratcoski Birth Date:    Child Name 6:   John Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:   Kratcoski Birth Date:    Child Name 7:   Peter Child’s Middle Name:   Charles Child’s Last Name:   Kratcoski Birth Date:   November 25, 1936 Child Name 8:   Franncis Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:   Kratcoski Birth Date:   1934 Child Name 9:   Elizabeth Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:   Kratcoski Birth Date:    Child Name 10:    Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:    Birth Date:    Author’s Name:   Peter Author’s Middle Name:   Charles Author’s Last Name:   Kratcoski Relationship to...

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Podminick

Miner’s First Name:   Henry Miner’s Middle Name:   Francis Miner’s Last Name:   Podminick Miner’s Picture:    Birth Place of Miner:   Pringle Miner’s Country:   USA Arrived in USA:    Miner Information: Worked many years as a miner, I know one of the companies was Kingston Coal Col. Place & Manner of Miner’s Death:   Kingston, PA Died:   1977 Birth Date:   January 1900 Married:   Yes Place Miner Was Married:    Wife’s Name:   Elizabeth (Bessie) Glahn Wife’s Middle Name:    Wife’s Last Name:   Glahn Birth Place of Wife:   Kingston or Wilkes-Barre Wife’s Country:   USA Arrived in USA:    Place & Manner of Wife’s Death:   Died of natural causes, I believe she was 85 Died:    Birth Date:    Number of Children:   3 Child Name 1:   Margaret Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:   Podminick Birth Date:    Child Name 2:   Henry (my father) Child’s Middle Name:   Francis Child’s Last Name:   Podminick Birth Date:   January 21, 1931 Child Name 3:   Patricia Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:   Podminick Birth Date:    Child Name 4:    Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:    Birth Date:    Child Name 5:    Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:    Birth Date:    Child Name 6:    Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:    Birth Date:    Child Name 7:    Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:    Birth Date:    Child Name 8:    Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:    Birth Date:    Child Name 9:    Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:    Birth Date:    Child Name 10:    Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:    Birth Date:    Author’s Name:   Francis Author’s Middle Name:   Henry Author’s Last Name:   Podminick Relationship to...

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