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Subject: Re: [HUNGARY-L] BURAS and PRIEZCOL
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 15:21:49 EST
In a message dated 11/7/99 1:23:32 PM Eastern Standard Time,
writes:
<< Please help me find my mother's birthplace and record of birth. My mother
and grandmother immigrated to the USA on the USS POTSDAM in March 1914. I
have the following facts on my mother MARIA PALKO b. May 13, 1912 in
Austria-Hungary place she lived before immigrating Also Szecs. Her father
supposedly JOZEF PALKO immigrated to USA in 1910. Her mother MARIA BURAS
married on October 10, 1910 at St Nicholas Church in Ezperges, now Presov to
Jozef Pauko Priezcol as stated on marriage certificate.
My questions are: 1-How did name change to PALKO at time of immigration?
2-MARIA BURAS b. June, 1884 as an illegitimate child of MARIA BURAS
3-MARIA BURAS also had two brothers ANDRAS BURAS no father listed on
his birth certificate and JAN BURAS who had JOHN BURAS AND MARY MATZKO
listed as parents
My thoughts are my G-Grdmtr had the BURAS name on the childrens birth record
and finally married JOHN BURAS before birth of JAN BURAS. Also my G-Grdmtr
is buried in Presov under the name MARIA BURAKOVA and is alone in the
cemetery. As you can see by my mothers birth date JOZEF PALKO was already
ln
the USA so I doubt he is my mothers father and I would appreciate someone
helping me figure out this dilemma of mine. Who is JOZEF PAUKO PRIEZCOL?
Who are his parents? He was supposedly born March 24, 1886 if indeed he is
JOZEF PALKO.
CAN SOMEONE HELP ME?
MARY L WITTLOCK
>>
I hope you and this list get a helpful response which can be shared with the
list. My research has led to some unlikely situations.
A thought, could Jan Buras have been the child of John Buras and Maria Matzko
(whose married name would have been Buras). Jan could have been your great
grandmother's brother, rather than your grandmother's brother.
Buras and Burakova are most likely the same family name; Burakova is the
feminine form for Buras (ends with "ova").
>From many A-H parish entries that I've seen, illegitmate children carried the
surname of the mother. If the parents later married, then the priest entered
beside the child's birth record a note that a marriage (and date)
legitimized the child/children. If the father was not previously noted, the
priest added the father's name at the same time. I have been told that
everyone in the village probably knew who the father was. Illegitimate male
children were often named after the maternal grandfather. I suggest that you
go to the FHS Search site and look for the place names you mention. If the
parish/civic records have been microfilmed, you can rent them from a Family
History Center and search for these events. Even try Priezcol, in case that
is the place Jozef Palko was born. Also if your "grandfather" was
naturalized, you might find his place of birth in those documents.
The URL for Family Search Library is :
http://familysearch.com/Search/searchcatalog.asp
I would have tried to locate these locations for you, but Family Search is
not responding just now.
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