Sophia Chalupa was born on July 17, 1918 in Chicago to Victor Fiala and Renata Doubek, both of whom were immigrants from Czechoslovakia. Victor worked as a railroad laborer and mechanic in a [...]
Enid Walsh was born on July 10, 1911 in Rend City, Illinois to Bryn Sayer and Nesta Vaughn. Bryn and Nesta were from the same mining village in Wales and married there. Before they started a [...]
Elbert Gurecki was born on December 29, 1912 in Chicago to August Gurecki and Barbara Korczynski, both Polish immigrants. August came to Chicago in 1905 and got a job at Crane Plumbing where he [...]
Sveva Boucher was born on November 10, 1913 in Winnipeg, Canada to Jean-Marie and Sylvia Boucher. Jean-Marie was born in Switzerland, and Sylvia was born in Germany. They met and married in [...]
Russell Schreiber was born on July 26, 1911 in Chicago to Paula Banas and Adam Schreiber. Paula was of Polish descent and was born in Chicago, while Adam was an immigrant from Prussia. Adam [...]
Almera Navarro was born on August 2, 1908 in the Philippines to Jonray and Divine Santos. Jonray worked for a trucking company, and Divine cared for their seven daughters: Dorilyn, Eilene, [...]
Karel Bartos was born on May 7, 1908 in Chicago to Ambrose Bartos and Gabriela Adamik. Ambrose and Gabriela met and married in what is now Czechoslovakia and began their family there. Ambrose [...]
Adele Bartos was born on September 19, 1907 in Czechoslovakia to Daniel Janicek and Renata Benes. It is not known what type of work Daniel did in the old country, but sometime in 1911, he set [...]
Essie Maguire was born on May 26, 1916 in St. Cloud, Minnesota to Bert Andrysiak and Regina Walsh. Bert was of Polish descent and worked as a farm hand. Regina was of German/Irish descent and [...]
Arndt “Arnie” Winkler was born on February 8, 1911 in Odell, Il. to Hagen Winkler and Eileen Burke. Hagen was of German descent and worked as a farmer on his eighty-acre farm. Eileen was of [...]
