Jan Marek was born on October 13, 1903 in Chicago to Zavis Marek and Valerie Reha. Zavis and Valerie were both immigrants from Czechoslovakia, but they met in Chicago and married here. Only [...]
Anna Fox was born on April 12, 1918 in Russia to Aron and Riva Kaplan. Aron was a shoemaker, and Riva cared for their five children: Anna, Lev, Isak, Boris, and Klara. All but Klara survived [...]
Umberto Sartori was born on February 23, 1916 in Biscari, Sicily to Stefano and Lucia Sartori. Stefano and Lucia married very young and had six children, but when Lucia was just thirty-three, [...]
Brian Cullen was born on March 7, 1927 in Ireland to James and Moreen Cullen. He was the second child of five, with two brothers and two sisters. His father, James, worked in construction and [...]
David Doubek was born on January 24, 1906 in Czechoslovakia to Dusan Doubek and Bessie Fiala. David does not remember what type of work his father did, just that he died when David was nine [...]
Wilma Ostrowski was born on January 7, 1909 to Adolf Achterberg and Lousia Keller in Stoddard, Wisconsin. Adolf and Louisa were of German descent, but were both born in Wisconsin—Adolf in La [...]
Simona Novotny was born on November 25, 1901 in Blatnice, Czechoslovakia to Joseph Novotny and Pavla Adamik and was the youngest of nine children. Joseph was a flax farmer who routinely traveled [...]
Eduardo Hernandez was born on November 7, 1922 in Mexico to Juan and Rosita Hernandez. Eduardo says that he was the youngest of seven children and that his mother died giving birth to him. His [...]
Otto Hutmacher was born on November 12, 1907 in Prussia to Poldi and Magda Hutmacher. Poldi was a carpenter, and Magda cared for their eight children. Otto only went to the equivalent of grade [...]
Celeste Salvail was born on February 29, 1920 in Chicago to Vincenzo Salvail and Angela Potenza. Vincenzo and Angela were Italian immigrants who had met and married while still in Italy. In [...]
