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 [...]
Do-Yun Chung was born on August 2, 1914 in Pusan (now Busan), Korea. His family was relatively well off, with his father working as a surveyor and his mother caring for their six children—three [...]
Rosemary Luckstrim was born on September 5, 1912 in Chicago to Ora Feigel and Peter Luckstrim, both of whom were of Irish/German descent. Peter worked on and off in factories, and Ora cared for [...]
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 [...]
Nelson Pederson was born on July 22, 1931 in Chicago to Emil Pederson and Asta Brahms, both immigrants from Denmark. It is thought that Emil worked in a factory in Ravenswood, near where the [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Iveta Prochazka was born on February 8, 1923 in Czechoslovakia to Adam Klima and Bozena Pesek. Iveta was the youngest of three children, her older siblings being Radana and Rudolf. It is [...]
Honza Ruzicka was born on October 22, 1904 in Chicago to Cyril Ruzicka and Lenka Vesely. Cyril was born in a little village outside of Prague and came to America as a young man to escape being [...]
