Swezey-Tomsic Ancestors

Pecjak, David_Interview 041612 - on Pecjaks

1. Shirley's maiden name is Pezek

2. Uncle Jack had 2 sisters - One (Mary) married to Frankie Vidmar, who had a store in old neighborhood (E 63rd are of Cleveland)

3. Hocevar??? Have no idea....about them. Pretty sure neither of Uncle Jack's sisters was married to a Hocevar. I told him about how Grandpa and Grandma were in a Hocevar wedding...but he did not know of. Was going to talk to Beverly... [GREG WAS INCORRECT- it was Mary Tomsic Tomsick wedding]

4. Auntie Fanny??? - Fran Novak Merzlikar to Greg Tomsic

5. Aunt Matilda/Tillie - "Tata Tille" was Matilda Kostelic (Grandma Pecjak's sister - Matilda Mirtic)

6. Anthony was also called Anton... changed a lot. Died July 18, 1941 - "just before I turned 5" per David Pecjak

7. Johnny Pecjak's children were:
Linda (now 70-ish) - and was a nurse with Beverly at Euclid General
Dale
Dwayne
Could not remember wife's name

8. Alan Koprivec - His Mother was a Pecjak - not sure the relation/tie. This may be it:

John/Anna Pecjak-Koprivec had a child... Alan

9. Joseph Pecjak was an alcoholic; died from it.

10. Auntie Mary's parents killed (at least her mother) died in auto accident.

11. One brother of Joseph was called "Hunkie Gus" - probably his step brother and a drifter. He came to Joseph's funeral and Uncle Eddie and Uncle Jack had to take him away and clean him up at a nearby store/place.

12. Fond rememberances of William F - "he used to take Beverly and me to pick up Joseph Pecjak at the scrap yard where he worked on E 170th & St Clair, every day. Wonderful person...told us great stories and was a good person. Kind and gentle. That's how we remember him and always will." "Amazed us by being able to predict when lights would change as we drove down St. Clair ...we did not yet know about the yellow light for cross traffic before the light changed to gree for us... amazed us."

Kastelic_John_b1885

Married Matilda Mirtic (Josephine's Sister)

1910 CENSUS
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John Kastelic
Age in 1910: 24
Birth Year: abt 1886
Birthplace: Austria
Home in 1910: Cleveland Ward 11, Cuyahoga, Ohio
Race: White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1903
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Matilda Kastelic [Yr of Immigration: 1907]
Father's Birthplace: Austria
Mother's Birthplace: Austria
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
John Kastelic 24
Matilda Kastelic 18
Matilda Kastelic 0

WWI Regis Card - Sept 12, 1918
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Name: John Kastelic
City: Cleveland
County: Cuyahoga
State: Ohio
Birth Date: 24 Apr 1885 *****
Race: White
Draft Board: 7

Contact: Matilda Kastelic

Working for Frank Kovacic
5'10" eyes BRN Hair BRN

 

1920 CENSUS
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John Kastelic
Age: 39
[34]
Birth Year: abt 1881
[abt 1886]
Birthplace: Yugoslavia
[Jugo Slavia]
Home in 1920: Cleveland Ward 23, Cuyahoga, Ohio
Race: White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1904
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Matilda Kastelic
Father's Birthplace: Yugoslavia
Mother's Birthplace: Yugoslavia
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
John Kastelic 39
[34]
Matilda Kastelic 26
Matilda Kastelic 10
Eleanor Kastelic 5

Naturalized in 1911
Bartender

WWII Regis Card
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John Kastelic
Birth Date: 24 Apr 1885
Birth Place: Zuzemberg, Yugoslavia
Residence: Cuy, Ohio
Race: White

383 East 152nd Street, Cleveland
57 Years old
Contact: Gordon L. Chamberlain 16303 Arcade Ave, Cleve (Son-in-Law of Daughter Matilda)
Unemployed
Born: Zuzemberg, Jugoslavia

DEATH
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Name: John Kastelic
Birth Date: 1885
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence Place: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States
Death Date: 16 Jun 1967
Hospital of Death: Euclid General Hospital
Death Place: Euclid, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
Certificate: 43641
Age at Death: 82
Certifier: Physician
Autopsy: Yes, used for certification
Marital Status: Married
Census Tract: 2702