William Azman
Sex: M
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Birth: 2 Nov 1913 - Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
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Death: 7 Jul 2010 - Euclid, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
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Parents
Father: Frank Azman
Mother: Anna Janzelj
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1. *Alice Tomsic
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1. Alysan Azman
2. William Azman
3. Steven Azman
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AZMAN Family Notes: From Rosalee Wurtz to Alysan Azman 01/03/2013:Marriage Notes (Alice Tomsic)
OK, because you are younger you would not know these things. First off,grandma and grandpa [Azman] were married in Lorain, Ohio on September 17, 1906 at St. Cyril and Methodius church, I do have a copy of the letter from the pastor verifying this. The interesting thing the witnesses were Peter Janzelj and Frances Janzelj. Who in the world were they?????
Grandma constantly sent packages and money to our dear cousins and their family. Maria, Zvonka, Matevs, and Dora were children being raised by their grandmother, aunts, etc. Their grandmother was the sister of grandpa. In pictures you can see the strong resemblance to grandpa, her name was Franciska. When we visited Slovenia on our last trip I learned so much about this time of their lives. No men left, just grandma and aunts and children. Matevs had letters from grandma that he had saved. She virtually kept them alive, remember they were relatives of Grandpa.
Diane and I sorted some of my records out, I am still missing some, don't know where I put them. She wrote a very nice tree ( lacking in lots of info,but understandable.)
It's always interesting to pair family lore with facts. Never know which to believe. Grandpa Janzelj (Janez) was the accordian player and I guess he was pretty mean to the kids. He passed away in 1924 and is bured at Calvary Cemetery. My brother pursued his uncles and was able to get money from everybody to get a head stone for Janez Janzelj. His wife Anna died at 44 leaving Grandma (14) Frances (11) and Jennie (9). Great Grandma had 8 pregnancies the three girls being the only ones to survive. I'll see if I can get a copy of the sheet Diane did and you can see how pathetic Great Grandma's life must have been. None of the first 3 lived beyond 6 years, the rest died very early. Who knows if there were any miscarriages in between.. The dates of the children are: Ursula Oct 19, 1881- died Feb 23,1882 Johann Jan 31, 1883- died Feb 7, 1883 Jakob JUL 23, 1884 - died Oct 14, 1884 Maria Aug 16, 1887- died Feb 3, 1894 Johann Feb 6, 1895 - died Aug 15, 1895 Grandma (1885, Frances (1890) Johanna (Jennie) 1892 With all of the children dying so young itsn't it amazing that the three that remained all made it into their 80's.
OK, that will get you some info, I would like to know how and where Greg researched his information.
Sounds like fun with your grand daughter. Enjoy they grow up so fast.
Ro Great Grandma died March 20, 1899. I'm sure the poor thing was just worn out!!!!!
Azman Family Notes from Bill Azman 0107/2013; re: Detroit move, Model T and more: I don't know if I ever told you, Grandpa Azman met Grandma Azman in Lorain Ohio, where he worked at Lorain Sheet and Tube as an ironworker. He had 4 children there, and when Ford put an ad in the paper that he was hiring at $5 a day, Grandpa went to Detroit, had an interview with Henry Ford and was hired.
The family moved to Henry St., in Detroit, and he worked for Ford Motor Co installing windshield brackets, on the model T's. He had been making $5 a week! Judging from their birthdays, he had to have moved between 1913, my dad's birth year, because Uncle Ed was born in 1915, in Detroit.
When he was laid off, maybe because of WWI (?) his father in law who was living with him, told him because he had 5 kids, he needed a job that didn't ever get laid off, so they decided to buy a store, since the father in law had owned and operateda Gostilna in Ig....so grandpa went to cleveland, bought the store and opened in 1917, on about 62nd and St Clair....in 1919, he was able to buy the current building which had been a bar...on E. 65th. Uncle Frank was born in 1919, and he told me when he was a boy, maybe 9 or 10 years old, that grandpa would give him the $10 a week to pay the mortgage on the building, and he would deliver a beef roast, (10 lbs) to Tino's bar on the way and get the $1.00 and bring it back to the store...he said that Tino would give him 5 cents tip and he would use it to go to the movies...!!
The store bought a 1926 Model T for $1000. and my dad rebuilt the engine using would you believe Oldsmobile aluminum pistons... the compression ratio was 5 to 1 ! Steve and I ended up with the car and I drove it once. It had no brakes to speak of...just a band that was tightened around the drive shaft...when you hit the brake pedal....took forever to stop.
Rice and Blood Sausage Story per Bill Azman Jr. March 9, 2014
I have made these things since about 1977, and have wondered about a few things. First of all, to answer your question, rice sausages were distinctly different from blood sausages, when our grandparents made them on the farm. The hogs were raised and fed and fattened up over the summer and fall, and then when it got cold enough to act like a large cooler, they would kill the hogs and start butchering them. They wasted nothing.
The rice sausage we made were originally made from pork hearts, snouts, and lungs, as the main meats, with added cracklings, onions, and rice....the seasoning are salt, pepper, cloves, cinnamon, and leaf marjoram. The blood sausages were made with the jowls, and tongues, most of the other head meats...and livers. To this, after cooking and grinding and mixing and seasoning, they would add the blood. The intestines of the pig were used as well as the large intestines....the blood sausages were usually like small zelodec. Mother told me when grandpa Tomsic made his, he would hope that when baked in the oven, the blood sausage when sliced, would stay together, like well packed in the casing.
An interesting side note, in the 60's, the USDA banned the sale of lungs. We tried to still get them, but the inspectors counted the animals going in, and counted the lungs coming out. The Azmans stopped making rice sausages then, and did not make them until I returned in 1976 from Fremont, where I worked at Schiets Motors Motorcycle shop.
I wanted to start making rice sausages, and the recipe from Azman's was gone....no one could find it, anywhere. So Mother sat down and made a recipe from what she remembered...mostly from the Tomsic recipe. Grandma Azman had always used the "ana pist" method....that is, a fistful of this and a fistful of that .....and Mother made it into real, measurable recipe. And, YOUR Mother, was one of the critics we took the first batch to.....a 5lb homemade batch made on Maplecliff, made in bulk, and Your Mother helped tell My Mother what to increase and make it the best.
After taking the mix to another rice sausage fanatic, we approved the mix and made the first batch...Isn't it something how our families are tied together.....your Mother helped us make rice sausages for over 20 years. She would take no pay, and I would offer her food, which she would take occasionally....BUT, she always made a sandwich of zemle, and cverke. The question I have about making these things is why they used rice.....I really don't know if Slovenia makes rice....I know some of the sausages are made with barley groats....I always figured that grains like barley would be more prevalent in Slovenia , than rice.
Bessie G Barger
Sex: F
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Birth: May 1900 - Tippecanoe, IN, USA
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Death: 14 Jul 1900 - Tippecanoe, IN, USA
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Father: Elverson T Barger 1
Mother: Anna Pearl Hammel
Elverson T Barger
Sex: M
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Birth: Sep 1879 - Indiana
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• Anna Pearl Hammel's 1st husband: Tippecanoe, IN, USA.
Spouses and Children
1. *Anna Pearl Hammel
Marriage: 13 Feb 1900 - Tippecanoe, IN, USA
Children:
1. Bessie G Barger
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In 1910 Census married to Sallie E Barges; living in Wea, Tippecanoe, Indiana In 1930 Census married to Grace M Barger; living in Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana
Jackie Bednar
Sex: F
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Birth: est 1952 - 375 And 382 Van Buren Street, Barberton, Summit, OH, USA
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Father: Sam Bednar
Mother: Florence Mirtic
Sam Bednar
Sex: M
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Birth: 2 Aug 1918
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Spouses and Children
1. *Florence Mirtic
Marriage: 30 Sep 1950 - 375 And 382 Van Buren Street, Barberton, Summit, OH, USA
Children:
1. Sandy Bednar
2. Jackie Bednar
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Marriage Notes (Florence Mirtic)
Mirtic_Florence_SamBednar_Marriage1950
Marriage #2 for Florence - previous married name was Zvonar, which is reason for name below.
Name: Samuel Bednar Gender: Male Age: 32 Birth Date: 2 Aug 1918 Father's Name: Mike Mother's name: Caroline Makish Spouse's Name: Florence E Zvonar Spouse Gender: Female Spouse Birth Date: 9 Jan 1923 Spouse Father's Name: Louis Mertic Spouse Mother's Name: Josephine Lavaco [Lavko] Marriage Date: 30 Sep 1950 Marriage Place: Summit, Ohio
Marriage in 1950 was second for Florence. She was a widow at the time. Her name on the 1950 marriage record, noting also that she was a widow, was recorded as Florence E Zvonar, though her parents were the Louis Mertics.
Sandy Bednar
Sex: F
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Birth: est 1951 - 375 And 382 Van Buren Street, Barberton, Summit, OH, USA
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Father: Sam Bednar
Mother: Florence Mirtic
Agnes Begley
Sex: F
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Birth: est 1920 - Pennsylvania, USA
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1. *William G. Laurich 2
Marriage: est 1940 - Ruffsdale, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA
Miss Bending
Sex: F
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Birth: 1744 - Dorchester, MD, USA
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Death: est 1845
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Father: Thomas Bending
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Spouses and Children
1. *Thomas Chezum
Marriage: 1758 - Dorchester, MD, USA 3
Children:
1. Josiah Chizum 4
Thomas Bending
Sex: M
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Birth: 1720 - Dorchester, MD, USA
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1. Miss Bending
Jean Bernard
Sex: F
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Birth: 27 Mar 1926
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Death: 24 Aug 2007
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Spouses and Children
1. *Frank Tomsic 5,6
Marriage: 1948
Children:
1. Thomas Tomsic
2. Gary Tomsic
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per Gary T - May 1, 2015 - My mother's maiden name was Bernard. Her family was from Slovenia too. She was actually born Virginia Helen Bernard but she preferred to be called Jean. There's very few documents in which she's referred to as Virginia. My wife's maiden name is James and she was born May 23, 1951. We're almost the same age. Her mother is from Cleveland but was living and working in Wash. D.C. when she was born and they moved back here when she was still a baby. So she was raised here in the Cleveland area too.Marriage Notes (Frank Tomsic)
When I was small we lived in Cleveland but in three different places in the same neighborhood off of St. Clair Ave. The first five years was on E. 67th St. north of St. Clair (about two blocks away from Azman's store). We then moved to a street off of E. 79th called Kosciuszko (try spelling that for your teacher when your're in the 1st grade). We lived there 10 Years then moved about 3 streets over to Bellevue Ave. where we stayed for about 3 years and that was it. By then I was about 18 and the family all went our separate ways. In only about 2 years my father died, my brother went into the army, my mother moved to the west side and I went off on my own.
As far as schools, they were all in that same neighborhood. Elementary school was only one street over from Kosciuszko. It was called Sowinski Elementary (that was the name of the street it was on). Middle school was called Addison Jr. high and the high school was East High in Cleveland.
per Gary T - May 1, 2015 - My mother's maiden name was Bernard. Her family was from Slovenia too. She was actually born Virginia Helen Bernard but she preferred to be called Jean. There's very few documents in which she's referred to as Virginia. My wife's maiden name is James and she was born May 23, 1951. We're almost the same age. Her mother is from Cleveland but was living and working in Wash. D.C. when she was born and they moved back here when she was still a baby. So she was raised here in the Cleveland area too.
When I was small we lived in Cleveland but in three different places in the same neighborhood off of St. Clair Ave. The first five years was on E. 67th St. north of St. Clair (about two blocks away from Azman's store). We then moved to a street off of E. 79th called Kosciuszko (try spelling that for your teacher when your're in the 1st grade). We lived there 10 Years then moved about 3 streets over to Bellevue Ave. where we stayed for about 3 years and that was it. By then I was about 18 and the family all went our separate ways. In only about 2 years my father died, my brother went into the army, my mother moved to the west side and I went off on my own.
As far as schools, they were all in that same neighborhood. Elementary school was only one street over from Kosciuszko. It was called Sowinski Elementary (that was the name of the street it was on). Middle school was called Addison Jr. high and the high school was East High in Cleveland.
Per Gary Tomsic, via email - March 4-31, 2015 - My birthday is Jan 4, 1951. My wife's name is Debra and we been married since 1978. I never left this area. I lived and worked in and around Cleveland my whole life. My kids are all grown now and they all live in the area.
My wife's from around the area too. She was actually born in Wash D.C. but raised in the Cleveland area. My sons are Alan 42, Mark 40, Jeffrey 32, and Gregg 30 (yes two G's). Only one grandson Nick. He's 10 now and he's Mark's son. Jeff was just married last year.
In Feb 2015 email - time since we last saw each other - 60 years since I was age 4. I'm doing fine. I retired a couple years ago after 20 years at the post office as a mailman. My four boys are all grown now and doing fine. One just got married this summer. I live in Willowick OH which is just east of the city. Been here about 30 yrs.