Jennie Tomsic
Sex: F
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Birth: 1893 - Zuzemberk, Hinje, Vrh, Zuzemberk, Slovenia
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Father: Jožef Tomšic 8
Mother: Marjeta Škufca 8
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1. *Anton Zalar
Marriage: est 1914 - Pueblo, Colorado, USA
Children:
1. Jennie Zalar
2. Anton Zalar
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Tomsic__Jennie - ZALAR INFO Anton Tomsic's Sister - Likely!!Marriage Notes (Anton Zalar)
From Bill Azman - 03/20/2014 ----------------------------- Concerning Aunt Jennie, this past summer I met their descendants....and I have to call Kenny to find out who they were/are. I was so excited to meet them....it was like we always knew each other (!) that I just didn't write their names down.
Anton Zalar Arrival in USA ---------------------------------------- Name: Anton Zalar Arrival Date: 3 Feb 1909 Birth Date: abt 1890 - 19 yrs old - 5 feet 6 inches Birth Location: Austria Birth Location Other: Muce Age: 19 Gender: Male Ethnicity/ Nationality: SLOVENIAN - from Radje, Austria - Mother: Maria Salar Port of Departure: Trieste Port of Arrival: New York, New York Ship Name: Martha Washington Final Destination: TX, Galveston ? [hard to read] Read/Write? NO Mother paid for passage.
Anton's WW1 Civilian DRAFT Registration ---------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Zalar, Antony Birth Date: 6 Oct 1890 Birth Place: Cesta Kransko Austria City/County: Eagle State: CO Ethnicity: W
1910 CENSUS - Gillman CO ----------------------------------------- Name: Tony Zalar Age in 1910: 20 Birth Year: abt 1890 Birthplace: Austria Home in 1910: Gilman, Eagle, Colorado Race: White Gender: Male Immigration Year: 1907 Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Single Father's Birthplace: Austria Mother's Birthplace: Austria Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Tony Zalar 20
1920 CENSUS --------------------------- Name: Jennie Zalar Age: 27 Birth Year: abt 1893 Birthplace: Austria Home in 1920: Salida, Chaffee, Colorado Race: White Gender: Female Immigration Year: 1911 Relation to Head of House: Wife Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Anton Zalar Father's Birthplace: Austria Mother's Birthplace: Austria (Clincher: she listed HINJE, Austria as birthplace!!!) Able to Read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Anton Zalar 29 Jennie Zalar 27 Jennie Zalar 5 Anton Zalar 0 [9/12]
Name: Anton Zalar Age: 29 Birth Year: abt 1891 Birthplace: Austria Home in 1920: Salida, Chaffee, Colorado Race: White Gender: Male Immigration Year: 1906 Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Jennie Zalar Father's Birthplace: Austria Mother's Birthplace: Austria Home Owned: Rent Able to Read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Anton Zalar 29 Jennie Zalar 27 Jennie Zalar 5 Anton Zalar 0 [9/12]
1935 Pueblo CO Directory - Not the one? ------------------------ Name: Jennie Zallar Gender: Female Residence Year: 1935 Street address: 215 W Abriendo av Residence Place: Pueblo, Colorado Spouse: Anthony Zallar Publication Title: Pueblo, Colorado, City Directory, 1935
Tomsic__Jennie - ZALAR INFO Anton Tomsic's Sister - Likely!!
From Bill Azman - 03/20/2014 ----------------------------- Concerning Aunt Jennie, this past summer I met their descendants....and I have to call Kenny to find out who they were/are. I was so excited to meet them....it was like we always knew each other (!) that I just didn't write their names down.
Anton Zalar Arrival in USA ---------------------------------------- Name: Anton Zalar Arrival Date: 3 Feb 1909 Birth Date: abt 1890 - 19 yrs old - 5 feet 6 inches Birth Location: Austria Birth Location Other: Muce Age: 19 Gender: Male Ethnicity/ Nationality: SLOVENIAN - from Radje, Austria - Mother: Maria Salar Port of Departure: Trieste Port of Arrival: New York, New York Ship Name: Martha Washington Final Destination: TX, Galveston ? [hard to read] Read/Write? NO Mother paid for passage.
Anton's WW1 Civilian DRAFT Registration ---------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Zalar, Antony Birth Date: 6 Oct 1890 Birth Place: Cesta Kransko Austria City/County: Eagle State: CO Ethnicity: W
1910 CENSUS - Gillman CO ----------------------------------------- Name: Tony Zalar Age in 1910: 20 Birth Year: abt 1890 Birthplace: Austria Home in 1910: Gilman, Eagle, Colorado Race: White Gender: Male Immigration Year: 1907 Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Single Father's Birthplace: Austria Mother's Birthplace: Austria Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Tony Zalar 20
1920 CENSUS --------------------------- Name: Jennie Zalar Age: 27 Birth Year: abt 1893 Birthplace: Austria Home in 1920: Salida, Chaffee, Colorado Race: White Gender: Female Immigration Year: 1911 Relation to Head of House: Wife Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Anton Zalar Father's Birthplace: Austria Mother's Birthplace: Austria (Clincher: she listed HINJE, Austria as birthplace!!!) Able to Read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Anton Zalar 29 Jennie Zalar 27 Jennie Zalar 5 Anton Zalar 0 [9/12]
Name: Anton Zalar Age: 29 Birth Year: abt 1891 Birthplace: Austria Home in 1920: Salida, Chaffee, Colorado Race: White Gender: Male Immigration Year: 1906 Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Jennie Zalar Father's Birthplace: Austria Mother's Birthplace: Austria Home Owned: Rent Able to Read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Anton Zalar 29 Jennie Zalar 27 Jennie Zalar 5 Anton Zalar 0 [9/12]
1935 Pueblo CO Directory - Not the one? ------------------------ Name: Jennie Zallar Gender: Female Residence Year: 1935 Street address: 215 W Abriendo av Residence Place: Pueblo, Colorado Spouse: Anthony Zallar Publication Title: Pueblo, Colorado, City Directory, 1935
Katherine Sue Tomsic
Sex: F
AKA: Katie/Kate Kate
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Birth: 18 Jun 1980 - Mt. Mercy Hospital
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Father: Gregory William Tomsic 38
Mother: Melinda Lee Swezey
Spouses and Children
1. *Jason Kling
Marriage: 31 Jul 2010 - Cedar Rapids, IA
Lillian Tomsic
Sex: F
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Birth: est 1927
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• Residence: 1990, Florida, USA.
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Father: Jakob Tomsic 26,33
Mother: Frances Vidrich
Lois Ann Tomsic
Sex: F
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Birth: 4 Jun 1949 - Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH, USA
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• 2588 Bramblewood Dr W, Clearwater, FL 33763: 2010, Clearwater, Pinellas, FL, USA.
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Father: William Frank Tomsic
Mother: Helen Agnes Pecjak
Spouses and Children
1. *Jimmie Allen King
Marriage: 15 Mar 1970 - Akron, Ohio, USA
Children:
1. James Michael King Jr
2. Michelle King
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Went to Kent State 2 marriages (Jim King, Joe Savage both divorced) 2 Children
Mark Tomsic
Sex: M
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Birth: 1974
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Father: Gary Tomsic
Mother: Debra Ellen James
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Gary Tomsic's son, Willowick, OH - one of four (4)
Mary Tomsic
Sex: F
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Birth: 1885 - Zuzemberk, Hinje, Vrh, Zuzemberk, Slovenia
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• as Maria from Vrh, Slovenia in 1903 - 18 yrs old: 1903.
Parents
Father: Jožef Tomšic 8
Mother: Marjeta Škufca 8
Spouses and Children
1. *John Tomsick
Marriage: est 1910 - Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
Children:
1. Josephine Tomsick
2. John Tomsick
3. Adolf Tomsick
4. Florence Tomsick
5. Clarence Tomsick
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Frances (Auntie Fanny) and Mary, sisters ... per Bill Azman Jr. 03/26/2012 correspondence: Fanny Tomsic-Hocevar and grandpa Tomsic were brother and sister. The other sister of grandpa Tomsic, JENNIE TOMSIC ZALAR, lived in Colorado...and Uncle Bill (WmF Tomsic) went there on a motorcycle...an Indian motorcycle!Marriage Notes (John Tomsick)
MARY TOMSIC married JOHN TOMSICK ...spelled with a K....that was Kenny's mom and dad...he was a change of life baby....had a detective-cop brother who had a bar on the west side..his name was Adolph...there is a sister still living also... Kenny was mom's first cousin and is our second cousin and his real name was 'Clarence.' The other children of this marriage were: Josephine, John, Adolf and Florence.
Mary stayed in Cleveland area, it seems, and was married to John Tomsick. See Anton Tomsic death record. Jennie Tomsic ZALAR was the sister in Colorado. (Press announcements for Anton's death misspell the Zalar name.)
Mary and John lived on Luther Avenue off East 55th in early years.
1930 Census - Mary Tomsic-Tomsick Family INFO
Gender: Female Birth Year: abt 1885 Birthplace: Yugoslavia Race: White Home in 1930: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; 5211 Luther Ave Marital Status: Married Immigration Year: 1902 Relation to Head of House: Wife Spouse's Name: John Tomsick Father's Birthplace: Yugoslavia Mother's Birthplace: Yugoslavia Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age John Tomsick 50 b. 1880 Immigrated 1898 Mary Tomsick 45 b. 1885 Immigrated 1902 Josephine Tomsick 14 (1916) John Tomsick 12 (1918) Adolph Tomsick 9 (1921) Florence Tomsick 8 (1922) Clarence (aka Kenny) Tomsick 3 (1927) [3 4/12]
Husband Name: John Tomsick Gender: Male Birth Year: abt 1880 Birthplace: Yugoslavia Race: White Home in 1930: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio View Map Marital Status: Married Immigration Year: 1898 Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's Name: Mary Tomsick Father's Birthplace: Yugoslavia Mother's Birthplace: Yugoslavia Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Brass Polisher
Household Members: Name Age John Tomsick 50 b. 1880 Immigrated 1898 Mary Tomsick 45 b. 1885 Immigrated 1902 Josephine Tomsick 14 (1916) John Tomsick 12 (1918) Adolph Tomsick 9 (1921) Florence Tomsick 8 (1922) Clarence (aka Kenny) Tomsick 3 (1927) [3 4/12]
JOSEPHINE ------------- Name: Josephine Tomsick Marriage Date: 25 Nov 1939 Form Type: Marriage Age: 24 Gender: Female Birth Year: abt 1915 Father's Name: John Mother's Name: Mary Tomsick Spouse's Name: Gordon C Smith Spouse's Age: 28 Spouse's Birth Year: abt 1911 Spouse Father's Name: John Spouse Mother's Name: Mary Lutz
ADOLF -------- Name: Adolph A Tomsick Marriage Date: 21 May 1941 Form Type: Marriage Age: 21 Gender: Male Birth Year: abt 1920 Father's Name: John Tomsick Mother's Name: Mary Tomsick Spouse's Name: Lucille Pecek Spouse's Age: 19 Spouse's Birth Year: abt 1922 Spouse Father's Name: John Tomsick Spouse Mother's Name: Mary Roseman
CLARENCE - aka Kenny ------------------ Marriage record 1956/1957 Christine Talas
Florence ---------- Name: Florence Tomsick Marriage Date: 8 Nov 1941 Form Type: Marriage Age: 19 Gender: Female Birth Year: abt 1922 Father's Name: John Tomsick Mother's Name: Mary Tomsick Spouse's Name: Frank J Pirnat Spouse's Age: 20 Spouse's Birth Year: abt 1921 Spouse Father's Name: John Tomsick Spouse Mother's Name: Frances Odlzrek
Frances (Auntie Fanny) and Mary, sisters ... per Bill Azman Jr. 03/26/2012 correspondence: Fanny Tomsic-Hocevar and grandpa Tomsic were brother and sister. The other sister of grandpa Tomsic, JENNIE TOMSIC ZALAR, lived in Colorado...and Uncle Bill (WmF Tomsic) went there on a motorcycle...an Indian motorcycle!
MARY TOMSIC married JOHN TOMSICK ...spelled with a K....that was Kenny's mom and dad...he was a change of life baby....had a detective-cop brother who had a bar on the west side..his name was Adolph...there is a sister still living also... Kenny was mom's first cousin and is our second cousin and his real name was 'Clarence.' The other children of this marriage were: Josephine, John, Adolf and Florence.
Mary stayed in Cleveland area, it seems, and was married to John Tomsick. See Anton Tomsic death record. Jennie Tomsic ZALAR was the sister in Colorado. (Press announcements for Anton's death misspell the Zalar name.)
Mary and John lived on Luther Avenue off East 55th in early years.
1930 Census - Mary Tomsic-Tomsick Family INFO
Gender: Female Birth Year: abt 1885 Birthplace: Yugoslavia Race: White Home in 1930: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; 5211 Luther Ave Marital Status: Married Immigration Year: 1902 Relation to Head of House: Wife Spouse's Name: John Tomsick Father's Birthplace: Yugoslavia Mother's Birthplace: Yugoslavia Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age John Tomsick 50 b. 1880 Immigrated 1898 Mary Tomsick 45 b. 1885 Immigrated 1902 Josephine Tomsick 14 (1916) John Tomsick 12 (1918) Adolph Tomsick 9 (1921) Florence Tomsick 8 (1922) Clarence (aka Kenny) Tomsick 3 (1927) [3 4/12]
Husband Name: John Tomsick Gender: Male Birth Year: abt 1880 Birthplace: Yugoslavia Race: White Home in 1930: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio View Map Marital Status: Married Immigration Year: 1898 Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's Name: Mary Tomsick Father's Birthplace: Yugoslavia Mother's Birthplace: Yugoslavia Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Brass Polisher
Household Members: Name Age John Tomsick 50 b. 1880 Immigrated 1898 Mary Tomsick 45 b. 1885 Immigrated 1902 Josephine Tomsick 14 (1916) John Tomsick 12 (1918) Adolph Tomsick 9 (1921) Florence Tomsick 8 (1922) Clarence (aka Kenny) Tomsick 3 (1927) [3 4/12]
JOSEPHINE ------------- Name: Josephine Tomsick Marriage Date: 25 Nov 1939 Form Type: Marriage Age: 24 Gender: Female Birth Year: abt 1915 Father's Name: John Mother's Name: Mary Tomsick Spouse's Name: Gordon C Smith Spouse's Age: 28 Spouse's Birth Year: abt 1911 Spouse Father's Name: John Spouse Mother's Name: Mary Lutz
ADOLF -------- Name: Adolph A Tomsick Marriage Date: 21 May 1941 Form Type: Marriage Age: 21 Gender: Male Birth Year: abt 1920 Father's Name: John Tomsick Mother's Name: Mary Tomsick Spouse's Name: Lucille Pecek Spouse's Age: 19 Spouse's Birth Year: abt 1922 Spouse Father's Name: John Tomsick Spouse Mother's Name: Mary Roseman
CLARENCE - aka Kenny ------------------ Marriage record 1956/1957 Christine Talas
Florence ---------- Name: Florence Tomsick Marriage Date: 8 Nov 1941 Form Type: Marriage Age: 19 Gender: Female Birth Year: abt 1922 Father's Name: John Tomsick Mother's Name: Mary Tomsick Spouse's Name: Frank J Pirnat Spouse's Age: 20 Spouse's Birth Year: abt 1921 Spouse Father's Name: John Tomsick Spouse Mother's Name: Frances Odlzrek
CONFIRMED!! Key data matches...but further checking in process. Based on family input that one son is Adolf.
Robert Anthony Tomsic
Sex: M
AKA: Tony Tomsic
Individual Information
Birth: 25 Aug 1935 - Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
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Death: 21 Apr 2019 - Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United
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Father: Anthony Tomsic
Mother: Antonia Novak 17
Spouses and Children
1. *Elizabeth Ann Pestovic
Marriage: est 1957 - Rocky River, Cuyahoga, OH, USA
Children:
1. Tami Tomsic
2. Tali Tomsic
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A Rememberance:
Cleveland photojournalist Tony Tomsic was one of only five journalists to cover the first 48 Super Bowls
APIL 21, 2019 Death Date By Brent Larkin, cleveland.com
With a camera in his hands, Tony Tomsic made magic.
Without it, he was something much more - a devoted and loving husband, father and friend, a beloved bear of a man with a gruff exterior that masked a gentle soul.
Tomsic, 84, died Apr. 21 following a brief illness. His lasting gift to us all is a treasure trove of iconic memories that made him one of the nation’s most admired photojournalists.
In a career that spanned more than 60 years, almost half of them with The Cleveland Press, Tomsic was one of only five journalists to cover each of the first 48 Super Bowls.
His photographs graced the cover of 20 issues of Sports Illustrated.
At one time, the NFL photo repository housed about 28,000 of Tomsic’s photographs. Tomsic once estimated he had taken more than 500,000 photographs of NFL games. Some of them hang today in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton.
Tomsic grew especially close to Jim Brown and Omar Vizquel. Other favorites included Muhammad Ali, Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler, Paul Brown, Hank Aaron, Mike Hargrove, Bobby Knight, Jack Nicklaus, Pete Rose, Art Modell and Ted Williams.
Williams once invited Tomsic to fish with him in Florida. As Williams waded into the water as Tomsic prepared to practice casting from a dock near Williams’ home, Tomsic declined an invitation to join him.
With that, Williams forced the issue, casting his line around Tomsic’s leg and yanking him off the dock. As he entered the water, Tomsic used one of his trademark nouns (unprintable) to describe the man widely believed to be the best hitter of a baseball who ever lived.
“Tony was one of those engaging personalities that made the ballpark come to life,” said Bob DiBiasio, Indians senior vice president of public affairs, after learning of Tomsic’s death. “You looked forward to seeing him every game day. We were the last team in baseball to construct photo pits, ending the freedom of photographers to roam foul territory. Tony liked to remind me he did not appreciate being caged.”
In 1996, Tomsic made news when the Indians’ volatile outfielder Albert Belle hurled baseballs at him during pregame outfield drills as he was taking photographs for a possible Sports Illustrated cover. He later received a settlement from Belle after it was learned Indians pitcher Orel Hershiser would, if subpoenaed, testify on the photographer’s behalf.
As a young boy, Tomsic worked at the family meat market on Hayden Avenue in East Cleveland. After graduating from Cleveland Heights High School in 1953 (he was later inducted into the school’s hall of fame), Tomsic enrolled at Ohio State University, but found himself spending more time taking pictures than attending classes.
In 1955, Tomsic’s impressive body of freelance work earned him at job offer at Louie Seltzer’s Cleveland Press, where he soon became one of the newspaper’s many stars.
Except for a brief stint in active Army duty during the Berlin Crisis of 1961, where he became photographer for the Special Forces units at Fort Bragg, N.C., Tomsic remained at the Press until 1981, when he joined Sports Illustrated.
The longtime Rocky River resident and inductee into the Cleveland Press Club Hall of Fame never really retired. His specialty was sports, but Tomsic’s versatility enabled him to produce award-winning photographs in almost any situation. When the Press needed a front-page photograph, they would send Tomsic to the Cleveland zoo, knowing he would return with the perfect shot.
Tomsic is survived by his wife of 59 years, Betsy, two daughters, Tami Tomsic, a senior project manager for the Seattle Mariners, and Tali Tomsic, an attorney in Boston, and two granddaughters.
John Betchkal, Tomsic’s friend of more than 60 years, contributed to this story
Tali Tomsic
Sex: F
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Birth: 30 May 1962 - Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
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• as Bankruptcy Attorney: 2010, North Andover, Massachusetts.
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Father: Robert Anthony Tomsic
Mother: Elizabeth Ann Pestovic
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From father on 04/17/2012: Tali Tomsic-Faigel, birthdate 05/30/1962 married lawyer uses her family name
Tami Tomsic
Sex: F
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Birth: 3 Oct 1963 - Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
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• Cust service for Seattle Mariners: 2010, Issaquah, Washington.
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Father: Robert Anthony Tomsic
Mother: Elizabeth Ann Pestovic
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From Tony/Father 04/18/2012: Birth date 10/03/1963 account/project executive
Thomas Tomsic
Sex: M
AKA: Tommy Tomsic
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Birth: 11 Oct 1948 - Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
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Death: 17 Dec 1969 - Hau Mghia, Viet Nam
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Father: Frank Tomsic 5,6
Mother: Jean Bernard