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Frank Kavajec : 11/16/1875 - 11/29/1971

MarkAlanHartmann — 2013-02-14 05:32:04Z

This information was compiled by Lisa Perkins. This was my Great Grandfather. I called him Grandpa "Bigboy" because he used to call me "bigboy"

ID: I0736
Name: Frank Kavajec
Sex: M
Birth: 16 NOV 1875 1
Death: 29 NOV 1971 2
Occupation: Coalminer

Marriage 1 Anna Yoo b: 8 APR
Children
Julia Kavajec
Ann Kavajec
Suzanne Kavajec
Mary Kavajec b: 23 AUG
Stephen Kavajec b: 29 NOV 1910
Frank Kavajec b: 29 JUN 1912 in Murray City, Ohio

Sources:
Title: Lachata, Irma Almanac
Note: Taken from the 1998 annually and manually updated calendar.
Repository:
Media: Other
Text: Birth date November 16, 1875.
Title: Lachata, Erma Almanac
Note: Taken from the 1998 annually and manually updated calendar.
Repository:
Media: Other
Text: Death date November 29, 1971.
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I'm looking for any relationships with Kavajec and Kavajecz. Really any information that you know of I would appreciate.

Re: Kavajecz Maybe Kavalecz

MarkAlanHartmann — 2013-02-14 05:22:40Z

My great grandfather was Frank Kavajecz Sr b 1875 and he had siblings that he did not have much contact with (or might not have remembered) He spelled his name Kavajecz and Kavajec at various points. According to his death certificate (Kavajec) his fathers name was Steven/Steve and Mother's name was Anna. Both names translated to Hungarian are ISTVAN and ZSUSANNA which are the same names as the parents of Joseph Kavajecz b 1863 (12 years older) Both Frank and Joseph were coal miners in Ohio approx the same time. Frank's birth certificate has not been found. I have copies of his US Citizenship and his death certificate and also his marriage license. So I'd be willing to bet they were brothers. Frank's family moved to Chicago Area. Josephs family moved to Wisconsin. I have information of Frank Kavajecz and Anna Yoo Kavajecz's family information

Re: Kavalecz

ZlaticaBeca — 2012-06-03 22:43:59Z

Kavajec, Janos 4 1901 1905 view NY Ellis Island manifest.
A line thru his name might mean that he did not make the trip on this date but later.
He is US born; father Josephus ?.H.JEC; mother Barbara; Burton/Boston ? Ohio - Box 23 -
Birth certif. church St. John Evang. Hawthorne, Pa aug. ? ?

http://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/manifests/

Re: Kavalecz

MarkAlanHartmann — 2012-06-03 16:43:49Z

First Name: Janos
Last Name: Kavajec
Ethnicity: US Citizen
Last Place of Residence:
Date of Arrival: Feb 14, 1905
Age at Arrival: 4y Gender: M Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Pannonia
Port of Departure: Fiume
Manifest Line Number: 0010

Re: Frank Kavajec : 6/29/1912 - 9/12/1998

Candiahiers — 2011-02-18 15:32:20Z

This is the matching info that I have!!!
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Re: Frank Kavajec : 6/29/1912 - 9/12/1998

MarkAlanHartmann — 2011-02-18 15:25:52Z

Candi

I suspected that they were brothers too but I never did find out for absolute certain. My grandmother died in 2000. She kept in contact with Rita Kavajecz in Wausau for quite some time. My grandfather Frank Kavajec (JR) Irma's husband and his brother Steve Kavajec always went to Hayward Wisconsin to Fish. This is the place where they first met back in the 1980's

I actually met my great grandfather Frank Kavajec (SR) He died in 1975 in his late 90's

It is my understanding that they dropped the Z from the end of Kavajecz when the family moved to Chicago Illinois. Unfortunately the Chicago Kavajec(Z)'s didn't have much of a big family. Frank Kavajecz SR had 2 sons Steve (no children) and Frank (2 daughters)> one of them is my mother Joyce and the other is my Aunt Ann.

Candi are you on Facebook?

Re: Frank Kavajec : 6/29/1912 - 9/12/1998

Candiahiers — 2011-02-06 19:03:16Z

His name was Joszef (Joseph) Kavajecz Sr.
Years ago I talked to your Granmother Irma
she believed my Gr Grandpa Joseph Sr and
frank Kavajec Sr were brothers. I'm related
to the Wausau and Northern Wi Kavajeczs!

Re: Frank Kavajec : 6/29/1912 - 9/12/1998

MarkAlanHartmann — 2011-02-06 15:58:05Z

my GrGrandfather Frank Kavajecz(Kavajec) b: 16 NOV 1875
however I do not know where he was born if it was Hungary or Russia?

Re: Frank Kavajec : 6/29/1912 - 9/12/1998

MarkAlanHartmann — 2011-02-06 15:55:30Z

What was your GrGrandfather's name? (1863 Mad Hungry)

Re: Frank Kavajec : 6/29/1912 - 9/12/1998

Candiahiers — 2010-08-21 02:52:13Z

Would love more specific details about Kavajecz's in Russia. Geographic
place names and dates if you have them. Located the baptismal record
for my GrGrandfather in 1863 in Mad, Hungary. Can find no other Kavajecz listings in the Mad Catholic Church records. Do you know of
other Hungarian villages they lived in?

Re: Looking for Kavajecz related to Kavajec or visa versa

imperativa — 2008-08-07 03:06:37Z

Dear Mr. Hartmann:

I am not aware of any connection between the name Kavalecz/Kavalecz in my wife's family and the names Kavajec/Kavajecs in your family. Sorry.

I will bear this in mind in case I run across anything that stimulates the juices!

:O)

Re: Frank Kavajec : 6/29/1912 - 9/12/1998

yurikaz — 2008-07-15 07:12:37Z

Very true that the Kavajeczs are from Hungary but they were Exiled there by the Tsars from Siberia. I have researched the Records of Hungarian Families and the Records of the Kremlin Library and our name Kavajecz has been in Russia for over five hundred years and no record is in Hungary only a brief mention as Prisoners between 1889-1930.

Re: Kavajecz Maybe Kavalecz

levieuxfaye — 2008-07-07 19:59:13Z

you still doing your Kavajecz family history?

Re: Frank Kavajec : 6/29/1912 - 9/12/1998

ZlaticaBeca — 2008-07-07 05:52:56Z

You have lots of surnames but it is the "place of birth" that is needed for the research into "old country".
Magyar is Hungary, Hungarian. You did say that they were Hungarian so I presume Magyar.

Re: Frank Kavajec : 6/29/1912 - 9/12/1998

MarkAlanHartmann — 2008-07-07 05:33:53Z

Csolkovits is the married last name of my grandmother's sister Eleanor Lachata Csolkovits who married William "Bill" Csolkovits. Irma Lachata Kavajec is my grandmother and she was married to my grandfather Frank Kavajec(z) (1912)

Frank Kavajec(z) (1912) is the son of Frank Kavajec(z) (1875) and Ann Yoo or (Anna Yoo) or (Annie Yoo). I know nothing about Ann Yoo

sorry for being ignorant but what is Magyar/Hungarian?

Re: Frank Kavajec : 6/29/1912 - 9/12/1998

ZlaticaBeca — 2008-07-06 18:16:58Z

Mark

You need to go backwards with the information that you have on your Frank KAVAJEC(Z). You need to establish a location of his parents' birth to proceed with the research.
To me KAVAJECZ and CSOLKOVITS/CSOLKOVICS(Z) seems Slavic but in Hungarian spelling. Your ancestors were Magyar/Hungarian but their surnames are of Slavic roots.
Look in EI at CSOLKOVICS, CZOLKOVICS, JOO, LACHATA.

Re: Kavalec from Czechoslovakia

ZlaticaBeca — 2008-07-06 18:10:03Z

kcb1765

www.cgsi.org A map of Czechoslovakia
In 1993 the country became Czech Republic and Slovak Republic.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~elainetmaddox/index...
www.genea.cz
www.iarelative.com
www.genealogienetz.de/reg
CZ's phone book: http://phone.quick.cz
Surname KAVALEC exist in both republics.
www.surnamenavigator.org

Re: Kavalecz

ZlaticaBeca — 2008-07-06 13:30:46Z

Mark

It is possible that he came thru Baltimore, Boston or Philadelphia.
Frank is Ferenc(z) in Hungarian, Franz in German
The English Y is a J sound so your YOO is JO in Hungarian.
LACHATA does show up in Hungary's phone book.
www.magyartelekom.hu/fooldal.vm
Where was he born? Location, location, location

Re: Kavalecz

MarkAlanHartmann — 2008-07-06 12:50:06Z

According to my mother
her father's name was Frank Kavajec (DOB 1912)married to Irma Lachata

her grandfather's name was also Frank Kavajec (DOB 1875) Married to Anna Yoo

her grandfather's last name was Kavajecz at one point but he dropped the "Z" at the end. (just to mess with me I guess)

I didn't find his name on any ship manifest. I did however find a few

Josef Kavajecz arrived on The Prinzess Irene in 1903

Jozsef Kavajecz arrived on The Konigin Luise in 1901

I also found

Janos Kavajec
Zasanna Kavajec

I couldn't find Frank Kavajec or Kavajecz. Nor could I find a Francis Kavajec

Re: Kavalecz

ZlaticaBeca — 2008-07-05 21:00:49Z

Mark

KAWALEC in Polish; KAVALECZ in Hungarian; KAVALEC in Slovenian, Slovak, Croatian, Czech.
Does your ancestor show up in www.ellisislandrecords.org
Do you have a placename?

www.surnamenavigator.org
www.radixforum.com

Frank Kavajec : 6/29/1912 - 9/12/1998

MarkAlanHartmann — 2008-07-05 16:40:22Z

This information was compiled by Lisa Perkins and it was the obituary of my Grandfather Frank Kavajec

ID: I0170
Name: Frank Kavajec
Sex: M
Birth: 29 JUN 1912 in Murray City, Ohio 1
Death: 12 SEP 1998 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois
Occupation: Retired Machinist, Tool Maker
Event: Hobbies Gardening, fishing
Burial: 15 SEP 1998 St. Joseph Cemetery, River Grove, Cook Co., Illinois 2
Note: On the day of his burial, I write my memories of my Uncle Frank Kavajec. Uncle Frank was my father, William Frank Csolkovits', godfather. He was a jovial man who always seemed to be ready to have fun. I remember waiting for him to arrive at Spring Lake on vacation, just so I could ask him what the weather would be for the week. He loved to fish and I remember picking blueberries from the bushes on both Sandy Hill and Blueberry Hill with him. I also remember wading down the "crick" to catch frogs for bait. He would always encourage to pick the frogs that were not too big, as the big ones made too much of a splash when they hit the water and would scare the bass away. At his home on Warwick in Chicago, Illinois he had maintained a beautiful garden that included a trellised patio surrounded by grape vines. Uncle Frank and his wife Irma (Aunt Mitzi) took care of me when my mother was in the hospital giving birth to my little sister, Gina in August 1979.

Father: Frank Kavajec b: 16 NOV 1875
Mother: Anna Yoo b: 8 APR

Marriage 1 Irma Lachata b: 23 APR 1916 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois
Married: 10 JUL 1937 3 4

Sources:
Title: Lachata, Erma Almanac
Note: Taken from the 1998 annually and manually updated calendar.
Repository:
Media: Other
Text: Birth Date June 29, 1912.
Title: Kavajec, Frank Obituary
Publication: Chicago Tribune, Section 2 Page 6 September 14, 1998
Note: KAVAJEC Frank J. Kavajec, beloved husband of Irma, nee Lachata; dearest father of Joyce (Les) Hartmann and Ann (John) Failla; loving grandfather of Mark, Laura (Simon), Jennifer (Kevin), Lynn, Jason, Michael and Steven; fond brother of Julia Schwab, Stephen and the late Mary Kohl, Ann Zoltan and Suzanne. Funeral service Tuesday, Sept. 15, 10 a.m. from Matz Funeral Home. 3440 N. Central Ave., to St. Pascal Church. Mass 10:30 a.m. Interment St. Joseph Cemetery. Visitation Monday 3 to 9 p.m. 773-545-5420.
Repository:
Media: Newspaper
Text: "Interment St. Joseph Cemetery"
Title: Lachata, Erma Almanac
Note: Taken from the 1998 annually and manually updated calendar.
Repository:
Media: Other
Text: Marriage Date July 10, 1937.
Title: Kavajec, Frank Obituary
Publication: Chicago Tribune, Section 2 Page 6 September 14, 1998
Note: KAVAJEC Frank J. Kavajec, beloved husband of Irma, nee Lachata; dearest father of Joyce (Les) Hartmann and Ann (John) Failla; loving grandfather of Mark, Laura (Simon), Jennifer (Kevin), Lynn, Jason, Michael and Steven; fond brother of Julia Schwab, Stephen and the late Mary Kohl, Ann Zoltan and Suzanne. Funeral service Tuesday, Sept. 15, 10 a.m. from Matz Funeral Home. 3440 N. Central Ave., to St. Pascal Church. Mass 10:30 a.m. Interment St. Joseph Cemetery. Visitation Monday 3 to 9 p.m. 773-545-5420.
Repository:
Media: Newspaper
Text: "beloved husband of Irma, nee Lachata"

Looking for Kavajecz related to Kavajec or visa versa

MarkAlanHartmann — 2008-07-05 16:33:23Z

My mothers maiden name is Kavajec. Her parents Frank and Irma Kavajec had 2 daughters. Frank Kavajec had all sisters and 1 brother Steve Kavajec (my godfather)didn't have any children with his wife Marie. My grandfather's father's name was also Frank Kavajec (I called him "grandpa bigboy") he was a coal miner in Ohio.

What I'm really trying to find is a relationship between Kavajec and Kavajecz. My grandfather Frank Kavajec had a cousin (distant perhaps) who lived in Wausau Wisconsin. My grandmother had given me a letter to read. It might not actually be from Wausau, but a near by city Edgar perhaps.

If anybody knows of any relationship between Kavajec and Kavajecz, please let me know.

There are lots of similar names Kavajec Kavajecz Kavalecz. Why do I have a feeling that there were simple "typos" that changed surnames?

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Re: Kavalecz

MarkAlanHartmann — 2008-06-30 07:32:05Z

Candi

Can you e-mail me a list of the 14 variations of your family name

mhartmann@g2a.net

I'm looking mainly for
Kavajec (which is my mother's maiden name)
but also
Kavajecz which is the last name of one of my grandfather's cousins

Kavajec
Kavajecz
Kavalecz

at a glance, they look almost like the same name.
Written in cursive after a long boatride and I could see how a name could appear differently.

Unfortunatly, whatever variation a person gets is what they're stuck with

Kavalec from Czechoslovakia

GenTrker — 2005-12-31 23:13:58Z

I have a Josephine Kavalec b. 2/16/1866 in Czechoslovakia, married to a Geroge Benedict Potter Sr. b. 8/15/1861 in Germany. They immigrated to the USA in abt 1883... any connection?

Re: Kavalecz Maybe KAVAJECZ

imperativa — 2004-10-12 02:12:29Z

Dear Alice:

I really have VERY little information on the origins of my wife's grandfather's KAVALECS family, other than that they came from Hungary to northeastern Pennsylvania in the early 1890s. So far I have been able to find no information about the family on the Ellis Island web site. I CAN tell you that the name KAVALECZ is not uncommon if you look in the Hungarian online telephone directlry. Candi Udy (see other message on this board) may have a little more information because she has documents from her family with multiple spellings.

Re: Kavalecz Maybe KAVAJECZ

kavajeczf1 — 2001-11-26 22:59:27Z

I'd like to hear more about this. Can you send me all you have on the Kavajecz name and or family. I have been searching for a long time.

Kavajecz Maybe Kavalecz

2001-10-24 20:56:02Z

This is such a complicated name! Found my GrGrandfather Joseph on Ellis Island under KAVALECZ. My family spells it with a "j" not and "l". This may have been a common translation of "j"'s. Let me know the details you are looking for Alice.

Others of this name

emds10 — 2001-09-20 12:59:05Z

I am interested in contact with anyone else who is aware of members of their family with the surname KAVALECS. My wife's family (who emigrated to Pennsylvania, USA in the late 19th century) can trace their descent to parts of Hungary. However, I suspect that there may be several variants of the spelling of this name, specifically including KAVALECZ.

Kavalecz/Ellis Island

emds10 — 2001-09-20 12:59:05Z

Candi: I haven't checked for my wife's Kavalecz relatives coming through Ellis Island yet. (And actually they may have arrived before 1892, I can't remember.) Anyhow, we should keep looking. You can find me directly at emds1@att.net.

Kavalecz, Hungary, 1800's

rabtern — 2001-07-02 01:21:16Z

I'm also related to the Kavalecz, and Ternansky of the same
country. Just start this family tree, although I did have some help.

if you think you're related to my great grandmother Margaret Ternansky or my ggreat grandmother Rose Kavalecz
of Doylestown, Ohio.
and If any has info of my great grandmother's Margaret Ternansky hubsand ( my great granfather) Louis Rabatin side.
Please e-mail at sqkykdrxr@netscape.net
really like to know of my great grandfather side then anything. I really appreciated it.

Kavalecz

2001-04-21 21:09:09Z

Mike,
I just discovered on the new Ellis Island site that my Grandfather and GRGrandmother's names were listed on the ships manifest as
"Kavalyecz" AND "Kavalecz"

There must be some family connection somehow.

I've found at least 14 official variant spellings of my family's name.

Kavalecz Maybe KAVAJECZ

2000-05-03 22:56:17Z

My Gr Grandparents immigrated from Zemplen, Hungary to PA. at the turn of the last century. Their last name is spelled Kavajecz. However I have official documents with 9 different variations one of which is spelled your way. Candi