Teleha - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: Michael Teleha family

2006-11-05 11:56:55Z

I had a Prof at Oberlin College translate it a few years ago. Basic Birth Cert stuff, date, location, parents and parents occupation. Thanks for the offer, though, and thanks for the info.

I contacted a Teleha in L'viv a few years ago, got a letter back, and something happened and I never got back to her. And last year contacted a Teleha, he was Mayor of a small town there. Got an email from his sister, gave me a little info, offered more. I've emailed her a few times, but never received anything in return.

Re: Michael Teleha family

RobertJerin — 2006-11-05 00:59:43Z

Mark,

They refered to themselves as Czechs only because when they were in the US it was part of Czechoslovakia but it was actually the Slovak part of that country!

The 1910 census for Lorain lists them as speaking "Slavish" and Slovenian is stamped over Austria... but Slovak and Slovene are often confused... Chas arrival date in the US is given as 1898 and Mary as 1900 and the sonPaul as 1900... the 1920 census lists them as Slovaks....this time their arrival dates are given as 1900 and 1901... there was also a Stephen TELEHA family living on the same street with a RESEK family... they are also listed as Slovak....

Here are the facts about the town and you will note that most of the population are Ruthenian...

Perechyn (in Hungarian: Perecseny) is a "town type settlement" in the Perechyn (or Pereein) district of Transcarpathia Oblast. The settlement has got ~6.600 inhabitants near all of them Ruthenian. The village was in the Ung (in Ukrainian Uzh (or U)) County of the Kingdom of Hungary till 1919/1920 (Czechoslovakian occupation / Treaty of Trianon). 1920-1939 part of Czechoslovakia, in 1939 part of the short-lived Subcarpathia, in 1939-1944 part of Hungary (after the Hungarian occupation and annexation). 1946-1992 part of the Soviet Union and now Ukraine. The settlement is a district seat near Uzhhorod (20 km north in the Uzh Valley.

The 1910 population of Uzh district was
Population by language (1910 census):

Ruthenian = 61,711
Hungarian = 53,824
Slovak = 36,364
German = 8,383

As you can see there no Czechs listed. So what you are looking at is not Czech but Slovak. Have you had it translated? If you can scan it and email I would be willing to help with this.

Robert Jerin
Croatian Heritage Museum
Cleveland Ohio

Re: Michael Teleha family

2006-11-04 15:11:17Z

Yup, am a Byzantine Catholic myself. My ancestors came from Perecen, which after they left became part of Czechoslovakia, yet they still referred to themselves as Czechs....

My grandfather's birth certificate was written in something that was half-Russian + half-Czech, if I remember correctly, would have to go back and check.

Thanks for the heads-up.

Re: Michael Teleha family

RobertJerin — 2006-11-04 13:42:25Z

Mark,

Just found your posts... TELEHA is a Ruthenian name... they came from what is now the western part of Ukraine... prior to WW I it was part of Austria (a province called Galicia) prior to that it was part of the a great Polish Empire (it was the Poles who saved Europe from being overrun by the Turks!)... So he did not come from Czech if he came from that area rather he came from Galicia.... and there is no Russian here... Ruthenians are a distinct ethnic group who are Byzantine Rite Catholics (aka Greek Catholic) which should not be confused with the Orthodox Church...they recognize the authority of the Pope in Rome.... however when these people came to America there were many Roman Catholic Bishops who did not want to recognize Byzantine Catholics as their priest were allowed to marry... thus many became Orthodox religion in America.

Robert Jerin
Croatian Heritage Museum
Cleveland Ohio

Re: Michael Teleha family

2006-05-15 12:52:25Z

Thank you very much for that information.

Re: Michael Teleha photo

2006-05-14 23:00:01Z

"The Mill" Rade B. Vukmir
pg. 55 photo of Michael Teleha

Re: Michael Teleha family

2006-05-14 22:55:26Z

1)I can not help with documents-maybe contact http://www.wpgs.org/ for researchers etc.
2) "The Mill by Rade B. Vukmir, c1999 University Press of America, Inc
cover flap "The Mill-the Jones & Laughlin Aliquippa Works..."
pg. 54 "...My name is Michael Teleha & am forty twice years of age. I was born in Barnesborough, Pa. & worked for 47 years & 3 months officially. I was hired in 1931, maybe in Nov., Nov. 3, 1931...My wage was about $160 at the time for two weeks....(explains job classification-pay)...
pg. 56... My first job down there was laborer...
pg. 57...Open Hearth laborer to general laborer to riggers...rehired in 1931, ...ten hour days to an eight hour day...blistered hands...
pg. 58...I'm a Slav or Slavic........So when I got a job in 1933...laborer...blast furnace...
pg. 59...I got married in 1938 & got laid off the following week....
pg. 60...work in 1939-40...
pg. 61...So there I was, a union committeeman at that time. I went to 3 different departments...money raising events & collected money for Aliquippa Hospital...I have four children...2 boys & 2 girls, all born in the late 30's & early 40's. The two boys did work in the mill...went to college. And both my daughters went to college, too, & my son graduated from Clarion College in Clarion, Pa. My son, John, graduated from Geneva College & my dau, Dorothy, went to Slippery Rock college for a couple of years...
pg. 62 got married, & my younger, Joyce, went to College up here in Pittsburgh...December 31st was the day I retired..."
not my family

Re: hello

HeneryHawk — 2004-08-28 06:42:14Z

Matt,

Wow! I never got an email saying you had replied. I hope you're in the states still, and if you're not, God Be With You.
Steve was my grandfather's brother. I live on the west side of Lorain. If you get this, we need to hook up, so I can get your tree from you, and I'll give you the info that I've collected.

Vasil and Paul Teleha Descendants