Searching for the birth place of my Grandfather. He came here as a child from Austria. His name was Valentine Marko.
He stated that he changed his name when he came here from Valentine Kirschenheiter to Valentine Marko. He was born in Austria April 14,1876. He married Martha Behr Oct. 9, 1909 in South Milwaukee, WI. Later he moved to Kenosha, WI were he died at 95 years old. Would like to find other family still in Austria.

In case anyone returns to this research thread, there are some Marko entries found in "Milwaukee's German Newspapers; an index of death notices and related items" (1844-1950). Also a couple of entries for "Markow".

1918 - Marko, Anna
1938 - Marko, Catherine M.
1907 - Marko, Felix
1924 - Marko, George
1945 - Marko, Marie (Lang)

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