Sat 9/26/2020 9:39 PM
Beth,
Might also ask her about Marie Pelcarsky. I’m beginning to wax nostalgic for multiple John Elcik’s. Naw, that would be crazy talk.
John, IV
Category: Karkos
Re: Outreach
Sun 9/27/2020 10:12 PM
Beth,
Either way, thanks for trying. I have yet to hear from Terry. [Terry Karkos. – Editor]
John, IV
Sent from my iPad
I’m Still Here
Fri 10/2/2020 12:36 AM
John,
To give you an update on what I’ve been doing. I’ve been back to St Cyril and Calvary cemeteries and taken more pictures and have imported them to my pictures folder. I’ll put those and others on the flash drive you sent me and send it back to you.
I talked to Eugene Elcik today, and he will come to our house and help me figure out some of the Elcik questions I have. I told him about you and what you’re doing, and he seemed very interested. He remembered the Durham Elciks and that they moved to NY. I told him all except George, who married Anna Gamache. He remembers both of them. I’m anxious to get together with him.
I’m also waiting to hear back from Marilyn Keamy (her maiden name was Karkos). She knows all the people in the Karkos family picture and will identify who is who.
Sorry, it’s been a while since I’ve sent any correspondence. We’ve been very busy with family stuff, and at the end of the day, I’m too tired to think about much of anything. That plus going to cemeteries wears me out. I think I’m done taking pictures…for now at least.
Will keep you posted,
Beth
Re: Questions & Answers
Fri 10/9/2020 10:52 AM
You’re missing my Goddard family tree. My mother’s maiden name was Goddard. It also includes Croteau and Dearnley’s families, which is my grandmother Goddard’s family. Her maiden name was Croteau, and my great grandmother’s family is Dearnley. The Dearnley tree goes back to the 1700s, and they were from England. The Croteau family tree goes back to the 1800s, and they were from Canada. I traced the Goddard family back to the 1600s. I have a lot of pictures in the Goddard family tree.
I originally told you I spent 2 years researching my Purinton family tree. That’s partly true. That included the Goddard and Day family trees. I did quite a lot of the Gamache and Byras family trees during that time as well. As you know, the Elcik family tree has been difficult with some roadblocks. I’m very anxious to talk to Eugene Elcik again. He talked about getting together, and I hope that’ll happen soon. The Karkos family has intrigued me too. It’s a never-ending search for more information!!!
I’ll wait for you to send the new Flash Drive before I send the other one back. I’ll include the other one you sent me with my information on it. I have lots of work to do with that before I’m done.
Beth
Re: Your Elcik Family Tree Questions
Fri 10/9/2020 10:17 PM
John, IV,
OK, now I have to go BACK to St. Cyril cemetery and take ANOTHER picture??!! I will do that. Then we’ll have a picture of Helen B. Kozak Mosco Elcik’s gravestone. I understand that it’s probably Helen B. Mosko I’m looking for. I’ll look for Mosko and Kozak names to be on the safe side. I thought Nancy said her grandfather married “old lady Dutko,” but she could have said, “old lady Mosko” for all I know. You have the proof with the marriage certificate. GAWD, I need to talk to Eugene Elcik again. Hopefully, he can clear this up and also the Paul Joseph Elcik mystery.
This is the same thing I went through with my Purinton family. There were 3 generations of Humphrey Purinton’s marrying women named Thankful. Yeah, I know I told you that before!!!! That was a complete nightmare for me because each generation had 11 and 12 children, and I had to connect the right Humphrey and Thankful to my family. No wonder I don’t sleep at night!!!!
Don’t forget the Karkos question about Mary and Anna Pelcarsky being sisters. That’s a work in progress as well.
You keep writing, and I’ll keep searching!!
Beth
A Couple of Things
Sun 10/11/2020 10:03 PM
I went back to St Cyril cemetery and found Helen Kozak and her husband Michael J. Mosko’s gravestone. Also, their daughter, Elizabeth E. Goddard, is on there as well. And yes, you were right about Helen Mosko being your grandfather’s 2nd wife. I looked at some documents you sent me a while back, and it lists her as his 2nd wife.
Now I’m wondering if there’s a connection to their daughter, Elizabeth, being married to a Goddard, assuming she was married. She had to be because her maiden name was Mosko, and why would she be buried with her parents and not her husband?? That’s a mystery to be solved another day, another time, and it may never be. I have more important mysteries to solve at this point.
I gave Bill Cizmar your email address. He’s the man I told you about, living in CA now, spending lots of time on Ancestry, and knows a lot about Lisbon. He also knows ways of researching documents, etc. that I don’t. He recently sent me an email stating he searched for an immigration document for a Topolosky and found 2 people who came to Lisbon, one of them being a John Elcik. He may be able to answer some of the questions you have because he “loves this stuff.” He introduced me to the Historical Society 3 years ago.
He sent you a friend request on FB, and you didn’t respond. His name on FB is William Cizmar. His email address is wickedgood@yahoo.com.
I will reach out to Eugene Elcik and Marilyn Keamy (her maiden name was Karkos) this coming week. I have 3 appointments this week with my cardiologist, dermatologist, and physical therapy. The first 2 are yearly appts. And happen to be this week. I’m starting PT because I have Osteoarthritis, and it’s progressing and causing more issues. I opted for PT instead of shots because, frankly, they only mask the problem and don’t do anything to manage it.
I’ll keep on doing what I’m doing in my spare time!!
Beth
Re: Eugene Elcik, Novelist with a Maine flavor!
Sat 10/17/2020 7:28 PM
John, IV,
I’m happy you and Gene Elcik are communicating, and thank you for sharing your email with him. We had a wonderful visit with Gene on Wednesday. I gave him as much information as I could about the research you and I are doing on the Elcik family. He was very interested in that. I’m hoping he will be a contributor as I believe he’s the only living Elcik of his generation.
I photocopied several pages of notes I’ve taken and some of the family group sheets you sent me. While I was doing that, he and Jack spent some time talking, and even Jack said how much he enjoyed that. It was wonderful to have him here with us for a couple of hours.
Also, Marilyn Keamy stopped by the same day, and she and Gene were happy to see each other, even if it was for a little while. She’s soon to be 93 and pretty frail, but she has an incredible memory. She didn’t stay long; she wore a mask as did Gene while she was here. I kept a 6′ distance, and she was comfortable with that. She’s so afraid of coming in any contact with people during COVID, and I agree with that. She doesn’t go out in public much at all and has even stopped going to the library even though they’re open. She went every day and spent several hours socializing, doing crossword puzzles, etc. She wrote the names on the back of the Karkos photo you sent. She knew all of them and even some stories about them. She’s truly amazing!! She didn’t know, nor did Gene, if Anna and Mary Pelcarsky were sisters. That remains a mystery.
Beth