Sun 9/27/2020 10:28 PM
John, IV,
I sent the letter to my friend and he can’t read it. I listened to the video again and there are some missing words in the letter. I sent him the video hoping he can open it. I haven’t heard back from him.
Beth
Category: – Beth (Purinton) Gamache
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
Walker’s Pond
Wed 10/7/2020 8:49 PM
NO, it’s overgrown and is no longer a pond. I think it’s still wet with pussy willows and various other vegetation. I talked to Jack again about the picture and he agrees with Nancy, it’s Walker’s Pond.
If you look at the picture again, there’s a hill in the background and that’s where my Purinton ancestors lived. They were farmers and owned a lot of property in West Bowdoin. Some of them were Deacons and Reverends in the West Bowdoin Baptist church which they helped establish. I learned all this thanks to Ancestry.
Your cousin-in-law,
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: A Couple Things
Mon 10/12/2020 12:06 PM
John, IV,
I emailed Bill Cizmar again, and he sent the FB request to Eugene Elcik. That would explain why he asked me if you were a writer. Eugene hasn’t responded yet. The best way for you two to communicate would be emailing like we’re doing.
Beth