Fri 8/7/2020 9:34 PM
John,
YES, definitely. I could share that with my Historical Society friend!!!
THANK YOU!!
I don’t think you’re crazy, you’re obsessed, kinda like me. I have a notebook full of handwritten notes for my family and yours I started 3 years ago. It’s the only way I can sort out everything. We both have a problem but that’s ok because it keeps our minds occupied!! AND IT’S FUN!!
Beth
Sat 8/8/2020 7:12 PM
John,
I feel the same.
Beth
Sunday, August 9, 2020, 3:11 AM
Subject: The New York Elcik’s
John,
Very puzzling. There are so many names and stories he talks about that match the Durham family across the river. [Beth is talking about your father’s obituary]
John said his great grandfather was John Ilick, and his great grandmother was Mary Jonek, which matches the gravestone.
Also, in a 1920 census, there was:
John Elcik 33, Mary Elcik 32, Joseph 12, Andrew 8, George 4 1/2, Mary J. Jr. 10/12
The survivor’s John’s talking about are:
four sons: Joseph, Andrew, George, Michael, a daughter Mary, and a brother Paul. The census doesn’t mention Michael, but he may not have been born yet.
In the gravestone pictures I sent you, there was a:
Is it possible Paul J Elcik Sr 1896-1970 maybe his great grandfather’s brother?
In looking at this, I believe the George Elcik in the 1920 census, and the obit is George Elcik, who married Jack’s father’s sister, Anna. He was born May 30, 1915, which would make him 4 1/2 in 1920.
It all fits unless I’m missing something.
Beth
Sun 8/9/2020 2:31 PM
John,
GAWD, I HOPE SO!!
Beth
Tue 8/11/2020 9:01 PM
John,
The information I gave you about Jane Plourde wasn’t correct. She DIDN’T drown in the Androscoggin River. She drowned in a pond near her house in Lisbon. I always thought it was the Androscoggin, but Jack corrected me. My bad.
Jack also remembers going to Durham with his father and Bob Elcik’s father, George, to Bob’s grandfather’s house, John Elcik. That’s where they learned to smoke kielbasa from Bob’s grandfather. They would do that so they could have Kielbasa for Christmas. It was a Slovak tradition.
I have yet to record Jack’s family on Ancestry. I have all the information I need, need. I also need to “fix” all my Purinton, Goddard, Day mistakes. I had day surgery last Friday and have been a little “under the weather” since then. I’m feeling better and will “get back at it” in a few days.
I’m still thinking, as I believe you are too, there’s a connection between the two Elcik families. Maybe grand or great grandfathers were brothers??? The problem is, we can’t find any records stating that. Some day, just maybe someday, we will. To be continued.
Beth
Wed 8/12/2020 12:04 AM
John, IV
I thought you might get a “kick” out of the smoking story; I know I did.
I just started adding the Elcik family tree to my Gamache tree on Ancestry. I still have a ways to go but will get there. I also have lots of Byras info, all handwritten, in my notebook, which I will eventually add. I have a childhood friend, Steven Byrus (yes, he spells his last name with a U instead of an A), and he has given me lots of info on the Byras family history. I have quite a few gravestone pictures of them and will send them to you if you’re interested. Give me a day or two to do that.
I want to thank you for getting me started on the Elcik family Ancestry. It was going to be my winter project, but thanks to you, it’s done now. I honestly don’t think I would have figured out a lot of it without your help. We make a great team.
Beth
Thu 7/30/2020 7:11 PM
John,
I have lots of Byras and Gamache gravestone pictures.
Beth
