Mon 12/7/2020 8:14 PM
Earl,
Beth Gamache shared your email address with me as I very much wished to thank you for your help.
Beth has been collaborating with me on “My Cousins,” an eBook and Family Tree project. She is the wife of my first cousin Jack, and I am blessed to have her collaboration. In addition to her smart commentary, I also benefit from experts like yourself making contributions.
I am ecstatic with the obituaries you found for us. The obituary for my great-grandfather John P. Elcik, Sr. is a significant find for several reasons.
- The obituary confirms the theory that John, Sr. was buried at St. Cyril Cemetery. Wow! This is the first documentation we have found to confirm what we thought to be true. There may not be a gravestone, but armed with this documentation, we know where to look.
- It is the first time I have seen the middle initial “P” for John, Sr. All previous documentation I have is without the middle initial. Somehow this is comforting.
- The obituary says that John, Sr.’s father was also named John. This raises an interesting question. Am I really John P. Elcik, IV? or could I and not my son be the 5th generation?
- Who is the spouse of John, Sr’s father? Could it be the mysterious Elizabeth Baron? I have a Social Security document that I could never explain. The existence of another John Elcik is one step closer to finding the answer.
Wow!
I can’t thank you and Beth enough!
Thank you!!!
John, IV