Joseph "Joe" Sositko and his wife, Pauline (Guyler) Sositko with his brother, Frank Sositko in about the mid to late 1940's. Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio.
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in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio United States
Bertha (Zlatykanicz) Sositko and four of her children in order by age: Helen Josephine- age 10, Mary- age 9, Geneva E.- age 7 1/2, and Joseph "Joe" Sositko- age 4 1/2 years old. This was Geneva Sositko's First Communion in the spring in about 1925. The family's church was St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. Take notice to the girls with their Dutch Boy haircuts.
Bertha was born in 1883 in Muszyna, Poland to Peter and Apolonia (Chmielowska) Zlatykanicz. She married John Sositko in 1908 in Hamilton, Ohio.
Helen married George A. Henry (the son of Lena Tribbey, raised up in Oxford, Ohio and Leroy "Roy" Henry, born in Darrtown, Milford Twp, Butler Co., Ohio) in 1934. Helen married second to Fred W. Cook (George's youngest half brother) in 1946.
Helen talked about her childhood to her daughter, Terry Ann (Cook) Tuttle Bradley. She talked about how she remembers going ice skating with her brothers and sisters on the canal when the canal would freeze over in the winter in Hamilton, Ohio.
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in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio United States
John Sositko with most of his children and their spouses in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio in about 1962.
Front Row: Joseph "Joe" Sositko and Jennie (Sositko) Harrison [also known as 'Jean'].
Back Row: Pauline (Guyler) Sositko, Mary (Sositko) Ridenour, Helen J. (Sositko) Cook, John Sositko, William "Bill" Harrison and Fred W. "Bud" Cook.
The family surname of Sositko was shortened to Sitko for a short time in the 1930's. It's on some of the marriage records. Helen was first married to George Henry. Jennie was first married to Samuel "Sam" Cayse.
This photo was most likely taken by Wilbur Ridenour (or one of John Sositko's grandchildren) and it was probably taken on the same day as the photo of John Sositko and his grandchildren from his children in this photo.
Helen and Fred Cook's daughter, Terry remembers her parents and her aunts and uncles voting for John F Kennedy for President in 1960 and she remembers them staying awake all night on election night to see if he won the presidency.
Helen worked at Mercy Hospital in Hamilton, Ohio. She was the head cook.
Mary and Jennie worked at the coffee shop at Mercy Hospital in Hamilton, Ohio.
Pauline was a nurse's aid at Mercy Hospital in Hamilton, Ohio.
Joe worked at Pillsbury.
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in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio United States
Joseph "Joe" Sositko and his niece, Sherry Lynette Cook in the late 1960's in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. Joe was the son of John and Bertha Rose (Zlatykanicz) Sositko. Sherry was the daughter of Fred W "Bud" and Helen J (Sositko) Cook.
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in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio USA
Joseph "Joe" Sositko in a school photo from either the fall of 1927 or the spring of 1928 when he was still 7 years old. He attended St. Joseph's Catholic School in Hamilton, Ohio.
Joseph was born August 8, 1920. His parents were Jan "John" "Joannes" and Bronislawa "Bertha" R. (Zlatykanicz) Sositko.
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in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio USA