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.
Date & Place:
in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio United States
Geneva Estelle (or Estella) Sositko, the daughter of John and Bertha (Zlatykanicz) Sositko. This photo was either taken in about 1932 or 33. Geneva was suppose to have been 16 years old when this photo was taken but that would have been in 1934. Her birthday is in Nov, so this was probably in 1933 when she was still 15.. This was probably her Solemn Holy Communion and renewal of her vows at the end of the 8th grade from St. Joseph's Catholic School in Hamilton, Ohio.
If you look in the background you will see a boy. The boy could be Geneva's little brother, Joe.
Date & Place:
in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio United States
Geneva (Sositko) Robbins, the daughter of John and Bertha (Zlatykanicz) Sositko, at St. Joseph's Catholic School in Hamilton, Ohio. She was born in Nov. 1917. This photo was taken in 1928. The wrong age for Geneva and the wrong year was typed on the photo.
Date & Place:
at St. Joseph's School in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio United States
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