Grajkoski Family History & Genealogy

The wedding of Frank Grajkoski (also spelled as Grajkowski and Graykowski) and Frances Zlatykanicz in about 1901. They were married at St. Stephen's Catholic Church in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. They were also members of St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Frances was born Francisca Zlatykanicz in 1881 in Muszyna, Poland. The daughter of Piotr "Petrus" "Peter" Zlatykanicz and Apolonia Franciszka Chmiewlowski. Frances' name is also spelled as Franciszka. She came to the U.S.A. in 1900 and lived in Hamilton, Butler Co, Ohio. Frances' sister, Bronislawa Rosalia "Bertha Rose" (Zlatykanicz) Sositko also came to Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio in 1907.
Frances never had children. She was close to nieces and nephews. She was godmother to her niece, Helen Josephine (Sositko) Henry Cook. Helen Cook would often visit her Aunt Frances. This is remembered by Helen's daughter, Terry. Frances helped her brother, Andrew Zlatykanicz to raise his children (Andy, Stella, Alex, Jean and Helen Zlatykanicz) when their mother, Maggie died young.
People in photo include: Frank Grajkoski

The Zlatykanicz siblings in the early 1940's in Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio. The siblings in the photo are Bronislawa "Bertha" [Zlatykanicz] Sositko (born 1883), Maria "Mary" [Zlatykanicz] Kroczaloski {also spelled as Krocyolowski, Kroczolowski and Kroczalowski} (born 1876), Andrzej "Andrew" "Andy" Zlatykanicz (born 1885), and Franciszka "Frances" [Zlatykanicz] Grajkoski (born 1881). They all lived in Hamilton, Ohio except for Mary Kroczaloski. Mary lived in Michigan. Mary and Andy both lived in Pennsylvania at one time. A brother named John lived in Pennsylvania. They were all born in Muszyna, Poland and baptized in the Catholic church there. They were the children of Peter Zlatykanicz and Apolonia F. Chmielowska (also spelled as Apollonia and sometimes misspelled as Paulina or Abolinia Hnielswki or Hnielwski), the daughter of Jozef 'Joseph' Chmielowski and Emerentia Goedl (daughter of Franciszek "Franciscus" Goedl and Emerentiana Eva Gertrude Roskovanyi).
Bertha's Pierogi recipe (with the potato & cheese filling and pan fried in butter and onion after boiling them) is still cooked by some of her descendants. I cook them but I pan fry half of them in butter and onion and half of them in bacon grease and onion (but do not eat the onion) like many of the family members.
Update: In 2006 I received information on a Roskovanyi family going back from the year 1240 to the 1800's (Roskovany, Hungary [now Rozkovany, Slovakia]). I also have sketches of the sequences of Roskovanyi coat of arms from over the centuries.
Update: I was contacting (on the phone) by Donna (Kroczolowski) Graat on Dec. 6, 2009. She's the granddaughter of Mary (Zlatykanicz) Kroczaloski. Donna gave me some information and a few stories on her grandmother. She said that her grandmother cooked a Pumpkin Soup recipe. It tasted just like Pumpkin Pie but it was a soup.