Zlatykanicz Family History & Genealogy

A photo of Bronislawa Rozalia "Bertha Rose" (Zlatykanicz) Sositko

A photo of Bronislawa Rozalia "Bertha Rose" (Zlatykanicz) Sositko, George Alexander Henry and Helen Josephine (Sositko) Henry Cook in 1934. Helen was pregnant with her first born child, Mark "Gene" Henry. Hamilton, Ohio. The name Sositko has also been spelled as Susitko, Susidko and Sitko.

Anthony Joseph and Maria Albina "Mary" (Zlatykanicz) Kroczaloski in the early 1900's. Anthony was born in Nov. 1874 in Muszyna, Poland. Mary was born in June 1876 in Muszyna, Poland. They came to America in about 1900.
Mary was the daughter of Piotr 'Peter' Zlatykanicz and Apolonia Chmielowska (family name is also spelled as Chmielowski).
Anthony and Mary lived in Pennsylvania and Michigan. They also visited Ohio.
Their surname of Kroczaloski has also been spelled as Kroczolowski and Kroczalowski.
Anthony and Mary were Catholic.

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

Andrzej "Andrew" "Andy" and Magdalena "Margaret" "Maggie" (Bukowska) Zlatykanicz on their wedding day in 1914. They were married in a Catholic church. Andrew was born in 1885 in Muszyna, Poland. He was the son of Peter and Apolonia (Chmielowska) Zlatykanicz. Andrew and Maggie lived in both Pennsylvania and in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio.
People in photo include: Maggie Bukowski

Obituary of Frances (Zlatykanicz) Graykoski ['Grajkoski' 'Graycoski'] in 1963 in the Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio newspaper. She was born in 1881 in Muszyna, Poland. She was the wife of Frank Grajkoski. She was the sister of Andrew Zlatykanicz, Bertha (Zlatykanicz) Sositko, and Mary (Zlatykanicz) Kroczaloski. She's buried in St. Stephen's cemetery in Hamilton, Ohio.
Frances didn't have any children of her own. She helped to raised his brother, Andrew Zlatykanicz's children because their mother died when they were still young. Frances was also the godmother of her sister, Bertha (Zlatykanicz) Sositko's daughter, Helen (Sositko) Henry Cook.

This is a picture of Helen and Jennie "Jean" Zlatykanicz. Jean was older than Helen. They were born in the 1920's. This picture was probably taken in the late 1920's in Hamilton, Ohio or in Pennsylvania. They lived in both states. Helen and Jean were the daughters of Andrew "Andy" Zlatykanicz and Maggie Bukowski. Helen married a Swartz and Jean married Farmer Hoskins.

Frances (Zlatykanicz) Grajkoski with her niece, Jean (Zlatykanicz) Hoskins, Jean's husband, Farmer and their children at the grave of Bertha (Zlatykanicz) Sositko in 1959 at St. Stephen's cemetery in Hamilton, Ohio. Bertha was the sister of Frances and Jean's father, Andrew Zlatykanicz. This photo was shared by Patty Dilg.

John and Bertha (Zlatykanicz) Sositko in the 1930's or 1940's in Hamilton, Ohio.

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.

My mother's maternal grandmother in the early 1900's. She was born Bronislawa Rosalia (or 'Bronislawa Rozalia') "Bertha Rose" Zlatykanicz on August 12, 1883 in Muszyna, Poland [Austria-Hungary] and died June 23, 1951 in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio U.S.A.. She was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church. She came to the U.S.A. in 1907 and she got off the ship in Baltimore, Maryland. She married John "Jan" "Joannes" Sositko in December 1908 in Hamilton, Ohio.
Her maternal great grandmother, Emerentiana Eva Gertruda (Roskovanyi) Goedl was a Hungarian noblewoman born to P.D. X-toph ("Kristof", "Christoph") Roskovanyi and Eva Deseoffi ('Dessewffy') in Roskovany, Hungary (now Rozkovany, Slovakia).
Several family members has this same exact photo.
If anyone searches for Bertha in immigration records on the Ancestry website she can also be found under 'Bronislawa Zlalykaincz'. Her name is spelled correctly on the ship list but someone didn't spell it correctly when copying the information for searching. Bertha's parents' names were Piotr "Peter" "Petrus" Zlatykanicz and Apolonia Franciszka Chmielowska (or spelled as Apollonia Francisca Chmielowski). Bertha's maternal grandparents were Joseph Chmielowski and Emerentia Apolonia Goedl, daughter of Francis Goedl and Emerentiana Eva G. Roskovanyi (also spelled as Roskoványi or Roskovany 'Rozkovany'). I have a family chart on the Roskovanyi family going back to the 1200's and I have photos of several different Roskovanyi coat of arms.

My grandmother's cousin, Helen Zlatykanicz. She was born in about the middle 1920's. Her parents were Andrew "Andy" Zlatykanicz and Maggie Bukowski. This photo could have been taken in the late 1930's - early 1940's.
People in photo include: Helen Zlatykanicz

My maternal grandmother's uncle, Andrew ('Andrzej') "Andy" Zlatykanicz. He came to America in 1911. He was born in Muszyna, Poland (Austro-Hungarian Empire) in 1885. The son of Apolonia Chmielowski and Peter "Petrus" "Piotr" Zlatykanicz. He married Maggie Bukowski and lived in Hamilton, Ohio. They were members of St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Andy was the brother of Bronislawa "Bertha" (Zlatykanicz) Sositko.
This photo with signature came from Andy's naturalization papers.