Tag Archives: Raritan

Keeping track of the Sabols of Raritan, N.J.

Posted on November 9, 2014 by

My grandmother Anna Sabol was the second-born child of Andrej (Andrew) Sabol and Maria (Mary) Daniel, immigrant parents of Slovak descent. I always assumed that the other members of the Sabol family stayed behind in the old country and that … Continue reading →

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Andrew Sabol’s final chapter

Posted on April 19, 2014 by

Tracing the life story of my great-grandfather Andrej (Andrew) Sabol has been a painstaking effort. But now I can write the final chapter. I first found Andrew (he used his English name after he emigrated) on ancestry.com, in U.S. census records for … Continue reading →

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Talking family history with Aunt Nancy

Posted on December 29, 2012 by

A couple months back, I got reacquainted with my Aunt Nancy Agin, who was married for many years to my mother’s younger brother Harry. After their separation, I only saw her a few times. I can’t remember the last time … Continue reading →

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Answers to old questions at the New Cemetery

Posted on October 7, 2012 by

In earlier posts, I have written about how hard it has been to learn very much about the lives of my four great-grandparents on my mother’s side – the New Jersey side – of the family. I know that my … Continue reading →

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Andrej Daniel, rolling stone

Posted on June 3, 2012 by

Life wasn’t always easy for Andrej Daniel, one of my four Slovak great-great-grandparents. Born in relative comfort, Andrej lost his father when he was a young boy. For the rest of his life, he moved from town to town, living … Continue reading →

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Mary Sabol, widow

Posted on April 14, 2012 by

The newly released 1940 census has brought me one step closer to figuring out the story of my Slovak great-grandparents Andrew and Mary Sabol. I have written in earlier posts about my attempts to figure out what became of Andrew … Continue reading →

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The other Andrew Sabol

Posted on January 6, 2012 by

When I started researching my great-grandfather Andrew Sabol through census records, I kept tripping over another man with the same name, living in the same town and roughly the same age. To make things even more complicated, both men married … Continue reading →

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