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Tag Archives: Raritan
Keeping track of the Sabols of Raritan, N.J.
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
Andrew Sabol’s final chapter
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
Talking family history with Aunt Nancy
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
Posted in Family Line - Agin, Family Line - Sabol, New Jersey
Tagged Agin, Kingston, New Brunswick, Raritan, Sabol
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Answers to old questions at the New Cemetery
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
Posted in Family Line - Sabol, New Jersey
Tagged Daniel, Raritan, Sabol, Slovak genealogy, Slovak Lutherans, Somerville
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Andrej Daniel, rolling stone
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
Posted in Family Line - Sabol, Slovakia
Tagged 1869 Magyar Census, Daniel, Kysak, Obisovce, Raritan, Slovak genealogy, Trebejov, Zehna
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Mary Sabol, widow
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
The other Andrew Sabol
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
Posted in Family Line - Sabol, New Jersey, Slovakia
Tagged Daniel, Raritan, Sabol, Trebejov
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