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| − | [[File:Anna Margaret (Witco) Pavlisco Timko Valuchuck.jpg|thumb|300x300px|Anna Margaret (Witco) Pavlisco Timko Valuchuck]] | + | ''<sup>Page edited 30-Jul-22. ET</sup>''[[File:Anna Margaret (Witco) Pavlisco Timko Valuchuck.jpg|thumb|300x300px|Anna Margaret (Witco) Pavlisco Timko Valuchuck on her wedding day.|alt=]] |
Born April 15, 1892 at Six Mile Run, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. She was the oldest child of Michael Witco and Anna Martin. | Born April 15, 1892 at Six Mile Run, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. She was the oldest child of Michael Witco and Anna Martin. | ||
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== Family Years == | == Family Years == | ||
| − | She married Joseph Pavlisco and the couple had one child: one girl - Elizabeth Virgina. (As to what happened to Joseph, no record can be found.) Anna next married '''[[Stephen Timko Jr.]]''' on June 25, 1917 in Johnston, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. The couple had three children: three girls - Mary, Anna Mae and Margaret Anne. When Stephen passed away she married Michael John Valuchuck on June 25, 1923 in Dixonville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania and have five more children: one boy - Edward Michael, and four girls - Jeannie Theresa, Carolyn A., Helen Theresa and Irene Marie. | + | She married Joseph Pavlisco and the couple had one child: one girl - Elizabeth Virgina. (As to what happened to Joseph, no record can be found.) Anna next married '''[[Stephen Timko Jr.]]''' on June 25, 1917 in Johnston, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. The couple had three children: three girls - Mary, Anna Mae and Margaret Anne. When Stephen passed away she married '''[[Michael John Valuchuck]]''' on June 25, 1923 in Dixonville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania and have five more children: one boy - Edward Michael, and four girls - Jeannie Theresa, Carolyn A., Helen Theresa and Irene Marie. |
# Anna and Joseph would eventually have one child: | # Anna and Joseph would eventually have one child: | ||
| − | #* Elizabeth Virginia Pavlisco | + | #* '''[[Elizabeth Virginia Pavlisco]]''' |
# Anna and Stephen would eventually have three children: | # Anna and Stephen would eventually have three children: | ||
| − | #* Mary Timko | + | #*'''[[Mary Timko]]''' |
| − | #* Anna Mae Timko | + | #* '''[[Anna Mae Timko]]''' |
| − | #* Margaret Anne Timko | + | #* '''[[Margaret Anne Timko]]''' |
# Anna and Michael would eventually have five children: | # Anna and Michael would eventually have five children: | ||
#* Edward Michael Valuchuck | #* Edward Michael Valuchuck | ||
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== Working Years == | == Working Years == | ||
| − | + | Anna was a homemaker. In her early years, when Stephen Timko, her second husband died, she moved to McIntyre, PA and took in three boarders (coal miners) to earn money to raise her children. Her second husband, Michael Valuchuck, was one of those boarders and he eventually married the young, blind widow and her three children. | |
== Personal Life == | == Personal Life == | ||
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Born April 15, 1892 at Six Mile Run, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. She was the oldest child of Michael Witco and Anna Martin.
Description
Anna was stout in build and short in stature. She dark brown hair and brown eyes.
Early Years
Anna was almost totally blind since the age of three. She was playing outside and called out to her mother that she couldn’t see. She was taken to the doctors who did more damage than good and Anna was became totally blind for about three years. Eventually she recovered partial vision. She likened her vision to like a room filled with smoke. She could find her way around the house but could not see anything in the distance. The family took her to numerous doctors in later years but the doctors said took much scarring had developed and only a eye transplant could help.
Naturalization
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While her husband Stephen submitted the necessary paperwork to become a naturalized citizen of the United States of America, he unfortunately died before it could be completed. Anna received notification that the paperwork had be rejected due to the fact that Stephen was no longer living.
Education
Attended school until about the third grade.
Family Years
She married Joseph Pavlisco and the couple had one child: one girl - Elizabeth Virgina. (As to what happened to Joseph, no record can be found.) Anna next married Stephen Timko Jr. on June 25, 1917 in Johnston, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. The couple had three children: three girls - Mary, Anna Mae and Margaret Anne. When Stephen passed away she married Michael John Valuchuck on June 25, 1923 in Dixonville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania and have five more children: one boy - Edward Michael, and four girls - Jeannie Theresa, Carolyn A., Helen Theresa and Irene Marie.
- Anna and Joseph would eventually have one child:
- Anna and Stephen would eventually have three children:
- Anna and Michael would eventually have five children:
- Edward Michael Valuchuck
- Jennie Theresa Valuchuck
- Carolyn A. Valuchuck
- Helen Teresa Valuchuck
- Irene Marie Valuchuck
Residences
During the family's years in Indiana County, Pennsylvania Stephen and Anna lived in an unknown number of company houses.
Working Years
Anna was a homemaker. In her early years, when Stephen Timko, her second husband died, she moved to McIntyre, PA and took in three boarders (coal miners) to earn money to raise her children. Her second husband, Michael Valuchuck, was one of those boarders and he eventually married the young, blind widow and her three children.
Personal Life
Death
Anna died from a heart attack on October 20, 1972 at Indiana Hospital in Indiana, Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
She was buried on October 23, 1972 at St. Bernard's Cemetery in Indiana, Indiana County, Pennsylvania.