Timko-Berish Family Wiki
Welcome
This website represents the culmination of ten years of research into the family members of the Timko/Berish extended families.
The nexus of this extended family came about with the marriage of Joseph John Timko Sr to Anna Veronica Berish. Their simple marriage brought together two immigrant families who came to America to provide their children with a better life. This young couples wedding took place on September 14, 1914 in the small coal-mining town of Dixonville in Indiana County, Pennsylvania. It's through this joining that the Timko/Berish extended family was created.
To gain an appreciation of the size of this new extended family, one has to realize that Joseph had large family five brothers and one sister, and Anna had and even larger family of six bothers and six sisters. These 18 siblings would go on to marry, have their own children, and grow the family to almost eighty individuals. And when these families had there own children, this extended family grew into the hundreds of family members we know today.
This purpose of this website is to educate future generations of this extended family about their ancestors and the lineages that were created by the subsequent marriages of Joseph and Anna, and their sibling's marriages. It utilizes MediaWiki to provide linked-based structure to provide interconnections between the various web pages. All subject names displayed in a bolt font face are active links to the subject matter indicated. [Please note that while this website utilizes MediaWikiTM to present information about the family, it in no manner connected to the popular WikipediaTM website and information about the family is not hosted on that site.]
To facilitate the reader's understanding and appreciation of the Timko/Berish family structure, I have included a set of indexes that should aid in the reader's ability to navigate the various branches of the family that are of particular interest.
Joseph and Anna
Joseph was born Jozsef Timko Csanovsky in Kudlovce in the Austria-Hungary on March.17, 1893 and Anna was born at home in Riddesburg, Broadtop Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania.. [Note: Austria-Hungary would later become the county of Czechoslovakia in 1918 after the end of World War 1.]
Joseph John Timko Sr. and Anna Veronica Berish married on September 14, 1914 in Dixonville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. The young couple lived in Indiana County until 1928, when Joseph gave up being a coal miner for the more secure profession of being a steel worker in their new home in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio.
Their Children
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The couple would have eventually have ten children with eight of them being born in Indiana County, Pennsylvania and the remaining two being born in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio.
- Mary Martha Timko
- Anna Joan Timko
- Susanna Timko
- Joseph John Timko Jr.
- Stephen Michael Timko
- Elizabeth Margaret Timko
- Edward John Timko
- Albert James Timko
- Emma Marie Timko
- Dorothy Alice Timko
Their Grandchildren
The children of Joseph and Anna gave their parents 38 grandchildren. Twenty-one of them were male and 17 were female. A remarkable "feat" by anyone's standards. (Listed in order of birth.)
- Elizabeth Jane Petrilla
- Paul Albert Petrilla
- John David Petrilla
- Joseph Ronald Timko
- Robert Michael Politsky
- Stephen Michael Timko
- Dean Jerome Timko
- Susan Margaret Timko
- Joyce Marie Timko
- Albert James Timko Jr.
- George Edward Timko Jr.
- Allen Jeffrey Timko
- Edward Anthony Grohosky Jr.
- James Joseph Campbell
- Emily Jo Burin
- Edward John Timko Jr.
- Joanne Louise Timko
- Sara Anne Campbell
- Sheryl Ann Timko
- Kenneth Joseph Timko
- Janice Lynn Burin
- Paulette Suzette Timko
- Thomas Michael Burin
- Erica Megan Grohosky
- Donald Judson Timko
- John Joseph Timko
- George Michael Campbell
- Melisa Lynne Grohosky
- Jeannette Francis Timko
- Louise Karen Timko
- Margaret Louise Timko
- Randall Gerard Grohosky
- Elizabeth Therese Campbell
- Marjorie Anne Campbell
- Mary Beth Timko
- Dorothy Marie Campbell
- Timothy James Timko
- Ronald Lawrence Timko