Paul John Timko

Paul John Timko

Born June 29, 1909 in Six Mile Run in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Fifth oldest child of Stephen Timko Sr and Maria Kenderes.

Description

In early photographs, Paul was shown to be a man of average height and weight with the facial features typical of someone of Slavic descent. He was a clean shaved man who stood about five foot, nine inches and had a fair complexion. He had brown hair, brown eyes.

Early Years

• Childhood
• Siblings
  • Stephen Timko Jr.
  • Joseph John Timko Sr.
  • Andrew George Timko
  • John Joseph Timko
  • Michael Joseph Timko
  • Anna Margaret Timko

Naturalization

Documentation:

On July 7, 1921, while Paul was born in America, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States of America when his father applied for citizenship.

The family name of Csanovsky:

On Paul's brother Joseph’s naturalization documents, which were filed in Indiana, Pennsylvania, it stated that when his mother Mary and her three sons (Joseph, Andrew and John) entered this country under the surname of Csanovsky. Documents from Ellis Island support this revelation but neither set of documents offer any explanation for the use of a second surname. One reason offered by relatives for the use of the surname Csanovsky was the existence of an immigration quota system that would have excluded them had they tried to enter the United States under the name of Timko. However, I have a problem with this explanation. It would imply that the family stated their surname and discovered that the country was too full of Timkos. And if that was the case, upon learning this valuable bit of information, did they simply tell the customs official, “I made a mistake. My real surname is Csanovsky.” There has to be more to the story.

And there is one additional point that should be included with this discussion of surnames. The father’s surname recorded on Joseph’s birth certificate from Slovakia was Istvan Timko Csanovsky. The name Csanovsky was used fourteen years prior to Joseph’s immigration. Whether the original surname of the family was Csanovsky or Timko, we may never know. All we know for certain was the surname Csanovsky was used to enter the United States and for some reason abandoned in favor of the surname Timko. While both the Csanovsky & Timko names were recorded on early documentation, only the surname Timko survived.

Family Years

How Paul came to meet his future wife Elizabeth Mary Dankovich an only be a matter for speculation. It is known that the Slovak miners lived in very close-knit communities where everyone knew everyone else. Perhaps they met during a church social or through mutual friends or simply as neighbors. No matter, the county records show they were married on February 16, 1935 in Dixonville, Indiana County, PA.

Never the next seventeen years, the young couple would have four children: two boys - Paul Steve and Thomas Richard Timko, and two girls - Dorothy Alice and Elizabeth Delores.

The four children of Paul and Betty are as follows;

• Dorothy Alice Timko
• Paul Steve Timko
• Elizabeth Delores Timko
• Thomas Richard Timko

Working Years

Paul John Timko when he was a coal miner.

Worked as an machine assembler for the Taylor Winfield Corporation for 25 years. He previously worked as a coal miner while living in Indiana County, Pennsylvania.

Death

Paul died from a acute myocardial infarction) on June 16, 1991 at Warren General Hospital in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio.

He was buried on June 19, 1991 at All Souls Cemetery in Cortland, Trumbull County, Ohio.