Illinois Group

Michael Hajostek
Birth; Slovakia, 1888
Father; George Hajostek
Mother; Suzanne Rusznack
Died; Mercer County, Illinois, USA, 1972
Burried; Viola County, Illinois,Viola Catholic Cemetery
Immigration; SS Pannonia, 1905, last residence Palyin, Slovakia
Life; wife Maria Valiska, farming; brother Andras in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
Decendants; Hajosteks in Mercer County, Aledo and Rock Island, Illinois.
Data Files;
Birth Record; not found (see Note, below)
Census; cen30_7.jpg---Mercer County, Illinois
Immigration; SS Empress Of Ireland Palyin to Fiume to Phoenixville --------m_MH_05.jpg
Death--DCrt_MH_IL.jpg

The above documentation is by Susan Allsup Hajostek, Chelsea, Iowa, USA, 1982 (deceased)
Immigration Info; SS Empress Of Ireland, 1913; last residence, Palin, Slovakia
The SS Empress Of Ireland collided with the Norwegian coal freighter Storstad in a fog bank
off Quebec, Canada in 1914. The ship sank within fourteen mimutes, killing 1012 passengers
and crew.There were 465 survivers.

Andras Hajostek
Birth; Also Ruzbach 34, Slovakia, 1884
Father; Joseph Hajostek
Mother; Maria Liminek
Died;
Burried;
Immigration; SS Lahn to Johnstown, PA, SS Frankfort to Riddlesburg, PA
Life; wife Mary; lived in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania--US 1920 Federal Census--Cen_20_
Decendants; unknown (possibility, did not marry?)
Data Files;
Birth Record; Mscan_A42.jpg born November 19, 1884, Also Ruzbach 34
Immigration; Also Ruzbach to Johnstown, PA, October, 1901------------M_AH_01.jpg
Immigration; Also Ruzbach to Riddlesburg, PA, June, 1901-----------M_AH_01x.jpg
Census; cen20_AHpa.jpg(Carbon Township, PA)
Death; possibly in Pennsylvania.

Note; there is some confusion about the authenticity of the family hearsay here.
Fact; Michael Hajostek immigrated from Palyin to Phoenixville to be with brother, Andras.
Fact; Andras born in Ruzbach in 1884.
Fact; no birth record for Michael found in Palyin church records.

Possibility; Hajosteks moved from Ruzbach to Palyin (Levoca) in 1860's?

More work needed here.