James Edward Elek

John married Susan Marie Habib. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edward married Mary Magdalene Maskelis on 09 Apr 1932 in St. Anthony Church, 1750 Twenty-Fifth Ave, Detroit, Mi, USA. Mary (daughter of John Maskialis and Anna Kedanyte) was born on 09 Sep 1906 in Wyoming, PA, Luzerne County, USA; died on 05 Dec 1969 in Oakwood Hospital, Dearborn, Wayne County, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Aunt Mary's delayed birth record states that her birthday was September 9, 1906, but the baptism record shows that her birthdate was September 7, 1906.

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John Maskelis, my grandfather. Records are mostly from family. I do have the
marriage certificate (copy) from St. Casimer's Church, Pittston, PA. The church
has been closed down and all of the records have been sent over to the church
in Wyoming. I have lots of more records thru this church for the family and I have updated the church with what records that I have. I know their exact where-a-bouts in the year 1910, but am unable to located them on the cencus
rolls. They were still in Luzerne County, PA in that year. It was a few years
later that grandpa and Edward (his eldest son) came to Michigan to investigate
the automobile factory that Henry Ford had built to make cars. Grandpa wanted
to get his sons out of the coal mining industry. Grandpa liked what he saw here
and went back to get his family to move here (MI). They lived on Olivet Street in
Detroit until they bought their home on Norman. Grandpa is buried at Woodmere
Cemetary, Detroit, MI, Lot #112, Section Oak Ridge. Grandpa is also listed as John Maskialis in the Plat Book Records.

Elaine Maskelis Besco

John married Anna Kedanyte on 02 Jan 1902 in St. Casimir's Church, Pittston, PA, USA. Anna (daughter of Ignas Kedanis and Marijona Levickaite) was born on 01 Oct 1883 in Lapiskupinas Village, Rudimina Town, Lithuania; died on 15 Jul 1965 in Nursing Home, Allen Park, MI, Wayne County, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Ona Kedanyte", my grandmother. I have an original baptizmal certificate of grandma which Reverend Father Butkus has translated into an official document
in English for me. It was thru him that I leared so much about the last names and
the spellings of the last names. For instance, my grandmother was baptized
Ona Kendanyte, but once she married, her name became Ona Kedanis. And, of
course, now living in the US Ona became Anna. Grandma took in boarders, and
she saved every penny!! All of her children got a good education and that is what she saved every penny for. Grandma is buried in Woodmere Cemetary, Detroit, MI., Lot #112, Section Oak Ridge. Grandma is also listed as Ona Maskialis in the Plat Book Records.
The death certificate lists grandma's parents as Father - Kedanyte Maskelias and Mother - Ann Levckaite. This is incorrect. Her Father was Ignas Kedanis and her Mother was Marijona Levickaite. Official documention from her birth certificate, Birth Register #214, yr 1883, Rudamina Roman Catholic Parish, Diocese of Vilkaviskis, Republic of Lithuania.

Elaine Maskelis Besco