Sandra Lynn Maskelis

Family/Spouse: Dean Hoffman. Dean was born between 1932 and 1958; died on 07 Oct 1987. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Morris Enos. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Steven Everett Enos
2. Jeffrey Martin Enos

Edward married Nancy Lee Parrow. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Edward (my uncle) the eldest son on John and Anna Maskelis. He was born in Wyoming, PA, Luzurne County September 8, 1902 by midwife. Baptised September 12, 1902 at St. Casimir's Church in Pittston, PA. His godparents were: Matthew Launikaitis and Anna Greulick. Married Francis Kairuinas on October 3, 1926 at St. Anthony's (Lithuanian) Church, 1750 Twenty-Fifth Street, Detroit, MI. Edward worked at US Rubber in Detroit. As a youngster he worked in the coal mines with Grandpa.He was known as a "coal breaker". And because of this job at the mines, his face had become "pitted" from the coal chips hitting his face. Grandpa moved Ed and the family out of PA and the coal mine industry in 1916 moving them to Detroit to seek imployment at the new automobile factory built by Henry Ford. Ed worked at US Rubber in Detroit, MI. He was a tire maker. Uncle Ed is buried at Woodmere Cemetary, Detroit, MI, Lot# 97, Section Crest Haven.
(Some records show Edward as being born September 9, but the official records at St. Caismir' s show Edward born September 8, l902.)

Elaine Maskelis Besco

Edward married Frances Patricia Kairunus on 03 Oct 1926 in St. Anthony Church, 1750 Twenty-Fifth Ave, Detroit, Mi, USA. Frances was born on 27 Sep 1901 in Thomas, West Virginia, USA; died on 16 Dec 1990 in Detroit, MI, Wayne County, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Frances, wife of Edward, was born in West Virginia. All information regarding Aunt Francis and her family, I have gotten from their eldest daughter Ruth. Francis was the second of eleven childred born Michael Kairnus and Anna (Kablitis). She is buried at Woodmere Cemetary, Detroit, MI, Lot# 97, Section
Crest Haven.
Her death certificate lists her parents as Michael Kairunus and Anna Kedanis. Her mother was Anna Kablitis.

Elaine Maskelis Besco

Notes:

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]

Notes:

"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