FIRST GENERATION IMMIGRANT TO USA
SEE Nick Krosky (1887 - 1958)

NEW YORK PASSENGER ARRIVALS LIST ELLIS ISLAND
Roll 445, vol 848-850, 10 Apr 1904-11 Apr 1904
Scroll down for typed name of Matrona Krolewska on Image 568:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G16P-9VL8?i=567&cc=1368704

Image 584, entry No. 45, is handwritten name of Matrona Krolewska, held for her cousin Tekla:
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Ellis Island organization online:
Name: Krolewska, Matrona
Ethnicity: Galicy, Ruthenian
Place of Residence: Rostoka
Date of Arrival: April 11, 1904
Age on Arrival: 20y
Gender: F
Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Brandenburg
Point of Departure: Bremen, Germany

Coming to visit friend
Name: Dudra, Tekla
Ethnicity: Aust Ruthenian
Place of Residence: Rozdzsck
Date of Arrival: December 22, 1903
Age of Arrival: 16y
Gender: F
Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Main
Point of Departure: Bremen, Germany

Unknown if Samuel arrived on the same ship as Matrona. It is a possibility that he was aboard the same ship. [1930 Census states that Samuel immigrated in 1900.]

According to Matrona Krosky's daughter, Mary Krosky Mikolanda, Matrona married Samuel Chorostyak (pronounced with a silent "C").

According to Matrona Krosky's daughter, Doris Krosky Kerekes, the spelling may have been Choros ciak, or possibly Choros chak.

***According to G. Babyak Traxler (Find A Grave site manager 48125074), surname may have been Choroszczak (silent "C") or Chroszczak.

Samuel and Matrona later took on the last name, Krosky, after Nick Krosky who was a boarder at the house. Thus, "Mary Krosky". [The 1930 Census states that Nick Krosky immigrated to USA in 1904.]
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OBITUARY
Mary Krosky, 103, a resident at Ohio Extended Care Center, Lorain OH, died Thursday morning 5/26/1988 at Lorain Community Hospital following a long illness.

Born in Nowy Sacz, Ukraine, she moved to New York in 1904, and lived in Bentleyville, PA for several years before moving to Lorain in 1920. She had been a resident at Ohio Extended Care Center since 1981.

Mrs. Krosky was a founding member of St. Mary Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Lorain, where she was formerly active in the guild of the church. She was a member of Ukrainian National Aid Association Branch 87, and Ukrainian National Association 50.

Surviving are sons, John of Cave City, Arkansas; Mike of Avon Lake, OH; and Raymond of Lorain; daughters, Mary Mikolanda of Lorain; Mrs. Alexander (Helen) Vangeloff and Kathryn "Kay" Kovacs, both of St. Petersburg, Florida; and Mrs. Joseph (Doris) Kerekes of Amherst OH; 15 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Samuel, in 1938; and a daughter, Julia Sabota, in 1967.

Friends may call today from 6-9 at John R. Dovin Funeral Home, Lorain, where a Parastas service will be held this evening at 7:30 P.m. There will be a blessing Saturday at 12:30 P.m. in the funeral home, followed by funeral services at 1 p.m. at St. Mary Ukrainian Orthodox Church with Rev. John Bruchok officiating. Burial will follow in Ridge Hill Memorial Park, Amherst OH.
Obituary published in Elyria Chronicle Telegram, Elyria OH, Friday 5/27/1988.
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https://www.britannica.com/place/Nowy-Sacz
http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CN%5CO%5CNowySJ8cz.htm
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1930 US Census
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GR8W-D4Y?i=31&cc=1810731
The KROSKY family
3510 Lowell Ave, Lorain OH USA
House owned and valued at $2000
2 bedroom, 1 bath home
https://goo.gl/maps/JSzfwqHt2cq
- Samuel (56) born 1874, immigration 1900, core maker steel mill
- "Matroma" Krosky (42), born 1888, immigration 1904
Samuel & "Matroma" & their parents born in Ukraine
- Mary (20) seamstress cloth factory, John (18) sailor Great Lakes boats, Kathyran (14), Julia (13), Mike (11), all born in Pennsylvania; with Helen (10) and Doris (3) born in Ohio.
- Nick Krosky (46) boarder, born 1884, immigration 1904. Nick & his parents born in Ukraine
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1940 US Census
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9M1-3JW3?i=12&cc=2000219
The KROSKY family
3510 Lowell Ave, Lorain OH USA
House owned and valued at $3000
- Matrona Krosky (54), head of household, widowed, born approximate 1886 in Poland
- John (28) oiler Great Lakes boats freight, Julia (23) waitress restaurant, Mike (21) plating at nickel & chrome plating company, all born in Pennsylvania; with Helen (20) nurses aid hospital, Doris (13) and Raymond (9), all born in Ohio.
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Anna Krosky born 24 Jun 1914, died 17 Jul 1928
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In her later life, at least since the 1950's, Mary Krosky lived in her son John's house at 1111 West 23rd St., Lorain OH 44052. John worked on the Great Lakes freighters and returned home during the freezing winter months. Mary Krosky's daughters Mary (Otto "Mickey") Mikolanda, Julia (Al) Sabota, and Doris (Joe) Kerekes, with their families, lived in houses nearby in that central Lorain Ohio neighborhood. Doris and Joe later moved to Amherst Ohio, then to Florida.
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REMEMBRANCES - by Elaine Caldwell, Detroit Michigan
I unpacked some boxes from under the stairs
That were sitting all dusty, for so many years
Not knowing what treasures that I would uncover
Imagine my pleasure, when I did discover...

Some pictures and film, from thirty years past
And other mementos, that I had amassed
Looking at faces, a hard fact would dawn
that most of these people I knew, were now gone.

A sadness and quiet enveloped, that day
As I went through the photos and put them away
My family and loved ones so gentle and kind
Went on, but their presence is etched in my mind.

They will be remembered, this box will be found
Someday in the future when I'm not around
And grandkids will look at the photos and see
The picture and film that were taken, by me.