Helen Bell Death Certificate

Helen Bell Pollack Kozub

Soon, I will be turning my attention away from August Kozub and his parents Alexander and Irene Kozub. I will try to find the ancestors of August's wife Helen Bell Pollack.

Here are two pictures of her:

Helen Bell Pollack Kozub

Helen Bell Pollack with her daughter Dorothy and her son Al.

Cleveland, Ohio Connection

Note to self:

Irene Kelly Kozub had three siblings who lived in Cleveland, Ohio:  Michael Kelly, Konstant Kelly and Helena Kelly Elias. They all died there.

Perhaps that was the draw for Irene's son August Kozub and his wife Helen Pollack?

Irene's other sibling Augustin lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Only five of Petrus and Helena Kelly's 10 children (9 living) came to America.

Visiting the Graves

On April 4, 2013, I drove to Perth Amboy, NJ for the second time. This time, I knew exactly where to find Alexander and Irene Kozub. They are buried at St. John The Baptist Orthodox Church Cemetery. My parents, my brother and my children joined me in the outing. For me, this trek was the culmination of a year's worth of research. It was important to me that we visit the graves of the first people that came to America in the Kozub family. Although we have no record of the sacrifices they made to come here, we can at least acknowledge that they existed.

This cemetary is clearly marked and well taken care of.

View from the front gate. Note that there is an additional larger section of the cemetary across the street.

Alexander 1856 to 1935 and Irene 1866 to 1942.

Me with my great-great grandparents Alexander and Irene Kozub.

My dad with his great grandparents Alexander and Irene Kozub.

Alexander and Irene's youngest son Anthony was buried here too, but we did not find his grave. However, we did take a picture of another Kozub grave. I haven't figured out who Michael and Anna Kozub are yet.

We also went over to Broad Street. I showed my family where Irene Kozub was living in 1942. (Along with her neighbors: brother-in-law Peter Kozub and nephew Alexander.) We also checked out the church they attended (on Broad Street) where Alexander was a cantor:

St. John the Baptist Greek Cathothic Church.

This building is across the street from the church. It says, "Greek Catholic Carpatho-Rusin Ben. Assn. Liberty"

I wonder what this building was used for. It was across the street from the church.