Sat 7/18/2020 12:58 PM Hello John, My grandfather Andrew Elcik was born here in Lisbon Falls, Maine in 1911 ( died 1995 on Long Island ), and it was my great grandfather John Ilcik who came here thru Ellis Island in the early 1900s (don’t have an exact date but early 1900’s NOT 1940’s or…
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Ellis Island
Sat 7/18/2020 1:01 PM John, Interesting. I know my Great Grandfather John Elcik, born in Slovakia in the 1880s, came to NY thru Ellis Island in the early 1900s and then settled in Maine. John Elcik (NY) | Tel # 631-854-9342…
A Family Mystery?
Fri, Aug 7, 2020, at 12:17 PM Cousins, etc., Is there is a relation that connects the waves of Elcik (Elick, Elsik) families that immigrated to America in the 1880s? I can connect two as being us. We share a common heritage (Austria/Hungary/Slovakia), surname, and given names; specifically, John and James. We all settled initially…
Lisbon Historical Society
On Sun, Sep 20, 2020, at 5:26 PM Lisbon Historical Society <lisbonhistsoc@gmail.com>, YES. How do you do this?? The name on the gravestone is Ilcik, which was his name when he arrived at Ellis Island. George, as a surviving son, was Bob Elcik’s father. Bob was in Jack’s class. How do you find these obituaries?…
Re: Goldie
Fri 2/5/2021 11:04 PM John, After reading the explanations of Slovak names’ spelling and especially upon their arrival at Ellis Island, it makes sense to me the different spellings of Elcik/cikIlcrik on gravestones. Possibly both Ilciks, your great grandfather, and John NY’s great grandfather used that spelling when they lived in this country. I…
Brick Wall Breakthrough
Sun 3/14/2021 12:53 PM Fantastic Four, I want to celebrate! One of the larger goals of my ancestry research has been to see if we could establish a relationship between the two Elcik families, which I have been referring to as the “Elsik” and the “Ilcik” families. Specifically, I have been attempting to link my…