PHOTO OF THE WEEK
This photo is of John Oschip, Piza (Turenchalk) Oschip and Demetrius (Metro) Oschip. John (Janos) was Metro's father. John came to the United States from the present day region of Podkarpackie, Poland, an area in Southeast Poland. He came to work in the Pennsylvania coal mines in the early 1900s but could not convince his wife to come with him. He died some time after 1920 after going back to Poland. Metro was also born in the Podkarpackie region, possibly more specifically Jaworzec, Poland. Metro was "arranged" to marry Piza Turenchalk and did so on September 16, 1916. Piza came to the United States from Jablonki, Podkarpackie, Poland when she was about 2-4 years old. When she married Metro, she was only 12 years old. Piza and Metro went on to have 11 children, the oldest Mary Oschip (my Gram) was born in 1917. I have put together much of this information on my own, but had some details filled in by my wonderful Aunt Jean via a family history project she completed years ago! Thanks, Aunt Jean!
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| Left to Right: John Oschip, Piza (Turenchalk) Oschip & Metro Oschip Circa 1916-1920 |
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