According to his USA entry papers, Jan R. Perucki was born 24 October 1886 in Turka nad Stryjem which I believe to now be the area known as Ukrainets, Mykolaiv, Ukraine (this is not certain).
Jan Perucki listed his country of origin as "Ruthenia". We believe his father to have been Józef Perucki. We are told Jan's brothers were named Leopold and Victor. We are told that his sisters were Adele, Wiska and Wladyslawa Peruka.
When I was young, we were told that Leopold, Victor, Wiska and Victor remained in Turka nad Stryjem. Jan immigrated to the States in the 1890's where he and his sons became coal miners and helped found the Polish National Catholic Church in Peckville, PA and the Spojnia Farm in Waymart, PA.
Jan corresponded with his siblings until his death in 1941. My understanding is that at the beginning of WW2, his uncles Victor and Leopold were killed. The three sisters left their homes and resided in Iran during the remainder of the conflict.
When the (Polish speaking) sisters left Iran, it is said they moved to Warsaw (this is not certain). Following the war, the American family provided some financial assistance to the surviving family in Poland. In the mid 1970's my grandfather (Jan's son, Leopold Perucki) visited Poland with his wife, Mary Wilk Perucki accompanied by the Priest of their church in Peckville.
No records of that visit survive and the US family has lost contact with their relations in Poland. Part of the problem was that in lieu of proper names, the Perucki family in the US referred to each other (and to family in Poland) by nicknames. This is further complicated by the fact that our elders in the States continued to speak Polish among themselves, especially when discussing old family issues. So those of us who never learned the language were left out.
Any constructive commentary or assistance fleshing out the Perucki family or the places and time is welcome.
Thank you all in advance for your time.
Jan Perucki listed his country of origin as "Ruthenia". We believe his father to have been Józef Perucki. We are told Jan's brothers were named Leopold and Victor. We are told that his sisters were Adele, Wiska and Wladyslawa Peruka.
When I was young, we were told that Leopold, Victor, Wiska and Victor remained in Turka nad Stryjem. Jan immigrated to the States in the 1890's where he and his sons became coal miners and helped found the Polish National Catholic Church in Peckville, PA and the Spojnia Farm in Waymart, PA.
Jan corresponded with his siblings until his death in 1941. My understanding is that at the beginning of WW2, his uncles Victor and Leopold were killed. The three sisters left their homes and resided in Iran during the remainder of the conflict.
When the (Polish speaking) sisters left Iran, it is said they moved to Warsaw (this is not certain). Following the war, the American family provided some financial assistance to the surviving family in Poland. In the mid 1970's my grandfather (Jan's son, Leopold Perucki) visited Poland with his wife, Mary Wilk Perucki accompanied by the Priest of their church in Peckville.
No records of that visit survive and the US family has lost contact with their relations in Poland. Part of the problem was that in lieu of proper names, the Perucki family in the US referred to each other (and to family in Poland) by nicknames. This is further complicated by the fact that our elders in the States continued to speak Polish among themselves, especially when discussing old family issues. So those of us who never learned the language were left out.
Any constructive commentary or assistance fleshing out the Perucki family or the places and time is welcome.
Thank you all in advance for your time.