Jennifer Leigh Sneed

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Family/Spouse: Ronald J. Leary. Ronald was born on 28 Jun 1935; died on 28 Dec 2011. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jennifer married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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James married Betty Jo Vitosky on 4 Jun 1944 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA. Betty (daughter of Joseph John Vitosky and Magdalena\Madelyn Barbara Grych) was born on 15 Jan 1925 in Kaufman, Kaufman County, Texas, USA; died on 22 Jan 2015 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA; was buried on 27 Jan 2015 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA, Calvary Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married in St.Augustine Church by Father Pechall who was possibly a relative of Joseph J. Vitosky, Betty's father. Father Pechall served St. Augustine's in Dallas and a church in Kaufman at the same time.

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May 24, 1961; Dallas Morning News
Requiem Mass for Joseph John Vitosky, 65, of Dallas, a retired café owner and operator, will be celebrated Wednesday in St. Edward's Catholic Church, with the Rt. Rev. Msgr. John P. Brady as celebrant. Rosary was recited Tuesday. Burial will be in Calvary Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Vitosky died unexpectedly Monday in Valliant, OK, while on a fishing trip. A native of Alma, Ellis County, he had been a bank employee in Kaufman County before coming to
Dallas 35 years ago.
Survivors are his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Miloty Wilson of Winona, MN, and Mrs. Betty Sneed of Dallas; his mother, Mrs. Frances Anna Vitosky of Dallas; three sisters, Mrs.
Mary Kopcek, Mrs. Rose Bozek and Mrs. Millie Nunally of Dallas; four brothers, William, Roger, Edward, and Frank Vitosky of Dallas, and five grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be George Hamilton, Alfred Zapp, B. J. Sebastian, Tommy Collum, Lonnie Collum, and Johnnie Frith.

Joseph + Magdalena\Madelyn Barbara Grych. Magdalena\Madelyn (daughter of Lawrence Grych and Apolona "Paula" Fojut) was born on 22 Sep 1896 in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA; died on 16 Nov 1986 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA; was buried in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA, Calvary Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Passport Issued: 18 Oct 1901

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Came to U.S. when he was twelve. Came through Galveston. Boat sank in ocean. Other ship rescued it. Sand was under boat. Came to U.S. because of taxes to King. Couldn't make enough to eat.

Joseph married Frances Anna Hubacek on 28 Jan 1896 in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA. Frances (daughter of John C. (Jan) Hubacek, Sr. and Frantiska Slovacek) was born on 21 Jul 1876 in Velikova, Zlin District, Moravia, Czechia; died on 9 Sep 1965 in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA; was buried on 11 Sep 1965 in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA, St. Joseph Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Immigration: 1885

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• Immigration: 5 May 1881, New York City, New York County, New York, USA

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The following obituary indicates that Larry Grych was born in Vienna, Austira. His second wife's naturalization papers, however, indicate that Larry was born in Hrabin, Poland. This may be a variation of Polish spelling for Grabin, or Grabinny so we are sticking with Grabinny as his birthplace so far.

These same naturalization papers also indicate that Larry entered the country in New York on May 5, 1881, but we have not yet been able to find a passenger manifest in 1881 showing him as a passenger.

After migrating to Bremond, Robertson County, Texas, where there was a considerable settlement of Polish immigrants and specifically some from the Grych family, Larry did move to Ennis, Texas, and he initially took a job with the railroad there. He apparently lost his leg in a railroad accident and then started his cafe in Ennis.

Obituary from Ennis Daily News, 8-21-1959:

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Larry Grych, 92, Dies Today In Dallas

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Larry Grych, 92, who had been residing in Dallas for the past seven years with a daughter, Mrs. Flora Brown, died at 1 a.m. today in a Dallas hospital after a long illness.
Grych was born June 22, 1867 in Vienna Austria and came to the U.S.A. at the age of 14 settling in New York. He moved to Bremond when he was 16 years old and started working for the Southern Pacific Railroad.
At the age of 18 he moved to Ennis and lived here until seven years ago when he moved to Dallas. He was a charter member of the BofRT.
He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Joe Vitovsky, Mrs. Brown and Miss Leona Grych, all of Dallas; one stepdaughter, Miss Agnes Grych currently of Paris, France: one stepson, Frank Grych of Chicago; six grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren, one half-brother, Henry Borek of Midland; one half-sister, Mrs. Kate Borkouek of Bremond; a number of nieces and nephews and other relatives.
Rosary will be recited tonight at 8 p.m. in the Bunch/Funeral Chapel.
Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday at St. Jon's Catholic Church with interment in St. Joseph's cemetery.

Lawrence married Apolona "Paula" Fojut on 21 Jan 1891 in , Robertson County, Texas, USA. Apolona (daughter of Joseph Fojut and Michalina "Minnie" Jezak) was born on 4 May 1872 in Salem, Cook County, Illinois (?)/Salem, Marion County, Illinois; died on 20 Jun 1913 in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA; was buried in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA, St. Joseph Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Ethnicity/Relig.:
Polish (Gene Kridler Letter 5-20-91)