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Fearless Females Blog Post: March 14: In the News

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March 14 — Newsmakers? Did you have a female ancestor who made the news? Why? Was she famous or notorious? Did she appear in the social column?

[Note: This post originally ran during the Fearless Females series in March 2010]

My ancestors were working class immigrants so there wasn’t much of a chance for them to appear in the social columns of the local newspapers. I have mounted copy of my paternal grandmother’s obituary from 1966 that appeared in the Daily News in McKeesport, PA. The funeral home provided it to the family.


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Fearless Females Blog Post: March 31: Mini-Profile

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March 31 — Pick one female ancestor and write a mini-profile (500 words or less).


[Note: This post originally ran during the Fearless Females series in March 2010]


I decided to write a profile for my grandmother’s sister, Anna Fencsak Bavolar.



Anna Fencsak Bavolar was born on May 15, 1893 to Ilona and Mihaly Fencsak in Freeland, PA. She arrived in America in 1911, and was matched for marriage to George Bavolar by her sister, Mary Ceyba. Not long after the birth of her first daughter, Mary, Anna returned to Slovakia to care for her mother, who was ill and now re-married to Mihaly Zelenak. During that time Anna experienced conflict with her step-father who was a possessive person and did not want Anna there looking after her mother. Ilona died in 1917, but World War I delayed Anna’s return home until 1920. Anna and her husband eventually had four more children. Anna’s son George was killed trying to jump on a moving truck.


Anna died in 1959 from “myocardial infarction,” and “congestive heart failure.”


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Fearless Females Blog Post: March 11: Tragic or Unexpected Death

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March 11 — Did you have any female ancestors who died young or from tragic or unexpected circumstances? Describe and how did this affect the family.


[Note: This post originally ran during the Fearless Females series in March 2010]


My grand (great) Aunt Mary Fencsak Ceyba died in June of 1929 from tuberculosis. She was 38 years old and left behind five children John, Anna, George, Margaret and Helen. Right after her death her husband remarried a widowed neighbor woman who had five children of her own. Mary’s son, George, told me that life after his mother’s death was difficult.



I wrote about Mary in a case study for the January 2008 issue of Internet Genealogy.



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Fearless Females: March 11: Tragic or Unexpected Deaths

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March 11 — Did you have any female ancestors who died young or from tragic or unexpected circumstances? Describe and how did this affect the family.


[Note: This post originally ran during the Fearless Females series in March 2010]



My grand (great) Aunt Mary Fencsak Ceyba died in June of 1929 from tuberculosis. She was 38 years old and left behind five children John, Anna, George, Margaret and Helen. Right after her death her husband remarried a widowed neighbor woman who had five children of her own. Mary’s son, George, told me that life after his mother’s death was difficult.



I wrote about Mary in a case study for the January 2008 issue of Internet Genealogy.


Copyright, 2011, Lisa A. Alzo

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