My great grandmother left Slovakia for the US in 1920, and I’m hopeful she was a Czechoslovak citizen at the time. Her father died that year, but her mother survived until 1940. This screen shot is from my great grandmother’s marriage license in 1911. I’m aware that it lists the bride as Anna Pauliková (Anna Paulyik on her baptism register) and her parents as Michal and Anna (Hamolak) Paulik. It shows a birthday of March 10, 1893 and a place of residence as Malý Ruskov. It’s the other stuff I’m having trouble deciphering & translating. Mostly I’m curious if there is anything on here that will help me narrow down which Malý Ruskov 1930 census document to look for my great great grandmother on. I’ll
go through them one by one if I have to, but I’d rather not unless necessary.
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She is (was) greek catholic. I cannot really decipher her work.
Then there is note, that her father is “nebožtík” means deceased.
There is nothing more on this document.
Afaik there is only one Maly Ruskov in Slovakia near Trebisov.
Date of birth seems April 10, not March.
There is nothing more really in this document, only that she was “domáca” (housemaid or landlady?), “gr. kat.” means Greek Catholic and her father “nebohý Michal …” – deceased Michal…
Name and surname, employment (position), religion, age, residence of the bride:
Anna Paulikova, homemaker, Greek Catholic, born 4/10/1893, resides in Maly Ruskov
Name and surname of parents of the bride:
deceased Michal Paulik, Anna Homolakova
The village of Malý Ruskov does not currently exist. However, in the past, the village of Malý Ruskov did exist, but in 1964, it was merged with the village of Veľký Ruskov. In 1930, Malý Ruskov still existed as an independent village. It was only later, after the merger, that it became part of Veľký Ruskov, which today is called Nový Ruskov, located in the Trebišov district.
I don’t know if there were other villages named Malý Ruskov, but probably not. Trebišov is in the eastern part of Slovakia, which would explain the “Ruskov” in the village’s name, as the closer you are to Russia (Rusko in Slovak), the more likely it is that a village would have a similar name. Also, the majority of people emigrated from eastern and northern Slovakia at that time.
I hope this helped, at least a little.