Magadalena (Margaret) HORWATH[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]  1895 - 1962

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• Birth	22 May 1895	Skalat, Skalaja Podol'skaja, Ternopil, Ukraine
  Gender	Female
  IMMI	1912  [7]
  Died	17 May 1962	Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA   [8]
  Buried	Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
  Person ID	I406	Wanicki/Rozhon and Kapusta/Jemiola
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2006 16:55:15
  Father	Michael HORWATH, b. Abt 1870, Krowia, , , Poland
  Mother	Margareta DOLKOWSKI, b. Abt 1870, , , , Poland
  Family ID	F8	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Frantiszek (Frank) MYCZKOWSKI, b. 13 Sep 1889, Przemysl, Noi Miasto, , Poland
  Married	15 May 1915	Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
  Children	1. Stanley MYCZKOWSKI, b. 11 Sep 1916, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA > 2. Bernice MYCZKOWSKI, b. 16 Jun 1919, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA > 3. Helen Janina MYCZKOWSKI, b. 21 May 1922, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA > 4. Edward (Myczkowski) MITCHELL, b. 18 Apr 1926, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Konstantine BURAK, b. 18 Dec 1891, Minsk, , , Russia
  Married	18 Feb 1928	Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
  Children	> 1. Leonard Thomas BURAK, b. 18 May 1929, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA > 2. John BURAK, b. 15 Dec 1930, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
  Family ID	F6	Group Sheet

• Photos		Horwath, Margaret
  		Horwath, Margaret - 1954 - Age 59
  		Horwath, Margaret - 1958 - Age: 63
  		Burak Family - 1933 John (on Konstantine's lap), Konstantine, Bernice, Edward, Helen, Margaret, Leonard
  Headstones		Myczkowski, Frank and Margaret (Horwath) Burak Status: Located. Calvary Cemetery Section 21, Lot 136 Go thru tunnel, turn left, turn right on next road. Grave is on the hill to the left, close to the top. MYCZKOWSKI OJCIEC (Father) MATKA (Mother) Frantiszek Margaret Burak 1890 - 1927 1895 - 1962

• Notes

  Skalat Location: Tarnopol district, Ukraine Latitude/Longitude: 49°26´/25°59´ Skalat was a small town of maybe 5,000 half of which was Jewish. The Horwath's lived just across the road from the schoolhouse. The teacher, whom they called "The Professor", wore a large handlebar mustache and when annoyed, he'd twist the end of it. Margaret's mother frequently gave him milk and eggs (which suggests that they owned cows and chickens). He was very good friends with her brother, Henry, which implies that Henry was the oldest and possibly close in age. Because they were so close to a school, the children were educated and couldn't play hooky. Typical housing of the times were cottages in the "zre~bowo-sl~upowa" style, a.k.a. a thatched hip roof. The exterior of the farmhouses and buildings are brown - weathered wood. The farm buildings were laid out to form a square or rectangular central yard. The typical farm had a cottage for the family and separate building for the livestock and a barn. A middle-size peasant farm from the second half of the 19th century has an interior consisting of a large room called the _s~wietlica_, a small room, and a sleeping chamber. In the large room there is a large stove called a_sabatnik_ with an open fireplace, bread oven and a special place at the back of the stove for sleeping. In the small room there is a fireplace. The living spaces are whitewashed with blue stenciling on the walls. The fireplace might have a small embroidered mantel cloth. Each farmhouse had a corner of the room set aside for the bed(s). Rich and poor peasant alike followed the same tradition of surrounding their sleeping area with holy pictures and a crucifix. The pictures of Jesus and Mary were hung on the wall and decorated with paper or strawflowers. We know very little about the Horwath family and their circumstances except that they probably had cows, chickens and lots of fruit trees. They probably owned several acres of land. The house had beds built into the walls and a separate pantry off the kitchen. The bedding included feather pillows and covers. These facts don't sound like a poor family's account. In fact, Margaret had many beaded dresses and purses stored away in a trunk during the 1920's which don't sound like a poor immigrant's wardrobe, either. Many neighborhood people said that her accent was high class, so the possibility exists that the family was at least a little well-to-do before coming over to America. Margaret said she was a tomboy as a child and would frequently climb up into the fruit trees. Her brother, Henry, would yell at her to stay out of the trees and once left her hanging by her foot when she lost her balance and got it caught in a branch, to teach her a lesson. On another occasion, she crawled up into a cherry tree and fell, biting through her tongue. Her father had probably died sometime while Margaret was young because the stories she told about her brother seemed to imply that he was in charge of the family. Her mother died after Margaret had moved to the U.S.A. Magdalowka and Skalat were formerly situated in Galicia but are now considered as being in the Ukraine. Both cities are in the region of Ternopol (49n26 25e59) EMIGRATION: Margaret left Poland because she hated the Cossacks who were showoffs. She also didn't want to work on a farm and hated war. She boarded a German ship called the Kronprinz Wilhelm in the port of Bremen and arrived at Ellis Island, NY on 9 Apr 1912. The ship manifest lists her as Mazda Horwat (she came in under her sister's name), age 19 and single. Her residence is listed as Moutuka, Galicia. She almost had to return to Europe because she had "Pink Eye" (conjunctivitis). She went into quarantine until it cleared up. Then she lived temporarily with her sister, Anna Gabryluk, in Amsterdam, NY. She was probably there less than a year before moving in with her sister Hedwig Mudry (Mondry) in Cleveland. There, she was sick with pneumonia and almost died. She was operated on under the arms (??? -- not sure what that implies) OCCUPATION: Worked as a chambermaid at the Statler Hotel in downtown Cleveland. It was at this hotel that she met her future husband, Frank, who was a window washer and a buddy of Frank Horwath who also worked there. Caroline Myczkowski and Kunigunda Macek were other family members who worked at the Hotel Statler. AKA: Maggie, Magadalena Margaret was known as witty and very outspoken. MARRIAGE: 1. HORWAT, MAGDALINA and MYCZKOWSKI, FRANCIS vol.0098 pg.0035 2. MYCZKOWSKA, MAGGA HORWAT and BORAK, KOSTANTY vol.0152 pg.0207 (Cuyahoga County Marriage License Index) NATURALIZATION: 22 Mar 1957. Certificate #7798726. Alien #A3370038. Petition #127268. RESIDENCES: 19__ - Orange Ave. (exact address unknown but near where Tri-C college presently sits) 1920 - 3627 E. 75th St., Cleveland, Ohio (purchased this home and then sold it shortly thereafter) 19__ - Hosmer Ave. (exact address unknown) 19__ - Gertrude Ave. (exact address unknown) 1927 - 6321 Lansing Ave. 1928 - E. 121st St. (behind John Adams High School with a view of the football field) 1936 - E. 118th St. 1937 - 3782 E. 55th St. 1938 - 3912 West 18th 1942 - 1310 Redman Ave. (Two houses were on the property when she bought it, but we know the back house had been moved to that location and not built there.) DEATH: Died of stomach cancer. Will probate #626364 (as Margaret Burak) OBIT: Name: Burak, Margaret Source: Plain Dealer; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #097. Notes: Burak. Margaret Burak, residence, 1340 Redmond Ave.; beloved wife of Constantine; dear mother of Bernice Lisek, Helen Warfield, Edward Mitchell, Leonard Burak and John Burak; sister of Ann Gabrylak of Amsterdam, N. Y., and grandmother. Friends may call After 2 P. M. Saturday, at the A. J. Tomon & Sons Funeral Home, 4772 Pearl Rd. Time of services later BURIAL: Calvary Cemetery, Sec 21, Lot 136

• Sources

  [S10] Property Deeds, Cuyahoga County, Volume #2703, #1406339, Pg. 53, 15 Aug 1922. Deed [S10] Property Deeds, Cuyahoga County, Volume # 3600, #2112140, pg. 105, 1928. Deed for Margaret Burak. [S21] Mortgage, Volume #2655, #1406340, pg. 94, 15 Apr 1922. Mortgage for Margaret Burak for property at ??? [S21] Mortgage, Volume #2514, #1424395, pg. 557, 13 Oct 1922. Mortgage for Margaret Burak for property at ??? [S21] Mortgage, Volume #3759, pg 458, ??. Mortgage for Margaret Burak for property at ??? [S21] Mortgage, Volume #3684, pg. 531, ??. Mortgage for Margaret Burak for property at ??? [S17] 1920 U.S. Federal Census - Fourteenth Census, (NARA - National Archives and Records Administration, Great Lakes Region, 7358 South Pulaski Road, Chicago, Illinois 60629), ED 278, Sheet 18B, 13 Jun 1920. [S8] Death Records - State of Ohio, Volume # 16896, Certificate # 34294.