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

1. 2. Stanley MYCZKOWSKI   b. 11 Sep 1916, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 17 Dec 1917, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; bur. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
2. 3. Bernice MYCZKOWSKI   b. 16 Jun 1919, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; c. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 17 Aug 2002, Parma, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
3. 4. Helen Janina MYCZKOWSKI   b. 21 May 1922, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; c. 11 Jun 1922, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 30 Aug 2011, Parma, Cuyahoga, Ohio; bur. Riverside Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. 5. Edward (Myczkowski) MITCHELL   b. 18 Apr 1926, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 5 Feb 2002, Willowick, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

1. 6. Leonard Thomas BURAK   b. 18 May 1929, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 22 Apr 2005, Parma, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. 7. John BURAK   b. 15 Dec 1930, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 3 Aug 1991, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; bur. Holy Cross Cem., Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.

DEATH: Possible death certificate:
MISKOWSKE STANISL
County Name: CUYAHOGA
Date of Death: 12/17/1917
Volume Number: 2442 Certificate Number: 76346

DEATH:
MISKOWSKE STANISLAW
County Name: CUYAHOGA
Date of Death: 12/17/1917
Volume Number: 2442 Certificate Number: 76346
Lobar Pneumonia / Heart Failure
1 yr 4 mo
Father: Frank Mishkoski
Mother: Maggie Hervath

BURIAL:
Calvary Cemetery, Sec 12, near the fence opening across from train tracks

BIRTH:
Certificate #9000

CHRISTENED:
At St. Stanislaus Church, East 65th Street, Cleveland, OH. Sponsors were Frank Stefy & Cunigunde Myczkowska. (her father's sister)

EDUCATION:
Kindergarten - Mound School
1st - 6th - St. Stan's School on E. 65th St.
7th - 9th - Nathan Hale Junior High on East Blvd.
10th - John Adams High School

RESIDENCES:
1938-1941 - 3912 W. 18th St.
1941 - 3633 E. 113th St., Cleveland, OH.
Donovan Drive, Garfield Hts., OH.

OBIT:
BERNICE M. LISEK (nee Myczkowski), age 83. Beloved wife of the late Stanley; loving mother of Marge Babik, Carol Germano (son-in-law, Sal) and Rosemarie DiLisi; dear grandmother of Edward and Mark Babik (Janine), Bernadette Isham (Don), Regina Grassi (Don), Sal Germano Jr. (Sarah), Caroline Germano, Ray DiLisi Jr. (Rachel) and Russell DiLisi; loving great-grandmother of Nicole, Anthony, Alyssa, Allison and Nicholas; dear sister of Helen Wanicki, Leonard Burak and the following deceased: Edward Mitchell, John Burak and Stanley Myczkowski. Member of SS. Peter and Paul Altar and Rosary Sodality and Garfield Hts. Seniors (Civic Center). Family suggests contributions to Hospice of the Western Reserve or SS. Peter and Paul Marian Shrine Fund. Friends may call at RYBICKI & SON, A GOLDEN RULE FUNERAL HOME, 4640 TURNEY RD., where services will be held Wednesday, Aug. 21 at 8:45 a.m. and at SS. Peter and Paul Church, Turney Rd. at 9:15 a.m. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. VISITING HOURS TUESDAY, 2-4 AND 7-9 P.M

1. 8. Margaret Carol LISEK  
2. 9. Carol Ann LISEK  
3. 10. (daughter) LISEK  

BIRTH: Certificate #7717

CHRISTENED:
Immaculate Heart of Blessed of Blessed Virgin Mary Church, Lansing Avenue, Cleveland, OH. (11 Jun 1922), Godparents: Anna (Hedwiga) Mo'dra & Frank (Willis) Wewiorka (a close friend of Frank Myczkowski).. Her godfather's surname was actually spelled WYWJURKA.

Helen made her Communion at St. Stanislaus and was confirmed at St. Barbara's Church when her daughter Patricia was confirmed. Her sister, Bernice, was her sponsor, and her daughter Sandra was sponsor to Patricia.

EDUCATION:
Kindergarten - 1927 at Fullerton Elementary School on Fullerton Avenue.
Kindergarten - 1928 (Transferred to Corlett School after her father died in Nov. of that same year.)
1st - 6th - Corlett School on Corlett Avenue
7th - 9th - Nathan Hale Junior High on East Blvd.
10th - John Adams High School
Quit school before 11th grade.

MARRIAGE:
Civil ceremony in Kentucky, March 1941. Witnesses - Mary Gaito and Cecilia Mae Rose (Justice of the Peace's wife).
Church ceremony held 27 Jul 1941 at St. Stanislaus Church. Rev Thaddeus Wotoszyk. Witnesses - Bernice & Stanley Lisek

Died:
WANICKI HELEN WANICKI (nee Myczkowski), age 89, entered into rest Aug. 30, 2011.

Beloved wife of the late Stanley A. Sr.; dearest mother of Sandra (Jim) Rozhon, Patricia (Jan) Palka-Smejkal, Stanley A. Jr.; dear grandmother of Nikolai, Lahni, Sarah, Aurora, Velvet, Autumn, Troy, Thomas, Jeremy, Edward, Steven, Samuel; great-grandmother of Juliette, Natalie, Theodore, Abby, Celeste, Austoria, Charlotte, Lily; daughter of the late Frank and Margaret (nee Horvat) Myczkowski; loving sister of the late baby Stanley, Bernice Lisek, Edward Mitchell, Leonard Burek, John Burek.

We know that mother was especially grateful for the thoughtful expression of love shown to her by our dear Jenny, wife of Troy. Although we are heart broken in our loss, we take comfort in knowing that mother is happy to be reunited with her parents and other loved ones in the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ.

"I love thee with the breath, smiles, tears, of all my life! - and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death." ARRANGEMENTS BY TOMON & SONS

1. 11. Sandra Ann WANICKI  
2. 12. Patricia Ann WANICKI  
3. 13. Infant WANICKI, (I)   b. 23 Dec 1956, Garfield Hts., Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 23 Dec 1956, Garfield Hts., Cuyahoga, Ohio; bur. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
4. 14. Stanley Anthony WANICKI, Jr.  

BIRTH:
Certificate #6201

Name was legally changed from Myczkowski to Mitchell.

MILITARY:
Drafted at 18 and served in the Army from 1944 to 1946. Was in the Battle of the Bulge.

RESIDENCES:
1952? thru 2002 Wickliffe, Ohio

DEATH:
Died in his sleep from congestive heart failure.

BURIAL:
All Soul's Cemetery, Sec. 29, Lot 3294, Grave 1.

OBIT:
Edward F. Mitchell, Age 75, of Wickliffe. Beloved husband of Elaine (nee Lunney); beloved father of Dennis E. and David T.; brother of Leonard Burak, Helen Wanicki, Bernice Lisek and the late John Burak. Funeral Services 10 a.m.Saturday, Feb. 9 at the ORLANDO-DONSANTE FUNERAL HOME, 29550 EUCLID AVE., WICKLIFFE, where family will receive friends 7-9 P.M. FRIDAY. Burial at All Souls Cemetery.

1. 15. Dennis Edward MITCHELL  
2. 16. David Timothy MITCHELL  

MILITARY: Served in Army 1948 to 1952. Stationed in Camp Whittier, Alaska (about 15 miles from Anchorage).
Got his first car when he was 17.

OCCUPATION: Machinist

EDUCATION:
3rd - Corlett
4th - Harvard School
5th - East Denison
6th - East Denison
1940 Communion
7th - Lincoln
8th - Lincoln
9th - Lincoln
10th - Lincoln
Quit and got a job on Great Lake's ships. Did this for 3 months.

1936 moved from 120th to 118th
1937 moved to E.55th
1938 moved to W.18th
1942 moved to Redman

OBIT: LEONARD T. BURAK, beloved husband of Dorothy (nee Supek); dear father of Debbie, Thomas (Theresa) and the late Daniel; loving grand-father of Chris, Kevin, Tiffany, Tabatha and Tommy; brother of Helen Wanicki. Passed away Friday, April 22, 2005. Service at the Funeral Home Sunday, April 24 at 8 p.m. Cremation by Busch Crematory. Friends may call at the BUSCH FUNERAL HOME, 7501 RIDGE RD., PARMA FROM 2-4 AND 7-9 P.M. SUNDAY. BUSCH FUNERAL AND CREMATORY SERVICES, 400-842-7800 

1. 17. Deborah BURAK  
2. 18. Daniel Thomas BURAK   b. 9 Jan 1958, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 9 Feb 2005, Parma, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. 19. Thomas Richard BURAK  

Birthdate might be 14 Dec 1930 -- VERIFY. His son Michael says the birth date is the 15th of December.

RESIDENCES:
2107 Forestdale Ave., Cleveland, Ohio

DEATH:
Heart attack (found sitting in a chair at home)

BURIAL:
Holy Cross Cemetery, Sec 31, Lot 1548, Grave 2

OBIT:
BURAK, JOHN : Husband of late Clara (Obit.).Plain Dealer 06 Aug, 1991, pg. 03 sec. C

1. 20. Lawrence J. BURAK   b. 6 Oct 1958, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 4 Jul 1987, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; bur. Holy Cross Cem, Cleveland, Ohio.
2. 21. James Vincent BURAK  
3. 22. Michael Mark BURAK  

1. 23. Edward Joseph BABIK, III  
2. 24. Mark Anthony BABIK  

1. 25. Bernadette Marie GERMANO  
2. 26. Regina Marie GERMANO  
3. 27. Salvatore Anthony GERMANO, Jr.  
4. 28. Caroline Marie GERMANO  

1. 29. (son)  
2. 30. (son)  

1. 31. Nikolai Christopher ROZHON  
2. 32. Lahni Lynn ROZHON  

1. 33. Sarah Ann PESEK  
2. 34. Aurora PESEK  
3. 35. Velvet Ann PESEK  
4. 36. Autumn Ann PESEK  
5. 37. Troy Allen PESEK  

1. 38. Thomas RUFFING, (Twin) Jr.  
2. 39. Jeremy RUFFING, (Twin)  

1. 38. Thomas RUFFING, (Twin) Jr.  
2. 39. Jeremy RUFFING, (Twin)  
3. 40. Edward Angelo PALKA, Jr.  
4. 41. Steven PALKA  
5. 42. Samuel PALKA  

BURIAL: Calvary Cemetery Sec 16

1. 43. Christopher Joseph BONE  
2. 44. Kevin BONE  

No children

OBIT:
DANIEL T. BURAK age 47, dearly beloved husband of Deborah (nee Scoarste); dearest son of Leonard and Dorothy; dear brother and uncle. Member of Teamster Local 436. Funeral Service Friday at 8:30 p.m. at CRACIUN FUNERAL HOME, 14925 E. BAGLEY RD. (AT PEARL) MIDDLEBURG HTS. where friends may call FRIDAY 2-4 AND 7-8:30 P.M. Family suggests contributions may be made to St. Mary's Romanian Orthodox Cathedral, 3256 Warren Rd., Cleve. OH 44111.

1. 45. Tiffany Marie BURAK  
2. 46. Tabitha Marie BURAK  
3. 47. Thomas Leonard BURAK  

MILITARY: U.S. Navy Stationed in San Diego.

BURIAL: Holy Cross Cemetery, Sec 31, Lot 1548, Grave 1 (next to his father)

OBIT: BURAK, LARRY : Son of John (Obit.).Plain Dealer 07 Jul, 1987, pg. 06 sec. C

1. 48. Michael John BURAK  
2. 49. David Ross BURAK  

1. 50. Nicole Marie BABIK  
2. 51. Natalie Marie BABIK  

1. 52. Anthony Michael ISHAM  
2. 53. Adam Wesley ISHAM  

1. 54. Asslia Marie GRASSI  

1. 55. Elettra Marie GERMANO  

1. 56. (son)  

1. 57. Lilliana Shaelyn MOORE  

1. 58. Juliette PESEK  
2. 59. Natalie Rose PESEK  

1. 60. Celeste Patricia Helen CARPENTER  

1. 61. Charlotte Lucille PESEK  

1. 62. Austoria Cecilia TRUMAN