John Schalcosky
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John D. Schalcosky
Born 1980s.
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Biography

Descendant
Descendant of Edward Plantagenet (abt.1239-1307). King Edward I, is the 24th Great Grandfather of John Schalcosky.
Descendant
Descendant of King Edward III of England (1312-1377). King Edward III, is the 23rd Great Grandfather of John Schalcosky.
John Schalcosky is the descendant of a New Netherland settler.
John Schalcosky is the descendant of a Huguenot emigrant.
John Schalcosky is a descendant of Mayflower Passenger George Soule Sr..
John Schalcosky is a descendant of Mayflower Passenger Francis Cooke.
Descendant
Descendant of Daniel Perrin (abt. 1642 - 1719 John decends from "The Huguenot", Daniel Perrin, who was one of the 1st permanent European inhabitants of Staten Island, New York.
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Descendant of several Magna Carta Surety Barons.

John Schalcosky is the creator of the "Odd, Mysterious, and Fascinating History of Pittsburgh," a popular and unique social media account founded in 2014[1]. Schalcosky investigates the most extraordinary, enigmatic, and forgotten tales of Western Pennsylvania.

He has been featured in stories and interviews in the Post-Gazette[2], Tribune-Review[3], City Paper[4], Pittsburgh Magazine[5], Buzzfeed, Huffington Post, and the Atlantic Magazine[6], in addition to being a guest speaker at numerous high schools, universities, and public events.[7],[8] John has also appeared as a regular guest on KDKA, WTAE, and WPXI, as well as numerous radio stations, documentaries and nationally recognized podcasts. [9]

Living Descendants Project

I am currently tracking down every single known descendant of all 16 of my 2x Great-Grandparents.

Father Mother Total
Ludwig Strzałkowski (1859-) Josephine Kaminska (1865-) 193
Andrzej Ostafiński (1853-) Anna Katarzyna Hryń (1850-) 137
Ivan Vučina (1858-) Roza Kišić (1862-) 79
Anton Kerin (1867-1936) Marija Mikáč (1875-1965)]] 161
Giuseppe Antonio di Donato (1854-1938) Giovanna Philomena Romito (1860-1928) 234
Vito Antonio Donatelli (1856-1937) Anna Maria Colangelo (1862-1957) 196
Charles Edwin Hanford (1865-1926) May Belle Farver (1867-1940) 31
Charles Lewis Watkins (1870-1936) Catherine Louise Mellon (1867-1960) 89

Running Total = 1120

Longevity Study

The descendants of Giuseppe Antonio di Donato (1854-1938) & Giovanna Philomena Romito (1860-1928) have a variant of the SIRT1 gene. Below is a sortable chart of known ancestors who are possible carriers.

Name Age DOB DOD Relationship to JS
Evelyn Donato 103 1913 2016 Grandnephew
Arthur Di Donato 90 1915 2005 Grandnephew
Armido Richard di Donato 98 1922 2020 1c2x
Fernando Vittorio di Donato 92 1923 2015 1c2x
Vincent William Donato 90 1926 2016 1c2x
VIctor di Donato 91 1929 2020 1c2x
Leonard J. Donato 94 1915 2009 1c2x
Morgan Donato 96 1925 2021 Grandfather
Richard Joseph Donato 94 1918 2012 1c2x
Constantino Gino Mascio 97 1911 2008 1c2x
Gildo Edmund Mascio 93 1914 2007 1c2x
Rose Marie Como 90 1915 2005 1c2x
Marietta (di Donato) Como 90 1894 1984 Great Grandnephew


Ancestors who served in the Revolutionary War

I have confirmed 11 known direct ancestors who served in the Revolutionary War. Below is a sortable chart of known ancestors with DAR/SAR information & relationship.

Relationship Patriot Name DAR # SAR # Comments
5th Great Grandfather Zebulon Applegate (1753-1840) N/A P-104265 New Jersey Militia
6th Great Grandfather Daniel Hanford (1744-1797) A051055 P-174491 Taken prisoner in Norwalk. Served both NY & CT
6th Great Grandfather Hutton Smith (1759-1828) A208500 N/A Connecticut Coast Guard
6th Great Grandfather Samuel Beers (1759-1843) A008552 P-112361 Served with Massachusetts & Connecticut
6th Great Grandfather Daniel D. Mangam (abt.1750-abt.1801) A073363 N/A Fought at the Battle of White Plains. New York Militia
6th Great Grandfather Johann Adam (Farver) Faber (abt.1731-1783) A102913 P-156807 Served at Burnt Woods Hundred, Maryland
7th Great Grandfather Hezekiah Hanford (1722-1812) A051059 P-174493 Connecticut Coast Guard
7th Great Grandfather Stephen St John Esq. (abt.1736-1785) A099202 P-295685 Lieutenant Colonel in Collecticut Militia
7th Great Grandfather Jesse Lane (1744-1809) A202982 N/A Soldier in Col. Abraham Brinkerhoff's 2nd Reg, Dutchess, NY
7th Great Grandfather Stephen Halstead (1737-bef.1805) A214989 N/A Paid Supply Tax in 1779 in Burns, Westchester, NY
7th Great Grandfather Fountain Smith (1725-aft.1779) N/A P-291930 Taken prisoner in Norwalk & died POW in New York

Nine Generations of Surnames

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Applegate, Arnold
Baganski, Banker , Beers , Boeckhout , Breznik , Burgdough , Bush
Calvitti, Caniglia , Caniglia , Cartwright , Cenci , Chmielewska , Chrapek , Cialè , Ciamacco , Colangelo , Colelli , Cox
D'Amicantonio, Del Signore , Dey , DiSanzo , Donatelli , Donato , Dudzik , Dunćek
Farver (Fauber, Faber) , Ferrara , Ferrara , Fillow , Freda
Griffiths
Halstead, Hanford , Harris , Hensley , Hoyt , Hryń
Iarussi, Iarussi , Imperiuccio
Jeleniewski
Kaminska (Kamiński) , Karaś , Kawińska , Kerin , Kišić , Kuczyńska , Kukulska , Kwiatkowska
Lane, Longstreet
Macom, Mangam , Martino , Marvin , Mascio , Mastrojanni , Mellon , Mikáč , Morahon , Mount
Nahurny, Nahurny , Novosel
Obrębski, Ostafińska
Platt, Potente , Preston
Radoń, Ranallo , Ranni , Ricci , Ricci , Romito , Romito , Rosato , Rossi , Rožić
Schalcosky (Strzałkowski) , Skowrońska , Smith , Sparks , St. John , Susi
Volpe
Watkins, Wiley , Wyszyńska
de Capite, del Re , di Capite , di Vitto

Surname Origins & Meaning

Only the most recent 6 Generations

  • Baganski = Polish (Bagiński): habitational name for someone from a place called Bagno or Bagna, named with bagno marsh.
  • Banker/Bancker/Bancken = Scandinavian (especially Norway): variant of Bakke, with the addition of the definite article -n. One of the most frequent surnames in Norway.
  • Colangelo = Italian: from a compound of the personal names Cola + Angelo. Short form of Nicola and Angelo, Latin "Angelus", from Greek angelos ‘messenger’, ‘angel’.
  • Cox = Irish (Ulster): mistranslation of Mac Con Coille (‘son of Cú Choille’, a personal name meaning hound of the wood), as if formed with coileach ‘cock’, ‘rooster’.
  • Dey/Duyts = Danish: The name of Dye is thought to be a corruption of the Danish name, Duyts, changed at first to Dey, Deay, Die, Day, and other variations, and finally Anglicized to Dye.
  • Donatelli = Italian: patronymic from a pet form of Donato, meaning to give.
  • de Capite = Spanish/Portuguese: metonymic occupational name from capote hooded cloak, cape.
  • di Donato = Italian: from the medieval personal name Donato (Latin Donatus, past participle of donare, frequentative of dare to give.
  • Dunćek = Polish: Unknown
  • Farver/Fauber/Faber = Occupational name for a smith or ironworker, from Latin faber craftsman.
  • Hanford = English: habitational name from any of various places, such as Hanford in Staffordshire and Handforth in Cheshire, named from Old English hān ‘stone’ (used as a marker) or hana ‘cock’, ‘male bird’, perhaps used as a byname, + Old English ford ‘ford’.
  • Hryń = Polish: Topographic name meaning hill.
  • Kamiński = Polish: habitational name for someone from any of more than 60 villages and towns named Kamień, from Polish kamień stone, rock.
  • Karaś = Polish: Hungarian (Kárász); Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Slovenian (Prekmurje), and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Slavic karas crucian carp, hence a metonymic occupational name for a carp fisher or possibly a nickname for someone with a fishlike appearance.
  • Kerin = Croatian: Unknown.
  • Kišić = Turkish: nickname from kılıç sword, perhaps representing the Arabic name found as Zulfiqar.
  • Kuczyńska = Polish (Kuczyński) and Jewish (from Poland): habitational name for someone from any of various places called Kuczyn, Kuczyna, or Kuczyny.
  • Kukulska = Polish: habitational name for someone from a place named with kukułka cuckoo, or alternatively a nickname for someone thought to resemble the bird.
  • Mellon = Northern Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Mealláin ‘descendant of Meallán’, a personal name that is a diminutive of meall pleasant.
  • Mikáč = Croatian: Unknown.
  • Novosel = Ukrainian and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): nickname for a newcomer to a place.
  • Ostafiński = Polish: Osta 'Last' and finski 'Finnish'?
  • Potente = Italian: meaning powerful.
  • Radoń = Polish: Unknown
  • Ricci = Italian: patronymic or plural form of Riccio. Nickname for a person with curly hair, from riccio curly, or from a personal name of the same derivation.
  • Romito = Italian: from romito hermit, presumably applied as a nickname for a solitary or reclusive person.
  • Schalcosky (Strzałkowski) = Polish: habitational name for someone from any of the places called Strzałki, Strzałkowo, Strzałków, all named with strzałka arrow.
  • Vučina = Croatian: meaning wolf.
  • Watkins = English (also frequent in Wales): patronymic from the personal name Watkin.
  • Wiley = Northern Irish and Scottish: variant of Wylie .

Famous & Infamous Relatives

Legendary Historical Figures

U.S. Presidents

Order President Cousin Removed Common Ancestor Generation Generation
16 Abraham Lincoln 6 5x John Whitman 5 10
38 Gerald Ford 7 3x David Monroe 6 9
8 Martin Van Buren 5 9x Marten Jans van Aelsteyn 3 13
32 Franklin D. Roosevelt 7 4x John Alcock 6 10
18 Ulysses S. Grant 6 6x John Porter 5 11
27 William H. Taft 8 3x Jeffrey Hanford 7 10
19 Rutherford B. Hayes 6 7x Samuel Smith 5 12
22 Grover Cleveland 7 7x John Porter 6 11
4 James Madison 7 6x Thomas Myles 6 12
31 Herbert Hoover 7 5x John Seaman 6 11
41 George W. Bush 9 2x Ralph Keeler 8 10
20 James Garfield 8 4x Richard Whitman 7 11
43 George Bush 9 2x Peter Prudden 8 10
30 Calvin Coolidge 8 4x Robert Rose 7 11
13 Millard Fillmore 7 6x Robert White 6 12
37 Richard Nixon 9 4x William Washburne 8 12
44 Barack Obama 11 1x George Allen Sr 11 10
29 Warren G. Harding 9 4x Adam Mott 8 12
39 Jimmy Carter 9 5x Francis Nichols 8 13
21 Chester A. Arthur 10 6x Robert Collier 9 15
33 Harry S Truman 11 4x John Fitz Pen Phippen 10 14
10 John Tyler 11 6x Sir Edmund Trafford 10 16
12 Zachary Taylor 11 7x Sir John Savage 10 17
9 William H. Harrison 10 10x Sir John Byron 9 19
1 George Washingto 5 9x Nicholas Drury 11 18
3 Thomas Jefferson 12 7x Sir James Tuchet 11 19
6 John Quincy Adams 12 7x Sir Thomas Stanley 11 18

Historical Figures

Mayflower Passengers

Early Colonial American Figures

Musicians

Entertainers

Infamous

Founders of Early Connecticut

Pittsburgh Project

As a Pittsburgh historian [1], I am fascinated by all things historic in regards to Western Pennsylvania.

  • Currently working on connecting the "Top 50 Pittsburghers" list to the WikiTree World Family Tree.

Favorite Films

Working on some Spaces for some of my favorite films

Notable Descendants Project

I am currently working on tracking down known "Notables" connected to all of my known 10th Great Grandparents.

DNA

Sources

  1. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/OddPittsburgh
  2. ↑ https://www.post-gazette.com/life/goodness/2022/04/01/ross-historical-society-john-schalcosky-interactive-map-odd-radio-history-harmony-route-north-hills/stories/202203070070
  3. ↑ https://triblive.com/sports/new-research-shows-pittsburgh-to-be-birthplace-of-pro-hockey
  4. ↑ https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/at-home-with-john-schalcosky-of-the-odd-mysterious-and-fascinating-history-of-pittsburgh/Content?oid=17088083
  5. ↑ https://www.pittsburghmagazine.com/best-of-the-burgh-2018-business-and-education/
  6. ↑ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-19/pittsburgh-s-pre-prohibition-speakeasies
  7. ↑ https://phlf.org/event/odd-mysterious-fascinating-history-pittsburgh/
  8. ↑ https://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2015/05/25/Skinny-Building-mystery-and-others-solved-by-researcher-John-Schalcosky-into-Pittsburgh-oddities/stories/201505250127,
  9. ↑ https://www.audacy.com/kdkaradio/podcasts
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers: Maternal line mitochondrial DNA test-takers:
  • John Schalcosky: AncestryDNA Maternal Lineage (discontinued) Full Sequence, haplogroup H3a1a, Ancestry member Schalcosky, FTDNA kit #B138322, MitoYDNA ID Z10847 [compare] + Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H3a1a, FTDNA kit #B138322, MitoYDNA ID Z10847 [compare] + Mitochondrial DNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H3a1a, MitoYDNA ID Z10847 [compare]
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Elbert-215 Sven Elbert
Greetings John, I have added Category: Y-DNA Haplogroup R-FT196931 o the category structure . Maybe you would like to add to your profile? My mother's brother is of haplogroup R-YP4297. His and your haplogroup are both subbranches of Y-DNA Haplogroup R-YP351. I am trying to get another closely related y-DNA tester in to learn more about R-YP4297.
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Sonczalla-1 Skye Sonczalla
Greetings! Are you aware Wikitree has a Poland Project? Check out our page to see what we are doing in Wikitree, how you can help and utilize the Project: Poland/Resource Library to see what information is out there to help you in your research. If you are new to Wikitree and are having a difficult time getting started, check out a Welcome to Wikitree page which will help you with the basics of Wikitree.

The Poland Project is very busy categorizing villages in Poland. If we have created a village category for you, please help us by adding it across other profiles you manage, where applicable. You can also assist us by finding and adding it to other Wikitree profiles from the same village through the Find link at the top right of your page. Scroll to the bottom, "Search for Any Text". Categorizing = connecting users or profiles. We appreciate any help you have to offer!

posted by Skye Sonczalla
Peppler-18 Jane Peppler
Greetings, I was looking for a family tree for Sherry Donato Schalcosky and her profile at 23andme directed me to this tree, but she isn't on it. Would like to figure our our connection if possible. Thanks, Jane
posted by Jane Peppler
Larocque-466 Darrell Larocque
I posted about the 1903 World Series Project and noticed we are cousins through Drury. I am working on a Magna Carta trail from Anne (Calthorpe) Drury backwards now.

I also saw you have a lot of New England ancestors but few intersect with mine, which is insane considering the amount. It's fully how that happens!

posted by Darrell Larocque
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Truman-487 Leslie Truman
Hi John

Looks like we are 10th cousin once removed, by our G-father, Simon Hoyt. Be welL

posted by Leslie Truman

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