John Joseph Kovach (1900 - 1995)

Born 24 Jan 1900 in Gladbeck, Coesfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Ancestors

Son of Alojzi (Kovačič) Kovach and Jozefa (Gregorčič) Lesjak

Husband of Mary Jo (Edens) Kovach — married after 3 May 1926 in Texas, United States

Descendants

Died 29 Sep 1995 at age 95 in Odessa, Ector, Texas, United States

Biography

Friends with George H.W. Bush from oil business dealings in Texas. George confirmed the friendship when John was inducted into the Petroleum Hall of Fame.

Sources

See also:

• Ancestry Profile
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security; U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services; Genealogy Program Mailstop 2206; Washington, D.C. 20529-2206; U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services; January 18, 2017; Case Number: GEN-10132019
  • C-File: C-2129285; Name and Age: Kovach, John Joseph Age 26; Naturalization Court: U.S. District Court, Abilene, Texas; Naturalization Date: May 3, 1926
• Year: 1920; Census Place: Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas; Roll: T625_1858; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 77; Image: 148
• Petroleum Hall of Fame
• Records of District Courts of the United States, Record Group 21; The National Archives at Fort Worth, TX
• Texas Department of Health. Texas Death Indexes, 1903-2000. Austin, TX, USA: Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit.
• Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.
• Paternal and maternal relationships are confirmed by 34 matching segments totalling 1,037.3 cM between Margaret Kovach GEDmatch A951428 and her first cousin Carol Parsons GEDmatch A199622. Paternal relationship is also confirmed by a triangulated group consisting of Russell Davis GEDmatch A272948, Carol Parsons GEDmatch A199622 and Phyllis Mitchell GEDmatch A393815 sharing a 17 cM segment on chromosome 11 from 21004181 to 35516874 and sharing a smaller segment on chromosome 1 from 29009273 to 30885819. Russell and Carol are first cousins with each other and both are second cousins once removed from Phyllis.