Steven Titko (1891 - 1971)

Born 21 Jul 1891 in (Bes, Hungary) Beša, (near) Trebišov, East Slovakia, Slovakia

Husband of Lena (Murvay) Titko — married 19 Dec 1914 in Perry, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 15 Oct 1971 at age 80 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Istvan was born about 1891. He passed away in 1971. Steven (Istvan) emigrated in May of 1911. He left Hamburg aboard the "Graf Waldersee" and landed at Philadelphia. The passenger list indicates that he was 18 years of age, he was alone, and he was from Bes (Hungary), and headed for Congo, Perry, Ohio. His father's name was Janos Titko. In Congo he would join his older brother Andros. In 1920 Steve is a coal miner, and in 1940 a landscape foreman.

Research

Bes (on Steve's passenger papers) is now a small area south east of Trebisov in the eastern part of Slovakia. His parents are named on his marriage record as John and Lizzie (Kalan) Titko. These parents are also listed on Andrew Titko's marriage record in Sep 1911. I found a record for Janos Titka and Erzsebet (Elizabeth) Kalan on the baptismal records of two daughters in the 1870's in church records for the above area. Besa matches the name Bes on the passenger list - even though the countries have changed boundaries since 1911. Also the name Janos Titka and Erzsebet Kalan closely match John Titko and Lizzie Kalan, so I think it fair to conclude that Steve and Andrew were form what is now Besa, Velke Kapusany, Slovakia on the church records near Trebisov and that they were the children of Janos Titka and Erzsebet Kalan (who were likely born in the 1850's). Related families have since been found on church records. Catlin Black

Sources

• "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Passenger Lists, 1883-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9W-Y6PD : 12 March 2018), Jstvan Titko, 1911; citing Immigration, NARA microfilm publication T840 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,402,589.
• Slovakia Church and Synagogue Books, 1592-1935, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHHW-BQ8 : 18 July 2017), Erzsébet Titka, 25 Dec 1874; citing p. , 23, Baptism, Beša, Veľké Kapušany, Slovakia, Odbor Archivnictva (The Archives of the Republic), Slovakia; FHL microfilm 1,920,781.
• "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZT8-P68 : 26 August 2019), Steve Titko and Lena Murvay, 19 Dec 1914; citing Marriage, Perry, Ohio, United States, V14 P299 N535, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD13-SDR : accessed 6 October 2020), Helen Titko in household of Steve Titko, Monroe, Perry, Ohio, United States; citing ED 72, sheet 12A, line 16, family 216, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1426; FHL microfilm 1,821,426.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4Q1-JFG : accessed 6 October 2020), Lena Titko in household of Steven Titko, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 36, sheet 12B, line 85, family 220, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1795; FHL microfilm 2,341,529.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW84-4T7 : 29 July 2019), Lena Titko in household of Steve Titko, Ward 9, Columbus City, Montgomery Township, Franklin, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 93-145, sheet 3B, line 53, family 60, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3245.
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JRJ4-P3J : 21 August 2020), Steven Titko, 15 Oct 1971; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).