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From: Joan Johnson <>
Subject: Re: [ILLASALL] Biros
Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 19:31:34 -0500


Dear Jeremy,
I am afraid I can't help you in regard to St. Stephen's. My maternal grandparents went
to St. Stephen's, they were born in Slovakia, but they were Rusyns. Most of my
immediate family now goes to the Irish Catholic Church. And it was the Irish bishops
that caused most of the problems for the Greek Catholics in this country. Oh Well.
The Monsignor at St. Stephen's might be willing to help you. He has gone back to
Slovakia to look for his roots. However, I believe some records were lost due to fire
and water damage.
Good Luck,
Joan

Jeremy Biros wrote:

> Dear Joan,
> Thank you for responding to my message. Andrew Biros was a member of St.Stephen's
> Church. I was contacting them before I left for school but didn't get a chance to
> set up a meeting with them. Now, I am all the way up in DeKalb, IL at Northern so I
> can't really visit them. I am afraid that if I write to them, they will only check
> out one record or will misinterpret it. Do you think that if I sent them a request
> for copies of any records on the Biros name that they would do it for me? I know
> for a fact that all of the Biros' in my line were associated with the church because
> many are buried in the Parish's cemeteries. I will send a letter out to them,
> Thanks for your help.
> Jeremy Biros.
>
> Joan Johnson wrote:
>
> > Good Evening,
> > The church might have a record of his death or even his marriage. Was
> > he Slovak? If so, Holy Trinity Lutheran or St. Stephen's catholic
> > churches might be able to help you.
> > What cemetery is he buried in? They might have the date or the name of
> > the funeral home. The guild in Ottawa has records from some funeral
> > homes.
> > Good Luck,
> > Joan Johnson
> >
> > Jeremy Biros wrote:
> >
> > > Would anyone like to look up a death record or obituary for me? The
> > > problem is, that I only have a year.
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Andrew Biros (possibly Berose) died in 1935 in Streator, IL.
> > > The 1893 Streator Directory is the first to list him as a Streator
> > > resident, but one of his children was born in 1890 in Streator.
> > > I really need to find the names of his parents.
> > >
> > > Jeremy Biros
> > >
> > >
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> >
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