Sophia Kovalchik

Brief Life History of Sophia

Sophia Kovalchik was born in 1861, in Hungary. She had at least 4 sons and 2 daughters with Frank Zurick. She lived in Lower Saucon Township, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910. She died on 30 March 1919, in Lower Saucon, Lower Saucon Township, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Bethlehem, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Frank Zurick
1858–1929
Sophia Kovalchik
1861–1919
Frank J Zurick
1883–1942
Anthony John Zurick
1885–1944
Sophia E Zurick
1889–1967
John A Zurick
1892–1976
Charles Zurick
1894–1964
Margaret Zurick
1898–1920

Sources (2)

  • Sophia Zurick in household of Frank Zurick, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Sophia Kovalchik Zurick, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1867

Hungary becomes autonomous partner in Austro-Hungarian Empire.

1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad

Coming out of an economic crisis, everyone was worried when cuts started happening in the railroad. They went on what would the great railroad strike of 1877.

Name Meaning

Ukrainian (standard transliteration Kovalchyk) and Belorussian: occupational name or patronymic from a diminutive of koval ‘smith’ (see Koval ).

Americanized form of Slovak, Rusyn (from Slovakia), and Czech Kovalčík, Kovalčik (see Kovalcik ), and also of Polish and Rusyn (from Poland) Kowalczyk , cognates of 1 above.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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