When Andrew Stodola was born on 6 April 1885, in Hungary, his father, Stodola, was 36 and his mother, Maria, was 31. He married Mary Rose Palsa on 15 April 1917, in Lake, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He immigrated to Ellis Island, New York City, New York, United States in 1916. In 1914, at the age of 29, his occupation is listed as butcher in Hammond, Lake, Indiana, United States. He died on 14 May 1970, in Hammond, Lake, Indiana, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Hammond, Lake, Indiana, United States.
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Polish (Stodoła): topographic name for someone who livedby a barn, Polish stodoła.
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