Martin J. GMUCA

Brief Life History of Martin J.

When Martin J. GMUCA was born on 15 November 1863, in Kluknó, Szepes, Hungary, his father, Jan GMUCA, was 32 and his mother, JUDITA KOLLAROVA, was 30. He married Mary Ann Tokar on 28 July 1890, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 25 February 1937, in Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 73.

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Family Time Line

Martin J. GMUCA
1863–1937
Mary Ann Tokar
1870–1937
Marriage: 28 July 1890
Mary Ann Gmuca
1891–1943
ANTHONY GMUCA
1908–
Sr. Monica Frona Gmuca
1892–1967
Rev. Stanislaus Frank Gmuca
1894–1977
Cecilia Gmuca
1897–
Josephine Dorothy Gmuca
1901–1993
Anna Gmuca
1906–

Sources (5)

  • Martin Gmuca, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Martin Gumca in entry for Frank Lison and Mary Gumca, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
  • Martin Gmuca, "United States Census, 1910"

World Events (8)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1867

Hungary becomes autonomous partner in Austro-Hungarian Empire.

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Polish Jerzy, Krystyna, Miroslaw, Tomasz, Witold. German Konrad, Wolf.

Polish: from gruca ‘grain of cereal’, probably a nickname for an insignificant person or a metonymic occupational name for a grower of or dealer in grain.

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

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