When Antonia Turcsanski was born on 18 January 1859, in Baranya, Hungary, her father, Joseph Turcsanski, was 45 and her mother, Elizabeth Haberman, was 35. She married Lewis Kotowch on 10 February 1876. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States for about 30 years. She died on 19 February 1949, in Greensburg, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Greensburg, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States.