Brief Life History of Michael
Michael Gresko was born on 14 August 1885, in Fijaš, Svidník, Slovakia as the son of Michaël Gresko and Maria Fecskanin. He married Helen Szaszarak on 4 August 1914, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States for about 43 years. He died on 7 October 1963, at the age of 78, and was buried in Highland Hills, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States.
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- Mike Gresko, "United States 1950 Census"
- Mike Gresko, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Michael Gresko, "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1887 · The Michelson-Morley Experiment
In an attempt to detect a medium of space called aether, Albert A. Michelson and Edward W. Morley started to experiment to see if there was any relative motion of matter through light waves. The result was negative and is generally considered to be the first strong evidence against the aether theory. Even though it has failed multiple times, the same type of experiment has been repeated many times with higher amounts of sensitivity to the sensors.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
Name Meaning
Ukrainian: from a pet form of the personal name Hrehor (Russian-oriented transliteration Gregor), a variant of Hryhor (Grygor), vernacular equivalent of Latin Gregorius (see Gregory ). Compare Hresko 2.
Slovak and Rusyn (from Slovakia) (Greško): from a pet form of the personal name Gregor (Rusyn Hrehor) ‘Gregory’. Compare Hresko 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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