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Surnames: Zilinski, Zielinski, Kuryan, Kurgan, Kurjan
Classification: Query
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I'm looking for information on my great-grandfather's family. John (or Jan) Joseph
Zilinski was born in the Galicia region of Poland in June 1894 to George Zilinski and Anna
Kardella(?). He came to the United States in 1912 eventually ending up in Wiconisco, PA
(Dauphin County). He married Elizabeth Kuryan (Kurgan/Kurjan) around 1918 and had four
children (Mary b1919, Anna b1921, John b1923, and George b1926) before he died in 1929. He
worked in the coal mines.
John Z. had several siblings: Peter, Paul, Mary, and Frank. Peter, who settled in Canada,
married Catherine Zarenkievicz(?) and had at least one son, John; Paul married Anna
Krietkewicz and had two children, Paul and Thaddeus; Mary married Joseph Ocmanowicz and
had three children, Bronka, Stella, and Marina; Frank married Anna Pekar(?) and had three
children, Kay, Walter, and Frank.