.The photos above are that of Grandma & Grandpa Tutko and Grandpa & Grandma Maderia. Dad's father was Hungarian and his mother was "Slavish". Their names were Gusti Madari and Mary Shears. The mystery of the name goes on because that spelling (Madari) is what is on the deed when they bought the farm in Grampain on December 7, 1914. Dad was born, I believe in Curwensville in 1903; therefore he would have been 11 years old when they moved to that farm in Grampain.

Our mom Anna Tutko Maderia's parents were "Slovak". He father, John Tutko was born in Kohanoce, Czechoslovakia on May 15, 1878. He came to Ellis Island from Antweerp, Belgium under the name Jan Tutko on December 5, 1899 on the vessel SS Friesland. At that time he was 21 years old. He had a sister, Mary Sheposh. When he was 25 years old, he married Barbara Behina on May 16, 1901 in Barnesboro, Pennsylvania. He and Barbara became the parents of ten children. Barbara Behina was born April 18, 1883 at Hutha, Czechoslovakia and came to America when she was 16 years old. She came from a village called Bardeo in Budapest. She had a sister, Anna Vrabel and a brother Emery Behina. She was 18 when she married John Tutko and she died October 13, 1934 when she was 51 years old. It is ironic that her daughter, Anna, our mother, died on October 9, 1954 when she was 51 years old; almost 20 years later to the day.

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