Stefanisko Family Tree, American Branches

We are Coal Miners, Engineers, Teachers and Professors, Film Makers, Pilots, Editors, College Students, Doctors, Nurses, Secretaries, Truck Drivers, Mechanics, Salesmen, Forest Rangers, Psycologists, Research Scientists, Writers, Poets, Musicians, Mothers, and Fathers. We are Stefaniskos.

Growing up I was told that our ancestors were from Czechoslovakia. While that was 100% true when I was a child, it was not true at the time of immigraion and it is not true now. Czechoslovakia did not exist until 1918. Prior to the end of World War I the land was ruled by the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and for a time during World War II occupied by the NAZIs. Ellis Island immigration records note our ancestors ethnicity as Hungarian/Slovak. Hungary being the country, Slovak being the actual ethnicity. It is not until after 1918 that Stefaniskos entering the US are refered to as being Czechoslovakian a country that was ruled by The Soviet Union until 1989 when the USSR disbanded. In 1993 Czechoslovakia split into two countries along ethnic lines, The Czech Republic and Slovak Republic (Slovakia). The villages that our ancestors come from are now part of Slovakia.

Relationship Terms (What is a first cousin twice removed?)

Birth and death dates may not be 100% correct, they are based on: 
	* recallection 
	* hand written church records
	* pre-computer government filings
	* 100 year old ship's manifests

Both Old World and "Americanized" or nicknames are listed where applicable.

Who can be listed:
	* Anyone born with the last name Stefanisko
	* Anyone married to a person born with the last name Stefanisko
	* Anyone who has a parent, step-parent, or in-law born with the last name Stefanisko

Who is not listed:
	Everyone else. Sorry folks, I'm sure that you love your 
	non-Stefanisko great-grandchildren as much as you do those that
	bare the name, but I have to draw a line somewhere. One generation 
	of non-name barers is enough to provide a link to the other family's 
	tree.
	
How to read the tree:
	* Each Generation has a common bullet: Square, Circle, or Dot (recycled every three generations)
	* Children are indented under their parents
	* Direct desendants are listed first on marriage lines

Reading marriages:
	Sometimes you will see a line that seems like there are three (or more) people
	involved in one marriage. That is not actually the case: 
	* Names that are sticken out indicate divorce
	* Names that are in italics indicate death

Miklos "Nicklos/Nicholas" Stefanisko (12/12/1885-5/1964) + Helen Grega (?/?/?-?/?/?)

Margaret Stefanisko (??/??/1928) + ? Setzer

Ron Setzer

Joseph Stefanisko (Stevens)

John Stefanisko (Stevens)

Andrew R. Stefanisko (3/23/1920-5/21/2001) + Frances Ferrari

Anna Stefanisko (1914 - 2003) + Charles Samitz Sr. (? - 1980)

Emil Stefanisko (1926 - 5/9/1936)

Verna B. Stefanisko (1918-2/22/2001) + John E. Slivka (?/?/?-1979)

Nicholas Stefanisko (? ? ?-1961) + Tekla "Stella" Shetletski (9/26/1913-8/29/1999)

Peter Stefanisko (died in infancy)

Agnes Stefanisko (1929-1971) + John Kowalchyk

Penny Stefanisko (deceased) + ? ? ?

John ?

Laura ?

William Stefanisko (07/17/1933 - 11/12/2013) + Arline Ray (6/9/1935 - 9/9/2018)

Debbie Stefanisko + Peter Gamble

Karen Stefanisko

William Anthony Stefanisko + Jeanette McKinley

Keith Ray Stefanisko (??/??/1987)

Nicholas Stefanisko + Marie S Tanski

Peter Stefanisko + Kimberley J. Ryan Ball (2/18/1966 - 7/7/2009)

Dylan Hunter Stefanisko (2/25/1993)

Tessa Elizabeth Stefanisko (10/2/1994)

Daniel Allen Stefanisko (5/7/1962) + Stephanie Amend

Olivia Fontaine

Natasha Stefanisko (5/12/1972) + ??? Katznelson

Helen Stefanisko

Patricia Stefanisko (9/4/1945) + Robert Lopiano

Leona Lopiano

Robert Lopiano

Joseph Stefanisko + ? ? ? + Isabel Sheridan

Jennifer Stefanisko + Jay Gould-Stuckey

John Stefanisko (1/19/1934-7/7/1976) + Alice Hill (3/19/1941-6/20/2018)

Donna Stefanisko (7/7/1959) + ? ? ?

Nicholas Stefanisko (6/29/1976)

Linda A. Stefanisko + Peter H Ranft + Matthew Fahrner

Andrew Ranft (1990)

John Stefanisko (??/??/1881-??/??/1925) + Helen ? ? (8/17/1889-??/??/1925)

John Stefanisko (9/21/1905-12/1976) + Mary ? ?

Rita Stefanisko (1931) + Joseph Prekopa (1922)

Joseph Prekopa

Michael Prekopa

David Prekopa

Donald Stefanisko (1941) + Jean Ann ?

Mark D. Stefanisko + Diane ? ?

Marian Stefanisko (1942) + Gerald Tyma

Jaci Tyma

Cindi Tyma

Frank Stefanisko (5/14/1908-7/1953) + Anna Burcin (4/15/1913 - 1/21/1975)

Shirley Stefanisko (1933) + Charles Nail + Max Abellana

Craig Frank Stefanisko (1959) + Amy Elson (1969)

Anna Elizabeth Stefanisko (2005)

Yolanda Abellana (1964) + Bradley Klotz

Joanne Stefanisko (1948) + James R. Davis Jr. (1947)

Scott Davis (1971) + Michele Phillips (1970)

Michael Stefanisko (3/10/1910-2/1952) + Mary A. Shogi (12/11/1910-10/30/1996)

Leonard T. Stefanisko

Rosemary Stefanisko + Norbert "Norby' Michael Izzador Kapes (1941 - 4/23/2015)

Brian Kapes (1970)

Michael Emil Stefanisko (4/28/1943-5/30/2001) + Doris Elaine Green (4/9/1944)

Nicklos James Stefanisko (6/19/1969) + Teresa Lee Stayton (12/20/1972 - 12/31/2017)

Zakry William-Miguel Stefanisko (9/11/2002)

Michele Marie Stefanisko (6/14/1972) + Craig Lewallen ()

Lilyana Rose Lewallen (3/11/2007)

Nicholas Stefanisko (2/18/1912-9/25/1980)

Joseph "Whitey" Stefanisko (10/22/1915-7/11/1990) + Gertrude I. Rohrer (7/9/1917-3/19/1998)

William "Billy" J. Stefanisko + Amber S. White

Gary Stefanisko

Billy Stefanisko

Christopher Stefanisko + Brenda Meli

Jill Stefanisko

Jane "Janey" Stefanisko

Robert J. "Bobby" Stefanisko (7/12/1950 - 1/15/2019) + Cynthia Johns + Linda McGinnis (4/17/1957 - 7/7/2007)

Jeffery Robert Stefanisko (7/22/1977) + Krista Leigh Cipriano (6/11/1978)

Tyler James Stefanisko (3/5/2007)

Ella Marie Stefanisko (1/2/2009)

Robert J. "Robby" Stefanisko II (8/13/1986)

Linda Stefanisko

Gary Stefanisko + Christa

Joseph "Joe" Stefanisko