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Slovak ancestors 

 from Cernova, Hubova, Lubochna, and Ruzomberok, 

in Liptov county

Surnames include: HALMO, HORCHIK, HUBA, JANCI, JANIGA, JANOL, KUNYAK, LEJKO, MIDER, PUDIS, SKOLKA, SPISAK, URBAN, VENDZUH, ZVADA.

Generation No. 1

Joannes Janci was born July 26, 1801 in Cernova, Slovakia. He married Susanna Lejko (daughter of Martinus Lejko and Maria Fulyo) on February 10, 1823.  

They had the following children:

• Maria Janci, born August 31, 1824 

• Catharina Janci, born February 24, 1827

• Anna Janci, born November 20, 1829; died March 19, 1899.  

• Michael Janci, born September 28, 1832 

• Joannes Janci, born October 23, 1836.

• Joannes Janci, born July 9, 1840.

• Joseph Janci, born September 1, 1843; died October 17, 1899.

All the above were born in Cernova, Slovakia.

Generation No. 2

Anna Janci was born November 20, 1829 in Cernova, Slovakia, and died March 19, 1899.  She married Joseph Janiga on September 11, 1856. They had the following children:

• Mattheus Janiga, born October 18, 1857; died May 19, 1887 in Cernova house no.16.

• Michael Janiga, born July 13, 1859 in Cernova house no.16; died February 3, 1886

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Michael Janci was born September 28, 1832 in Cernova, Slovakia. He married Anna Urban on October 6, 1856. They had one child:

• Joannes Janci, born March 3, 1862 in Cernova house no. 98

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Joannes Janci was born July 9, 1840. He married Catharina Urban on January 11, 1864.  They had the following children:

• Andreas Janci, born February 13, 1868 in Cernova house no. 98

• Joseph Janci, born September 27, 1870, in Cernova house no. 98

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Joseph Janci was born September 1, 1843 in Cernova, Slovakia, and died October 17, 1899 in Ruzomberok, Slovakia.  He married Anna Mider (daughter of Andreas Mider and Susanna Zvada) on February 8, 1875 in Ruzomberok. 

Joseph Janci and Anna Mider had the following children:

• Stephan Janci, born August 6, 1877 in Ruzomberok; died March 11, 1937 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.

• Adolph Janci, born January 10, 1880 in Ruzomberok; died August 22, 1887 in Ruzomberok.

• Maria Anna Janci, born August 22, 1885 in Ruzomberok; died May 1, 1886 in Ruzomberok.

After the death of Anna Mider, Joseph Janci married Veronika Janol on February 3, 1891. They had one child:

• Adolf Joseph Janci, born in July 1895 in Ruzomberok; died June 30, 1936 in Detroit, Michigan, USA

Generation No. 3

Stephan Janci was born August 6, 1877 in Ruzomberok, Slovakia, and died March 11, 1937 in Detroit, Michigan.  At the age of 19, he left Slovakia and embarked on the ship Friesland. He landed at New York's Ellis Island on May 12, 1896. Abt. 1901, he married Maria Pudis (daughter of Karol Pudis and Anna Huba).

Stephan Janci and Maria Pudis had the following children:

• Julius Janci, born in April 9, 1905 in Butler, Pennsylvania; died in May 31, 1956 in Michigan.

• Anna Mary Janci, born August 11, 1906 in Butler, Pennsylvania; died January 9, 1991 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

• Anthony Janci, born August 6, 1910 in Butler, Pennsylvania; died December 22, 1988 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

• Irene Philomena Janci, born June 20, 1914 in Butler, Pennsylvania; died July 6, 2001 in Livonia, Michigan.

• Stephen Janci, born April 17, 1916 in Butler, Pennsylvania; died April 22, 1959.

• Margaret Janci, born in November 1917 in Pennsylvania; died August 1977 in Pueblo, Colorado

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Adolf Janci was born on July 17, 1895 in Ruzomberok, Slovakia, and died June 30, 1936. At the age of 26, he left Slovakia and embarked on the ship Aquitania. He landed at New York's Ellis Island on July 1, 1921. He married Veronica Vendzuh on September 22, 1926 in Detroit, Michigan. 

They had the following children:

• Edward Janci, living.

• Adolf Janci, born October 4, 1929 in Detroit; died April 7, 1979 in Michigan.

Generation No. 4

Anna Mary Janci was born August 11, 1906 in Butler, Pennsylvania and died January 9, 1991 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.  She married Anton Joseph Halmo (son of Michael Halmo and Anna Skolka) abt.1932 in Windsor, Ontario. Anna Janci, and her husband Anton Halmo, were the owners of Halmo Jewellers in Windsor, Canada.

Anna Janci and Anton Halmo had the following children:

• Cyril Halmo, living

• Dorothy Halmo, living

• Martha Halmo, living

• David Halmo, born December 20, 1939; died February 2005

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Julius Janci was born in 1903 in Pennsylvania, and died in May 1955 in Michigan. He married Veronica Lachney. They had one child:

• Frederick S. Janci

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	Margaret Janci Burke circa 1943

Margaret Janci was born in November 1917 in Pennsylvania and died in August 1977 in Pueblo, Colorado. On June 9, 1943 she married John Doyle Burke (son of Matthew Burke and Mary Doyle). They had the following children:

• John Burke, living

• Mary Burke, born November 1947; died September 14, 1976

• Mike Burke, living

• Paul Burke, living

• Tom Burke, living

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Anthony Janci was born August 6, 1910 in Butler, Pennsylvania and died December 22, 1988 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.  He married Josephine Horchik. They had the following children:

• Connie Janci, living

• Bill Janci, living

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Stephen Janci was born April 17, 1916 in Butler, Pennsylvania and died April 22, 1959 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. He married Mary Ann Spisak on September 19, 1942 in Nashville, Tennessee.  They had the following children:

• Jerome Janci, living

• Thomas Janci, living

• Patricia Ann Janci, living

• Steven Janci, living

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Edward Janci, living; married Rose Mary Ciaramello, living. They had the following children:

• Marlene Janci, living

• Edward Janci, Jr., living

Generations Nos. 5 & 6

Numerous other descendants of Joannes Janci and Susanna Lejko can be found throughout the U.S. and Canada under the surnames:  Burke, Colburn, Galletti, Halmo, Janci, Nettath, Telley.

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This page was last edited on August 30, 2009 .