George Pisanick

George Pisanick (Pisczanick)

Born: October 13, 1881

Birthplace: Presov, Austria-Hungary *

Immigrated: 1904

Married: Barbara Slafkovsky, September 25, 1907

Died: May 20, 1968

Interment: Ss Cyril and Methodius Church Cemetery, Nesquehoning, Pa.

Father: Michael Pisczanick

Mother: Barbara Onufry

Children: Stephen Pisanick (1908-1984), Margaret Ditsky  (1910-2007), Joseph Pisanick (1912-1963), Daniel Pennick (1915-2003), John Pisanick (1918-1984), Frank Pisanick (1920-1976)

Siblings:

Occupation: Carpenter at Coaldale No. 9 Colliery of the Lehigh Navigation Coal Co., retired 1958

*NOTE (and history lesson) Presov, in 1881 was located in the Empire of Austria-Hungary. On October 28, 1918 Czechoslovakia (including the city of Presov) declared it's independence. Czechoslovakia then dissolved on January 1, 1993 and Presov became, and remains, a part of Slovakia.