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11 February 1946 Thompson, Connecticut, USA

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Born: July 1868 in Svinica, Košice, Slovakia


Elizabeth (Alzbeta) (Erzsébet) was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1890.

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Elizabeth (Alzbeta) (Erzsébet)  married  Andrew (András) KORCH (KOVALČÍK) (KOVELICH) 22 August 1891 in Manhattan, New York, USA .  The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Andrew (András) KORCH (KOVALČÍK) (KOVELICH)  was born 23 July 1866 in Vyšná Kamenica, Košice, Slovakia (Felso Kemencze, Abauj-Torna, Austria-Hungary) (Vysna Kamenica).  Andrew (András) died 14 October 1939 in Webster, Massachusetts, USA.  Andrew (András) was the child of György KOVALCSIK and Borbala (Barbara) STRYCIKO (SZTRICSKO) (STRITZKO).

Elizabeth (Alzbeta) (Erzsébet) TOMKO died 11 February 1946 in Thompson, Connecticut, USA .



Died in Fabyan section of Thompson, CT

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Tomko Name Meaning


Slovak Rusyn (from Slovakia) and Polish: from a pet form of the personal name Tomáš (Slovak) Toma (Slovak-influenced Rusyn variant of Homa ) Tomasz (Polish); see Thomas .


Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


Similar surnames: Tomasko, Demko, Mosko, Toman, Tomeo, Bojko, Timko, Tom, Tomek, Tonks


From AI:
Village: Svinica
Correct parish: Reformovaná cirkev, Svinica
Denomination: Reformed - Calvinist (Helvetic Confession)

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Spouse & Children of Elizabeth (Alzbeta) (Erzsébet) TOMKO

Elizabeth (Alzbeta) (Erzsébet) TOMKO married Grave has been locatedimmigrant flag photo of Andrew (András) KORCH (KOVALČÍK) (KOVELICH)  Andrew (András) KORCH (KOVALČÍK) (KOVELICH)
Marriage date: 22 August 1891
Marriage place: Manhattan, New York, USA
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Andrew (András) KORCH (KOVALČÍK) (KOVELICH) was the child of György KOVALCSIK and Borbala (Barbara) STRYCIKO (SZTRICSKO) (STRITZKO)

Marriage notes:
Name Andro Andreas Kovalycik Kovalycik
Sex Male
Age 27
Birth Year (Estimated) 1864
Birthplace Hungary
Marital Status Single
Race White
Father's Name Andreas Kovalycik
Father's Sex Male
Mother's Name Borka Strycko
Mother's Sex Female
Spouse's Name Elisabeth Tomko
Spouse's Sex Female
Spouse's Age 28
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1863
Spouse's Birthplace Hungary
Spouse's Marital Status Single
Spouse's Race White
Spouse's Father's Name George Tomko
Spouse's Father's Sex Male
Spouse's Mother's Name Anna Paricak
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 22 Aug 1891
Event Place New York County, New York, United States
Source Details cn 9870
New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938

Children of Andrew (András) KORCH (KOVALČÍK) (KOVELICH) and Elizabeth (Alzbeta) (Erzsébet) TOMKO

Grave has been locatedimmigrant flag photo of Elizabeth (Erzsébet) KORCH (TOMKO)  Elizabeth (Erzsébet) KORCH (TOMKO)
Married: Henry Emery KORCH 16 May 1903   Place: Webster, Massachusetts, USA

Grave has been locatedAncestor is complete!immigrant flag male ancestor Andrew (András) Henry KORCH
Born: 9 August 1887, Vyšná Kamenica, Košice, Slovakia
Died: 21 April 1973, Webster, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Anna "Panna" ROZGONYI 26 May 1906   Place: Webster, Massachusetts, USA

Grave has been locatedflag photo of Anna R KORCH  Anna R KORCH
Born: 5 July 1891, East Lyme, Connecticut, USA
Died: 28 October 1971, Dudley, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Willard S FEIGE 22 May 1907   Place: Webster, Massachusetts, USA
Married: Herbert Stowell WOLFE 1951

Grave has been locatedflag male ancestor John Fred KORCH
Born: 20 July 1892, East Lyme, Connecticut, USA
Died: 23 September 1975, Manchester, Connecticut, USA

Married: Mary CHOINACKI 1910

Grave has been locatedflag photo of George Frank KORCH  George Frank KORCH
Born: 12 July 1894, East Lyme, Connecticut, USA
Died: 14 January 1955, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Mae Natalie OSTBERG 21 August 1918   Place: Webster, Massachusetts, USA

Grave has been locatedflag photo of Edward Thomas KORCH  Edward Thomas KORCH
Born: 1 April 1897, Thompson, Connecticut, USA
Died: 26 January 1971, Webster, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Mary S TABERSKI 21 January 1919   Place: Webster, Massachusetts, USA

Grave has been locatedflag photo of Mary Beatrice KORCH  Mary Beatrice KORCH
Born: 21 June 1900, Thompson, Connecticut, USA
Died: 15 August 1965, Warrensville Heights, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA

Married: Jacob Joseph SERAPHIN 12 February 1919   Place: Webster, Massachusetts, USA

flag girl ancestor Helen KORCH
Born: abt. 1902, , Connecticut, USA
Died: abt. 1910,


Grave has been locatedflag female ancestor Mae Alice KORCH
Born: 4 May 1908, Webster, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 3 September 1972, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Married: Joseph John AGACKI 28 February 1927   Place: Cleveland, Ohio, USA



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Name Erzsébet Tomko
Sex Female
Baptism Date 23 Apr 1867
Baptism Place Svinica, Košice, Slovakia
Mother's Name Erzsébet Tomko
Event Type Baptism


Erzsébet Tomko
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BirthBirth — 1868
July 1868
Svinica, Košice, Slovakia
Elizabeth (Alzbeta) (Erzsébet) TOMKO - Present day Slovakia showing Svinica and Vysna Kamenica. Svinica was Petőszinye in Austria-Hungary and Vysna Kamenica was Felső Kemence (or Kemencze).
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Present day Slovakia showing Svinica and Vysna Kamenica. Svinica was Petőszinye in Austria-Hungary and Vysna Kamenica was Felső Kemence (or Kemencze).

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1884 Birth of Child
Elizabeth (Erzsébet) KORCH (TOMKO) was born December 1884, Vyšná Kamenica, Košice, Slovakia (Felso Kemencze, Abauj-Torna, Austria-Hungary) (Vysna Kamenica)

Elizabeth (Alzbeta) (Erzsébet) was 16 years old.

NOTE: Response to inquiry on Ancestry.com -- 'Yes, Andras Kovalcsik and Elizabeth Tomko had one son Andras, born 9 AUG 1889 there in Felso Kamence, but I am sorry to say, it seems that he was born out of wedlock. Andras Kovalcsik was an Lutheran and Elizabeth Tomko was Helvetian confession.
They have very beautiful church there in Vysna Kamenica and that village is situated under mountains.
Mick / Kosice, Slovakia/ '
1887 Birth of Child
Andrew (András) Henry KORCH was born 9 August 1887, Vyšná Kamenica, Košice, Slovakia (Felso Kemencze, Abauj-Torna, Austria-Hungary) (Vysna Kamenica)

Elizabeth (Alzbeta) (Erzsébet) was 19 years old.
Elizabeth (Alzbeta) (Erzsébet) TOMKO - Immigration information from New York passenger records. Ship SS Trave (Bremen, Germany and Southhampton, England to New York)  arrived in New York on
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Immigration information from New York passenger records. Ship SS Trave (Bremen, Germany and Southhampton, England to New York) arrived in New York on 19 July 1890.

marriage1891 Marriage / Partner
Elizabeth (Alzbeta) (Erzsébet) TOMKO and Andrew (András) KORCH (KOVALČÍK) (KOVELICH) 22 August 1891, Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)

She was 23 years old.
1891 Birth of Child
Anna R KORCH was born 5 July 1891, East Lyme, Connecticut, USA (Flanders) (Niantic)

Elizabeth (Alzbeta) (Erzsébet) was 23 years old.
1892 Birth of Child
John Fred KORCH was born 20 July 1892, East Lyme, Connecticut, USA (Flanders) (Niantic)

Elizabeth (Alzbeta) (Erzsébet) was 24 years old.
1894 Birth of Child
George Frank KORCH was born 12 July 1894, East Lyme, Connecticut, USA (Flanders) (Niantic)

Elizabeth (Alzbeta) (Erzsébet) was 26 years old.
1897 Birth of Child
Edward Thomas KORCH was born 1 April 1897, Thompson, Connecticut, USA (North Grosvenordale) (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville)

Elizabeth (Alzbeta) (Erzsébet) was 28 years old.
1900 Thompson, Windham, Connecticut
CT page 40 of 56 #526 Thompson. Andrew is listed as born in July 1868, 31 years old working in woolen mill.
Elizabeth July 1868, 31 years old. They have been married for 12 years. They have had 6 children. 6 children are still living.
Daughter Elizabeth, 15 and Son Andrew, 13 both born in Austria Dec 1884 and July 1886.
Anna, 8, born in CT in July 1891, daughter; sons, John (b. July 1892, CT), 8; George (b. July 1895, CT), 4; and Eddie (b. Apr 1897, MA), 3.
Year of immigration to United States for Andrew, Elizabeth, Elizabeth and Andrew is 1889. Number of years in the United States is 11 for all. Andrew is listed as an alien.

NOTE: There is a note under Elizabeth's name that reads something like 'This is sec. 2 children before marriage'. It would lead me to believe that the children, Elizabeth and Andrew, were born before the marriage of the parents, Elizabeth and Andrew. That information seems to match with the immigration info that I think might belong to Elizabeth.
1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1900 Birth of Child
Mary Beatrice KORCH was born 21 June 1900, Thompson, Connecticut, USA (North Grosvenordale) (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville)

Elizabeth (Alzbeta) (Erzsébet) was 31 years old.
marriage1903 Marriage of Child
Elizabeth (Erzsébet) KORCH (TOMKO) married 16 May 1903, Webster, Massachusetts, USA to Henry Emery KORCH
marriage1906 Marriage of Child
Andrew (András) Henry KORCH married 26 May 1906, Webster, Massachusetts, USA to Anna "Panna" ROZGONYI
Invention In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.
marriage1907 Marriage of Child
Anna R KORCH married 22 May 1907, Webster, Massachusetts, USA to Willard S FEIGE
1908 Birth of Child
Mae Alice KORCH was born 4 May 1908, Webster, Massachusetts, USA

Elizabeth (Alzbeta) (Erzsébet) was 39 years old.
1910
CT page 17 of 54 #589 Thompson (Wilsonville Village) Andrew Korch listed as farmer, age 44.
With wife, Elizabeth, 44, born in Austria, parents both born in Austria.
Sons, George, 15, and Edward, 18, Mary, 9 and daughter Mae, age 2.
George works in a woolen mill. Children all born in CT. Willard and Anna (Korch) Feige and family are living near them.
1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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marriage1918 Marriage of Child
George Frank KORCH married 21 August 1918, Webster, Massachusetts, USA to Mae Natalie OSTBERG
marriage1919 Marriage of Child
Edward Thomas KORCH married 21 January 1919, Webster, Massachusetts, USA to Mary S TABERSKI
marriage1919 Marriage of Child
Mary Beatrice KORCH married 12 February 1919, Webster, Massachusetts, USA to Jacob Joseph SERAPHIN
1920
Thompson, CT Windham county image 47 of 59 ED 350 roll T625_198 shows Andrew (last name spelled KOCH)
estimated birth year 1866 living with Elizabeth and Mary E., Edward, Mary (daughter-in-law) and Louise (granddaughter).
Andrew appears to be 53, b. Slovakland (northern Hungary), year of immigration 1886, parents b. Slovakland, farmer.
Elizabeth, 53, b. Slovakland, year of immigration 1886, parents b. Slovakland, mother tongue for both is Slovak,
Mary (or May) E. - age 11?, b. CT. abt 1909 or 1901,
Edward - around 23, b. CT abt 1897,
Mary (daughter-in-law), around 20, b. MA, parents born in Poland
Louise (granddaughter) 8 months old, b. CT, mother born in MA, father born in CT.
1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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Elizabeth (Alzbeta) (Erzsébet) TOMKO - George (Midge) Feige, Elizabeth Tomko Korch, Pearl Korch
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George (Midge) Feige, Elizabeth Tomko Korch, Pearl Korch

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Elizabeth (Alzbeta) (Erzsébet) TOMKO - 1926 Birthday card sent to daughter, Anna Feige
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1926 Birthday card sent to daughter, Anna Feige

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marriage1927 Marriage of Child
Mae Alice KORCH married 28 February 1927, Cleveland, Ohio, USA to Joseph John AGACKI
1930
In 1930 US Census, a John Tomcko, age 40 and his wife Anna, age 41 are living in Windham, Windham, Connecticut with their family. John and Anna were both born in Slovakia. John came to the US in 1915. Anna came in 1903. John's age of 1st marriage is 21. Anna's is 20. Living with them are son, Steve, 20, b. Slovakia, came to US in 1920; daughter, Matlida, 8, b. CT; daughter, Regina, 7, b. CT; son, Albert, 6, b. CT. Related???
1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1930
Thompson, CT Windham county shows Andrew Korcha living with Elizabeth on Long Branch Road (owns the property).
Elizabeth and Andrew born in Czechoslovakia. Both Age 64. Estimated birth years 1866.
Age of first marriage for both: 19
Both are able to read, write and speak English.
Their home is valued at $3,000.
Andrew does farm work on his own property.
Year of immigration for both: 1886
Both are listed as aliens.

District 26 page 16 of 48

Year: 1930; Census Place: Thompson, Windham, Connecticut; Roll: T626_284; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 27; Image: 1152
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Elizabeth (Alzbeta) (Erzsébet) TOMKO - Member
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Elizabeth (Alzbeta) (Erzsébet) TOMKO - Elizabeth Tomko Korch and Mary Korch
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Elizabeth Tomko Korch and Mary Korch

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marriage1933 Marriage of Child
John Fred KORCH married 31 January 1933, Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights) to Else Adelaide "Elsie" GATZKE
Invention 1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)
Elizabeth (Alzbeta) (Erzsébet) TOMKO - National Slovak Society - Traveling Card? December 1938
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National Slovak Society - "Traveling Card"? December 1938

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1939 Death of Spouse/Partner
Andrew (András) KORCH (KOVALČÍK) (KOVELICH) died 14 October 1939, Webster, Massachusetts, USA
1940 Thompson, Windham, Connecticut
114 Wilsonville
Kovalchk Elizabeth, head, 73, widow, b. Austria
Kovalcek George, head, 45, b. CT, weaver, woolen mill. $496
Kovalcek Warren, son, 11, b. CT
1940 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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Elizabeth (Alzbeta) (Erzsébet) TOMKO - Elizabeth Tomko Korch
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Elizabeth Tomko Korch

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Elizabeth (Alzbeta) (Erzsébet) TOMKO - Elizabeth Tomko Korch
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Elizabeth Tomko Korch

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Elizabeth (Alzbeta) (Erzsébet) TOMKO - Elizabeth Tomko Korch, Anna Korch Feige, Vivian Feige, Mary Korch
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Elizabeth Tomko Korch, Anna Korch Feige, Vivian Feige, Mary Korch

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Invention 1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Elizabeth (Alzbeta) (Erzsébet) TOMKO - Elizabeth Tomko Korch
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Elizabeth Tomko Korch

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Invention The microwave oven was invented accidentally in 1945 by Percy Spencer, a Raytheon engineer. While testing a magnetron, he noticed microwaves melted a candy bar in his pocket. Experimenting further, he discovered microwaves could cook food quickly. Raytheon patented the process, and by 1947, they built the first commercial microwave oven, called the 'Radarange.' Initially used in commercial settings, microwaves becomes affordable for home use by the 1960s and 1970s, revolutionizing cooking.
Elizabeth (Alzbeta) (Erzsébet) TOMKO - National Slovak Society - Life Insurance Policy Claim? 29 Jun 1946
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National Slovak Society - Life Insurance Policy Claim? 29 Jun 1946

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Elizabeth (Alzbeta) (Erzsébet) TOMKO - National Slovak Society - Letter testifying that Elizabeth Korch is Elizabeth Kovalcik - dated 15 Apr 1946
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National Slovak Society - Letter testifying that Elizabeth Korch is Elizabeth Kovalcik - dated 15 Apr 1946

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Elizabeth (Alzbeta) (Erzsébet) TOMKO - Mount Zion Cemetery, Webster, MA
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Mount Zion Cemetery, Webster, MA

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Worcester Telegram, Worcester, Massachusetts, February 12, 1946
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DeathDeath — 1946
11 February 1946
Thompson, Connecticut, USA
She died at the age of 77.
Obituary
WEBSTER, Feb. 11. - Mrs. Elizabeth (Tomko) Korch, 81, a former resident, died today in Fabyan, Conn. She leaves 81 descendants, including four daughters, Elizabeth and Mary Korch, Mrs. Anna Feige and Mrs. Mae Agacki; four sons, George, Andrew, John and Edmond, all of Webster; 40 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren also survive.

The body was taken to the funeral home of Bernard J. Shaw. Services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 in the Church of the Reconciliation. Burial will be in Mt. Zion Cemetery.

Worcester Daily Telegram
Worcester, Massachusetts
Tuesday, February 12, 1946
Funeral
Mrs. Elizabeth Korch
WEBSTER - Feb. 14 -

The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Korch of Ash street was this afternoon with services in the Church of the Reconciliation. Reverend Theodore Johnson officiated. Bearers were William Feige, Richard Feige, Edward Korch, Leo Baker, George Wentworth and James Goode. Burial was in Mt. Zion Cemetery in charge of Bernard J. Shaw.

Worcester Daily Telegram
Worcester, Massachusetts
Thursday, February 14, 1946

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Old Worcester Rd.
Rte 12
Webster, Massachusetts, USA
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Last updated: 4/16/2026 12:47:48 PM

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