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| Elizabeth (Kavulic) Galinovsky, date unknown |
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The daughter of
Andrew and Mary (Kalinac) Kavulic. Born 14 Feb 1893 in Dickson City, Lackawanna County Pennsylvania; and died 20 Jul 1968
at her home in Crucible, Greene County Pennsylvania. Elizabeth is buried in Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church Cemetery,
Crucible, Greene County Pennsylvania.
Elizabeth met her husband, William, while he was a boarder at her mother's home in the Scranton Pennsylvania area. They
were married between 1909-1910. Prior to October 1912, Elizabeth and William moved to Barnesboro, Cambria County Pennsylvania.
They moved to Jerome, Somerset County Pennsylvania prior to December 1915. Then in 1918 the they moved
to Crucible, Greene County Pennsylvania. There William went to work as a coal miner for the Curcible Fuel Company, a
subsidiary of the Crucible Steel Company of Pittsburgh.
They rented house #430 from the coal company
and Elizabeth went about her business of being a housewife and raising their five children. The house consisted of three
rooms; living room, bedroom and kitchen. The kitchen had a coal stove, while the living room had a coal furnace.
The house only had cold running water and no indoor toilet. In the 1920 census Elizabeth is listed under the
surname of "Winosky" and indicates that her parents were born in Poland and their mother tongue was Polish. However, the
1930 census has her listed under the surname "Golonosky", and indicates that her parents were born in Czechoslovakia.
It appears that Elizabeth's parents may have emigrated from an area near the Prešov region of Eastern Slovakia. As to the discrepancy, I believe they are
due to the language barrier between the census taker and individuals from Eastern Europe, which was a common problem.
Elizabeth was an active member of Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church were she was a member of the Altar and Rosary Societies.
In 1947 the Crucible Steel Company sold
207 company homes to an investor from Fredericktown, Washington County Pennsylvania. The new owner evenually put the
houses up for sell, and the current resident had the option to buy it if they were able. In 1949 Elizabeth
and William purchased the house they had lived in, raised their five children and rented since 1918. After
31 years, the American dream became a reality.
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