TITLE |
Fannie Yetsela Konko and Granddaughter
Virginia |
DATE OF ORIGINAL |
Circa 1929 |
DATE OF DIGITAL |
2006-2 |
DESCRIPTION |
ILASCO, MO (MONKEY RUN) - Fannie
Yetsela Konko is pictured here with her granddaughter, Virginia Kitsock.
Mrs. Konko came to the United States in 1894 from Vsouckon C. Sanah
Gal, Austria. She first worked in a glove factory in New York.
Her brother-in-law arranged a marriage for her to Frank Konko, originally
from Wes Leechiki Carpathian Mountains in Austria. At the time he
worked as a miner in North Hampton, Pennsylvania. She journeyed
there for the wedding. When Frank took a job with the Atlas Portland
Cement Plant, she and their children followed him to Ilasco.
Virginia is the daughter of Fannie's daughter Anna. |
CREATOR |
Unknown |
CONTRIBUTOR |
Mulhern, Virginia |
PUBLISHER |
Hannibal Free Public Library (Hannibal,
Mo.) |
SUBJECT |
Konko, Fannie Yetsela. |
SUBJECT |
Mulhern, Virginia (Kitsock) |
SUBJECT |
Immigrants, Austrian -- Missouri --
Ilasco. |
ORIGINAL FORMAT |
Black and white photograph, 5" by
7", slightly fuzzy. |
DIGITAL FORMAT |
jpg |
IDENTIFIER |
C10374 |