Instead of posting news here as I have been doing, I am going to put new items in "News articles," which is near the very bottom of the page.
Would you like to add an old family recipe, look at or sign the guestbook, add an article, post a message or add a link to another site? Click on the "Apps" tab near the top of this page then you can click on "My Heritage for Mobile", "Memory Game", "Articles", "Message Boards", "Links" or "Guestbook." See the guestbook and the message I left (tongue-in-cheek) for myself as an example.
Does anyone have info on any upcoming "Hornick" reunion? Or any other reunions that you would like to post here?
The Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, where many Ziwiskys and Hornicks went to church, near Clayton, Wisconsin, has a cookbook that you may order. It has many ethnic recipes. Click on the "Apps" tab, then on "Articles", then "Church Cookbook".
Looking forward to additions of family names and pictures and facts from any of you who would like to contribute. If any of you are uncomfortable with adding anything by using the computer, contact me. My contact info is at the top of this Welcome page.
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Yesterday he (Ollie) locked me out of the house, closed the open window and made sure all the other doors were locked. Then he turned the laundry basket upside down, pushed it to the fridge, got the wii remote off the top, and sat down and played the wii and smiled at me thru the window. {From Margie Grife (Hornick).}
My daughter, Melissa, told me that she has been elected as Vice President of the University of Arkansas' (Fayetteville) chapter of SGE. SGE is the national honor society of geology students. Way to go Missy!
Where:Dale & Mary Cuper, 286 2nd Ave, Clayton, WI 54004
Contact info: 715 455-1137 or 218 998-5097 or sonofjohnrusf@gmail.com (Correction: sonofjohnrussf@gmail.com. Thanks to Polly Walker for catching this!)
"I want to let all the Pristash-Ziwicki's know that about 1990, I sent in names and payment to have them inscribed in the Wall at the Statue of Liberty's Ellis Island.
"Vasily Pristash & Marie Ziwicki were entered. So that if anyone travels to NYC, they can be found there at the growing complex. It is the largest wall of names in the world."
Just changed Caylene's diaper because it smelled like she had left a nice "surprise" in it. However, apparently not---and I said to her, "wow, that had to have been one stinky fart" and she replies, "stinky fart!"--clear as could be. (Posted on Kellie's Facebook page 15Sep2011.) (Caylene is 1 1/2 years old.)
Margie Anna Grife (Hornick) posted this on Facebook on Sep 23, 2010.
Max (about 5 and 1/2 years old) put socks on before going to bed last night so he wouldn't have to do it this morning. And Ollie (about 1 1/2 years old) is officially the bully in the YMCA childwatch, he hit 3 kids today in only 30 minutes.
There is a member of the Holy Trinity Orthodox Church (HTOC) in Clayton Wisconsin who is quite knowledgeable about the area where Hornicks and Ziwiskys came from. The area is Galicia. When Max Ziwisky and John Hornick emigrated to the USA in the late 1800's early 1900's, Galicia was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Now it is part of Poland. I have been in contact with this man, Alexsis Currier. He has sent me a Power Point presentation about the origin of the HTOC in Clayton, and about the "Homeland". I am sending copies of the CD to those who I am sure are interested. If you are interested too, let me know.
Charles graduated from dental school at UMKC. Now he has his DDS degree and he is a captain in the Army. Margie, Charles, Ella, Max and Ollie are now in Elgin SC, near Columbia, and Charles is stationed at Ft Jackson. I think they will be there for a year. He has 4 more years to serve in the Army.
Freida is suffering withdrawal but she/we may be going out to see them in August.
My sister Mary Ann Burquam (Hornick), said that besides her at the Church dinner, the following Ziwisky and Hornick descendants were also there: Phyllis Allison (Pristash), Alec Cuper, Jr., Kathy Hornick, Darylene Gustafson (Peroff) and Joyce Pohl (Ziwisky). She said there may have been more, but with 600+ people there it would have been easy to miss someone. There are pictures from the dinner posted on the church's website: go to "Activities" then "Links".
If you were there and not listed in this article or if you were there and you know of someone else who was there, make a comment in the comment section below. With a little planning this could be a mini family reunion event every year.
