The Yuhas Journey

So I have been lucky enough in the past few weeks to finally find some stuff out about Grandpa. I know there have been many past missions that have failed and mine may be no different. But I would like to share some of the cool stuff I have found out about him.

In the 1920 Census, he was in East Chicago in a place Hammond, Lake County, Indiana.

Sorry for the poor quality. I will be more than happy to send the original (copy) to anyone. It basically says there was John Yuhas (abt 32), Julia (abt 23), John (4), Helen (2yrs 8m) and Joe (3 months).

They also live right next to a man by the name Louis Yuhas who immigrated in 1912 at the same time that John did. Could be a brother. He is 29 yrs old, so a few years younger. He is listed as a permanent resident, where John and Julia are both illegal aliens.

All of the kids are shown as being born in Pennsylvania. John is a Machinest at "Mack Mfg. Co."

Because of this new finding I looked for other family documents with INDIANA in mind or Chicago. I have a pretty good lead about his dad's whereabouts with a 1917 WWI Draft Card.

I showed both of these to Grandpa and tears came to his eyes. He says "Hammond" now sounds familiar. Notice that the draft card gives a place/date of birth. I personally think that it is "Hyabator, Hungary" but any guesses would help.

He also got pretty excited to see some of this stuff and after a night's sleep he had more information about his childhood.

He said that he would have gone into an orphanage at the age of three, putting that date to 1922. He remembers it to be St. Paul's Orphanage in Pittsburgh. He was there until he was 13, so until 1935 or so. When he got out, he stayed with his mom for just a short time. He then stayed with a Sargeant of Police with the last name of "Weber". He says that's where he would have been in 1940. Then he joined the Air Corps on Oct 23, 1941. I have that document, but it can't be attached.

He says he really can't remember for sure if his mom and dad were married before they came to the US. So looking for Julia can get difficult. She had a 1937 social security card with "Paukovic" as her maiden name, but Grandpa says it was "Pankovic", because the Aunt he use to go see in Warren Ohio used the name of "Panko".

Anyways there has been a lot of info traded to me from Grandpa and I would like to get as much from anybody else as possible.

Here are some pictures that have been sent to me of the St. Paul's Orphanage. I have sent away to the Diacese of Pittsburgh to see if we can get more that are a little more of time of 1922 -1935.

Enjoy!