JIMMY J ROGERS AND GLADYS STELTER ROGERS OF DAYTON, TEXAS:Information about Anna Onofre Kurey
Anna Onofre Kurey (b. May 12, 1888, d. August 10, 1950)
Notes for Anna Onofre Kurey:
Anna Onofre Kurey (Pronounced Kieri) was married twice.She came to US from Austria, which later became Poland.She spoke, mom said, 5 or 6 languages.Those languages were Italian, Spanish, Yiddish, German, Polish, Russian and English.She came directly to Galveston via steamship under the name of Kolegah.Her father, Onafre Kurey died at age 41 and her mother, Maria Rawsky, died at age 96.
Information about Annas arrival via steamship is in Box 05-0, dated 2/13/07 thru 5/05/07 in the Galveston Library.
Mom said that she and her sisters and brothers were all born at home.
Anna was a hard worker and had a very hard life.She worked in the fields with Popie.Every day mom had to walk to store, I am not sure where they were at the time, and get a soup bone at the store 7 blocks away, because grandma made soup for every meal.When grandma Sapsky went to get groceries, she had to take all the kids with her and they had to carry groceries home.They had no transportation.
When Anna Sapsky died she had gotten a bad headache.She was in the emergency room of John Sealy Hospital and collapsed.She went into a coma and never came out.
She worked in orphan homes and slaughter house off 51st street in Galveston.
2/21/1907 - left Bremen, Germany
3/17/1907 - Arrived Galveston, Tx.
She believed in fortune tellers.
More About Anna Onofre Kurey:
Burial 1: August 10, 1950, Oleander Cemetary, Galveston, Tx..
Burial 2: February 21, 1907, Left Bremen Germany.
Burial 3: August 10, 1950, Malloy & Son Funeral Home..
Immigration: March 17, 1907, Arrived from Austria.
More About Anna Onofre Kurey and Prokop Semion Sapsky:
Marriage: October 02, 1911, Galveston, Texas.
Marriage Fact: October 02, 1911
Children of Anna Onofre Kurey and Husband Segursky are:
- +Mary Josephine (Segursky) Sapsky, b. October 16, 1910, Galveston, Texas, d. January 14, 1997, Texas City, Texas.
Children of Anna Onofre Kurey and Prokop Semion Sapsky are:
- +Mary Josephine (Segursky) Sapsky, b. October 16, 1910, Galveston, Texas, d. January 14, 1997, Texas City, Texas.
- +Katherine Sapsky, b. October 29, 1911, Galveston, Texas, d. August 2000, Bristow, Ok.
- +George John Sapsky, b. October 13, 1913, Galveston, Texas, d. August 30, 1981, Galveston, Texas.
- +Mary Magdalene Sapsky, b. August 03, 1916, Galveston, Texas, d. date unknown.
- John S. Sapsky, b. February 06, 1919, Galveston, Texas, d. September 23, 1980, San Diego, Ca..
- +Michael R. Sapsky, b. June 05, 1925, New Baden, Texas, d. September 20, 1987, Sacramento, California.
- +Samuel Sapsky, b. June 05, 1925, New Baden, Tx., d. June 17, 1981, Houston, Texas.