Elizabeth CHORTOS

(b. 8 December 1910 , Toledo, Ohio, USA d. 7 April 1944 , Cleveland, Ohio, USA )

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Elizabeth CHORTOS was born 8 December 1910 in Toledo, Ohio, USA

Elizabeth CHORTOS was the child of Paul CHORTOS and Anna TARAJAN

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Elizabeth married Joseph OLSAVSKY 9 February 1929 in Ohio, USA . Joseph OLSAVSKY was born 9 March 1906 in Pennsylvania, USA. Joseph died 17 November 1991 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Joseph was the child of Andrew OLSAVSKY and Mary KOVACS.

Elizabeth CHORTOS died 7 April 1944 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
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Elizabeth CHORTOS married

Joseph OLSAVSKY-- Date: 9 February 1929 Place: , Ohio, USA

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Joseph OLSAVSKY was the child of Andrew OLSAVSKY and Mary KOVACS

Name: Joseph Olsavsky
Titles and Terms: Mr
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 09 Feb 1929
Event Place: Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States
Age: 22
Birth Date:
Birth Year (Estimated): 1907
Birthplace:
Father's Name: Joseph
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Mother's Name: Mary Kahosky
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Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Chortos
Spouse's Titles and Terms: Miss
Spouse's Age: 20
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1909
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Spouse's Father's Name: Paul
Spouse's Father's Titles and Terms:
Spouse's Mother's Name: Anna Terrian
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Reference ID:
GS Film Number: 001901660
Digital Folder Number: 004733003
Image Number: 00249

"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch.org : 8 December 2017), Joseph Olsavsky and Elizabeth Chortos, 09 Feb 1929; citing Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, reference ; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 1,901,660.

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1910 Birth
8 December 1910
Toledo, Ohio, USA

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification

1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1927 - April 7 – Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover (then the Secretary of Commerce), which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1929 Marriage / Partner
Elizabeth CHORTOS and Joseph OLSAVSKY 9 February 1929, , Ohio, USA

She was 18 years old.

1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States

1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)

1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

In 1930, on February 18, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the study of our solar system.

1931 - The paper towel is invented (Arthur Scott, United States)

1931 - March 3 – The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States National anthem.

1933 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes President of the United States

1933 - December 5 – The 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed, repealing Prohibition

1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)

1935 - The snowmobile was invented by Joseph Bombardier (Quebec, Canada)

1935 - August 14 – United States President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law

1938 - The ballpoint pen is invented (Lazlo Biro, Hungary)

1938-1944 - Sunscreen is invented (Franz Greiter, Switzerland and Benjamin Green, United States)

1938 - October 27 - Du Pont announces a name for its new synthetic yarn: nylon.

1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

1941 - December 8 - (the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor) United States declares war on Japan (WW2)

Death
Name: Elizabeth Olsavsky
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 07 Apr 1944
Event Place: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
Residence Place: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
Address: 13502 Argus Ave.
Gender: Female
Age: 33
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Occupation: Housework
Birth Date: 08 Dec 1910
Birthplace: Toledo, Ohio
Birth Year (Estimated): 1911
Burial Date: 11 Apr 1944
Burial Place:
Cemetery: Calvary
Father's Name: Paul Chortos
Father's Titles and Terms:
Father's Birthplace: Parad, Hungary
Mother's Name: Anna Tarran
Mother's Titles and Terms:
Mother's Birthplace: Parad, Hungary
Spouse's Name: Joseph Olsavsky
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File Number: fn 23325
GS Film number: 2032356
Digital Folder Number: 004020610
Image Number: 00979

'Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953,' database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:XZPR-3T4 : 9 March 2018), Joseph Olsavsky in entry for Elizabeth Olsavsky, 07 Apr 1944; citing Cleveland,...Read MORE...

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Obituary
Elizabeth Olsavsky (nee Schortos), beloved wife of Joseph, mother of Joseph Jr., daughter of Anna (deceased) and Paul, sister of Mary Schortos, suddenly Friday, April 7.

Funeral from the late residence, 13502 Argus Avenue, Tuesday, April 11, at 8:30 a.m. Services at Saint Jerome Church at 9 a.m.