23 Husak Photos

Lillian on Wedding day

John and Francis Czerkas
This picture was on the wall in my dads living room and i believe it was taken of my grandparents, Iwan (jan) and Frances Czerkas. This picture was heavily touched up by hand. Am guessing it was taken maybe when he was about 30 and she was maybe in her early 20s. Possibly taken when they were still in Europe.

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Cherkas Family Photo thought to be around 1931
John Cherkas, unknown woman, Stephen Cherkas, Frances Huchas (married to John Cherkas), Pearl, Annie, Louie, Jennie (married to Louie) and Alexander Husak Girls in front are Victoria and Lillie and brother Steve

Husak Family Photo
Probably taken in the Summer of 1941 On the left is Stephen (with necktie) with his wife Natalie sitting in front of him with one of their children (Steve) in her lap, the guy with the big smile and suspenders is Alphonse Shapren (Uncle Al) and sitting in front of him is his wife Pearl and one of their children (Dick) in her lap To uncle Als left is Jennie (married to Louie) and Mary in front of her with the black dress. Alexander Matthew Husak is the one with the baseball bat (He is married to Clara (Lottie)) The man in front of him sitting with the stripped tie is Marys husband ? Pubusky. The girl in the front of him with her legs crossed is Louise (daughter of Louie and Jennie). The couple in front of the window are Jennie Cherkas

June, 1987 photo taken by Doug Cherkas Thomas A. Husak, Stephen Zerkis, John Cherkas, Pearl Shapren, Al Shapren, Anna Sule, Frances Sule

Cherkas Wedding about 1915
Wedding about 1915, We think the boy on the left is not Steve Zerkis but his brother Louie Louie would have been 12 years old in 1915 and Steve would have been 8 years old The man 5th from the left in the top row must be Tony Cherkas (son of John and Frances) he would be 20 The Zulkewski family were family friends, the small girl Nellie is their daughter The wedding couple Mrs. Galate and Michael Galate are supposed to be cousins but we have no record of who they are. Top row on right is Michael Cherkas, brother of John Cherkas. In front of him is his son Walter about 5 or 6 yrs. Anna Sclota wife of Michael with son Peter Cherkas at age 1

altar tabernacle they built or had built for the then new Ukrainian Catholic church in Woodbine New Jersey
I'm guessing this was taken in the late 1920's or so. My dad, Steve Zerkis is standing on the right in a suit, I believe my grandfather, Ivan Cherkas is standing the second from the left. What they have on display is a altar tabernacle they built or had built for the then new Ukrainian Catholic church in Woodbine.

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Czerkas Family Photo about 1920
family photo taken probably in the late 1920's or so. From the left, it looks like Steve Husak, my dad Steve Zerkis standing in back, then his sister Anne Sule, my grandmother, Frances Czerkas. In front of her is one of the two Husak girls, I'm guessing Lillian. Next to my grandmother in the back is my uncle Alex Husak, then my aunt Lottie (Clara) Husak. In front of her another daughter, (Vicky), my aunt Pearl Shapren, and my grandfather, Ivan Czerkas. I'm not sure of the spellings of the last names of my grandparents, I do know that when Frances came through immigration the records show her as using Czerkas. Have not found any Ellis Island records of my grandfather's arrival yet.

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Zerkas Wedding
I know only two people in this wedding photo, third from the left is my uncle Charles Sule, and at the right end, my dad, Steve Zerkis. Guessing this was in the mid-1930's.

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Zerkis Wedding
the only face i know is my dad's on the extreme left

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Zerkis Wedding
I know that Aunt Anne can identify all the people in this picture. I recognize the face of the third person from the left, don't know the name, possibly "Ulick"? I remember him as being in the Navy in WW II. Fifth from the left is my uncle Charles Sule, Anne Sule, Steve Zerkis, Pearl Shapren and Alex Husak. I think that Uncle Alex gave away the bride. What would be the date?

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