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There is a church located in Kerets'ky according to Mapia

Name: Michael GREGOR/GREGA or some variation.
Born: Oct 1896 Kerets'ky. Known family left behind in Krets'ky: Charles Grega (brother)

Arrived Ellis Island. New York.
Age at Arrival: He was 17, we think he may have been younger?
Traveling Companions: Possibly Mateus GREGA and maybe Mary PATRUSKA/PETRESTH/PETRISCHE/PETRISEN.
via: Hamburg, Germany-N.Y.
Year of departure: 1909-1910 Have a possible record from Ellis Island for a MICHAL GREGA. Not sure if this is him.

Settled: Western Pennyslvania region in Fayette County, Uniontown or
Brownsville.

Wife: Mary Petrische ?(He married Mary and had two children, our
father and uncle, Michael GREGOR JR, our father, born 1917 and John
GREGOR born 1918. Mary died early, we think around 1925.

Additional info:
Michael's father was said to be the mayor of his
town/village of Keretske. Said to have lived to 107, this must have
been very unusual for that time. Was very tall by their standards.
Grandfather called himself a "White Russian". He often told tales
about vampires in his region as actual events. He said the whole town
or village had the same name? I am told that Kretske is a mountainous, thinly populated, ancient village that he came from. Today, Keretske appears to have a good sized town of approx. 1000-5000 inhabitants.

He followed the Holy Resurrection Russian Orthodox Church in the US, Brownsville, Pa.
He lived in Brownsville./Alicia. Pennyslvania (Fayette County)area.
Later, towns of Vestaburg(Washington County) and Mather, (Greene County)
He ended up in Dillner, Pa which is in Greene County. He was buried in Wolfe Cemetery in Dilllner, Pa. around 1964.
Most relatives have died, are too ill to recall, or just don't have information.

Western Pa is a mining community and he was a miner by occupation.

Mary the wife of Michael died at a young age (before 1930)of pernicious anemia, a blood desease. (She is my brick wall). He later married Anna, had more children, and was divorced from her. This had to be unusual at that time.

This person is not famous, maybe infamous, just an ordinary immigrant family who had great courage to leave his country and come to America for a better life. More to follow.