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  | Janos Dinda |   | |||||
  | birt: deat: 1873 plac: Slovenska Ves, Austria-Hungary marr: marr: | ||||||
  | Michael Dinda |   | |||||
  | birt: 2 NOV 1863 plac: Slovenska Ves, Austria-Hungary deat: 19 SEP 1935 plac: Slavia FL marr: 8 JUL 1891 plac: St John's Church, Pana IL, by the Rev. Kassmeier marr: MAR 1902 plac: Cleveland OH |   | |||||
  |   | Katharina Muska |   | ||||
  | birt: deat: 1873 plac: Slovenska Ves, Austria-Hungary marr: | ||||||
  | Michael Jacob Dinda |   | |||||
birt: 4 JAN 1895 plac: Pana IL deat: 2 MAY 1978 plac: Orlando FL Ann Walaskay marr: 21 OCT 1931 plac: Trinity Lutheran Church, Orlando FL birt: ABT 1907 plac: Poniky, Austria-Hungary / Slovakia deat: |   | ||||||
  |   | Paul Grofcik |   | ||||
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  | Maria Grofcik |   | |||||
birt: 1873 plac: Iglo, Austria-Hungary deat: 4 DEC 1900 plac: Pana IL marr: 8 JUL 1891 plac: St John's Church, Pana IL, by the Rev. Kassmeier |   | ||||||
  | Mary Lanossky |   | |||||
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Michael and his brother John were twins. Michael and Ann were married in a double wedding with her brother, John Walasky, and Michael's half-sister, Helen. Several years later, Michael and Ann divorced. [source: Emma Dinda told Ruth & Lu Kolarik] The marriage was arranged so that Ann could take care of Michael's step-mother, and it didn't work out. Ann didn't do much of anything except play with her sister-in-law's children, so Michael's father said, "Divorce her
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1930 Census: 24-Apr The family is listed in the census database as "Linda". Michael, his wife Mary, son Mike, and daughter Helen were living at home then. They owned their home but its value is illegible. They did not have a radio. The age of Michael and Mary at the time of their first marriage is incorrectly listed as their age at the time of their marriage to each other. Michael senior is listed as a truck farmer.