SHORT DESCRIPTION OF MARTIN: He married my third great-grandmother Ana in 1895, with whom he had only one son (my second great-grandfather Ivan). Due to the well-known unfavorable situation in Prekmurje, he left for the United States of America in early 1906 at the age of 33. He traveled to Bethlehem in Pennsylvania, where he had a friend. After working in a factory there for a few years, he returned to his home environment. The positive experience of working in America led him to decide to migrate again in early 1912, this time to a friend in Cleveland, where he did not stay long, however, as he had to return home soon due to the approaching First World War. The latter also cost him his life.

SHORT DESCRIPTION OF PAVEL: He married my second great-grandmother Ana in early 1919, with whom he had three children. Despite the ideal family picture, at the age of 36, due to general poverty, he was forced to leave his wife and minor children (the eldest daughter Regina was then 8 years old, and the youngest Maria was only 2 years old; my great-grandfather Pavel was 5 years old). Hoping for a better future, he traveled from Cherbourg, France, to Uruguay, from where he unfortunately never returned. Since all trace of him was lost, he was declared dead on January 1, 1935.