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Martin Smetanovsky

Martin Smetanovsky

Male 1857 - 1918  (61 years)

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  • Name Martin Smetanovsky  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Birth 29 Oct 1857  Harichovce, Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    FSID G3QL-3WC 
    Residence 1884  Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1909  Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1910  Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    _DEST USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Death 19 Nov 1918  Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    • Age: 62
    Burial Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I373  Perchinske Strohmeyer Tree
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2025 

    Father Joannes Szmetanovszkÿ,   b. Abt 1825, Austria Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Catharina Neuvirth,   b. Abt 1825, Austria Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F128  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 29 Oct 1857 - Harichovce, Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1884 - Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1909 - Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1910 - Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google Maps_DEST - - USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 19 Nov 1918 - Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S152] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF3K-3CT : 5 August 2020), Martin in entry for Stephen M. Duke and Katharine M. Smetanovsky, 1 May 1912; citing Marriage, Fa.
      Martin in entry for Stephen M. Duke and Katharine M. Smetanovsky, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
      https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF3K-3CT

    2. [S178] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 165001-168000.
      Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967      		 Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967


    3. [S154] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Tree.

    4. [S152] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, Slovakia Church and Synagogue Books, 1592-1935, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KH8V-LXV : 19 July 2017), Martinus Smetanovszky, 29 Oct 1857; citing p. , 40, Baptism, Harichovce, Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia.
      Martinus Smetanovszky, "Slovakia Church and Synagogue Books, 1592-1935"
      https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KH8V-LXV

    5. [S66] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906–1967; Certificate Number Range: 165001-168000.
      Record for Smetanofsky
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=5164&h=600767176&indiv=try
      Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967      		 Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967



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