The Genealogy of David L. Moody & Yvonne L. La Pointe. - Person Sheet
The Genealogy of David L. Moody & Yvonne L. La Pointe. - Person Sheet
NameJosef “Joe” MATKOVIČ/MATKOVICH ®21, ®27, ®23
Birth10 Apr 1879, Tanča Gora 35, Dragatuš Parish, Slovenija 45° 32’ 00” N 015° 09’ 00” E ®21, ®27, ®23
MemoHouse Lilkov
Death4 Sep 1953, Virginia, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
MemoMyocardial infarction at home
Burial7 Sep 1953, Virginia, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
MemoCalvary Cemetery
OccupationDrill Operator In Iron Mines
FlagsVirginia, Minnesota
FatherJohan MATKOVICH/MATKOVIČ (1841-1907)
MotherMarija/Mary JERMAN (1849-1930)
Misc. Notes
The name of the house where he was raised was “Lilkov”. (Novi Svet 5/47) He survived the form of small pox called “Black Pox” when he was three years old. ®28 He emigrated in 1899 ®27 at the age of 20 to Ely, Minnesota. In 1900 he was a 21 year old single iron miner who lived with his brother John and John's wife Johanna in the First Ward of the city of Ely. ®27 In 1907 he and his brothers Anton Matkovich and Martin Matkovich lived at the home of John Tomachich (his brother-in-law John Tomazin) in Ely. He returned to Slovenia to marry Mary Vertin in 1907, and by 1908 they had returned to Virginia, Minnesota where in 1910 he was a miner at the Bessemer mine. On the 30 April 1910 US Census he was a 29 year old iron miner who lived with Mary, 21, at the Lone Jack Location of the Missabe Mountain Township, St. Louis County, Minnesota. Next door to them lived his brother Martin and wife Theresa. ®1240 In 1912 he was a trammer at the Norman mine and lived at the Commodore Location, Virginia, Minnesota, where he and Mary had his brothers Anton, Frank and Peter as boarders. In 1913 they lived at 121 Poplar Street, Virginia, Minnesota. ®1241 In 1917 he was a miner and they had moved to 120 South 3rd Street, Virginia, Minnesota, where he and then his widow lived the rest of their lives. He died at home at 9:35 AM of a myocardial infarction. He was a drill operator for the Oliver Iron Mining Company. He was a naturalized citizen. He was never in the U. S. Military.
Research
Naturalization papers.
Spouses
Birth2 Dec 1888, Dragatuš 13, (31) Dragatuš Parish, Slovenija 45° 32’ 00” N 015° 09’ 00” E ®23
MemoHouse Perceva
Death31 Oct 1958, Virginia, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
MemoVirginia Municipal Hospital
Burial4 Nov 1958, Virginia, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
MemoCalvary Cemetery, Graham & Son Funeral Home
OccupationHousewife. Clerk County Welfare Board 1954-8
ReligionRoman Catholic
Cause of deathCancer of gallbladder
FatherMiha “Mike” VRTIN (1842-?)
Misc. Notes
The name of the house she was raised in was “Perceva”. ®25 She emigrated in 1907 ®25 following her marriage to Josef. She lived as a widow at 120 South Third Street in Virginia from Joseph’s death in 1953 until her death in 1958. In 1956 she was a stenographer for the St. Louis County Welfare Board and lived at 120 South Third Street in Virginia with her sons Frank and Joseph and her daughter Jean. She died at 8:14 PM at the Virginia Municipal Hospital of carcinoma of the gall bladder.
Family ID604
Marriage23 Aug 1908, Dragatuš Parish, Slovenija 45° 32’ 00” N 015° 09’ 00” E ®1242
ChildrenJoseph Peter (1911-1988)
 Mary Therese (1913-1967)
 Anthony Joseph (1915-1995)
 Frank Victor (1917-1965)
 Jean Marie (1919-1993)
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