THIS IS A PICTURE OF 1236 EAST MAIN ST . MY BABA & ZEDO (FRANK T. - TopicsExpress

THIS IS A PICTURE OF 1236 EAST MAIN ST . MY BABA & ZEDO (FRANK T. KOTANSKY & SUSAN - SALATA - KOTANSKY ON THE CORNER OF (MAIN ST. & OTTER CREEK ST) . IN STREATOR ILLINOIS.THEY MIGRATED FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIA TO SETTLE IN THE UNITED STATES. THEY FIRST LIVED IN HAZELTON PENNSYLVANIA . THIS IS WHERE MY GRANDFATHER WORKED IN THE COAL MINES . HE HAD A VERY GOOD UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN WESTERN EUROPE HE KNEW THIS WAS NOT GOING TO BE HIS LIVELIHOOD.HE TOOK A JOB WITH THE SANTA FE RAILROAD HE LATER WORKED HIS WAY UP TO BE A TRAINMASTER IN STREATOR ILINOIS. THIS HOME CONTAINED (8) CHILDREN 5-BOYS & 3 GIRLS ONE DIED AT BIRTH (SUSAN). FRANK NEEDED MORE ROOM HE BOUGHT SEVERAL HOMES IN THE CITY. (5) IN ALL. HE GAVE HIS FIRST SON JOE KOTANSKY THE FIRST HOME THAT THEY LIVED IN (PAINTER ADDITION - PINTHY - RINDTHY). HE MOVED TO 1236 EAST MAIN ST.WITH THE REST OF THE FAMILY. IRENE EVE KOTANSKY WHO WAS (MY MOM.) WHO MARRIED JOHN EDWARD UHREN . AS A WEDDING GIFT HE GAVE THE HOME AT 1406 EAST MAIN ST. TO MY MOTHER AND FATHER. MY NEICE (DEBBIE VAN PELT AND HER HUSBAND OWN IT NOW. (HELEN - KOTANSKY-PALANOS) LIVED UPSTAIRS AT 1236 EAST MAIN ST. LATER THE FAMILY HELEN - NORMAN - PAUL MOVED INTO THE LITTLE HOUSE BEHIND THIS HOME ON THE OTTER CREEK ST. LATER THEY BUILT THEIR OWN HOME AT KENT ST. & FULLER AVE, THIS TRACK OF LAND HAD (4) LOTS NORMAN BUILT (3) HOMES ON THESE LOTS. THEY LATER LIVED IN TWO OF THESE HOMES. MY BABA WAS THE BEST BAKER ON MAIN STREET. MY GRANDFATHER WAS MY BEST FRIEND.