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| name                      = John Melok
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| name                      = Tochan (John) Melok
 
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| birth_date                = 1891
 
| birth_date                = 1891
| birth_place              = Austria
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| birth_place              = Austria, Slovakia
 
| death_date                = {{Death year and age|1914|1891}}
 
| death_date                = {{Death year and age|1914|1891}}
 
| death_place              = Hillcrest, Alberta
 
| death_place              = Hillcrest, Alberta
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| nationality              = [[:Category:Austrian|Austrian]] / [[:Category:Slovakian|Slovakian]]
 
| occupation                = [[Occupations#Miner|Miner]]
 
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==Special Information==
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<font color="red">'''Nothing further is known about John.'''</font>
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==Early Life==
 
==Early Life==
 
===Birth===
 
===Birth===
1891 Austria
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13 Feb 1891 Vitanova, Slovakia<br>
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Maybe this is Vitanova, Tvrdosin District, Zilina Region, Slovakia OR Vitanova, Arva Megye
 
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==Marriage==
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Single
 
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=='''Hillcrest Mine Disaster June 19, 1914 - Killed'''==
 
=='''Hillcrest Mine Disaster June 19, 1914 - Killed'''==
 
==Cemetery==
 
==Cemetery==
John is not buried in the Mass Grave, but he is buried in Hillcrest.<br>
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John is buried in the Mass Grave.<br>
 
Headstone reads: Tochan Malak / Rodzeni 13 Februara / Roko 1891 / Vitanova / Oravszka Sztolicza / 19 Juna Rodu 1914
 
Headstone reads: Tochan Malak / Rodzeni 13 Februara / Roko 1891 / Vitanova / Oravszka Sztolicza / 19 Juna Rodu 1914
  
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[[Compensation#Schedule B | Schedule B]]
 
[[Compensation#Schedule B | Schedule B]]
 
==Alternate Names or Alternate Spelling of Names==
 
==Alternate Names or Alternate Spelling of Names==
Malok, Malik
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Tochan Malak, Malok, Malik, Milak, Malec, Maleck
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==Interesting Facts==
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A Ukrainian newspaper named ‘’The Novyny’’, published in Edmonton, Alberta on the 27th of June, 1914, gave a list of the Rusyn Miners killed in the Hillcrest Mine Disaster.  Rusyns were a Slavic group encompassing most of the Western Ukraine.  Rusyns were better known in the Crownest Pass as Ruthenians. The list was written in the Cyrillic script and transcribed.  Translation of this name: '''Ivan Miliak'''.
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[[Category:Austrian|Melok, John]]
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[[Category:Slovakian|Melok, John]]
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[[Category:Miner|Melok, John]]
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[[Category:Schedule B|Melok, John]]

Latest revision as of 17:55, 3 April 2014

Tochan (John) Melok
Born 1891
Austria, Slovakia
Died 1914 (aged 22–23)
Hillcrest, Alberta
Cause of death Hillcrest Mine Disaster
Resting place Hillcrest Cemetery
Nationality Austrian / Slovakian
Occupation Miner

Early Life

Birth

13 Feb 1891 Vitanova, Slovakia
Maybe this is Vitanova, Tvrdosin District, Zilina Region, Slovakia OR Vitanova, Arva Megye

Marriage

Single

Occupation in 1914

Miner

Hillcrest Mine Disaster June 19, 1914 - Killed

Cemetery

John is buried in the Mass Grave.
Headstone reads: Tochan Malak / Rodzeni 13 Februara / Roko 1891 / Vitanova / Oravszka Sztolicza / 19 Juna Rodu 1914

After the Hillcrest Mine Disaster

Compensation

Schedule B

Alternate Names or Alternate Spelling of Names

Tochan Malak, Malok, Malik, Milak, Malec, Maleck

Interesting Facts

A Ukrainian newspaper named ‘’The Novyny’’, published in Edmonton, Alberta on the 27th of June, 1914, gave a list of the Rusyn Miners killed in the Hillcrest Mine Disaster. Rusyns were a Slavic group encompassing most of the Western Ukraine. Rusyns were better known in the Crownest Pass as Ruthenians. The list was written in the Cyrillic script and transcribed. Translation of this name: Ivan Miliak.


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