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In reply to the discussion: How did you get here? [View all]livetohike
(22,124 posts)horrible timing - he was 5 years old. His father came here (Pittsburgh area)earlier in the year because he heard that the steel mills were hiring. I don't know if he saw recruitment posters or this was word of month. He started working and saved enough money to have my Dad and Grandmother come over six months later.
My maternal Grandparents were also born in Czechoslovakia. My Grandfather came here at age 16 and worked for the railroad.My Grandmother was sort of a mail order bride. She never met my Grandfather. Her Uncle was here and told my Grandfather that his niece would "make a good Slovak wife". So my Grandfather sent her money to come to America. My Mom was born here.
My Grandmothers knew each other from their days as school girls in Czechoslovakia. When they learned that they only lived one mile apart, they started visiting each other. Dad came home from serving in WWII and that's when he met my Mom. He drove over to pick his Mother up from visiting and that's when my parents first met each other.
So I am a first generation American.