The Family is Growing

Well I woke up to the best news this morning. My new nephew will be here Monday! This had me thinking about my family and how it all begin. Well, it began with My Great-grandfather Basil Samuel Kohut and Teresa Paraskevia Karchut. Both Basil and Teresa grew up in small villages in the Ukraine. They secretly admired  each-other since they were young children playing in the same villages. The Karchut family  had an arranged marriage prepared for Teresa, but it was not to her secret love Basil.  Basil took a leap of faith and came to America settling in Philadelphia PA. While he was here in America,  he sent Teresa letters begging her to come to America. He promised to marry her if she would take the risk and come to America. Teresa convinced her father to give her the dowry money to  buy a ticket to America. The pictures explain the ending to this love story...........

This is the Kohut family who moved to Wheeling and had nine  children. Photo below from the late 1930's

My Grandfather, Peter Samuel Kohut was the only boy with eight sisters, Nora, Teresa. Vera, Anna, Mary, Olga, Irene, and Katherine.

The photo below is from my Grandma and Grandpa's Wedding July 18, 1953. My Grandfather all grown up with his eight beautiful sisters.