First Generation


1. Theodore SOKOLOSKY (FALCON)1 was born on 18 March 1883 in Ruzdiviane, Galatia (near Kiev), Ukraine.1 (Later, after Poland took over, it was Galicia, Polska.) He immigrated on 1 January 1907 to Ellis Island, New York. He was naturalized on 11 June 1926 in Wellsburg, Brooke County, West Virginia.2 Theodore was living on 20 November 1936 in Beech Bottom, Brooke County, West Virginia.1 He received a judgment for changing his name from 'Sokolosky' to 'Falcon' on 4 November 1937 in Wellsburg, Brooke County, West Virginia.2 (Circuit Court of Brooke County, Judge J.J.P. O'Brien) He died on 13 March 1971 at the age of 87.2 Theodore was buried at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia.1

Theodore SOKOLOSKY (FALCON) and Carolina CHAIKOSKI were married on 15 February 1908 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.1,2 (Saint John the Baptist Greek Catholic Church, 109 South Seventh Street; by the Rev. N. Stephanovich) Carolina CHAIKOSKI, daughter of Michael CHAIKOSKI and Antonia KOLIKOSKA, was born on 17 March 1890 at a location near Lvov in Ukraine.1,2 She received a judgment for changing her married name from 'Sokolosky' to 'Falcon' on 4 November 1937 in Wellsburg, Brooke County, West Virginia.2 (Circuit Court of Brooke County, Judge J.J.P. O'Brien) She died on 15 April 1973 at the age of 83.1 Carolina had alternate spellings of her names -- [Caroline] [Chikosky] [Chikowsky] [Chikovsky].1

Theodore SOKOLOSKY (FALCON) and Carolina CHAIKOSKI had the following children:

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Mary SOKOLOSKY.

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Anna SOKOLOSKY.

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Walter SOKOLOSKY1 was born on 3 January 1912.1 He died on 8 February 1930 at the age of 18 in Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia.1 He was buried in Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia.1 (Mt. Calvary Cemetery)

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Eugene "Ben" SOKOLOSKY / FALCON1 was born on 21 January 1914 in Follansbee, Brooke County, West Virginia.1 He received a judgment for changing his name from 'Sokosky' to 'Falcon' on 27 November 1937 in Wellsburg, Brooke County, West Virginia.2 (Circuit Court of Brooke County, Judge J.J.P. O'Brien) He died on 13 December 1999 at the age of 85 in Joliet, Will County, Illinois.1 Ben was buried on 31 December 1999 in Homewood, Cook County, Illinois.1 (Homewood Memorial Gardens)

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John Carl SOKOLOSKY / FALCON.

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Joseph Russell SOKOLOSKY / FALCON.

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Stephanie Joan SOKOLOSKY / FALCON.

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Leon "Leo, Lou" SOKOLOSKY / FALCON.

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Katherine "Kay, "Toots"" SOKOLOSKY / FALCON.

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