Family Group Sheet
NameJohn Skalla
Birth1867, Slovenia or Slavonia
Death1939, Mesa Co., Colorado
BurialCalvary Cemetery, Orchard Mesa, Mesa Co., Colorado
SpouseKatherine “Katie” Marentich
Birthabt 1877, Slovenia or Slavonia
Children
SpouseWilliam Leonard Downing , 3C1R
Census Notes for John & Katherine “Katie” (Family)
1910 census of Lake Co., Colorado, precinct 21, enumerated 7 May, lists on p. 7B as family #82:
Skulla, John, 42, miner, immigrated 1901, naturalized; Catherine, wife, 32, immigrated 1905, naturalized, first marriage for both, married 14 years, mother of 5 children, 4 living, both born in and both parents born in Austria-Slovenia; Mary, dau, 6, b. Austria-Slovenia; Frances, dau, 3, b. Colorado.
1920 census of Montrose Co., Colorado, Coventry precinct, enumerated 11 Feb, lists on p. 9B as family #33:
Skalla, John, 52, immigrated 1888, naturalized 1904, general laborer; Katie, wife, 42, immigrated 1890, naturalized 1904. Both born in Slavonia and their parents. Mary, dau, 15; Frances, dau, 13. Both daughters born Colorado Slavonia Slavonia.
Slavonia and Slovenia are separate places, the former a province of Croatia, the latter since 1991 a republic of its own, and historically at different times part of Austria, Croatia, Hungary, and Yugoslavia.
1930 census of Mesa Co., Colorado, Grand Junction ward 4, enumerated 14 April, lists on p. 15B at 950 N. 8th St:
Skalla, John, 62, age at first marriage 28, gardening and odd jobs; Katherine, wife, 52, age at first marriage 18, both born in and both parents born in Yugoslavia, both immigrated 1896. Frances, dau, 22, single, b. Colorado Yugoslavia Yugoslavia, bookkeeper for seed house; Yalich, Mary, lodger, 5, b. Colorado Yugoslavia Yugoslavia.
Skulla, John, 42, miner, immigrated 1901, naturalized; Catherine, wife, 32, immigrated 1905, naturalized, first marriage for both, married 14 years, mother of 5 children, 4 living, both born in and both parents born in Austria-Slovenia; Mary, dau, 6, b. Austria-Slovenia; Frances, dau, 3, b. Colorado.
1920 census of Montrose Co., Colorado, Coventry precinct, enumerated 11 Feb, lists on p. 9B as family #33:
Skalla, John, 52, immigrated 1888, naturalized 1904, general laborer; Katie, wife, 42, immigrated 1890, naturalized 1904. Both born in Slavonia and their parents. Mary, dau, 15; Frances, dau, 13. Both daughters born Colorado Slavonia Slavonia.
Slavonia and Slovenia are separate places, the former a province of Croatia, the latter since 1991 a republic of its own, and historically at different times part of Austria, Croatia, Hungary, and Yugoslavia.
1930 census of Mesa Co., Colorado, Grand Junction ward 4, enumerated 14 April, lists on p. 15B at 950 N. 8th St:
Skalla, John, 62, age at first marriage 28, gardening and odd jobs; Katherine, wife, 52, age at first marriage 18, both born in and both parents born in Yugoslavia, both immigrated 1896. Frances, dau, 22, single, b. Colorado Yugoslavia Yugoslavia, bookkeeper for seed house; Yalich, Mary, lodger, 5, b. Colorado Yugoslavia Yugoslavia.
