Their primary mission was to work among the vast number of Slovak immigrants in the area.
More than half of Slovak immigrants settled in Pennsylvania.
The current village was founded in 1806 by Slovak immigrants.
One of the neighborhood's prominent landmarks is St. Matthias Church, which was established by Slovak immigrants who originally belonged to Sts.
It was made up almost exclusively of German, Hungarian, Czech and Slovak immigrants.
She was born and raised in Canada as the daughter of Slovak immigrants.
Born on December 19, 1953, the grandson of Slovak immigrants, Dzurilla grew up in Carteret, New Jersey.
The strike is also known as the Slovak Strike because about 70 percent of the miners were Slovak immigrants.
The grandson of Polish and Slovak immigrants, he is an only child.
It was named after the neighboring church (which was first opened in 1892 by Slovak immigrants).