Dimitri Ely
Birth: 1860, Ukraine
Death: Jun. 6, 1916
District Of Columbia, USA
Elia Tomasko, was born in the Ukraine around 1860 and his father was Toma (Thomas) and his mother was Yanna or Marra, they were good Orthodox Christians of the Russian Church.
In 1880 he married Stoyka the daughter of Juvina, who were also Ukrainian, when a part of the Russian Czarist Empire and had six children
Two boys, Kirka and Spirako, and four girls, Doka,Yanna,Mara, and Saveta called Sisa.
The family moved because of the poor treatment of their homeland to Canada or the USA before 1900. They spoke English very well so may have been in England.
His wife died in 1912 from injuries from a wagon accident and brought her to Dayton since this was the family home town.....Rest our Papo in peace.
He is referred here as Dimitri Ely...but may have used Ely Demitro since a lot of the family took that name.
Elia had a large family himself...five brothers
Spiro (Spido), Wilson, Mita, Chopi, Supa, and Zulka ...and a sister named Peparka all famous Kanadaza Rroma he is buried here with his wife and two sons
Elia's father Toma, was the son of Vitselo. Elia's grand children include the Ely's of Cleavland, the Stanley's of Detroit,the Demetro's of Washington,
the Evans of Pennsylvania, Demitro's of New York, and the Bones family
Family links:
Spouse:
Stoyker Ely (1862 - 1912)
Children:
Sara Sisa Eli Demetro (1892 - 1948)*
Pete Ely (1893 - 1937)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Calvary Cemetery
Kettering
Montgomery County
Ohio, USA
Plot: 14 ELY X 3
Maintained by: L.a.
Originally Created by: Bonecollector
Record added: Dec 20, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 82193019