Other Skura Family Notes

Catherine sometimes used the last name of Maida instead of Marud. Helen writes that there were six children in the family. Joseph never married. John Marud married and had five children and lived in New Haven, CT. Caroline Marud Pesda lived in Stamford. Helen thought she had five children. She married several times and had a farm that the State took for a major highway. With the proceeds from this she built houses for each of her children close to her own house. Mush says this was a Polish custom. There was also a brother in Poland and a sister, the youngest, in Paris, France, who married a Schrieber who taught at the Sorbonne. This sister had two sons that were in the French foreign legion and were killed in Africa. One of Catherine’s sisters married a Ryba and had a son in the Marine Corps who was killed during WWII in Iwo Jima. The offspring supposedly live in Florida and owned a marina and are believed to be very wealthy. The other sister’s married name was Kosloff. Helen corresponded with the Polish families after World War II when there was a great need for help.

Adam Skura had a twin sister, Eve, and two brothers both in Stamford. Joseph was married and had three sons. Frank remained a bachelor. His immigration records show him coming to the United States on 5/10/1909 at the age of 24 and visiting his brother Adam in Stamford. Helen did not know if there were any others still in Poland. Mush remembers a John as part of this family who later settled in Norwalk and had two sons and a grandchild Wendy.