Born in Hreljin, Croatia to Joannes and Maria Polic. She had 7 siblings. Frances was "farmed out" at the age of 5 or 6, after her father died. She did cleaning, ironing and later cooking for a place to stay in the area of Rijeka & Fjume. She was waitressing in Hreljin and met Matt Stoken while he was driving a hack (horse drawn taxi). She was married Matt Stoken
in Nov 1900 in Hreljin, per Bosiljevo parish records. She stayed in Croatia until 1906, when she came to the US via Ellis Island and joined her husband in Butte, MT. They had three sons born there: Joseph, Matthew and John. The family left Butte about 1913, for Lincoln Co., MT, when Matt was forced out of the mines due to "black lung" or consumption. The family homesteaded on Grave Creek.
(The name was changed to Stoken from Stokan when the boys entered school. The tombstone and obituary--as well as other US documents--do not reflect the birth record found in Hreljin.)
in Nov 1900 in Hreljin, per Bosiljevo parish records. She stayed in Croatia until 1906, when she came to the US via Ellis Island and joined her husband in Butte, MT. They had three sons born there: Joseph, Matthew and John. The family left Butte about 1913, for Lincoln Co., MT, when Matt was forced out of the mines due to "black lung" or consumption. The family homesteaded on Grave Creek.
(The name was changed to Stoken from Stokan when the boys entered school. The tombstone and obituary--as well as other US documents--do not reflect the birth record found in Hreljin.)
Born in Hreljin, Croatia to Joannes and Maria Polic. She had 7 siblings. Frances was "farmed out" at the age of 5 or 6, after her father died. She did cleaning, ironing and later cooking for a place to stay in the area of Rijeka & Fjume. She was waitressing in Hreljin and met Matt Stoken while he was driving a hack (horse drawn taxi). She was married Matt Stoken
in Nov 1900 in Hreljin, per Bosiljevo parish records. She stayed in Croatia until 1906, when she came to the US via Ellis Island and joined her husband in Butte, MT. They had three sons born there: Joseph, Matthew and John. The family left Butte about 1913, for Lincoln Co., MT, when Matt was forced out of the mines due to "black lung" or consumption. The family homesteaded on Grave Creek.
(The name was changed to Stoken from Stokan when the boys entered school. The tombstone and obituary--as well as other US documents--do not reflect the birth record found in Hreljin.)
in Nov 1900 in Hreljin, per Bosiljevo parish records. She stayed in Croatia until 1906, when she came to the US via Ellis Island and joined her husband in Butte, MT. They had three sons born there: Joseph, Matthew and John. The family left Butte about 1913, for Lincoln Co., MT, when Matt was forced out of the mines due to "black lung" or consumption. The family homesteaded on Grave Creek.
(The name was changed to Stoken from Stokan when the boys entered school. The tombstone and obituary--as well as other US documents--do not reflect the birth record found in Hreljin.)
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