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GORSKI, Roy Hans
1929 - 1990 (60 years) Has 20 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1902 - 1981 (78 years)-
Name GORSKI, Roy Hans Birth 7 May 1929 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA 
Gender Male Death 5 May 1990 Melrose Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA Person ID I1919 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father LARVICK, Hans A., b. 29 Mar 1899, Bergen, Norway d. 25 Dec 1928, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA (Age 29 years) Relationship natural Mother EDGOOSE, Harriet Magdaline, b. 11 Oct 1902, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA d. 16 May 1981, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA (Age 78 years) Relationship natural Marriage 21 Feb 1928 Cook County, Illinois, USA Family ID F677 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Family ID F1021 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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ROY HANS GORSKI 1929-1990
Roy Hans LARVIK (the name on his birth certificate) was born on 7 May 1929 at Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. His (late) father's name was given as 29 year old Hans LARVIK from Norway. His mother was 26 year old Harriett [sic] from Chicago, Illinois.
(Illinois Cook County Birth Certificates 1871-1940)
Notes made by James MIKOLAJCZYK (james_mikolajczyk@tayloru.edu) on Ancestry.com:
"Roy's father, Hans LARVIK, died while Harriet was pregnant with him.
When he enrolled to start Kindergarten, they made him stay out a year to learn English because he spoke Norwegian.
He attended Rheinberg Grade School, Nixon Grade School and Calvin Park High School.
Roy loved to play baseball. The Chicago Cubs sent him a letter inviting him to Spring Training, but his mother threw it away before he could see it because she didn't want to lose her son.
Roy and Jean met in high school. They might have met before since their great-aunts lived next to each other, but they don't remember if they did.
Roy was a sheetmetal worker.
Roy was a brave man! He died of kidney cancer that spread to the spinal cord.
He was buried on his birthday. "Take me out to the Ballgame" was played at his funeral since he was a lifetime Cubs fan.
He had season tickets on the third base side of the field."
The 1930 Federal Census of Jefferson Township, Cook County, Illinois, USA, enumerated on 22 April 1930.
Anthony GORSKI, head, aged 32, married, house rented for $25 monthly, born in Illinois of German and Michigan born parents, employed as a motor coach conductor;
Harriet GORSKI, wife, aged 27, married, born in Illinois;
Robert GORSKI, son, aged 8, born in Illinois;
*Roy GORSKI, son, aged 11 months, born in Illinois.
Serina OLSEN, grandmother, aged 82, widow, immigrated 1881, naturalised, born in Norway, Norwegian language spoken at home before coming to the USA.
(NARA Series T626 Roll 474)
NOTE: $25 monthly was a very low rent. Perhaps the next door neighbour, a 58 year old widow named Catherine GORSKI, was Anthony GORSKI's mother. She owned a house worth $3000 and may have subsidised her son's rent.
From the 1940 US Federal Census enumerated on 13 April 1940:
Anthony GORSKI, head, married, aged 42, born in Illinois in 1898. His occupation was tree planting;
Harriet GORSKI, wife, married, aged 37, born 1903 in Illinois, employed to do housework in a private house;
Robert GORSKI, son, single, aged 18, born in Illinois in 1922.
*Roy (not Ray) GORSKI, son, single, aged 10, born in Illinois in 1930.
(NARA Series T627 Roll 998)
Next door:
Catherine GORSKI, head, widow, aged 68, born in Michigan, USA.
(revised 27.06.2020)