Joseph Spiska of Brookville

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JOSEPH SPISKA FAMILY
I have had no luck tracking this family down on any census prior to the time they showed up in Brookville, in 1930. According to the census entry, Joseph Spiska came to this country from his native Hungary in 1905, and his wife Elizabeth in 1907, but they do not show up anywhere (so far) that I have looked in 1910 or 1920.
At any rate, JOseph was 63 in 1930, and his wife, Elizabeth 59. They had a 17 year old daughter, Mary, who had been born in New Jersey. Joseph and Elizabeth were ages 25 and 21 when they married, indicating they had been married for about 38 years, so presumably they were married in Hungary before moving here. Their marriage would have been about 1892. As of 1930, neither of them were citizens and listed 'Magyar' as their primary language. Joseph was employed doing 'odd jobs' at the time
Location: Brookville, Delaware Township, NJ 08559, USA

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