Mathews Family In America

Andrew Mathews Sr with his sons, George & Andrew Jr.
Joseph Mathews was the first family member to emigrate from Slovakia.  He is buried at the top of the hill in St. Charles Cemetery in Sugar Notch, Pennsylvania.
Andrew Mathews Jr was buried in the Cedar Cemetery in Cedarville, Michigan.  His headstone is done in his own handwritng.
Andrew Nathews left Pennsylvania and moved to Detroit, Michigan.  He married Ellen Agusta Nye.
This is Andrew & Ellen's first home on Coyle Street in Detroit.  Andrew is working on the lawn.
Andrew & Ellen visiting his family in Pennsylvania with their two daughters, Marjorie & Shirley.  Also in this picture are Ellen's sister Mae, her husband Paul Umbreit and Andrew's cousin, Edward Yurcannon.
Andrew Mathews Sr with his two granddaughters, Marjorie & Shirley.
Mary Mathews Cavenar (Andrew Jr's sister) welcoming us to Sugar Notch, Pennsylvania where she and Andrew grew up.
Sugar Notch is a lovely small town nestled in the mountains of Pennsylvania. 
Several family members lived in the Hanover section of Nanticoke, Pennsylvania.  Sugar Notch & Nanticoke are both suburbs of Wilkes Barre.
Andrew & Ellen courting in Detroit, Michigan about 1925.