Francis Joseph Guld (165) was born in Kukujevci, Austria-Hungary on 16 August 1870. It is not known who his parents are. Francis married Barbara Elizabeth Garatva (166) at an unknown date before 1900. Barbara was born 4 December 1876 in Hungary, a daughter of Melcher Garatva. Francis and Barbara together had seven children: Joseph (228), born about 1900 in Austria-Hungary; Ana (Anna Marie) (19), born 30 September 1901 in Pest, Austria-Hungary; John (169), born 26 June 1905 in Austria-Hungary; Elizabeth Barbara (168), born 2 December 1908 in Rankin, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; Marie (230), born 20 September 1910 in Rankin; Frank (167), born September 1912 in Pennsylvania; and Barbara (229), born in 1915.

Barbara arrived in United States, landing in New York on 30 September 1906, with her children Anna and Joseph. They traveled on the ship Blucher out of Hamburg, Germany, although Barbara's passport says that they left via Bremen. They processed through Ellis Island. The ship manifest does not include Francis, so it is not known when and how he arrived in the US.

In the United States, Francis and Barbara and their family lived in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area, variously residing in Swissvale, Rankin and Braddock. In this country, Francis worked in the mills until he lost some fingers in an industrial accident.

Barbara Garatva died at her home on Duquesne Avenue in Swissvale, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania on 1 November 1930. Francis died at home on Renova Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 30 August 1945. Sometime after the family arrived in the Pittsburgh area, daughter Anna and her sisters decided that the family name should be spelled 'Gould.' Francis and Barbara are buried under that name in Section 13 of All Saints Braddock Catholic Cemetery, Braddock, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

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