BIOS: John K. LUTZKE, Boswell, Somerset County, PA File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Candace Roth Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ ________________________________________________ History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania; Bedford County by E. Howard Blackburn; Somerset County by William H. Welfley; v.3, Pub. The Lewis Publishing Company, New York/Chicago 1906, pg. 372. John K. LUTZKE. John Lutzke, of Boswell, was born November 2, 1878, in Europe, and is a son of John Lutzke, also a native of Europe, who emigrated to the United States and settled at Hazelton, where he engaged in farming. He has recently retired from active labor. Mr. Lutzke married, before leaving his native country, Mary Zezock, and their children were: John K., of whom later; George, Joseph, Andrew, Michael, Stephen, and Mary. John K. Lutzke, son of John and Mary (Zezock) Lutzke, was brought to this country by his parents at the age of one year and obtained his education in the common schools of Hazelton. At that place he learned the jeweler's trade, which he followed for five years at Windber, whence he removed, in 1902, to Boswell, where he has since remained.