Stephen Dury, Dura, came to Schuylkill County, Pa. 12-March-1902 from Drisna (Driecna), now part of Slovakia. On a current map, this is approximately 49*12'N  21*12'E. Drisna is near the Polish border and just West of the Ukanian Border. The town of Drisna will probably not show up on any map. It is near and to the North of Stropkov. In 1880, there were 248 men, women and children living in 45 houses in Drisna.

Just to the North of Drisna is Sanok, Poland. This is the town that Anastasia (Natska) Napawance was born. The region that both  Sanok and Drisna are located is about 75 miles East, and just South of, Krakow, Poland.

Steven Dura came to America in 1902, Anastasia later. In 1950, Helen Gray corresponded with Vasil Dura, brother to Steven, from the town of Stropkov.

In 1880, Slovakia was part of Hungary, then the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. Sanok was well within the Galicia borders. The area is mountainous with the Carpathian Mountains between Drisna and Sanok. Hence, Stephen Dury claimed that he was from Austria-Hungary and Anastasia would claim to be from Galicia. Due to the border changes, Steve would tease Natska and call her from Poland.

They were residing in Gilberton, Pa. in 24-Jan-1904 when they were married. They were residing in Gilberton in February of 1910, where Anne was born. About that same time, Paul Dura came to Gilberton from Driecna. Paul's sister Anne was already in Gilberton at that time. Paul and Stephen were 1^st cousins, 1 time removed.

By April, 1910, Steven Dura had moved his family to Elkhorn, McDowell Co., W.Va. It was there that they were enumerated with the 1910 census. In May 1913, Steve applied for citizenship but failed to complete. He reapplied in June 1917 and was naturalized in September, 1923 as Stephan Dura, as is recorded on their 1904 Marriage Certificate. In the 1920 Census enumeration, the Dury family was enumerated in Monessen, Pa.

Tradition is that the spelling change from Dura to Dura was made by a school Teacher. It would seem that this transition occurred prior to 1920, and that the 1923 Naturalization was the last legal reference. Steve Dury, son of Stephen, confirmed this tradition. The Dury's moved from Schuylkill Co., Pa. to West Virginia and back, several times working in hard and soft coal to meet the current working conditions.

When the setteled in Charleroi, Pa in 1915, Steve went to work in the steel mill. One of the first tasks at each new location was for Steve to build an outdoor baking oven of brick/stone. This would soon become the neighborhood baking oven, shared by many. In this oven, Natska would do her weekly baking. Natska frequently took in boarders for other Slavic immigrants. While living in W.Va, Steve's brother John came to live for a while, but then returned home. Stephen’s sisterth Anne who never came over.

Note? In 1920, in Denora, Pa. lived a Tony Yurgovski and family. Tony immigrated about 1899 from Hungary. Living with this family was a John Dura, enumerated as his nephew and was age 12.???