B.L. married COLLINS, L.A.P. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. WARD, R.A.
2. WARD, B.L.
3. WARD, D.L.
4. WARD, S.M.

Notes:

adopted by B.V. WARD; actual father is John L. CAMP

fought in the battle of Capelse Veer on the river Maas near Dussen (also known as Kappel se veer?) in Holland. Their objective was to paddle in boats up to a German occupied bridgehead [part of an offensive known as "Fall Braun"] and capture it. They had painted their boats white and were wearing white battle gear. At the last minute they were ordered to paint the boats black, thus getting their battle gear all stained with black as well. It turned out to be a full moon clear night so they could easily be seen. Walter had to fire on the occupiers wearing British uniforms, not knowing for sure they were enemy or not. They were Germans though in disguise.

wounded by gunshot to the leg. Shipped to England for recovery. One of his men was cleaning his gun when it fired, hitting Sergeant Ward.

had prostate cancer, and was receiving treatment.

Walter married SHAPKA, Kathleen Rose "Kay" on 07 Dec 1946 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Kathleen (daughter of SHAPKA, Andrew "Andy" and HILL, Ammaly "Molly") was born on 26 Jan 1926 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; died on 24 Nov 2015 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Kathleen Rose "Kay" Ward
• _ADDR: Est 1975, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Notes:

Newspaper announcement engagement of Walter Lyal W. Smith to Kathleen Rose Shapka. Newspaperarchive.com. Mar 2013.

Birth:
from Kay Ward, personal communication. Feb 2013.

Died:
obituary

Notes:

apprenticed, along with his brothers, as a joiner & cabinetmaker with his father.

Fought in the battle of Vimy Ridge with the 31st Calgary Battalion, 2nd Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Wounded by machine gun fire on the x April, [wounds to his hand and leg, losing a finger].

acquired a 1/4 section of land, [ description] through the Veterans Land Act, in the Twining area near his fathers place.

Family entry into Canada, registered at Calgary, from Deer Park Washington, USA. Stated they entered the US on 1 April 1927, and their son Thomas Henry is shown as having been born there. Thomas Nesbitt [father of Evelyn] & Sam Ward [brother of Ben] shown as next of kin in Canada. Source: Canadian border crossings, Vol. 7, page 42. Ancestry.com.

had a gold pocket knife (which went on his watch fob) that his son Frank remembers loosing while fishing on the Bow River. Frank later in life replaced the knife and proudly wore his fathers watch & fob.

Died:
complications from Diabetes.

Benjamin married NESBITT, Evelyn Verena on 15 Nov 1923 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and was divorced est 1932. Evelyn (daughter of NESBITT, Thomas Andrew and HOLLEY, Sarah Eliza "Ida") was born on 03 Apr 1901 in Markdale, Ontario, Canada; died on 05 Oct 1987 in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada; was buried est 10 Oct 1987 in Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Evelyn Verena Adams
• Name: Evelyn Verena Camp

Notes:

Birth:
personal communication.

Died:
attended funeral.

Buried:
with husband George B. Smith.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Andrei [Romanian variation] Shapka
• Name: Andrew "Andy" Chupka
• Name: Andrew "Andy" Czapka
• Name: Andrew "Andy" Czapki
• Name: Andrew "Andy" Czypka
• Name: Andrew "Andy" Schafka
• Name: Andrew "Andy" schapël
• Name: Andrew "Andy" Schapka
• Name: Andrew "Andy" Shapkarov
• Name: Andrew "Andy" Shapkauski
• Name: Andrew "Andy" Shopka
• Name: Andrew "Andy" Shpak
• Name: Andrew "Andy" Siefkas
• Name: Andrew "Andy" Sopkiw

Notes:

On Bukovina Group on Yahoo Groups "If they were indeed of Romanian ethnicity, their names would have been (most likely): Mihai Sapca, with wife Roza and children Andrei,Ion and Ana." by Eugen. 14 Mar 2013.

There is a John SHAPKA born about 1900 in Orshivtsi, Chernivitsi, Ukraine, who died in Kelowns in 1974 on Ancestry.com. Another is Orshivitsi, Bukovina, Ukraine. Theseare examples of a town where they could have come from. Mar 2013.

Birth:
Day from Caroline Butlin (Nee SHAPKA), and she confirmed place as Bukowina. Mar 2013 Also, Bukowina Poland place from other SHAPKA families in 1911 & 1916 census forCalgary. Mar 2013. Town or area Chernivtsi from Gaylene SHAPKA [this is her family research idea] in email of 15 Mar 2013. Year, originally from AFHS web site, cemetery index. . Feb 2013.

Anecdote:
The name Bukovina came into official use in 1775 with the region's annexation from the Principality of Moldavia to the possessions of the Habsburg Monarchy, which became Austrian Empire in 1804, and Austria-Hungary in 1867.
The official German name, die Bukowina, of the province under Austrian rule (1775?1918), was derived from the Polish form Bukowina, which in turn was derived from the Ukrainian word, ???????? (Bukovyna), and the common Slavic form of buk, meaning beech tree (??? [buk] as, for example, in Ukrainian or, even, Buche in German). Another German name for the region, das Buchenland, is mostly used in poetry, and means "beech land", or "the land of beech trees". In Romanian, in literary or poetic contexts, the name ?ara Fagilor ("the land of beech trees") is sometimes used.
Nowadays, in Ukraine the name is unofficial, but is common when referring to the Chernivtsi Oblast as over 2/3 of the oblast is the northern part of Bukovina. In Romania the term Northern Bucovina is sometimes synonymous with the entire Chernivtsi Oblast of Ukraine, and (Southern) Bucovina to Suceava County of Romania (although 30% of the present day Suceava County covers territory outside of the historical Bukovina.)
In English, an alternative form is The Bukovina, increasingly an archaism, which, however, is found in older literature. Taken from wikipedia.org Mar 2013.

Name:
a possible name variant.

Name:
a possible name variant.

Name:
a possible name variant.

Name:
a possible name variant.

Name:
a possible name variant.

Name:
a possible name variant.

Name:
literal translation of Russian.

Name:
German, with Slavic suffix -ka.

Name:
name as underestood by Gaylene Shapka, in her email of 15 Mar 2013.

Name:
another possible name variant.

Buried:
AFHS web site. Feb 2013.

Andrew married HILL, Ammaly "Molly" on 02 Jun 1923 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Ammaly (daughter of HILL, Jacob and BöTTCHER, Katherina Elizabeth) was born on 15 Jul 1904 in Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA; died on 20 May 1990 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried in 1990 in Mountainview Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Amalia Hill
• Name: Ammaly "Molly" Shapka

Notes:

Birth:
Day from Caroline Butlin (nee SHAPKA) Mar 2013. Born Grand Forks, ND. (personal communication Kay WARD [Shapka] Feb 2013. Year from AFHS web site. Feb 2013. Age 6 on 1911 census, born July 1904, USA. Mar 2013.

Died:
AFHS web site. Feb 2013.

Buried:
AFHS web site. Feb 2013.

Notes:

Married:
HILL Family book, in posession of Caroline Shapka, April 2013. Originally memory of Kay Ward. Mar 2013.

Notes:

Birth:
stated on several census records he was born in Bow, London. [anywhere from 1833-37].

Henry married COCKING, Sarah Ann on 22 Jun 1872 in Christ Church, Southport, Lancashire, England. Sarah (daughter of COCKING, Stephen Thomas and VESSEY, Eleanor) was born on 13 Jun 1845 in Fotherby, Lincolnshire, England; died on 13 Aug 1918 in Three Hills, Alberta, Canada; was buried about 18 Aug 1918 in Mount Olive Cemetery, Three Hills, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Sarah Ann Ward

Notes:

Married:
GRO marriage record #

Notes:

1911 Census living Glenelg Twp, Grey Co, ON, Lot 110, Conc 2, swts Rd.

Birth:
1901 census. 1911 Census gives 1870 , May.

Buried:
email from Town of Nanton, Cemetery administrator. Feb 2013

Thomas married HOLLEY, Sarah Eliza "Ida" on 19 Feb 1901 in Markdale, Ontario, Canada. Sarah (daughter of HOLLEY, Jacob Henry and MADILL, Eliza) was born in Oct 1877 in Artemesia Twp., Grey, Ontario, Canada; died on 06 Jun 1917 in Nanton, Alberta, Canada; was buried after 06 Jun 1917 in Nanton Cemetery, Nanton, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Sarah Eliza "Ida" Nesbitt

Notes:

Birth:
1911 Census.

Buried:
email from Town of Nanton, Cemetery administrator. Feb 2013

Notes:

Michael SHAPKA, along with Alex, Andrew, and John, first shows up in Henderson's Directory.

Name:
Personal Communication with Caroline Butlin (nee SHAPKA). Mar 2013

Birth:
AFHS Cemetery Index online for year, and place from Death Record, as given by son Andrew.

Died:
Death Record: Mike SHAPKA, age 65, lived in place 2 years, 26 years in Canada [1906], married, born Orishiny (sic) [is Oroscheny, now called Oraseni] Romania, Farmer, data given by Andrew Shapka. Record No. 547 of 1932. May 2013.
Originally the day from Steve Shapka of Calgary [grandson] phone 13 Mar 2013. Originally from AFHS Cemetery Index online. Mar 2013.

Buried:
Year from AFHS cemetery index, online, Mar 2013 [located beside the road, near 2 pine trees - according to Steve SHAPKA]

Michael married AXINA, Rosie est 1890 in die Bukowina, Austria-Hungary. Rosie was born in 1871 in Austria-Hungary; died in 1943 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried in St. Mary's Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Rosie Shapka

Notes:

Birth:
Year from AFHS cemetery index, online, Mar 2013

Died:
Year from AFHS cemetery index, online, Mar 2013. Not located in the Alberta Death Index for 1943 though after line by line looking for any Rose, Rosie, etc. April 2018.

Buried:
Year from AFHS cemetery index, online, Mar 2013

Other Events and Attributes:

• Emigration: 04 Mar 1904, Lebow

Notes:

was given a Parochial Certificate, issued by F. Snyder, a Minister of this church. Northwest Canada Conference, addressed to Pastor F. Kerig.

A Heinrich HILL announced he would open a German butchershop in Calgary. from http://www.ualberta.ca/~german/PAA/Calgary1914.htm . Mar 2013.

Dresden St. later changed to 6th St NE from McDougal to 5th Ave. Census: District explanation: 001-56 Calgary - Riverside, blocks 1 to 5 east of Edmonton Trail and the first 12 blocks of Bridgeland
001-57 Calgary - The remaining portion of Bridgeland Estate and the General Hospital

on Census, next door is the family of Frederich & Susannah HILL, by age and living next door, I would presume them to be related to Jakob Hill, possibly an Uncle. Feb 2013.

Birth:
Parochial Certificate, original in posession of Caroline Shapka, Calgary. Apr 2013 Originally from LDS submission by tprince860470 [no email available] new familysearch.org Trees, [this is same family, as mother Eva. Mar 2013. Age 45 on 1911 census, born Apr 1865. Mar 2013. Also is age 50 on 1916 census. Ancestry.com Feb 2013.

Emigration:
"Mr. Henry Hill died in Russia and several years later Mrs. Eva Hill, on March 4, 1904 with son Jacob and family, daughter Susan and family, and son John travelled from Lebow [no known place of this name] through the Baltic Straits to Winnipeg, Canada. They left Winnipeg to Grand Forks, North Dakota, where they spent two years. They arrived in Calgary, Alberta, October 1906." Copied from HILL book , in posession of Caroline Shapka of Calgary. April 2013.

Died:
List of children of Henry & Eva Hill, Copied from HILL book , in posession of Caroline Shapka of Calgary. April 2013.

Buried:
On the cemetery listing of the Alberta Family History Society, online, there is a Jacob HILL, 1865-1935, section M. Feb 2013.

Jacob married BöTTCHER, Katherina Elizabeth on 18 Feb 1885 in Alexanderdorf, Georgia, Russia. Katherina (daughter of BöTTCHER, Lawerance) was born on 07 Dec 1866 in Alexanderdorf, Georgia, Russia; died on 18 Apr 1919 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Katherina Elizabeth Hill

Notes:

Name:
Bettcher surname from LDS submission of tprince before 2001. Originally from 1904 Border Crossing manifest: husbands Bro-in-law stated as Peter Stettimer. Mar 2013.

Birth:
LDS submission of tprince before 2001 gives date, place, and father. Also is age 44 on 1911 census, born Dec 1866. Mar 2013. Also is age 44 on 1916 census. Ancestry.com Feb 2013.

Died:
HILL Family book, in posession of Caroline Shapka, April 2013. Originally in an LDS submission of tprince before 2001 gives date, but no place [have assumed Calgary] . Mar 2013. Originally had assumed is same person as buried at Burnsland. Feb 2013.

Buried:
Date from tprince LDS submission, so do not know where buried. Originally had assumed was in the cemetery listing of the Alberta Family History Society, online, there is a Kate HILL, 1879-1946, section P. Feb 2013.

Notes:

Married:
LDS submission of tprince, pre 2002, gives date & place. Mar 2013.