B.L. married ERICKSON, J. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. WARD, B.M.
2. WARD, J-TL.
3. WARD, B.L.
4. WARD, J.K.
5. WARD, B.J.

B.L. married COLLINS, Lois Ann Patricia Lois (daughter of COLLINS, Thomas Edward "Tom" and WHITE, Florence) was born on 21 Apr 1947 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; died on 05 Jun 2011 in Foothills County Hospice, Okotokes, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Lois Ann Patricia Ward
• _ADDR: Est 1990, Nanton, Alberta, Canada
• Obituary: 06 Jun 2011

Notes:

Obituary:
Ward, Lois of High River, passed away on June 5, 2011 at the Foothills Country Hospice at the age of 64 years, after a courageous battle with cancer. Lois was born in Vancouver to Tom and Flo Collins. She is survived by her husband Brian, four children: Renee, Blake (Jacqui), Denyse (Ken) and Sheron, 9 grandchildren: Brooke, J.T. (Alexa), Brock, Tayler, Jaidan, Kara, Brady, Tomas and Mackenzie. Lois is also survived by her brother Tim, mother-in-law Kay, niece Tracy (Jeff) and nephew Brad (Charlyn) as well as numerous cousins. Lois and Brian raised their family in Nanton and moved to High River in 1998 where Lois formed many new and special friendships that will be remembered for years to come. Lois loved her family very much! A Celebration Of Lois? Life will be held at Snodgrass Funeral Chapel, 301 Macleod Trail, High River, on Thursday, June 9, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Lois may be made to the Foothills Country Hospice Society, Box 274, Okotoks, AB. T1S 1A5. From Snodgrass Funeral Home Web site.

Died:
Obituary.

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

Thomas married WHITE, Florence. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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.

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a possible name variant.

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a possible name variant.

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a possible name variant.

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a possible name variant.

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literal translation of Russian.

Name:
German, with Slavic suffix -ka.

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

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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.