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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literal translation of Russian.

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German, with Slavic suffix -ka.

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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]

Notes:

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

1. SHAPKA, Lawrence Andrew "Larry" was born on 15 Jul 1924 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; died in 2000 in Alberta, Canada.
2. SHAPKA, Kathleen Rose "Kay" was born on 26 Jan 1926 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; died on 24 Nov 2015 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
3. SHAPKA, Leonard was born on 18 Jan 1934 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; died on 28 Jun 1934 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried in Burnsland Cemetery, sect. "F", Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
4. SHAPKA, H.
5. SHAPKA, C.

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