Jim Ward's Ancestors

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SHAPKA, Michael "Mike"

Male 1866 - 1932  (66 years)


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  • Name SHAPKA, Michael "Mike" 
    • Personal Communication with Caroline Butlin (nee SHAPKA). Mar 2013
    Birth 1866  Oroscheny (modern Oraseni), Kotzmann, Austria-Hungary Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • AFHS Cemetery Index online for year, and place from Death Record, as given by son Andrew.
    Gender Male 
    Death 07 Mar 1932  Hubalta, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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.
    Burial St. Mary's Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Year from AFHS cemetery index, online, Mar 2013 [located beside the road, near 2 pine trees - according to Steve SHAPKA]
    Person ID I10861  Ward
    Last Modified 15 May 2013 

    Father SHAPKA, unknown,   b. Est 1850   d. Est 1900 (Age ~ 50 years) 
    Family ID F2892  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family AXINA, Rosie,   b. 1871, Austria-Hungary Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1943, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage Est 1890  die Bukowina, Austria-Hungary Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. SHAPKA, Annie,   b. 21 Apr 1893, Chernivtsi, die Bukowina, Austria-Hungary Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 03 Feb 1974, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     2. SHAPKA, John,   b. 1895, die Bukowina, Austria-Hungary Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1976, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    +3. SHAPKA, Andrew "Andy",   b. 24 Aug 1898, Chernivtsi, die Bukowina, Austria-Hungary Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1973, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    Family ID F1401  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2018 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 07 Mar 1932 - Hubalta, Alberta, Canada Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Michael SHAPKA, along with Alex, Andrew, and John, first shows up in Henderson's Directory.


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