Jim Ward's Ancestors

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SHAPKA, Alex

Male Abt 1883 - Abt 1977  (~ 94 years)


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  • Name SHAPKA, Alex 
    • shows up in 1917 Henderson Directory in Calgary.
    Birth Abt 24 Jul 1883  Bukovina, Yugoslavia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Death record for an Alexander SHAPKA who died in Vancouver in 1977. [have assumed for now that he is the same person]. Previously, Kay Ward (nee Shapka) remembers her father saying he came to Calgary to be with an uncle, named possibly Nick [although there is an Alex in early directories]. Feb 2013.
    Gender Male 
    Death Abt 08 Aug 1977  Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Death Record for a possibility is an Alexander SHAPKA who died in Vancouver 8 Aug 1977, age 94 [1883], BC death index. Ancestry.com Mar 2013.
    Person ID I10863  Ward
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2013 

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

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


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