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SHAPKA, Michael "Mike"

Male 1895 - 1977  (81 years)


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  • Name SHAPKA, Michael "Mike" 
    Birth 18 Sep 1895  die Bukowina, Ukraine Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • SSDI online. Ancestry.com gives birthdate and May 1977 death. Mar 2013.
    Gender Male 
    Death May 1977  Hammond, Lake Co., Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • SSDI gives name, birthdate and death month. SSN 306-01-5380. Ancestry.com Mar 2013.
    Obituary 08 May 1977  Observer, page A40, Hammond, Lake Co., Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Obit index Hammond Library. Mar 2013.
    Person ID I10959  Ward
    Last Modified 24 Oct 2013 

    Father SHAPKA, Theodore,   b. Est 1865, Ukraine Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Est 1920, Ukraine Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 55 years) 
    Mother CHERNIWCHAN, Ahafir,   b. Est 1870, Romania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Est 1940, Romania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 70 years) 
    Marriage Est 1890  Romania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2928  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 18 Sep 1895 - die Bukowina, Ukraine Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - May 1977 - Hammond, Lake Co., Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Phone conversation with Isabel SHAPKA of Calgary [dau of John & Annie]. Said that her father had a brother who lived in Hammond, Indiana. Also had a cousin Bill Shapka living at Vegreville AB. 18 Mar 2013.
    • SS application: Mike SHAPKA, 1037 Moss, Hammond IND, General American Transportation Corp, of East Chicago, IN, age 41 last birthday, 8-18-1895, Austria (Romania), father Theodore SHAPKA, mother Ohafir [or Ahafir] CHERNIWCHAN. Sep 2013.
    • Four Liquor Raids Occur in Hammond. Michael Shapka, 41, 1037 Moss Street, arrested at his billiard room, 1122 Conkey street. In Hammond Times of this date. Newspaperarchive.com Mar 2013.


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