Historical records matching Joseph Shimkus
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About Joseph Shimkus
The profile gives his birthplace as Kvėdarna. However, it appears this is based on an entirely unsourced claim in a FamilySearch tree. If there are sources for this birth location, they should be provided.
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Passenger list, line 4: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9T3-5WRC-P?view=i..., giving father's name as Joseph. Birth location might be Kuldūnai.
1920 census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RJX-9S4C
1930 census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRZG-Z3X
1950 census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHK-SQHW-WXHM?view=ind...
Naturalization: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G99C-B97L-1?view=i... This is certainly the right person, as he gives his wife's name as Anna and his child's name as Julia. Another version of the document is at https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000207358296830. It gives Joseph Shimkus's address, which is the same as is shown on the 1930 census. (The same address is also on Joseph Shimkus's WW2 draft registration.)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/253693684/joseph-shimkus
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Joseph Shimkus's Timeline
| 1890 |
September 10, 1890
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Kvėdarna, Šilalė district municipality, Tauragė County, Lithuania / Lietuva / Литва, Russian Empire
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| 1915 |
March 12, 1915
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Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States
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| 1967 |
November 27, 1967
Age 77
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Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States
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