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Peter Shimkus

Lithuanian: Petras Šimkus
Also Known As: "Simkus"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Kauno gubernija, Lithuania / Lietuva / Литва, Russian Empire
Death: July 17, 1949 (53-62)
Cook County, Illinois, United States
Place of Burial: 4401 West 111th Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 60655, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Ignacijus Šimkus and Marijona Šimkienė
Husband of Bessie Shimkus and Eva Casper Shimkus
Father of Peter Shimkus; Albert Shimkus; Martin Albert Shimkus; Albert Shimkus and Albert Andrew Shimkus
Brother of Antoinette Vistart; Joseph Simkus and Rosie Miskinis

Occupation: Plumber
US Arrival: 1913 based on 1930 US Census
Managed by: Ann Marie Yelmokas McDermott
Last Updated:

About Peter Shimkus

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1930 US Census Peter Shimkus family https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSGD-8T7
Record includes Peter's step children -- step-daughter, Anna Casper, born 1910 in Illinois.
& step-son, William Casper born 1916 in Illinois.. . Anna & William are from Eva's first marriage.

1940 US Census Peter Shimkus family https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWYG-FGY

Peter Shimkus Death • Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998 with names of father and wife. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2M4-P5GL

Peter Shimkus Illinois, Archdiocese of Chicago, Cemetery Records, 1864-1989 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2HN-Y6QP

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Peter Shimkus's Timeline

1891
1891
Kauno gubernija, Lithuania / Lietuva / Литва, Russian Empire
1918
May 2, 1918
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States
1919
1919
Illinois, United States
1919
Illinois, United States
1920
1920
Illinois, United States
1921
July 12, 1921
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States
1949
July 17, 1949
Age 58
Cook County, Illinois, United States
July 20, 1949
Age 58
Saint Casimir Catholic Cemetery, 4401 West 111th Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 60655, United States