J.P. SMOCK

J.P. A.N. CONNER [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. J.P. SMOCK

J.P. C.L. BURGIN [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name Variation: Rip Smock
• Name Variation: Smokey Smock
• Name Variation: Sonny Smock
• Military Service: 1942, Served in the Navy during WWII

Notes:

Rip Smock Tribute Website

Name Variation:
Walter's Uncle Marion Polka nicknamed him Rip because he liked to sleep a lot.

Name Variation:
Walter's mother and his aunts and uncles called him Sonny

Name Variation:
Nickname while in the Navy in WWII

Walter M.D. JACOB [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elmer Bertha Anna THOMAS 31 May 1935Madison, Jefferson, IN. Bertha (daughter of William THOMAS and Bertha MEDLIN) 19 Sep 1917 Cincinnati Hospital, Cincinnati, OH; 25 Oct 1980Ben Taub Hospital, Houston, Harris, TX. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name Variation: Bertha Anna Burgin
• Name Variation: Bertha Anna Marshall

Notes:

Name Variation:
Her Stepfather's name was Marshall

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• Census: 1910, Fairfield Twp, Crawford Co, PA
• Military-Begin: 10 May 1917, U S Marine Corps
• Military-End: 13 Mar 1919, Marine Corps, Galveston, Galveston Co., TX

Notes:

Military-Begin:
Walter served as a PFC on board the following ships: Moare Island, Cal., Quantico, La., Galveston, Texas

Walter Agnes POLKA 03 Dec 1919, about 1926. Agnes (daughter of Albert POLKA and Anna Mary MADUZIA) 05 Feb 1891 Marlin, Falls Co., TX; 31 Oct 1979Houston, Harris, TX. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name Variation: Agatha Polka
• Name Variation: Agnes Smock
• Baptised: 08 Feb 1891, St Mary's Catholic Church, Bremond, Robertson Co., TX

Notes:

Name Variation:
Baptism name

Notes:

Married:
Based on date of marriage license.

Other Events:

• Name Variation: George Jacob Sr
• Immigration: Bef Aug 1915, Pensacola, Escambia Co, FL
• Occupation: Between 1916 and 1917; Owned Jacob's Cremery
• Residence: Between 1916 and 1917, 2311 Preston, Houston, Harris, TX
• Occupation: Between 1918 and 1920; Worked in oil field
• Residence: Between 1918 and 1920, Goose Creek, TX
• Occupation: Between 1922 and 1926; Bread salesman, Texas Bread Co
• Residence: Between 1922 and 1926, 925 Robbie St, Houston, Harris, TX

Notes:

Birth:
St Georghe is also listed on maps as Sfintu Gheorghe or Sfantu Gheorghe.

Name Variation:
Name was changed when he immigrated to USA.

Immigration:
Jacob was on a merchant marine ship docked in Pensacola when he got in a fight with the 1st mate. He thought that he had killed the 1st mate and he jumped ship. The Greek community hid him from the athorities. He had visited Pensacola in 1913 and had asked for the hand of Bertha Seiffert. He left FL in Aug 1915 and came to Houston with Bertha.

Jacob Bertha Clara Mary SEIFFERT 05 Aug 1915Pensacola, FL. Bertha (daughter of Ludwig Bernhard Maria SEIFFERT and Mary Estella SAVAGE) 12 Jul 1900 Pascagoula, Jackson Co, MS; 23 Apr 1982Houston, Harris, TX. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name Variation: Bertha Clara Jacob

Other Events:

• Name Variation: James Madison Burgans
• Occupation: 1930, Campbell Co, KY; Cement worker contractor

James Susan NICHOLS 17 Jun 1913At the residence of Joe Nichols, Anderson Co., KY. Susan (daughter of Joseph Rucker NICHOLS and Georgia Ann BARNETT) 22 Dec 1893 Anderson, Mercer Co., KY; 16 May 1947Newport, KY; May 1947Highland Cemetary, Newport, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name Variation: Susan Burgin

Other Events:

• Occupation: 1917; Baker

William Bertha MEDLIN 09 Oct 1916Butler, OH. Bertha (daughter of Richard T MEDLIN and Anna YARNELL) 01 May 1899 Mt. Sterling, KY; 04 Feb 1945Phoenix, Maricopa, AZ; 06 Feb 1945Newport, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name Variation: Bertha Marshall
• Name Variation: Bertha Thomas