Living

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living
2. Living

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name Variation: Rip Smock
• Name Variation: Smokey Smock
• Name Variation: Sonny Smock
• Milit-Serv: 1942

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

Milit-Serv:
Served in the Navy during WWII

Walter married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1910, Fairfield Twp, Crawford, PA
• Milit-Beg: 10 May 1917
• Milit-End: 13 Mar 1919, Galveston, Galveston, TX

Notes:

Milit-Beg:
Walter served in the U S Marine Corps as a PFC on board the following ships: Moare Island, Cal., Quantico, La., Galveston, Texas

Milit-End:
Marine Corps

Walter married Agatha POLKA on 03 Dec 1919, and was divorced about 1926. Agatha (daughter of Albert POLKA and Anna Mary MADUZIA) was born on 05 Feb 1891 in Marlin, Falls, TX; died on 31 Oct 1979 in Houston, Harris, TX. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name Variation: Agatha Smock
• Name Variation: Agnes Polka
• Baptism: 08 Feb 1891, St. Mary's Catholic Church, Bremond, Robertson, TX
• Occupation: 1930, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; Seamtress in casket factory
• Occupation: 1940, Houston, Harris, TX; Floor lady on sewing project

Notes:

Married:
Based on date of marriage license.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name Variation: George Jacob Sr
• Immigration: Bef Aug 1915, Pensacola, Escambia, FL
• Occupation: Between 1916 and 1917; Owned Jacob's Cremery
• Residence: Between 1916 and 1917, Houston, Harris, TX
• Occupation: Between 1918 and 1920, Goose Creek, Harris, TX; Worked in oil field
• Residence: Between 1918 and 1920, Goose Creek, Harris, TX
• Occupation: Between 1922 and 1926; Bread salesman, Texas Bread Co
• Residence: Between 1922 and 1926, 925 Robbie St, Houston, Harris, TX
• Occupation: 1932, Houston, Harris, TX; Vice President at Main Baking, Inc., 2203 N. Main

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 married Bertha Clara Mary SEIFFERT on 05 Aug 1915 in Pensacola, Escambia, FL. Bertha was born on 12 Jul 1900 in Pascagoula, Jackson, MS; died on 23 Apr 1982 in Houston, Harris, TX. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name Variation: Bertha Clara Jacob

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name Variation: Wojciech Palka
• Baptism: 12 Nov 1861, Debica, Rzeszow, Galicia, Poland
• Immigration: Mar 1879, New York, New York, NY
• Emigration: 1883, Poland
• Census: 1900, Falls, TX
• Census: 1910, Walker, TX
• Naturalization: 28 Jul 1919, Huntsville, Walker, TX
• Census: 1920, Marlin, Falls, TX
• Occupation: 1920, Marlin, Falls, TX; Cotton Farmer
• Residence: 01 Jan 1920, Fairgrounds Rd, Marlin, Falls, TX
• Will: 08 Sep 1920, Falls, TX
• Probate: 21 Jul 1921, Marlin, Falls, TX

Notes:

Birth:
House 39

Immigration:
According to his immigration papers, he arrived on the vessel Victoria, from Hamburg to New York.

Naturalization:
District Court - Apparently, Albert was never actually naturalized, although he did file a Declaration of Intention

Residence:
Albert's occupation was listed as cotton farmer.

Died:
4:30 PM - The death certificate says he died in Marlin, but the obituary lists Houston. His funeral was in Marlin and he was buried in Calvary cemetary in Marlin. Albert died of stomach cancer.

Buried:
The obituary in the Marlin newspaper stated that the funeral was at 9:30 AM at St Joseph's Catholic Church in Marlin.

Albert married Anna Mary MADUZIA on 07 Feb 1887 in St. Mary's Catholic Church, Bremond, Robertson, TX. Anna (daughter of Albert MADUZIA and Katarzyna SIWEK) was born on 07 Dec 1867 in Pilznionek, Rzeszow, Galicia, Poland; died on 19 Jan 1949 in Houston, Harris, TX. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name Variation: Anna Mary Polka
• Residence: 01 Jan 1920, Fairgrounds Rd, Marlin, Falls, TX
• Census: 1930, Houston, Harris, TX
• Occupation: 1930, Houston, Harris, TX; Painting instructor

Notes:

Name:
Name was frequently spelled Martuzia or Matuzia

Birth:
House 9

Residence:
Albert's occupation was listed as cotton farmer.