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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. John George Scheffki: Birth: 3 DEC 1882 in Danzig, Germany. Death: 31 JUL 1954 in Calumet City, Cook Co., IL

  2. Anthony Scheffke: Birth: 27 DEC 1883 in German occupied territory of Poland. Death: MAR 1969

  3. Frank Scheffke: Birth: 19 JAN 1886 in Amalienfelde, Germany. Death: ABT 24 APR 1957 in Calumet City, Cook Co., IL

  4. Anna A. Scheffki: Birth: 21 OCT 1888 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL. Death: 31 MAR 1971 in Calumet City, Cook Co., IL


Notes
a. Note:   (Copy of Death Certificate obtained from Lynn Jackson) "Inquest No. 6376, upon the body of Frank Szefka. County of Cook, State of Illinois, on the 26th and 27th days of September 1889. Verdict: That the said Frank Szefka now lying dead at Hamburg and Hoyne Avenue in said City of Chicago, County of Cook, State of Illinios, came to his death on the 24th day of September A.D. 1889 from accidentally drowning in the North Branch of the Chicago River while in the discharge of his duty. Names of Jurors: (too difficult to read properly) Witnesses/Residence/Occupation: Bertha Szefka/Cor. Hoyne and Hamburg/Housewife; Julius Lesner/Cor. Hoyne and Hamburg/Laborer; Max Heidelmeyer/583 S. Wood/Police Officer; John Boske/25 Graw Street/Laborer; Stanislas Lakomi(?)/192 Southport Ave/Laborer; John Lesner/17 Fox Place/Laborer"


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