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Thomas & Helen (Shareva) Yench / Jankus Family

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Family of Thomas and Helen (Shareva) Yench.   Standing, L-R:  Anthony (Fed), Joseph, Peter (Bob).  Kids in front row, L-R:  Philip, Ann, Veronica.  Taken about 1919.

THOMAS JANKUS / YENCH was born in 1877 in Kaunas, Lithuania, and died 5 April, 1960, in Melrose Park, Illinois. He married DOROTHEA PALONIS 18 February, 1904, in Hartshorne, Oklahoma.  She died about 1914. 

Children of THOMAS JANKUS / YENCH and DOROTHEA PALONIS are:

JOSEPH PATRICK YENCH, b. 19 Feb, 1908, Hartshorne, Oklahoma ; d. 11 June, 1988, St. Louis, Minnesota.

 

ANTHONY (FED) YENCH, b. 9 Jul, 1910, Hartshorne, Oklahoma;  d. 21 Oct, 1983, Sun City, Arizona.

 

PETER (BOB) YENCH, b. 1 Jan, 1912, Hartshorne, Oklahoma;

He married HELEN SHAREVA 25 August, 1914, in Chicago, Illinois.  She was born about 1889 in Lithuania, and died 18 January, 1936, in Oak Park, Illinois.

Children of THOMAS JANKUS / YENCH and HELEN SHAREVA are:

ANN (YENCH) VOVOLA , b. 21 Jul, 1915, Hartshorne, Oklahoma;  d. 13 May, 1999, Melrose Park, Illinois.

 

VERONICA HELEN  (YENCH) GRICIUS SCHIKORA,  8 August, 1918, Hartshorne, Oklahoma;  d. 19 April, 2001, New Prague, Minnesota.

 

PHILIP THOMAS YENCH, 18 May, 1919, Hartshorne, Oklahoma;  d. 4 April, 2002, Melrose Park, Illinois.

 

ANNELLA TERESIA (YENCH) COUSIN, b. 17 May, 1925, Hartshorne, Oklahoma;  d. 7 August, 2012, Beloit, Wisconsin.

Family Photos in B&W
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