WWI Draft Registration Card 12 Sept 1918 JOSEPH PALKO 701 Schrage Avenue Whiting, Indiana Age 33 DOB Mar 24, 1886 Austria / Hungary Occupation: Laborer Standard Oil, Whiting, In. Nearest relative: MARY PALKO (same address) Medium height medium build Blue eyes blonde hair cheryl BALOG wenberg

WW I Draft Registration Card 12 Sept 1918 JOSEPH TOTH 4022 Drummond East Chicago, Indiana Age 38 DOB Aug. 27, 1880 Naturalized Citizen Occupation: Mill Engineer Inland Steel Company, East Chicago, In. Nearest relative: Barbara TOTH (same address) Height short medium build blue eyes brown hair

Hello All, We are hunting for some information and only have vague clues to work with. Maybe someone on the list is from Gary Indiana? Maybe they might even remember a fire in 1941? You never know... We are looking for the facts surrounding the following data (see next). We know a newspaper article was printed about the story...don't know which paper. In 1941, (date unknown), there was a fire in Gary Indiana. The family story has it that the building in question had been hit by lightning once before (causing a fire). And, that this 2nd fire, in 1941 was also caused by a lightning strike. In this 2nd fire, a woman, first name: Eunice, died. She would have been about 42-43 years of age (born 16 Jan 1898 in OH). We know that she was married at the time (was her 2nd marriage), first name and surname of the husband is unknown. Eunice's maiden name would be: GROWDON or GROWDEN. Her first married name was FLAGER. Looking for some more clues and pointers to solving this. Any input appreciated. I've sent a request to the Lake County Library about a lookup in their Newspaper Archives/Vertical files....and also sent an e-mail to the Indiana University Northwest Library as they have files (and logs) of fires in Gary for 1941. Don't know if they'll actually look at the files for us though. We'll likely need someone to go there for us to look at them. Thanks for reading this, any input appreciated. Kind regards, Debbie Paul Tallahassee, FL PS, Maybe? the building in question was a rooming/lodger/boarding house? Maybe...just a possibility I forgot to mention that may or may not help.

WW I Draft Registration Card JOHN GAZDIK 4753 Alexander Avenue East Chicago, Indiana Age 44 DOB June 27, 1874 Hungary Occupation: Teamster Wisconsin Lumber Co., East Chicago Wife: Elizabeth GAZDIK Medium height medium build grey eyes brown hair. Signed Sept. 12, 1918

WWI Draft Registration Card 5 June 1917 BENJAMIN SZANYI 916 West 19th Gary, Indiana Age 27 DOB May 24, 1890 Palagy Hungary Marital status: single Occupation: Surveyor City of Gary Dependents: Mother Claim Exemption from Draft: Yes Objecting the Draft Medium Build Slender Blue eyes lt brwn hair cheryl BALOG wenberg

WW I Draft Registration Card A June 5, 1917 WILLIAM SAKO 4736 Alexander East Chicago, Indiana Age 21 DOB Dec. 24, 1895 Heyce, Hungary Occupation: Car builder Gen. American Car Co. East Chicago, In. Dependents: Mother Marital Status: Single Medium Height medium build Blue eyes Brown hair cheryl BALOG wenberg

WW I Draft Registration Card C BELA LEOPOLD NAGY 4806 McCook Avenue East Chicago, Indiana Age 19 DOB Nov. 21, 1898 Hungary Occupation: Stock Clerk Green Eng. Co. East Chicago, In Nearest Relative: Elizabeth NAGY Medium Height Slender Build Brown eyes Black Hair Signed on Sept. 12, 1918 cheryl BALOG wenberg

The Hammond Times Indiana Obits Nov. 12, 1995 ANDREW SIMKO JR. Age 79, a lifelong resident of Gary, Indiana, died Nov. 10. Survivors: Daughter: Janet (George) KARCH of Valparaiso, In. Daughter: Karen SIMKO of Gary, In. Son: David (Sue) SIMKO of Gary, In. Grandchildren: Vicky (Anthony) SMITH Wendy, Andrew and Daniel KARCH David (Tracy) SIMKO Jr. William, Jason and Christopher SIMKO Great Grandchildren: Victoria and Melody SMITH Sister: Helen IRVINE of Missouri Brother: Michael (Kate) SIMKO of Gary, In. Brother: John (Marge) SIMKO of Hebron, In. Brother: Robert (Jean) SIMKO of Crown Point, In. Brother: Richard (Phyllis) SIMKO of Gary, In. Brother: James (Beverly) SIMKO of Lake Station Preceded in death: Wife: Clara SIMKO Sister: Ann (Emery) HORNACK Sister: Mary (Pete) ONDER Pruzin Brothers Chapel Services at the Blessed Sacrament Church Burial: Calumet Park Cemetery Mr. SIMKO was a retired motor inspector and electrician from the 80 Inch Hot Strip, Sheet & Tin Mill, U.S. Steel with 37 years of service. He was a boxer in the Gary area during his younger years. cheryl BALOG wenberg

The Hammond Times Indiana Obits Nov. 15, 2003 VERNA HEIN Age 90 of Gary, Indiana passed away on Nov. 11, 2003. She was born in Gary on Oct. 16, 1913, the daughter of MARK and MINNIE (HECKLER) WILDERMUTH. She was a Gary resident for many years and was employed by the Gary School system as a custodian for 18 years. Survivors: Son: ANDREW FUZY of Wala Wala, Washington. Son: ROY EARL (Carol) HEIN of Falls of Rough, Kentucky Brother: MARK (Loretta) WILDERMUTH of Lowell, Indiana Preceded in death by her parents Husband: ANDREW FUZY Husband: EARL HEIN Son: William Sisters: Cordelia Lena, Vera and Ruth Brother: Ralph cheryl BALOG wenberg

The Hammond Times Oct. 27, 1997 Obits RAE SIMKO Age 73 of Hammond, passed away on Oct. 25, 1997. Survivors: Son: Darryl SIMKO of Chicago Son: Mark SIMKO of Denver Godchild: Gabriella DEMARCO of Los Angeles Preceded in death by her husband FRANK J. SIMKO, and two sisters Lucille and Ann BELMONTE Virgil Huber Funeral Home, Hessville Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church will have a Mass. Burial: St. John's Cemetery, Hammond cheryl BALOG wenberg

WWI Draft Registration Card A 5 - June - 1917 JOSEPH FUZY age 25 4841 Melville Avenue East Chicago, Indiana Dob: July 21, 1892 Born: GONCRUSZKA Occupation: Engineer Employer: Linde ? Sinde ? Air Products Co. East Chicago, Indiana People dependent on you for support: Mother, wife child 18 mos Claims exemption from Draft: Support of the above Medium Height medium build eyes blue

My mistake.... The card is for JOHN SIMKO.

WWI Draft Registration Card 1917 - 1918 JOHN SIMKO 4836 Melville East Chicago, Indiana DOB February 17, 1894 Toledo, Ohio Employed by Cudahay Packing Company Single Medium Height Stout cheryl BALOG wenberg

In a message dated 1/4/2004 10:52:06 AM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > What a TERRIFIC FIND !!! > > My luck that my ggrandfather was in the 161st ! > They only seem to go to the 155th, but maybe try the stragglers page? Or use the search function and see if he's listed elsewhere somewhere (group photos?). The site looks pretty big. Oh and a note on the search feature...they might be going by old handwriting on the back of the pics, I noticed Dunwoody and Dunwiddie, both probably should be Dinwiddie. Kathy --------------- Firstmom's Genealogy Resources http://khuish.tripod.com/ Lake County IN GenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~inlake

1930 Census Calumet Township, Lake County, Indiana ARNOLD FAMILY 8 25th Street ARNOLD, George W. age 40 Born: Ill. Both parents: Ill Occupation: Swithman Railroad ARNOLD, Opal wife age 33 Born: Ill Both parents: Ill ARNOLD, George Jr. son age 7 Born: Ill ARNOLD, Donna (Ruth?) daughter age 5 Born: Ill ARNOLD, William R. son age 2 Born: Indiana ARNOLD, James son age ? Born: Indiana ----- Original Message ----- From: Starla Russell To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 6:50 PM Subject: [INLAKE] Searching for ARNOLD family from Calumet, Lake County, Indiana Hello, Im searching for information on my family that may have been located in Calumet, Lake County, Indiana between 1930-1940. George W. Arnold (husband) Opal E. (wife) Gerorge Jr. (son) Donna (Madonna) Ruth (daughter) <this is my grandmother> William (Billy) R (son) James (son) There are other boys, Jackie & Sammy, but they may have been born after the family moved back to Illinois. George Sr. was worked as a switchman for the railroad. Any information you could provide would be greatly appreciated. I would like to get some dates of birth if possible to narrow my search. Thank you kindly, Starla --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Find out what made the Top Yahoo! Searches of 2003 ==== INLAKE Mailing List ==== Try your search on Ancestry.com, and get quick links to their newest free databases. http://members.tripod.com/~KHuish/ancestor.htm ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Hello, Im searching for information on my family that may have been located in Calumet, Lake County, Indiana between 1930-1940. George W. Arnold (husband) Opal E. (wife) Gerorge Jr. (son) Donna (Madonna) Ruth (daughter) <this is my grandmother> William (Billy) R (son) James (son) There are other boys, Jackie & Sammy, but they may have been born after the family moved back to Illinois. George Sr. was worked as a switchman for the railroad. Any information you could provide would be greatly appreciated. I would like to get some dates of birth if possible to narrow my search. Thank you kindly, Starla --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Find out what made the Top Yahoo! Searches of 2003

The Hammond Times Indiana July 1, 1962 Obits JOSEPH SZABO Age 65 of 2027 Lincoln Ave.., Hammond died Friday in St. Mary Mercy Hospital, Gary. Survivors: Widow: WILMA SZABO Son: DESMOND SZABO Europe Step son: LOUIS GYURE of Whiting Step son: JAMES GYURE of Hammond Step son: STEVE GYURE of Highland Step daughter: Mrs. George DVORSEAK of Whiting Step daughter: Mrs. John GOOD of Westville, In. Sister: Mrs. Elizabeth (SZABO) BLACK of West Virginia A resident of Whiting and Robertsdale for 12 years. Mr. SZABO was a retired employee of the E.I. Dupont Co. of East Chicago. He was a member of the company's 25 year club, the Whiting Hungarian Sick and Benefit Assn., and superintendant of the Hungarian Reformed Church Consistory for the past 8 years. Services at the Koster Chapel, Whiting. First Hungarian Evangelical Reformed Church. Burial at the Elmwood Cemetery cheryl BALOG wenberg

The Hammond Times Indiana Obits 3-25-1954 LAZLO SZABO 6105 Columbia Avenue Hammond, Indiana Survivors: Widow: ELIZABETH SZABO Son: ROBERT SZABO Sister: Matilda Brother: ERNEST SZABO Cousins in Hammond Mr. SZABO age 40 of 6105 Columbia Ave., Hammond, died Wednesday after he suffered a heart attack at the East Chicago plant of Combustion Engineering Company. Burns Funeral Home cheryl BALOG wenberg

The Hammond Times Indiana Obits 12-26-1957 MRS. DORA SABO age 75 Survivors: Son: ANDREW SABO of Lansing Son: WILLIAM SABO of East Chicago Son: JULIUS SABO of East Chicago Son: ALBERT SABO of East Chicago Daughter: Mrs. Mary PIACENTE of Chicago Heights Daughter: Mrs. Lillian GRIMMELL of Gary Fife Funeral Home First Hungarian Evangelical and Reformed Church Ridgelawn Cemetery, Gary cheryl BALOG wenberg

What a TERRIFIC FIND !!! My luck that my ggrandfather was in the 161st ! cheryl BALOG wenberg ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 11:04 PM Subject: [INLAKE] civil war photos found Found a site with civil war photos of men from Indiana, some listed as Crown Point etc. Worth checking out if you could identify them. The 99th, 12th, 20th, and 73rd had quite a few northern Indiana men. Here's a main page for the photos, with "search" function: > http://civilwarindiana.com/soldiers/ > --------------- Firstmom's Genealogy Resources http://khuish.tripod.com/ Lake County IN GenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~inlake ==== INLAKE Mailing List ==== Our Archived records online are growing almost daily! Have you checked it lately to see if your ancestor's records are there? http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/in/lake/lake.htm ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237