This page contains the data I collected about the SENPACK surname in
response to a
entry by Lisa Way. Since there is very little information
available for the SENPACK surname, I wonder if the name was changed at
some point.
I have
no personal ties to this family.
20 July 2007 -- Guestbook entry from Lisa, she
indicated the surname she was researching was SENPACK
Im looking for my greatgrandfathers family, who originated
here in tarnow, poland. He was born 1896, and come to the states around
i believe before 1930. he died in 1977.
Social Security Death Index
The first place I checked for the SENPACK surname was in Rootsweb's
online
Social
Security Death Index. I found only one entry:
Name |
Birth |
Death |
Last Residence |
Last Benefit |
SSN |
Issued |
WALTER SENPACK |
12 Nov 1889 |
Sep 1977 |
25119 (Kincaid, Fayette, WV) |
25901 (Oak Hill, Fayette, WV) |
232-16-9559 |
West Virginia or North Carolina |
I
next searched for the surname SENPACK at Ancestry.com, where I have a
subscription. There were
only
five entries or the SENPACK surname: two in the 1930 U.S. census, one
in the Florida Marriage
Collection, one in their Social Security Death Index (SSDI), and one in
the
U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards. Following is the
information I extracted from each source.
The
information from
the Ancestry SSDI was the same as the Rootsweb entry.
The
Florida marriage record was for Stella Nadine SENPACK and Walter
Miller BOWLES, who were married in Indian River County in February
1962. I have not connected Stella Nadine SENPACK to the
Walter SENPACK family.
United States Census Records
The 1930 U.S. census entry was in Logan City, Logan County, West
Virginia.
1930 U.S. census, West Virginia, Logan
County, Logan City, ED 9, sheet 10A
Wilson Camp, #30, dwelling 185, family 227
Senpack, Walter, head, age 31, married, age 27, when first married,
born Poland, parents born Poland, immigrated 1908, alien, miner, coal
mines
Senpack, Margaret, wife, age 25, married, age 21 when first married,
born West Virginia, father born Germany, mother born Virginia
Walter
was born about 1899, and Margaret was born about 1905.
Based
on Walter and Margaret's ages and the age they gave when they were
first married, we can calculate that they were married about four years
-- 1926.
Walter
said he immigrated in 1908, which means I should be able to locate him
in the 1910 and 1920 censuses -- somewhere.
World War II Draft Registration
World War II draft registration, 1942
Serial Number: U637
Walter Willer Senpack; place of residence Betsey, Putnam County, W.
Va.; mailing address Bancroft, W. Va.; telephone _____ ; age in years
45, place of birth Tornow, Poland; date of birth Sept. 12, 1896; name
and address of person who will always know your address Mrs. Margaret
Senpack
Height 5' 6"; weight 155; blue eyes; grey hair; light complexion
Local Board No. 3, Logan County, W. Va.
This
is probably the same Walter SENPACK as the one in the 1930 census entry.
The
birthdate from the Walter SENPACK (12 Nov 1889) in the SSDI and the one
on the draft registration (12 Sep 1896) vary quite a bit.
Ellis Island Entries
When I searched the
Ellis
Island entries at the JewishGen
(http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/eidb/ellisgold.html) website, there
were no SENPACKs. I refined my search to list surnames that
started with the letters SENP and came up with the following entry that
has
some similarities.
New York Passenger List, 07 May 1907, S. S. Rijndam
Sailing from Rotterdam 27 Apr 1907, Arriving at Port of New York 7 (or
9) May 1907
line 10, Josef Senpakewiz; age 21 (born abt 1886); male; baker; can
read and write; Race or People, Hebrew; last residence, Ostrowo; final
destination, New York; going to be with brother-in-law Yaska Deutsch,
24 Nofek str. New York; height, 5' 4 1/2"; blond hair; blue eyes; born
in Ostrowo
This
person's first name is Josef, not Walter or some variation of Walter
Josef
was born about 1886, which is the same birth year as the Walter SENPACK
in the SSDI entry.
Josef
immigrated in 1907. In the 1930 census Walter said he immigrated
in 1908.
I am not saying one way or another that this is the Walter SENPACK
named in the other records.
Sources - Resources
Rootsweb's
Social Security Death Index http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi
One
step Ellis Island Search http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/eidb/ellisgold.html
Census
records, World War II Draft Registration, Ancestry.com
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