Calvin Michael Chyke (1922 - 2009)

Born 2 Sep 1922 in Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States

Died 22 May 2009 at age 86 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States

Biography

Calvin was a Jehovah's Witness and served at Brooklyn Bethel

This profile is part of the 122-124 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, New York One Place Study.

Calvin was born in 1922.^[1][2]

Calvin volunteered at the world headquarters of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society at Brooklyn, New York.^[3]

In 1965, Calvin married Zelda Stippich.^[4]

He passed away in 2009.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Winnebago County, Illinois, U.S., Births, 1857-1937"
   Winnebago County Clerk, comp. Winnebago County Clerk Genealogy Records. Winnebago, IL: Winnebago County Clerk, 2008
   Ancestry Record 5335 #73839 (accessed 20 November 2022)
   Name: Calvin Michael Chyke; Birth Date: 2 Sep 1922.
2. ↑ Military: "U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947"
   National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Pennsylvania, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 412
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2238 #7410969 (accessed 20 November 2022)
   Name: Calvin Michael Chyke; Race: White; Age: 19; Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head); Birth Date: 2 Sep 1922; Birth Place: Rockford, Illinois, USA; Residence Place: Tamaqua, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; Registration Date: 30 Jun 1942; Registration Place: Tamaqua, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; Height: 5 11; Weight: 150; Complexion: Light; Eye Color: Brown;
   Household Members (Name) Age Relationship:
   Calvin Michael Chyke 20 Self (Head).
3. ↑ 1950 Census: "1950 United States Federal Census"
   United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: New York, Kings, New York; Roll: 2756; Sheet Number: 11; Enumeration District: 24-1355
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #294833188 (accessed 20 November 2022)
   Calvin M Chyke (27), single lodger, Office Worker, in household of Clarence Ubrich (42) in New York, Kings, New York, USA. Born in Illinois.
4. ↑ Marriage: "New York, New York, U.S., Marriage License Indexes, 1907-2018"
   New York City Municipal Archives; New York, New York; Borough: Brooklyn
   Ancestry Record 61406 #3195870 (accessed 20 November 2022)
   Calvin Chyke marriage to Zelda Stippich in 1965 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA.
5. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JGPS-ZJS : 12 January 2021), Calvin M Chyke, 22 May 2009; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHQL-VJM : accessed 20 November 2022), Calvin M Chyke in household of Michael Chyke, Lower Macungie, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 67, sheet 14A, line 14, family 316, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2065; FHL microfilm 2,341,799.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ7Y-GNC : 7 January 2021), Calvin Chyke in household of Michael Chyke, West Penn Township, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 54-186, sheet 8B, line 43, family 122, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3607.
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 20 November 2022, 17:16), entry for Calvin Michael Chyke (FamilySearch Person: LRRZ-XHM ); contributed by various users.