Stanley Korkus
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Staņislavs Paul Korkus (abt. 1872 - 1946)

Staņislavs Paul (Stanley) "Stanislaus" Korkus aka Korkuzas
Born about in Kovno Uyezd, Kovno, Russian Empire (Lithuania)map
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Husband of — married 15 Jan 1906 in Liepāja, Grobiņa, Courland, Russian Empiremap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 74 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

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Stanley Korkus migrated from LIthuania to United States.
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Stanley Korkus was born in Kaunas, Kauno, Lithuania when it was controlled by Russia. He lived in Maine and later in Massachusetts.

According to the files of the archival fonds «Latvian Roman Catholic Church Books» – the marriage register of the Liepāja Parish of 1906 (entry № 4), peasant of Taujėnai Civil Parish, Vilkomira District, Kaunas Guberniya, Staņislavs Korkus, the son of Josifs Korkus and Katerina, née Ķerbele, unmarried, 35 years old, and peasant of Žemaitkiemis Civil Parish, Vilkomira District, Kaunas Guberniya, Anna Pečule, the daughter of Francis Pečulis and Elžbeta, née Butkus, unmarried, 22 years old, both Catholics, were married on 15 January 1906 (in the old style). 15 January 1906 in the old style corresponds to 28 January 1906 in the new style.

He died on 1 Dec 1946.

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  • Russell Butler's mother, Marion Irene (Korkus) Butler and his grandparents, Staņislavs Paul Korkus and Anna Mary (Pečule) Korkus are each confirmed by a DNA test comparison. Russell and MS are a match. Ancestry.com was the testing company or third-party website where the tests were compared. The predicted relationship from the DNA testing company or amount of shared DNA suggest that Russell Butler and MS are first cousins - Shared DNA: 707 cM across 28 segments. The genealogically-known relationship between Russell and MS are first cousins. The WikiTree IDs of the most recent common ancestor are Marion Butler's parents, Staņislavs Paul Korkus and Anna Mary (Pečule) Korkus.
  • United States Census, 1930, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; Ward 6, Block No. 242, citing enumeration district (ED) 14-89, Supervisor’s District No. 8, sheet 45A, lines 17-24, for 28 Dupuis Ave, Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1940, Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration in part indicates the following members of the Korkus family - Stanley (50), Anna (47), John (20), Elizabeth (13), Vincent (11), Helen (8) and Marion (5), and Stashia (15).
  • United States Census, 1940, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; Ward 6, Block No. 604, citing enumeration district (ED) 23-136A, Supervisor’s District No. 4, sheet 7A, lines 7-10, for 28 Dupuis Ave, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration in part indicates the following members of the Korkus family - Stanley (72), Anna (57), Helen (17) and Marion (15).
  • "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4KP-QLD : 10 January 2021), Stanley Korkus, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 23-136A, sheet 7A, line 7, family 99, 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 1717.
  • Latvian National Archives. Reference numbers. Fonds 7085, inventory 6, file 370, page 111.
  • Massachusetts, Death Index, 1901-1980




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