Jaños Stephen (Salak) Sallak (1907 - 1963)

Born 3 Sep 1907 in Mala Kamianka, Zemplén, Österreichisch-Ungarische Monarchie

Ancestors

Husband of Eva Beryl (Fleener) Vinci — married 8 Dec 1928 (to 2 Apr 1930) in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, USA

Husband of Margaret Mary (Dooley) Sallak — married 1 Oct 1940 in Denver, Colorado, United States

Died 9 Jul 1963 at age 55 in Velarde, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States

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Biography

John (Salak) Sallak has Slovak Roots.

John (Salak) Sallak migrated from Present Day Slovakia to United States of America.

Pfc. John (Salak) Sallak served in the United States Army in World War II
Service started: 29 Oct 1943
Unit(s): 1542nd Service Unit
Service ended: 11 Jan 1945

János Salak ^{[1] [2]}

John Salak ^[3]

John Stephen Sallak ^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]}

J. Stephen Sallak ^{[12] [13]}

John S. Sallak ^{[14] [15] [16] [17]}

John Sallak ^{[18] [19] [20]}

Birth
3 Sep 1907
Mala Kamianka, Zemplén, Österreichisch-Ungarische Monarchie ^{[6] [7] [8] [10]}
Now known as Kamienka, Slovakia

Baptism
1907
Ptičie, Humenné, Slovakia ^[1]

Death
9 July 1963
Velarde, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States ^[10]

John (Salak) Sallak is buried in Santa Fe National Cemetery.

Burial
Section R, Site 155
Santa Fe National Cemetery
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States ^[11]

Residence

1920 Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, USA Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son ^[3]

1928 Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA ^[18]

1933 Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA ^[19]

1935 • Los Angeles, California USA ^[12]

1940 Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Head ^[12]
Lodger in same residence as future wife Margaret.

1940 Denver, Colorado, USA Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head ^[6]

1945 Colorado Springs, Colorado ^[15]

1948 Denver, Colorado, USA ^[16]

1950 Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head ^[17]

1951 Denver, Colorado, USA ^[20]

Marriage
Marriage (#1)
8 Dec 1928
Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, USA ^{[4] [5]}
Husband: John S. Sallak
Wife: Eva B Fleener

Divorce
2 Apr 1930
Pueblo, Colorado, USA ^[14]
Husband: John S. Sallak
Wife: Eva B Fleener As Eva B. Sallak.

Marriage (#2)
1 Oct 1940
Denver, Colorado, USA ^[13]
Husband: John S. Sallak
Wife: Margaret M. Dooley

Immigration

Arrival
11 Dec 1910 • New York, New York, ^[2] USA

Naturalization
1943 • Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA ^{[7] [8] [9]}

Military Service
World War II
US Army
Entered: 29 Oct 1943 Discharged: 11 Jan 1945 Served: 1542nd Service Unit Rank: Pfc.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Baptism: "Slovakia Church and Synagogue Books, 1592-1935". Citing p. , 24, Baptism, Ptičie, Humenné, Slovakia, Odbor Archivnictva (The Archives of the Republic), Slovakia; FHL microfilm 1,793,516. FamilySearch Record: V1QP-Q7S (accessed 8 May 2022) FamilySearch Image: S3HY-DYC3-BS5 Image number 00032. János Salak baptism in 1907 in Ptičie, Humenné, Slovakia.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} New York Arrival Passenger List: "New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957". Year: 1910; Arrival: New York, New York, USA; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Line: 27; Page Number: 119. Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7488 #4011087609 (accessed 8 May 2022). Name: Jaños Salak; Gender: Male; Ethnicity/ Nationality: Slovenian; Marital status: Single; Age: 2; Birth Date: abt 1908; Birth Place: Hungary; Other Birth Place: Kiskemeneze; Last Known Residence: Kiskemencze, Hungary; Departure Port: Fiumicino; Arrival Date: 11 Dec 1910; Arrival Port: New York, New York, USA; Final Destination: New Castle, Pennsylvania; Person in Old Country: Julia Dancs; Person in Old Country Relationship: Grandmother; Person in Old Country Residence: Kiskemencze; Person in US: Pal Salak; Person in US Relationship: Father; Father: Pal Salak; Ship Name: Pannonia.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} 1920 Census: "United States Census, 1920". Citing Affiliate Publication Number: T625; Affiliate Film Number: 163; Line: 68; FHL microfilm: 1820163; Record number: 26996;. FamilySearch Record: MX2P-5G2 (accessed 8 May 2022) FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GR6C-5JY Image number 00587. John Salak (12), single son, in household of Paul Salak (44) in El Paso, Colorado, United States.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Marriage 1: "Colorado, County Marriage Records and State Index, 1862-2006". Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61366 #353311 (accessed 8 May 2022). John Stephen Sallak (24) marriage to Eva B Fleener on 8 Dec 1928 in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, USA.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Marriage 1: "Colorado, U.S., Select County Marriages, 1863-2018". El Paso County Recorder's Office; Colorado Springs, Colorado; El Paso County Marriages, 1862-2018; Year: 1928. Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61846 #536730 (accessed 8 May 2022). John Stephen Sallak marriage to Eva B Fleener on 8 Dec 1928 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} World War II Draft Card: "U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947". National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Colorado, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 211. Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2238 #5235311 (accessed 8 May 2022). Name: John Stephen Sallak; Gender: Male; Race: White; Age: 33; Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head); Birth Date: 3 Sep 1907; Birth Place: Mala Kaminka, Czechoslovakia; Residence Place: Denver, Colorado, USA; Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940; Registration Place: Denver, Colorado, USA; Employer: Kumpf Motor Co; Height: 6; Weight: 164; Complexion: Light brown; Hair Color: Brown; Eye Color: Brown; Next of Kin: Margaret M Sallak; Wife.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Naturalization: "Colorado, U.S., State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1868-1990". National Archives at Denver; Broomfield, Colorado; Naturalization Records, Colorado, 1876-1990; ARC Title: Naturalization Case Files, 1876 - 1947; NAI Number: 649183; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685 - 2009; Record Group Number: 21. Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61194 #199644 (accessed 8 May 2022). Name: John Stephen Sallak; Relation to Head: Head; Record Type: Naturalization; Birth Date: 3 Sep 1907; Birth Place: Czechoslovakia; Naturalization Place: Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA; Relatives Certificate Number: 9890.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} Petition for Naturalization: "Colorado, U.S., State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1868-1990". The National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Washington, DC; Naturalization Records, Colorado, 1876-1990; ARC Title: Naturalization Records Created by the U.S. District Court in Colorado, 1877-1952; NAI Number: M1192; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685-2009; Record Group Number: 21. Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61194 #2454327 (accessed 8 May 2022). Name: John Stephen Sallak; Relation to Head: Head; Record Type: Naturalization; Birth Date: 3 Sep 1907; Birth Place: Mala Kaminka, Czechoslovakia; Arrival Date: 10 Dec 1910; Arrival Place: New York, NY; Naturalization Place: Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA; Relatives
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Naturalization: "Colorado, U.S., State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1868-1990". National Archives at Denver; Broomfield, Colorado; Naturalization Records, Colorado, 1876-1990; ARC Title: Naturalization Case Files, 1876 - 1947; NAI Number: 649183; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685 - 2009; Record Group Number: 21. Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61194 #199643 (accessed 8 May 2022). Name: John Stephen Sallak; Naturalization Age: 36; Relation to Head: Head; Record Type: Naturalization; Birth Date: abt 1907; Naturalization Date: 1943; Naturalization Place: Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA; Relatives Certificate Number: 5477896.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2} Veterans' Gravesites: "U.S., Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019". National Cemetery Administration; U.S. Veterans' Gravesites. Ancestry Record 8750 #2672192 (accessed 8 May 2022). John Stephen Sallak Death Age: 55 Birth Date: 3 Sep 1907 Service Start Date: 29 Oct 1943 Service End Date: 11 Jan 1945 Death Date: 9 Jul 1963 Interment Date: 15 Jul 1963 Interment Place: New Mexico, USA Cemetery Address: 501 North Guadalupe Street P. O. Box 88 Santa Fe, NM 87501 Cemetery: Santa Fe National Cemetery Plot: Section R Site 155 Notes: Pfc Us Army World War Ii
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 03 May 2022), memorial page for John Stephen Sallak (3 Sep 1907–9 Jul 1963), Find A Grave: Memorial #17582789, citing Santa Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA ; Maintained by Anonymous (contributor 8021295) .
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1 12.2} 1940 Census: "United States Census, 1940". Citing enumeration district (ED) 1-390, sheet 12B, line 72, family 341, 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 566. FamilySearch Record: K7S1-ZNG (accessed 10 May 2022) FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-89M1-P66Q. J Stephan Sallak (32), Single lodger, in household of Ruby Anne Saunders (25) in Tract 27, District of Columbia, Police Precinct 10, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, United States.
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} Marriage 2: "U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-current". Albany Democrat-Herald; Publication Date: 2/ Nov/ 1940; Publication Place: Albany, Oregon, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/441200230/?article=8101d309-ca54-4da8-b22b-1c89f142e686&focus=0.8460171,0.08815917,0.9764433,0.3541326&xid=3398. Ancestry Record 62116 #84544680 (accessed 8 May 2022). J. Stephen Sallak marriage to Margaret Mary Dooley on 1 Oct 1940 in Denver.
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1} Divorce: "Colorado, Divorce Index, 1851-1985". Ancestry Record 60927 #1308023 (accessed 8 May 2022). John S Sallak divorce from Eva B Sallack on 2 Apr 1930 in Pueblo, Colorado, USA.
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1} 1945 Directory: "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995". Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2469 #1508865553 (accessed 10 May 2022). Name: John S Sallak; Gender: Male; Residence Year: 1945; Street Address: r2519 Howbert; Residence Place: Colorado Springs, Colorado; Occupation: United States Army; Spouse: Margaret Sallak; Publication Title: Colorado Springs, Colorado, City Directory, 1945.
16. ↑ ^{16.0 16.1} 1948 Directory: "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995". Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2469 #897129280 (accessed 10 May 2022). Name: John S Sallak; Gender: Male; Residence Year: 1948; Street Address: 2tfll Kramerla; Residence Place: Denver, Colorado, USA; Occupation: Appraiser Realtor; Spouse: Margaret M Sallak; Publication Title: Denver, Colorado, City Directory, 1948.
17. ↑ ^{17.0 17.1} 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: Denver, Denver, Colorado; Roll: 904; Sheet Number: 60; Enumeration District: 16-615. Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #18901628 (accessed 8 May 2022). John G Sallak (42), married head of household in Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA. Born in Czechoslovakia.
18. ↑ ^{18.0 18.1} 1928 Directory: "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995". Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2469 #833862792 (accessed 10 May 2022). Name: John Sallak; Residence Year: 1928; Street Address: 2519 Howbert; Residence Place: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA; Occupation: Orderly; Publication Title: Colorado Springs, Colorado, City Directory, 1928.
19. ↑ ^{19.0 19.1} 1933 Directory: "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995". Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2469 #748643665 (accessed 10 May 2022). Name: John Sallak; Residence Year: 1933; Street Address: 2519 Howbert; Residence Place: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA; Publication Title: Colorado Springs, Colorado, City Directory, 1933.
20. ↑ ^{20.0 20.1} 1951 Directory: "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995". Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2469 #966594337 (accessed 10 May 2022). Name: John S Sallak; Residence Year: 1951; Street Address: Golden; Residence Place: Denver, Colorado, USA; Publication Title: Denver, Colorado, City Directory, 1951.

See also:

• FamilySearch Person: LYPR-HH4 John Stephen Sallak

Acknowledgment

• Updated from Russell Tree By LJ Russell
• 1st Cousin 2x Removed of LJ Russell