August
John
Styra
Born in Kelch, Germany
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Katharina (Respondek) Styra
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Ferdinand Tom Styra, Peter P. Styra, Victoria (Styra) Dworaczyk, Anna (Styra) Tam and Theodore R. Styra
Died
at age 75
in Yorktown, DeWitt, Texas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Apr 2019
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Biography
August was born in 1862. He passed away in 1938. Was born in Kelch, Germany (Prussia) and married Katherine Respondek. They immigrated in 1885 on a ship named Rhaetia which embarked from Hamburg Germany.They had 5 children. Family lore says that he was very proud of his car and loved to race the engine.
Burial
Holy Cross Cemetery, Yorktown, DeWitt County, Texas, USA
Sources
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3LP-L3F : accessed 23 April 2019), Aug Styra, Justice Precinct 3 (east of r.r.) Yorktown town, DeWitt, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 29, sheet 2B, family 44, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,628.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2MQ-8VG : accessed 23 April 2019), August Styra, Justice Precinct 3, DeWitt, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 40, sheet 1B, family 9, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1545; FHL microfilm 1,375,558.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H5LK-RZM : accessed 23 April 2019), August Styra, Precinct 8, DeWitt, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 23, sheet 4A, line 6, family 53, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2324; FHL microfilm 2,342,058.
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3M3-7CQ : 13 March 2018), August J Styra, 28 Mar 1938; citing certificate number 12365, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,117,657.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with August by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with August:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with August by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with August:
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~6.25%
Wayne Styra
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SR5135657 [compare], Ancestry member waay2be97
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~3.12%
R Bluhm :
23andMe, GEDmatch UT3009132 [compare]
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