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Martin Rzepka

Birth
Poland
Death
18 Jun 1904 (aged 53–54)
Terre Coupee, St. Joseph County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Notre Dame, St. Joseph County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
Plot
Unknown location within cemetery. No extant marker exists.
Memorial ID
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Death certificate for "Mathias Zepka" Record 343
Town: Olive
Township: Terre Coupee
County: Saint Joseph.
Informant is unknown, death certificate records no informant name.
Undertaker: A.M. McClellan - Notre Dame
Burial Place: Cedar Grove Cemetery

Surname recorded appears to be phonetically recorded on death certificate as "Zepka", indexed initially as "Zepki", in place of what is believed to be the correct surname "Rzepka".

Mathias Rzepka was a white, male, married, age 54.
Occupation: Farmer.
Place of Death: Olive Township
Father and mother names and birth location, recorded as unknown.

Cause of Death: Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
Date of death: 18 June 1904

There is no filed date or signature by the Health Officer in regards to this death certificate.

1900 census from Olive Township, St. Joseph County, 3rd precinct, Enumeration District 109 taken 5 April 1900, records that Martin Rzepka, a farmer, Frances Rzepka, wife, lived with their 8 children. Martin reports he was born in February 1850 and Frances, his wife reports she was born March 1859, both in Poland, Germany.
Their eight children reported to all be born in Indiana: John, Feb. 1892, William, Aug. 1884, Stella, Mar. 1888, Daniel, Apr. 1890, Wallace, Apr. 1892, Walter, Apr. 1894, Mary Ann, Feb 1897, Franklin, May 1899.
Death certificate for "Mathias Zepka" Record 343
Town: Olive
Township: Terre Coupee
County: Saint Joseph.
Informant is unknown, death certificate records no informant name.
Undertaker: A.M. McClellan - Notre Dame
Burial Place: Cedar Grove Cemetery

Surname recorded appears to be phonetically recorded on death certificate as "Zepka", indexed initially as "Zepki", in place of what is believed to be the correct surname "Rzepka".

Mathias Rzepka was a white, male, married, age 54.
Occupation: Farmer.
Place of Death: Olive Township
Father and mother names and birth location, recorded as unknown.

Cause of Death: Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
Date of death: 18 June 1904

There is no filed date or signature by the Health Officer in regards to this death certificate.

1900 census from Olive Township, St. Joseph County, 3rd precinct, Enumeration District 109 taken 5 April 1900, records that Martin Rzepka, a farmer, Frances Rzepka, wife, lived with their 8 children. Martin reports he was born in February 1850 and Frances, his wife reports she was born March 1859, both in Poland, Germany.
Their eight children reported to all be born in Indiana: John, Feb. 1892, William, Aug. 1884, Stella, Mar. 1888, Daniel, Apr. 1890, Wallace, Apr. 1892, Walter, Apr. 1894, Mary Ann, Feb 1897, Franklin, May 1899.


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  • Created by: Don
  • Added: Nov 3, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79801026/martin-rzepka: accessed ), memorial page for Martin Rzepka (1850–18 Jun 1904), Find a Grave Memorial ID 79801026, citing Cedar Grove Cemetery, Notre Dame, St. Joseph County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Don (contributor 46558676).