Alexander Tamkunas
(1885-1940)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Anna Stine

Alexander Tamkunas 1 2 3

  • Born: 26 Sep 1885, , , , LTU 2 3
  • Marriage (1): Anna Stine
  • Died: 26 May 1940, Minersville, Schuylkill, PA at age 54 1 3
  • Buried: 30 May 1940, Minersville, Schuylkill, PA 2 3

   Another name for Alexander was Alex Tamkunas.

   FamilySearch ID: GK48-SZK.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Obituary: Pottsville Republican: obituary of Alexander Tamkunas on 27 May 1940 in Pottsville, Schuylkill, PA. 4 Alexander Tamkunas, 55, of 445 Sunbury St., Minersville, Sunday evening, after an illness of complications. He was a retired miner and was a native Lithuania. He came to the United States in his youth, and before locating at Minersville, conducted a hotel business in St. Clair. He was a member of the St. Francis Lithuanian Church. He is survived by his wife, Anna (Chernosky) Tamkunas; a son, Albert, somewhere in Texas, and a brother, John Tamkunas, Chicago. The funeral will take place Thursday morning with Mass in St Francis Church. The interment will be made in the parish cemetery. Paulosky and Willinsky will be in charge.


Alexander married Anna Stine, daughter of John Stine and Mary Youdis. (Anna Stine was born on 18 Nov 1890 in , , , LTU,5 died on 11 Apr 1979 in Pottsville, Schuylkill, PA 1 5 and was buried on 16 Apr 1979 in Minersville, Schuylkill, PA 1.)


Sources


1 Pottsville Republican (Pottsville, PA), 12 Apr 1979, page 2, Obituary of Anna Tamkunas.

2 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Alex Tamkunas, b. 26 Sep 1885, d. 26 May 1940 father Ignatz Tamkunas mother Ellen Bricykanskaitis.

3 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/251044778.

4 Pottsville Republican (Pottsville, PA), 27 May 1940, page 7. Obituary of Alexander Tamkunas.

5 U.S. Social Security Death Index, Anna Tamkunis b. 18 Nov 1890 d. Apr 1979.



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