Brief Life History of Steven Alexander
Steven Alexander Tyrka was born on 24 December 1924, in Illinois, United States as the son of Katherine Pyzdek and Michael Joseph Tyrka. He lived in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1930. He died on 18 May 1984, in Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Niles, Cook, Illinois, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Stephen Tyrka in household of Mike Tyrka, "United States Census, 1930"
- Steve A Tyrka, "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994"
- Steven Alexander Tyrka in entry for Michael Joseph Tyrka and Sally Louise Klancir Tyrka, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
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World Events (8)
1925 · The Goodman Theatre
The Goodman Theatre was founded as a tribute to the Chicago playwright Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, who died in the Great Influenza Pandemic in 1918. The theater was funded by his parents, who donated $250,000 to the Art Institute of Chicago. The first theater was designed by Howard Van Doren Shaw and its opening ceremony was performed on October 20.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Polish Bronislaw, Zdzislaw, Kazimierz, Krzysztof, Zofia.
Polish: nickname from Old Polish (or Polish dialect) tylki‘that size’ (i.e. ‘that big’ or ‘that small’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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