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Shirley Marie <I>Newman</I> Andrichik

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Shirley Marie Newman Andrichik

Birth
Knox, Starke County, Indiana, USA
Death
5 Dec 1995 (aged 89)
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Knox, Starke County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
Plot
SCGS Loc: Section 3, Row 2, Grave # 11
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Marie (seemed to prefer over Shirley) was the daughter of German import William Newman (arrived in 1886) and Dora Jane Felker, who married on 30 June 1902 in Pulaski Co., Indiana. The were both about 26 and it was a first marriage for both. The couple was visited by the stork three times—once to bring daughter Cigna in 1904 and again to drop off Shirley Marie in 1906. The third visit brought an unidentified child, likely born either in 1903 or circa 1908 that perished before 1910.

The 1910 Census placed the Newman family in North Bend Twp., Starke Co., Indiana, which is the Bass Lake area. William Newman, 35, was a farmer. Dora, 34, reported that she had had three children, but that only two—Cigna, 5, and Marie, 4—had survived to that census year. And as you might suspect, there is indeed a lake named Bass Lake. The road that travels around its perimeter is about eight miles. The lake is the third largest natural lake in Indiana after Lake Wawasee in Kosciusko County and Lake Maxinkuckee in nearby Culver. The "town" sports a couple of small businesses—bakery, convenience store—and an 18-hole golf course (which closed in 2018) but it is mostly residential in nature.

The family was still in North Bend Township when the 1920 Census was taken. William Newman, 44, was still toiling at the soil. Corn is king in Indiana, but dairy cows are not far behind. Throw in some chickens and a tractor and you get the picture. Dora, 43, had two teen-aged girls to keep her on her toes—Cigna, 15, and Marie, 13.

Five years after the 1920 Census was archived, Marie, 18, and sister Cigna, 20, headed west to see the sights. (From: The Culver Citizen – 20 May 1925 p. 3) "Misses Cigna and Marie Newman expect to start on a vacation trip to Colorado soon and think they will be away nearly all summer." (From: CC: 5 Aug 1925 p. 7) "NORTH BEND. Misses Cigna and Marie Newman who have been touring in the west returned home last Sunday. During their absence from home they traveled as far as the Pacific coast and visited many of the largest cities. It will take they a long time to tell their many friends of all the beautiful scenery out there and the experience of their two month's trip."

The year after their shared adventure, Marie married John Andrichik on 11 Sep 1926 and they set up housekeeping in South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana, spent some time in New York, later moving to the Chicago area. They welcomed two sons together—Wilbur Jack on 31 Jan 1929, and Donald Wesley on 30 Jul 1931.

The local newspaper often noted visits between the Andrichiks and the Newmans. (From: The Culver Citizen – 23 May 1928 p. 6) "Mr. and Mrs. John Andrichik of South Bend, were at the William Newman home over the week end." (From: CC – 3 Aug 1927 p. 5) "Mrs. Will Newman arrived home last week from a short trip in the East. While on this trip she visited her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John Andrichik in New York." (CC – 9 May 1928 p. 4) "Mr. and Mrs. John Andrichik spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Newman." (CC – 4 Jul 1928 p. 6) "Mr. and Mrs. John Andrichik of South Bend and Miss Cigna Newman of Chicago, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. William Newman."

The 1930 Census tracked down Marie and her husband at 8211 LaFayette Ave. in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois. John Andrichik, 28, was the manager of a private company, likely related to life insurance. Marie (Mary on the transcribed record), 24, was busy spoiling 1-year-old Wilbur.

Later that same year, Marie's parents had a fire. (From The Culver Citizen – 24 Sep 1930 p. 7) "CARD OF THANKS. I wish to thank the two young men from Culver who gave the alarm of the fire on my farm on State Road 10 Sunday. I certainly appreciate their prompt action and efforts in stopping the fire. I also wish to express my appreciation of the aid given by the neighbors and others in fight the fire. WILLIAM NEWMAN." Phew!

On 18 Dec 1933, there was another wedding in the Newman family. Marie's sister Cigna married Dean Lightfoot.

By the time the 1940 Census was enumerated, Marie and family had settled in at 8523 Paulina St. In Chicago. John Andrichik, 38, was earning a living as a life insurance agent. Marie, 34, was home with sons Wilbur (Walter on the transcribed record), 11, and Donald, 8.

On his 16 Feb WWII registration card, John Andrichik, 40, reported the Paulina St. address in Chicago as his residence and the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. as his employer. Wife Marie was noted as the person that would always know his address, which turned out to be true. John measured up at 5' 5 ½" tall, and weighed in at 135 lbs. He had brown eyes, black hair, and a dark complexion. (As an aside: John's father George Andrichik was from Austria.)

On 13 Aug 1949, Marie and John's son Wilbur married Dorothy J. Bohlin in Cook Co., Illinois, and they initially moved in with Wilbur's parents.

The Andrichiks were still at that Paulina St. address when the 1950 Census taker showed up. John, 48, was noted as a collector/salesman of life insurance. Marie, noted as "S. Marie," the only nod I ever found to her first name "Shirley," 44, was keeping house. There with their parents were Donald, 18, and Wilbur and wife Dorothy, Wilbur noted as an electrician working with neon signs.

Marie and John's son, Donald, went into the military. (From: Chicago Tribune – 9 Nov 1952 p. 253) "Combat Infantryman's badges recently went to … Pvt. Donald Andrichik, 1631 W. 83rd st.; …" The badge is awarded to soldiers who fought in active ground combat.

In February 1954, Donald jumped aboard the marriage train. (From: Chicago Tribune – 18 Feb 1954 p. 6) "Mr. and Mrs. Peter Finnegan, 8209 Lafayette av., recently announced the marriage of their daughter, Clairmae [photo], to Donald Andrichik, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Andrichik, 1651 W. 83d st., in a ceremony at St. Leo's Catholic church. They took a wedding trip to the Ozarks. Both are graduates of Calumet High school, and the bridegroom is a former student at Wilson Junior college."

Wilbur and Dorothy and Donald and Clair would gift Marie with eight grandchildren before she departed this world.

In that wedding announcement, a new address showed up for John and Marie. And though Chicago was home was quite a good while, when John died at age 78 in May of 1980, Marie had him laid to rest in her old haunting grounds in Bass Lake, Indiana, where she would join him after her death on 5 Dec 1995, aged 94.

They were among that rare 6% of married couples that reached their golden milestone, celebrating fifty years of both ups and downs on 11 Sep 1976. Little did they know then that in 2001, that September 11 date would bear witness to an unimaginable terrorist attack. At least for the fifty-four years between their marriage in 1926, and John's passing in 1980, that date was one to be celebrated.
Marie (seemed to prefer over Shirley) was the daughter of German import William Newman (arrived in 1886) and Dora Jane Felker, who married on 30 June 1902 in Pulaski Co., Indiana. The were both about 26 and it was a first marriage for both. The couple was visited by the stork three times—once to bring daughter Cigna in 1904 and again to drop off Shirley Marie in 1906. The third visit brought an unidentified child, likely born either in 1903 or circa 1908 that perished before 1910.

The 1910 Census placed the Newman family in North Bend Twp., Starke Co., Indiana, which is the Bass Lake area. William Newman, 35, was a farmer. Dora, 34, reported that she had had three children, but that only two—Cigna, 5, and Marie, 4—had survived to that census year. And as you might suspect, there is indeed a lake named Bass Lake. The road that travels around its perimeter is about eight miles. The lake is the third largest natural lake in Indiana after Lake Wawasee in Kosciusko County and Lake Maxinkuckee in nearby Culver. The "town" sports a couple of small businesses—bakery, convenience store—and an 18-hole golf course (which closed in 2018) but it is mostly residential in nature.

The family was still in North Bend Township when the 1920 Census was taken. William Newman, 44, was still toiling at the soil. Corn is king in Indiana, but dairy cows are not far behind. Throw in some chickens and a tractor and you get the picture. Dora, 43, had two teen-aged girls to keep her on her toes—Cigna, 15, and Marie, 13.

Five years after the 1920 Census was archived, Marie, 18, and sister Cigna, 20, headed west to see the sights. (From: The Culver Citizen – 20 May 1925 p. 3) "Misses Cigna and Marie Newman expect to start on a vacation trip to Colorado soon and think they will be away nearly all summer." (From: CC: 5 Aug 1925 p. 7) "NORTH BEND. Misses Cigna and Marie Newman who have been touring in the west returned home last Sunday. During their absence from home they traveled as far as the Pacific coast and visited many of the largest cities. It will take they a long time to tell their many friends of all the beautiful scenery out there and the experience of their two month's trip."

The year after their shared adventure, Marie married John Andrichik on 11 Sep 1926 and they set up housekeeping in South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana, spent some time in New York, later moving to the Chicago area. They welcomed two sons together—Wilbur Jack on 31 Jan 1929, and Donald Wesley on 30 Jul 1931.

The local newspaper often noted visits between the Andrichiks and the Newmans. (From: The Culver Citizen – 23 May 1928 p. 6) "Mr. and Mrs. John Andrichik of South Bend, were at the William Newman home over the week end." (From: CC – 3 Aug 1927 p. 5) "Mrs. Will Newman arrived home last week from a short trip in the East. While on this trip she visited her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John Andrichik in New York." (CC – 9 May 1928 p. 4) "Mr. and Mrs. John Andrichik spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Newman." (CC – 4 Jul 1928 p. 6) "Mr. and Mrs. John Andrichik of South Bend and Miss Cigna Newman of Chicago, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. William Newman."

The 1930 Census tracked down Marie and her husband at 8211 LaFayette Ave. in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois. John Andrichik, 28, was the manager of a private company, likely related to life insurance. Marie (Mary on the transcribed record), 24, was busy spoiling 1-year-old Wilbur.

Later that same year, Marie's parents had a fire. (From The Culver Citizen – 24 Sep 1930 p. 7) "CARD OF THANKS. I wish to thank the two young men from Culver who gave the alarm of the fire on my farm on State Road 10 Sunday. I certainly appreciate their prompt action and efforts in stopping the fire. I also wish to express my appreciation of the aid given by the neighbors and others in fight the fire. WILLIAM NEWMAN." Phew!

On 18 Dec 1933, there was another wedding in the Newman family. Marie's sister Cigna married Dean Lightfoot.

By the time the 1940 Census was enumerated, Marie and family had settled in at 8523 Paulina St. In Chicago. John Andrichik, 38, was earning a living as a life insurance agent. Marie, 34, was home with sons Wilbur (Walter on the transcribed record), 11, and Donald, 8.

On his 16 Feb WWII registration card, John Andrichik, 40, reported the Paulina St. address in Chicago as his residence and the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. as his employer. Wife Marie was noted as the person that would always know his address, which turned out to be true. John measured up at 5' 5 ½" tall, and weighed in at 135 lbs. He had brown eyes, black hair, and a dark complexion. (As an aside: John's father George Andrichik was from Austria.)

On 13 Aug 1949, Marie and John's son Wilbur married Dorothy J. Bohlin in Cook Co., Illinois, and they initially moved in with Wilbur's parents.

The Andrichiks were still at that Paulina St. address when the 1950 Census taker showed up. John, 48, was noted as a collector/salesman of life insurance. Marie, noted as "S. Marie," the only nod I ever found to her first name "Shirley," 44, was keeping house. There with their parents were Donald, 18, and Wilbur and wife Dorothy, Wilbur noted as an electrician working with neon signs.

Marie and John's son, Donald, went into the military. (From: Chicago Tribune – 9 Nov 1952 p. 253) "Combat Infantryman's badges recently went to … Pvt. Donald Andrichik, 1631 W. 83rd st.; …" The badge is awarded to soldiers who fought in active ground combat.

In February 1954, Donald jumped aboard the marriage train. (From: Chicago Tribune – 18 Feb 1954 p. 6) "Mr. and Mrs. Peter Finnegan, 8209 Lafayette av., recently announced the marriage of their daughter, Clairmae [photo], to Donald Andrichik, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Andrichik, 1651 W. 83d st., in a ceremony at St. Leo's Catholic church. They took a wedding trip to the Ozarks. Both are graduates of Calumet High school, and the bridegroom is a former student at Wilson Junior college."

Wilbur and Dorothy and Donald and Clair would gift Marie with eight grandchildren before she departed this world.

In that wedding announcement, a new address showed up for John and Marie. And though Chicago was home was quite a good while, when John died at age 78 in May of 1980, Marie had him laid to rest in her old haunting grounds in Bass Lake, Indiana, where she would join him after her death on 5 Dec 1995, aged 94.

They were among that rare 6% of married couples that reached their golden milestone, celebrating fifty years of both ups and downs on 11 Sep 1976. Little did they know then that in 2001, that September 11 date would bear witness to an unimaginable terrorist attack. At least for the fifty-four years between their marriage in 1926, and John's passing in 1980, that date was one to be celebrated.


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