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Personal data David John Shaich 


Household of David John Shaich

He is married to Rochel (Rose) Chwojnik.

They got married December 1917 at Chicago, Illinois, he was 24 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. (Not public)
  2. (Not public)
  3. Harry Shaich  1925-2011 
  4. Joseph (Joe) Shaich  1927-1998 


Notes about David John Shaich

SSN: 135-07-3007

Immigrated to the USA on March 5 1912, on board ship Hannover sailing from Bremen, Germany. Arrived at Galveston, Texas. Age: 19, occupation: Joiner. Destination: Leavenworth, Kansas.
Family name: Schachnowski

According to death certificate, he died on 5 Aug 1965 at age of 72. His full name was David J.

In his application for SSN, which he filled on Nov 24 1936, he writes:
Name: David John Shaich
Address: 20 Marmon Terr., West Orange, New Jersey
Employer: Metropolitan Life Co., 990 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey
Born: Jan 20 1893
Parents: Ben Shaich and Rachel Leah Spivack

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Historical events

Birthday January 20, 1893

  • The temperature on January 20, 1893 was about -0.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1893: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 13 » The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting.
    • April 1 » The rank of Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy is established.
    • June 20 » Lizzie Borden is acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother.
    • July 11 » A revolution led by the liberal general and politician José Santos Zelaya takes over state power in Nicaragua.
    • July 11 » The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kōkichi Mikimoto.
    • November 1 » The Battle of Bembezi took place and was the most decisive battle won by the British in the First Matabele War of 1893.

Day of death August 5, 1965

  • The temperature on August 5, 1965 was between 11.6 °C and 27.6 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (78%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1965: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
    • February 15 » A new red-and-white maple leaf design is adopted as the flag of Canada, replacing the old Canadian Red Ensign banner.
    • August 4 » The Constitution of the Cook Islands comes into force, giving the Cook Islands self-governing status within New Zealand.
    • August 6 » US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.
    • October 21 » Comet Ikeya–Seki approaches perihelion, passing 450,000 kilometers (279,617 miles) from the sun.
    • November 9 » A Catholic Worker Movement member, Roger Allen LaPorte, protesting against the Vietnam War, sets himself on fire in front of the United Nations building.
    • November 9 » Several U.S. states and parts of Canada are hit by a series of blackouts lasting up to 13 hours in the Northeast blackout of 1965.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


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