Shewchuk Estate

ADJUDICATION SUR AMENDED PETITION, ANSWERS AND REPLIES

LEFEVER, J.,

Decedent, John Shewchuk, was born on October 1,1887, in Kolomja, Galicia, Austria. He emigrated to the United States on the vessel Brandenburg, arriving in New York City on *279January 3, 1906. Because of the difficulty of the pronunciation and spelling of his name, he sometimes used the name of John Smith and was called John Shaw and John Schow by his employers, Freihofer Baking Company and Electric Storage Battery Company, respectively. However, his name was never legally changed from John Shewchuk.

Early in 1909, he entered into…