Stephan Lastinec

1877-1952 · Austria-Hungary

Born 1877, Austria-Hungary

Died 1952

Children include Stephen

Stephan Lastinec was born on 8 January 1877 in the Kingdom of Hungary, part of the Austro-Hungarian empire. In later life he gave his birthplace as Czechoslovakia, the country formed in 1918 from the empire's Czech and Slovak lands. The Lastinec name belongs to the Slovak north of the old kingdom. He signed up for Social Security as Stephen John Lastinec, and his gravestone spells his name Stephan.

He married Julia, who was born in Hungary about 1871. Their son Stephen was born on 1 March 1903, and that same year Stephan, Julia and the baby all came to America. Their son Joseph, born about 1905, and daughter Mary, born about 1907, were born in Pennsylvania. A daughter Helen was born in Austria-Hungary.

By 1918 they were settled at 1613 Wayne Avenue in Camden, New Jersey. On 12 September 1918 Stephan registered there for the First World War draft, at 41. He gave his work as blacksmith for the J. G. Brill Company at 62nd Street and Woodland Avenue in Philadelphia. Brill was one of the largest builders of streetcars and trolleys in the world. The registrar described him as short and stout, with gray eyes and light hair. He was not yet a citizen but had declared his intention to become one, and he signed his own name to the card.

In 1920 the family was still at 1613 Wayne Avenue, in the eleventh ward of Camden. Stephan, 42, was now a blacksmith in a shipyard. Julia, 42, spoke no English. Steven, 17, worked as an operator in a woolen mill, and Joseph, 14, Mary, 12, and Helen were at home. The language of the house was Slovak.

By 1930 Stephan was living apart from his family. That year he boarded with Stanley Kaminski, a Polish-born man, and his family in Philadelphia, and still gave his status as married. In April 1944 he filed a Social Security claim. On 19 May 1950 he was 73, divorced, a naturalized citizen, and the head of his own household at number 630 on a Philadelphia street. Julia was then living with their son Joseph at Moorestown, New Jersey.

Stephan died in 1952 and was buried in New Camden Cemetery at Camden. His stone is a small granite marker with a cross at its top, carved simply STEPHAN LASTINEC, 1877-1952.

Children

Stephen M. Lastinec 1903-1963

Sources

Find a Grave, memorial 168767969, Stephan Lastinec, New Camden Cemetery, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey; photograph added by J Richter, 11 September 2016.

1920 United States census, Camden Ward 11, Camden County, New Jersey, enumeration district 73, sheet 17B, lines 84 to 89; NARA T625 roll 1023; FamilySearch ark 1:1:M453-6T2.

United States, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, NARA M1509, Camden City, New Jersey; FamilySearch ark 1:1:7FTQ-W32M.

World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, NARA M1509, New Jersey, City of Camden, Local Board Division 4, serial 401, order A-1431; FamilySearch ark 1:1:7FTQ-W32M, image 3:1:33S7-8BRX-RWL.

1920 United States census, Camden Ward 11, Camden County, New Jersey, enumeration district 73, sheet 17B, lines 84 to 89; NARA T625 roll 1023; FamilySearch image 3:1:33S7-9RNJ-861.

World War I draft registration, Camden City, New Jersey (FamilySearch 1:1:7FTQ-W32M); 1920 US census, Camden Ward 11, ED 73, sheet 17B (1:1:M453-6T2); 1930 US census, Philadelphia (1:1:XH7R-4WL); 1950 US census, Philadelphia, ED 51-257 (1:1:6XBT-QPD4); Social Security application record of Stephen John Lastinec (1:1:6K9J-5S53); gravestone, New Camden Cemetery, Find a Grave memorial 168767969 (record kd-a123bf-stephan-lastinec-stone)

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