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Empress of Ireland
1906 - 1914
Final Voyage - Passenger & Crew Tribute
George Zuk
[submitted by
Barbara Zuk & Connie Zuk Nisinger]
George Zuk (Empress
of Ireland survivor)
Born January 1, 1882
Died December 12, 1935
George was a survivor of the Empress of Ireland shipwreck (May 29, 1914).
The family (George, Maria, Wladisaw and Josefa) had purchased tickets at
Chicago, Illinois (destination Lemberg, Poland). According to information
received from the Canadian Pacific Railway, George was taken to Jeffrey Hale
Hospital in Quebec for treatment after he was rescued. His wife Maria and
the two children (Wladisaw and Josefa) did not survive. The children's
bodies were identified by George. He was at the Chateau Frontenac Hotel in
Quebec City on June 2. Josefa was buried June 2 by the Hebrew Society. The
grave locations are unknown.
The two children are buried
somewhere at Quebec City but we have been unable to find their graves.
George held a ticket to New York and wished
leave soon as possible.
George later married Louise Stypula (from Tarnow, Poland) and settled in St.
Louis, Missouri in 1919. They had three children: Walter (named after
Wladisaw), Josephine (named after Josefa) and Henry. George died of cancer
of the esophagus in 1935 in Madison, Illinois, where he worked in a steel
mill.
George Zuk was spelled Zouk on the ship's passenger
list.
| Name |
Tickets
Purchased at |
Destination |
Remarks |
| ZOUK, Georgi |
Chicago, Ill. |
Lemberg |
To New York, June 10 |
| ZOUK, Josefa |
Chicago, Ill. |
Lemberg |
Lost, Body Identified |
| ZOUK, Maria |
Chicago, Ill. |
Lemberg |
Lost |
| ZOUK, Wladislaw |
Chicago, Ill. |
Lemberg |
Lost, Body Identified |
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