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Helen Sora

Helen Sora

Female 1911 - 2006  (94 years)

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  • Name Helen Sora  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Birth 26 Jun 1911  Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Female 
    Birth 1912  Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    SocialSecurityNumber 300-12-1568  [3] 
    Name Helen A Andras  [7] 
    Name Helen A. Andras  [5] 
    Name Mrs Helen Alice Andras  [8] 
    Residence 1935  Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Residence 1940  Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Residence 1950  Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Residence 1951  Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1994  Sun City, Maricopa, Arizona Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Burial 2006  Sun City, Maricopa, Arizona, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5] 
    Death 26 Jan 2006  Peoria, Maricopa, Arizona, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5] 
    • Helen Sora married Joseph Andras in Apr 1934 in Ohio. She was the daughter of John and Victoria Leonard Sora.

      Victoria moved to Sun City in 1972 from Cleveland and died there February 11, 1974. She was born in Poland and was a member of the Roman Catholic Church. Survivors included three daughters, Helen Andras and Sophie Such of Sun City, and Bertha Kosewic of Cleveland, a sister of Connecticut, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. She was buried in Cleveland.
    Person ID I886  Perchinske Strohmeyer Tree
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2025 

    Father John Sora 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Victoria Leonard (Sora),   b. 1878, Poland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Feb 1974, Sun City, Maricopa, Arizona, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F1285  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joseph William Andras,   b. 12 Mar 1908, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Sep 1999, Sun City, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years) 
    Marriage 21 Apr 1934  Cuyahoga, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Age at Marriage She : 22 years and 10 months - He : 26 years and 1 month. 
    Family ID F279  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 26 Jun 1911 - Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1912 - Connecticut Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 21 Apr 1934 - Cuyahoga, Ohio Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1935 - Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - StreetAddress: East 163 Street; 29 Age: 29; AttendedSchool: No; CityWard: 30; EmploymentCode: 5; EmploymentDetails: Home Housework; EmploymentHistory: No; EnumerationDistrict: 92-789; GradeCompleted: High School, 3rd year; Income: 0; IncomeOtherSources: No; IsEmployed: No; LanguageSpoken: English; NumberOfChildrenLiving: 0; PublicEmergencyWork: No; ResidenceFarmNineteenThirtyFive: No; SeekingWork: No; UsualOccupation: Housewife; UsualOccupationCode: 7; Veteran: No; WeeksWorked: 0; WomanMarried: No; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Wife RelationToHead: Wife - 1940 - Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 38 Age: 38; AgriculturalQuestionnaireNumber: w; ApartmentNumber: 4114; EnumerationDistrict: 92-1159; IsEmployed: No; LiveOnFarm: No; OccupationCategory: Keeping House; SeekingWork: No; ThreeOrMoreAcres: No; WorkedLastWeek: No; Wife RelationToHead: Wife; Married MaritalStatus: Married - 1950 - Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 40 Age: 40 - 1951 - Ohio Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - StreetAddress: 10970 W Cumberland Dr; 83 Age: 83 - 1994 - Sun City, Maricopa, Arizona Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 26 Jan 2006 - Peoria, Maricopa, Arizona, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Joseph Andras & Helen Sora gravestone    		Joseph Andras & Helen Sora gravestone

  • Sources 
    1. [S186] Ancestry.com, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Marriage Records and Indexes, 1810-1973, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Cuyahoga County Archive; Cleveland, Ohio; Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Marriage Records, 1810-1973; Volume: Vol 171-172; Page: 258; Year Range: 1934 Jan - 1934 Oct.
      Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Marriage Records and Indexes, 1810-1973      		 Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Marriage Records and Indexes, 1810-1973


    2. [S166] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).

    3. [S627] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File.
      Record for Helen A. Andras
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=3693&h=77151413&indiv=try

    4. [S203] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;).
      Record for Helen Alice Sora (Andras)
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=172312821279&indiv=try

    5. [S508] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Joseph W. Andras
      https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/172613405/joseph-w.-andras

    6. [S567] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Roll: m-t0627-03234; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 92-789.
      Record for Helen Vandens
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2442&h=34997821&indiv=try
      1940 United States Federal Census      		 1940 United States Federal Census


    7. [S589] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Roll: 1145; Page: 71; Enumeration District: 92-1159.
      Record for Joseph N Andras
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=62308&h=205306779&indiv=try
      1950 United States Federal Census      		 1950 United States Federal Census


    8. [S229] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards For Ohio, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 26.
      Record for Joseph William Andras
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2238&h=199394463&indiv=try
      U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947      		 U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947


    9. [S201] Ancestry.com, U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).
      Record for Helen A Andras
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1788&h=257139798&indiv=try


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