Leo Polityka’s parents — original 1940 census and qualified Social Security index

Original 1940 United States census, Pennsylvania, Schuylkill County, Shenandoah Borough, ward 5, ED 54-159, sheet 15A, household lines 11–15. Ancestry collection 2442, record 21747957 (indexed Leo Politgka), image M-T0627-03606-00969, browse image 29 of 44. Original inspected and downloaded October 5, 2026. Household: Alex Polityka, head, 50, married, born Poland; Ida, wife, 45, born Pennsylvania; Leo, son, 21, single, born Pennsylvania; another son, age 17 (indexed Henry Polityka); John Stransky, brother-in-law of the head, 47, single, born Pennsylvania. Leo’s occupation is coal miner. Census residence matches the address on Leo Leonard Polityka’s October 1940 draft card [WEB-20261006-033242-e5edf3f9]; that card explicitly identifies Ida as his mother. Alex/Ida/Leo household and age are a strong identity correlation, not a same-name-only match. Age-derived approximate birth years: Alex about 1890, Ida about 1895; exact birthdays not established. Additional index, separately qualified: U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936–2007, Ancestry collection 60901, record 33912780, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60901/records/33912780, inspected October 5, 2026, names Leo Leonard Polityka, born January 28, 1919 at Shenandoah S, Pennsylvania; death December 27, 1994; father Alex Polityka, mother Ida Stransky. Original Social Security application not inspected; this is an index, not a second original certificate. John Stransky’s census relationship supports, but alone does not prove, Ida’s maiden surname. Original census image retained in the durable research package; no Social Security number reproduced in the narrative.