{"id":14,"date":"2026-10-06T12:15:34","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T17:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefamilyopus.com\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2026-10-08T08:37:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T13:37:55","slug":"timeline","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thefamilyopus.com\/?page_id=14","title":{"rendered":"Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This timeline brings together documented events from the principal family branches. Additional events will be added as original records and family artifacts are incorporated.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1872<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>December 15:<\/strong> Frank Samuel Sr. reported this birth date in his naturalization records. His birthplace was recorded as \u201cCalvar, Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1918<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>June 13:<\/strong> Frank Samuel Sr. was admitted to U.S. citizenship in Middlesex County, New Jersey.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1940<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>October 12, inferred:<\/strong> An October 14, 1940 report in <em>The Daily Home News<\/em> names Viola Marie Wistuba and Frank E. Samuels Jr. and says their wedding took place on Saturday. October 12 is inferred from that Monday publication date. <a href=\"https:\/\/thefamilyopus.com\/?page_id=17#source-s14\">Wedding source note<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1941<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>March 28:<\/strong> Robert \u201cBob\u201d Frank Samuel was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1953<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>February 3, as printed on a memorial card:<\/strong> The family-held card for Theofilia Sophie Samuel bears this date without labeling it as death or funeral. A death-index entry supports February 1953; the exact day remains attributed to the card. <a href=\"https:\/\/thefamilyopus.com\/?page_id=27#source-s11\">Card source note<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/thefamilyopus.com\/?page_id=27#source-s9\">Death-index source note<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1963<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>May 20:<\/strong> Joseph S. Rudy died in Sayreville. His obituary identifies his wife as the former Frances Okulewicz and names their children and surviving siblings.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1965<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>August 7:<\/strong> Robert Samuel married Carol A. Rudy in Sayreville, New Jersey.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1979<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>August 18, as printed on a memorial card:<\/strong> Viola M. Samuel\u2019s card bears March 20, 1921 and August 18, 1979 without explicit birth or death labels. The Social Security index reports death in August 1979; her February-versus-March birth-month conflict remains unresolved. <a href=\"https:\/\/thefamilyopus.com\/?page_id=54#open-questions\">Dates and open questions<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/thefamilyopus.com\/?page_id=54#source-10\">Card source note<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This timeline brings together documented events from the principal family branches. Additional events will be added as original records and family artifacts are incorporated. 1872 December 15: Frank Samuel Sr. reported this birth date in his naturalization records. 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