Czechs in Iowa - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: POROD

ZlaticaBeca — 2012-12-12 22:25:57Z

MBSLYNN

Up to 1918 it was A-H
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/austhung.htm where 12 different languages were spoken. What was language of your ancestor? Do you know where born?
http://www.brainworker.ch/Oesterreich/Austria-hungary.png

www.surnamenavigator.org

Re: Any Mrkvicka Family

LYNNKRATZKE — 2012-12-12 21:51:40Z

POROD IS MY GRANDMOTHERS SIR NAME. HER PARENTS AUSTRIAN DECENT

Caska

Scaska — 2012-02-13 22:05:36Z

I am also looking for my Grandfather John Marshall Caska, born Muskegon, Michigan July 4, 1870--1872 and died August 3, 1952 in Plattsburgh New York, who was his father and mother, I can't find a birth certificate for hi anywhere, could really use some help there, I don't know now wheather Thomas J Keska was his father or not, as on John's death certificate it states he was born in Muskegon Michigan and I though it was Polaski Wisconsin.

Re: Caska

Scaska — 2012-02-13 19:01:53Z

Thomas Caska's children names were,
Babbary, 1866, Illinois
Frank James, 1869, Illinois, 1944, Idaho
John M. July 4, 1872, Wisconsin, August 3, 1952, Plattsburgh New York, John was my Grandfather.
Wenzel, 1864, Wisconsin
Matthias 1879, Wisconsin
James, 1884, Wisconsin
Mary, 1888, Wisconsin

Re: Caska

CWestfall55 — 2012-02-13 02:35:18Z

Do you have the names of any of their children?

Cheryl

Re: Caska

Scaska — 2012-02-13 02:24:01Z

Gregg I couldn't find out anything on the Caska, what a hard name to find. Thanks for the info tho. well appreciated

Re: Caska

czechman2gs — 2012-02-12 19:01:54Z

Hello, Did you try go to www.usgenweb.org
go to this then click on Wisconsin state, then you can go to Iowa county where Thomas Keska and Mary resided. Go under look-ups and you will see marriage records. E-mail this contact to see if there was a marriage record of Thomas and Mary.
Gregg

Caska

Scaska — 2012-02-12 02:11:18Z

I was wondering if anyone know's of a Caska from Bohemia, Austria, My Great Grandfather was Thomas Caska and was born 1841 and came to the USA in the mid 1800's and he married a woman named Mary, I do not know her last name. Caska was on the Naturalization papers 1863 and Thomas spelled his name Keske on his census papers, but it was Caska on the Naturalization card. Can anyone out there help me,
Thank you, can email me.
Sandy
Yourangeleyes60@aol.com

Re: Help with Czech spelling and pronunciation

ladylucie — 2011-04-17 20:27:14Z

Lestina would be the correct spelling for Czech. It is a female version of the Polish boy's name Leszek - pronounced Leshek.... the resason you hear her being called Leshinka or Leshtinka...it's a softer version of the name. Like Calling a Gwen Gwenny..... My name is Lucie but when my grandmother talks to me she calls me Lucinka, when in trouble my mother would yell Luncina....by putting different endings on chech names you add meaning to what mood you are in when talking to the individual.

Re: Dlouhys-- Vaclav, John, Joseph and Ben

Carmen1362 — 2009-08-25 23:54:43Z

I am looking for any information about the Votrobek family that is my mothers maiden name. If you have some that you would like to share it would be appreciated. Thanks, Carmen

Re: Rose Mrkvicka

CWestfall55 — 2008-06-07 15:09:14Z

What year do you have census records for her??

Re: Mrkvicka

ZlaticaBeca — 2008-06-07 13:48:16Z

Ellen

Do you have her manifest? She, as an 8 year old child did not travel alone. Need to know where she was born in "old country" to proceed with the research.
www.czechfamilytree.com
http://czechcensus.tripod.com
www.slovnik.cz
http://genforum.com
www.ncsml.org

Re: Any Mrkvicka Family

erpulley — 2008-05-18 08:03:17Z

I am researching the family of Rose/Rosalia Mrkvica, who immigrated to the U.S. about 1893 at age 8. I don't her parents' names yet.

Census records where she lived in Berwyn,Cook County, Illinois, say she came from Czechslovakia/Bohemia/Austria and spoke Czech.

She married Frank Joseph(Franz Josef?)Porod/Parod when she was about 25. She died in 1957. He died in Nov. 1966. They are buried in Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Hillside, Illinois.

Is any of this familiar?

Ellen Pulley

Re: BOUSKA

Bets67 — 2007-09-11 18:17:06Z

Frank (1810-1900) & Josephine (Koudelka 1820-1908) Bouska were married in 1838 in Bohemia; in late summer of 1853, they left Borovany, Bohemia, with their children from Bremen, Germany, onboard ship HANSA & landed at New York harbor on Dec 13, 1853; their 9 month old baby died & buried at sea.
They were parents of 12 children, one of whom was Martin (1857-1938), who was born in Winneshiek County & married Frances Rezabek of St Lucas area in 1877; parents of 10 children.

Info above condensed from: The Protivin Community Past & Present; which was published 2005 by the Protivin Historical Preservation Group; and which contains approximately 20 pages of BOUSKA families.

If you are interested in obtaining a copy of this publication, contact: Edmund & Connie Samec, 211 South Ave, PO Box 263, Protivin, IA 52163.

Or email me at BHorn6@tampabay.rr.com and I will forward your message to Edmund & Connie; or their email address.

Betty HORN
PS: I've Bouska's in my 'branches' also!

Re: Dlouhys-- Vaclav, John, Joseph and Ben

booper_68 — 2007-09-11 15:56:45Z

The Dlouhys you mention are my family. Would be very interested in getting copies of the obits you have and and info that the two of us might be able to exchange. E-mail me at booper_68@yahoo.com.

Penny

Re: Dlouhys-- Vaclav, John, Joseph and Ben

booper_68 — 2007-05-04 18:53:27Z

My mother-in-law's maiden name was Dlouhy. Her father was Emil and mother Helen. Ben would be her uncle. Would be interested in the obit for Ben and other information me might share. Contact me at booper_68@yahoo.com

Re: vorak and dlouhy in johnson and linn counties

ZBeca — 2006-11-13 15:35:34Z

Mary

Just posted to your query on Moravia's board.
I would say that DVOR'AK and VARAK (Vorak) are two different surname unless your ancestors were originally Dvorak.
Take a look in http://linktoyourroots.hamburg.de
DVORAK, VARAK and DLOUHY list in Moravia's region of CZ's phone book. http://phone.quick.cz
No W in Czech alphabet. The English Y makes the J sound.
Have you heard of Leo Baca's 9 volumes Bohemians to America? Your ancestors could be in there.

Re: czech spelling for "kostok" in 1880 Iowa census?

ZBeca — 2006-11-13 15:35:34Z

Mary

The census taker might have heard Leshkena for LES^TINA . I am sure you know that Czech alphabet does not changes. What you see, you pronounce and write.
I find KOSTAK surname listing in city of Praha's phone book. http://phone.quick.cz
Do you have a name of ancestral village?

Re: Help with Czech spelling and pronunciation

JudyNelson708 — 2006-05-06 01:50:54Z

Your Kostok might have been Kostichek which is Kostecka in Czech. I think we have talked,Mary, about your Dlouhy and Lestina, but I can't find your e-mail address.

Help with Czech spelling and pronunciation

2006-04-05 02:17:58Z

Apparently Iowa census takers in 1880 tried to spell names the way my czech ancestors pronounced them [ e.g. Varak =Wauzak}. Usually I can confirm a misspelled name by names and ages of spouse and children. But here are two that still puzzle me: Would LESTINA sound something like LESHKENA when pronounced by a recent czech immigrant? And what might KOSTOK be as a czech name?My great aunt Josephine Lestina lived with an aunt and uncle, names no longer known by any living relative. I'm wondering if I can count her as "found' since they were living near other relatives. Or does anyone know of Andrew and Josephine KOSTOCK, AGES 50 AND 55 IN 1880, LIVING IN jOHNSON COUNTY iOWA IN 1880? Of course handwriting and transcription problems add to the confusion...
Thank you for any help. Mary

czech spelling for "kostok" in 1880 Iowa census?

2006-03-20 20:58:14Z

Does anyone know of Andrew and Josephine "kostok", ages 50 and 55, listed in the Johnson county { Jefferson twp} 1880 census? The names of my relatives nearby were so badly misspelled that I don't believe that the spelling here is right. It appears that my great aunt and uncle , Josephine ,18, and john, 27, Lestina, spelled "leshkena" were living with them. {There is a long story about that.} I am hoping that someone familiar with czech spellings and pronunciation can help me guess if the Leshkena spelling could be the name Lestina, and what might be the "kostok" name in czech....
Thank you. Mary

Re: Dlouhys-- Vaclav, John, Joseph and Ben

CWestfall55 — 2006-03-11 05:52:48Z

Hello,
Look at the chart below. See the name Helen Benesh? Helen Benesh was a sister of my Gr. Gr. Grandmother.
Cheryl

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DLOUHY
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Joseph DLOUHY b. JAN 1861, Iowa, d. 13 JUN 1938
+Josephine VOTROUBEK b. APR 1864, Iowa, d. DEC 1932, m. Abt 1882, Iowa
.....Mary DLOUHY b. 1882, Iowa
.....Unknown DLOUHY b. 1886, Iowa
.....Louis DLOUHY b. MAY 1891, Iowa
.....Blanche DLOUHY b. MAY 1893, Iowa
.....Joseph DLOUHY, Jr b. FEB 1895, Iowa
.....Emil DLOUHY b. 28 MAR 1898, Iowa, d. 8 SEP 1954
+Helen Barbara EARSA b. 15 MAY 1896, d. 1967, m. Abt 1916, Iowa, par.
Charles EARSA and Helen BENESH
..........Lillian H. DLOUHY b. Abt 1920, Iowa, d. 29 AUG 2001
+Wesley SERBOUSEK
..........Leonard E. DLOUHY
..........Leo W. DLOUHY
+
...............Unnamed
...............Frank DLOUHY
..........Frank E. DLOUHY
..........Donald DLOUHY
.....Stephen DLOUHY b. DEC 1898, Iowa
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vorak and dlouhy in johnson and linn counties

mschenken — 2006-03-08 23:36:42Z

AM I the first to use this board? I grew up in Cedar Rapids and miss the sweet sound of czech names. Soundex gives different codes for dvorak and vorak and silly alteratives such as dooley and dilly for Dlouhy. I've found some records spelled dlohe, dloha, and dlohea, and the voraks themselves used vorak, varak, and warak. I'm looking for immigration and naturalization records , the varaks in 1878 and the Dlouhys in 1867, and also I can't yet find census records before 1880, and for the varaks before 1900 which would help me look for naturalization records. Does anyone know of Lisnia, Moravia, 1878 ? Ive looked at old and recent maps with no luck yet

Dlouhys-- Vaclav, John, Joseph and Ben

mschenken — 2006-03-08 23:36:42Z

I have information on these Dlouhys and hope someone can tell me if they are related:
Vaclav 1822-1895 came to Johnson County 1867
John 1824--? came to J. county 1855
Joseph b.1844 came to US 1872
Vaclav is my family-- don't know about others but have obits for BEN, son of Joseph and Josephine Votrobek Dlouhy, his wife, and a Mary Dlouhy Stusak . Contact me if any of these are of interest to you, or if you can tell me towns of origin for any of these Dlouhys.
Thank you. mary

Re: vorak and dlouhy in johnson and linn counties

JudyNelson708 — 2006-02-02 02:51:44Z

I am interested in Dlouhy researchers IF they were from Oxford Jct. IA or Dzbanov, south of Vysoke Myto. Thx.

Novaks and Hanouseks in Benton & Tama counties

2006-01-15 05:21:06Z

I am researching my great-grandparents, Joseph and Anna Hanousek and Joseph and Margaret Novak.

The Hanouseks came directly to Belle Plaine from Tabor, Bohemia, arriving in New York on the SS Westphalia April 12, 1881 with their children Franz, John and Anne.

The Novaks left Mlecice, Bohemia sometime in 1860 or 1861. Their first child George was born Dec. 1861 or 1862 in Canada, and the others, Alberrt, Catherine, twins Joseph and James, Rose and Emma, were born in Belle Plaine, I believe.

Does anyone have any information about these families?

Re: ENOS FIBAKER obituary from Boone, Iowa, 1913

2006-01-07 05:55:53Z

Obituary: Boone County (Iowa) Democrat, 11/06/1913: "FIBAKER ~ Enos Fibaker, an aged and highly esteemed resident of Dodge township, passed away at his home there last Saturday, November 1st. Mr. Fibaker was born in Bohemia, March 24, 1839, and was in his seventy-fifth year at the time of his death. He came to this country in 1852 and soon afterwards located in Boone county and has been among the best known and esteemed pioneer residents. In 1860 he was united in marriage with Miss Anna Benesh and to them were born twelve children, eight of whom are left to mourn his death, three sons, Frank, Joseph and John, and five daughters, Mrs. Anna Fredrick, Mrs. Mary Varek, Mrs. Emma Slama, Mrs. Tena Krug and Mrs. Nellie Krug. He is also survived by thirty-three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The funeral services were held from the Methodist church in Mineral Ridge at 2:00 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. Howard of Pilot Mound. The funeral cortege is said to have been one of the largest ever seen in the county, being more than a mile in length, and the profuse and beautiful floral tributes attested the general esteem in which the deceased was held. The pallbearers were: Pat Sullivan, Lou Hein, Ira Shaler, Joe Briggs, James Kuchynka and John Lyons. The remains were laid to rest in the Mineral Ridge cemetery." NOTE: The children were said to have been born in Cedar Rapids, Linn and/or Johnson Counties, &/or Boone County, Iowa. My own great-grandparents were Frank & Mary Fibikar Warak.

Re: VARAK, KRIVANEK, FIBIKAR/FIEBIGER, BENESH of Iowa

2005-12-16 00:13:17Z

My Anna Benesh was born 2 Nov 1843 in Bohemia. She married Enos Fibikar/Fiebiger before 17 Aug 1862, when her first son, Frank B. Fibikar was born in Johnson County, Iowa. -- 1915 Boone, Iowa OBITUARY: "MRS. A. FIBIKER PASSES AWAY. Pioneer Boone County Resident Dies on a Visit -- Had Gone to Webster County with Daughter -- The Body Reaches This City Friday and the Funeral Services Will be Held From the Old Family Home on Sunday. Word was just received in the city of the death of Mrs. Anna Fibiker, pioneer resident of Boone county at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Krug, who lives in Webster county, Iowa. Mrs. Fibiker went there to visit a week ago. The body will arrive over the Ft. D. D. M. & So. railway at 3:00 o'clock on Friday afternoon, November 2th. (sic)
Funeral services will be held from the old family residence, where her son, John C. Fibiker now lives, Sec. 11, Dodge township, Sunday, Nov. 14, at 10:30 a.m. Interment will be made in the family lot in Mineral Ridge cemetery. Rev. Howard of Pilot Mound will have charge of the services."
Enos & Anna Benesh Fibikar's children were: Frank B. Fibikar, Joseph Fibikar, Mary Fibikar Warak, Emma Fibikar Slama, John C. Fibikar, Libby Fibikar, Nellie Fibikar Krug, Tena/Lena Fibikar Krug, and Ann Fibikar Fiderlick/Frederick. I don't know if your Anna Benesh fits into this family or not. Gerrie Stults

Re: VARAK, KRIVANEK, FIBIKAR/FIEBIGER, BENESH of Iowa

CWestfall55 — 2005-12-12 13:41:01Z

Re: VARAK, KRIVANEK, FIBIKAR/FIEBIGER, BENESH of Iowa

Glas62 — 2005-12-12 09:02:23Z

My Josef VARAK married Marie KRIVANEK & were from Lisa, Moravia-Bohemia. Their son, Frank WARAK married Mary FIBIKAR, daughter of Enos FIBIKAR & Anna BENESH. Enos FIBIKAR was son of Wenzel (a shoemaker) & Barbara FIEBIGER, from Bohm Trubau, according to their "Austrian" Passport. Frank & Mary Warak ended up in Boone County, Iowa.

Re: vorak and dlouhy in johnson and linn counties

2005-04-11 01:20:20Z

I'm researching the Schenken family line. Can you contact me via email to see how we may be connected?

Re: vorak and dlouhy in johnson and linn counties

CWestfall55 — 2005-04-08 06:02:45Z

Hi there,
I have DLOUHY in my extended family.
Emil DLOUHY, b. 1898, married Helen EARSA in 1916 in Iowa.

Emil's father was Joseph DLOUHY and his mother was Josephine VOTROUBEK. Helen's parents were Charles & Helen BENESH EARSA.

The BENESH's are in my direct line. They are from Bohemia, though I do not have a town name.

I know other DLOUHY researchers.

Re: Any Mrkvicka Family

2002-07-31 04:25:06Z

Hi,
Don't know if we have a connection by my Mrkvickas came from Bohemia. I have an Anton Mrkvicka, married Maria Yanovic and they resided in Haugen, Wisconsin.
He died Oct 12, 1929 and is buried in Haugen, Wisconsin.
Maria died June ll, 1932 but when I tried to get a copy of her death cert.,Vital Records did not have it so I don't know if she died in another State.
Their children were: Barbra, born in 1886 and she married a Mr. Dobromysl and then Joseph Jilek Sr. and Barbra died Mar 8, 1924 of TB. The second child was Antonia, born Aug 6, 1894 in Prague and she married Charles Martin Hrdlicka on June 29, 1915 and died July 6, 1978. She is buried in St. Albert, Alberta, Canada. Antonia is my husband's great grandmother.
Since you mentioned Wisconsin and Anton, I thought I would see if we have a connection.
Sincerely, Theresa Kowall

Any Mrkvicka Family

westmeadow — 2002-05-24 19:56:33Z

searching my Mrkvicka family Iowa and Wisconsin. I have traced 6 family members from Czechoslavakiz to Iowa. please e mail if any information.tboedeke@amfam.com

Thank You

Given Names: Surname Mrkvicka
Anton, Joseph,Mary, Lodge, Anna, Karel, Louise, Possable town of Kutna Hora.

BOUSKA

1999-01-25 12:00:00Z

BOUSKA - Frank or Martin. Settled in Spillville, Iowa from Borovany, near Bechyn in the year 1854

Rose Toman

1998-11-06 12:00:00Z

Rose Toman was born Oct. 28, 1877 in Czechoslovakia, and came to the USA in 1922, according to her obit. She married my Great Grand Father (his 3rd marriage) about 1928 in Sioux City, IA, USA. She died Dec. 28, 1934 in Sioux City, IA of Breast Cancer.

IF anyone knows about the family, what ship she came over on, or any information, I would really appreciate the help.
Sincerely,

Peggy Zant