Libby Simacek

Notes:

She married Ed TESSAR and they had a daughter, Sonja. (Milligan, p. 480).

Family/Spouse: Edward Tessar. Edward was born on 27 Jan 1905 in Nebraska; died on 5 Sep 1974; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Crete, Saline County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sonja Tessar was born on 14 Dec 1937 in Crete, Saline County, Nebraska; died on 18 Jul 2022 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Crete, Saline County, Nebraska.

Notes:

In the fall of 1885 at the age of 11, he came to the United States with his father. The following spring his mother and siblings followed them here. He worked as a hired hand on many farms in the area before settling down on his own farm. (Milligan, p. 480).

(Research):Census Information:

1910 Census
Nebraska, Nuckolls County, Elk Precinct
Enumerated 26 April 1910
SD 5 ED 156 Sheet 4A Stamped 50
65-65
Simacek, John Hd M W 35 M1 11 Aust Bohemia Aus Bohemia Au
s Bohemia 1881 English Farmer
Simacek, Mary Wf F W 30 M1 11 3/3 Aus Bohemia Aus Bohemia Aus Bohemia 1880 English
Simacek, Rosa Dtr F W 6 S Neb Aus Bohemia Aus Bohemia
Simacek, Eddie Son M W 4 S Neb Aus Bohemia Aus Bohemia
Simacek, Frank Son M W 2 S Neb Aus Bohemia Aus Bohemia

1920 Census
Nebraska, Nuckolls County, Blaine Precinct
SD 5 ED 157 Sheet 1A Stamped 156
John Simacek 45 Hd M W 45 W Bohemia Bohemia Bohemia Farmer
??? Simacek 25
Rose Simacek 17
??? Simacek ??
Jean Simacek 9
??? Simacek 5
(The census listing for this family is very faint, and difficult to read. The family appears to have been living in a large boarding house)

Jan married Marie B. "Mary" Kaspar about 1898. Marie was born about 1882 in Bohemia; died about 1918 in Nuckolls County, Nebraska; was buried in Bohemian National Cemetery (Milligan South), Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Matej married Marie Polak. Marie was born on 15 Aug 1850 in Vzarckavricich, Bohemia; died on 4 Mar 1927. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1900 census, she was living in Liberty Township, Fillmore County, Nebraska with her six youngest children, ans shown as a widow, born in August 1852 in Bohemia. The 1910 census showed her to be the mother of 13 children, eight of whom were still living.

Notes:

Mike and Mary Simacek came by boat to the United States from their native land of Bohemia in June of 1886, docking in Baltimore, Maryland. From there, they took a train to Nebraska and on the the home of their daughter, Mrs. John KASAK, northeast of Milligan, living near there the rest of their lives. They had two children, Mike, Jr. born in 1846, who married Mary POLAK and a daughter, Marie Simacek, born January 28, 1840 [note this dates is thought to be erroneous], married John A. KASAK, Sr. Mike and his wife Marie are presumed to be buried in unmarked graves in the Kasak Cemetery. (Milligan, p. 481).

Matej married Marie ???. Marie was born before 1820 in Bohemia; died in in Fillmore County, Nebraska; was buried in Kasak Cemetery, Fillmore County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]