Mamie Biba

Family/Spouse: Lou Laun. Lou was born about 1896. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Census Listings:

1910 Census
Nebraska, Fillmore County, Glengary Twp
Enumerated 16 Apr 1910
SD 4 ED 29 Sheet 3A Stamped 110
65-67
Biba, Frank Hd M W 36 M1 16 Ill Austria Bohemia Austria Bohemia Eng Own Income
Biba, Mary Wf F W 36 M1 16 3/2 Ne Austria Bohemia Austria Bohemia English
Biba, Mary Dtr F W 13 S Ne Ill Ne English
Biba, Otto Dtr (sic) M W 7 S Ne Ill Ne

Frank married Mary Kebrle about 1894. Mary (daughter of Frank Kebrle and Belina Walter) was born on 6 Jan 1873 in Nebraska; died on 10 Apr 1931 in Exeter, Fillmore County, Nebraska; was buried in Exeter Cemetery, Exeter, Fillmore County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
They lived on a farm in Liberty Township, Fillmore County, Nebraska. In order to make it easier for their daughter to attend High School, the sold in farm in 1908 and moved to Exeter, where they lived until their deaths. (Milligan, p 206).

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The Biba family came to the United States in 1873 from Zebnici, District of Plzen, Bohemia. In Bohemia, the Bibas were considered moderately wealthy. They traveled by horse and buggy rather than by oxen and cart. Their wealth was even counted by the number of fence posts. When they decided to come to America, they sold everything and came with $1,000 which at that time was a fortune. Tomas's father, Jan, accompanied them. They stopped in Braidwood, Illinois, south of Chicago, where Tomas worked in a coal mine. After a short time, they moved by train West where land to farm was available. They settled on land on Turkey Creek northwest of what later was to be Milligan. In March of 1874, the purchased the NW 1/4, Section 3, Glengary Township from the Burlington and Missouri Railroad for $902.44. The deed was recorded showing Barbora as the purchaser. Jack Noragon, a great-great grandson now owns the farm. The Bibas were very active in affairs of the area an helped start the first church in the area now located at the Ceski Bratri Cemetery. The life in Nebraska at the time was hard and primative. Most of the food was raised, and if you couldn't raise it, you bartered for it. Many articles, such as a Meissen pitcher that came from Europe and was used in the sod house and quilts made by the grandmothers, are prized possesions of the Biba descendants. The Bibas lived on the farm until Tomas died, at which time Barbora moved to a home in Milligan, later living with son Albert and his wife Josefa in Exeter until her death. (Milligan, pp 206 - 207).

(Research):Census Information:

FamilySearch 1880 Census

Census Place:
Glengary, Fillmore, Nebraska Source:FHL Film 1
254748 National Archives Film T9-0748
Page 50
RelationSexMarrRaceAgeBirthplace
Thomas BIBA Self M M W 50 BOHEMEN Occ: Farmer Fa: BOHEMEN Mo: BOHEMEN
Barbara BIBA Wife F M W 54 BOHEMEN Occ: Housekeeper Fa: BOHEMEN Mo: BOHEMEN
Albert BIBA Son M S W 12 BOHEMEN Occ:At School Fa: BOHEMEN Mo: BOHEMEN
Frank BIBA Son M S W 7 IL Occ:At School Fa: BOHEMEN Mo: BOHEMEN
Barbara BIBA Dau F S W 2 NE Fa: BOHEMEN Mo: BOHEMEN

Tomas married Barbora Urbanek. Barbora was born in Dec 1835 in Bohemia; died on 22 Feb 1916 in Exeter, Fillmore County, Nebraska; was buried in Bohemian Brethren Cemetery (AKA Cesky Bratri Cemetery), Fillmore County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The 1900 census showed Barbora Biba, a widow, as age 64, born in Dec. 1835 and living in Glengary Twp next to her son Frank.

Frank married Belina Walter. Belina was born before 1851 in Bohemia; died on 3 Apr 1908 in Nebraska; was buried in Bohemian Brethren Cemetery (AKA Cesky Bratri Cemetery), Fillmore County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Frank and Belina were born in Bohemia, and moved to the United States in the 1860's. They lived briefly in Ohio before coming to Nebraska. They settled on 80 acres of prarie land near Turkey Creek. On March 23, 1869, Frank filed a claim in the Lincoln Nebraska Land office for the E 1/2 SW 1/4 in Section 32 of Liberty Township. He received his homestead deed on November 10, 1875. The farm is now owned by Robert KOHLER. (Milligan, p 332).