Jan Zakovec

Notes:

Petr Zakovec instead shows his date of birth as 28 Oct 1840.

According to the ship manifest of the S.S. Bremen, Frank M. Soukup traveled to America with his half-brother John Zakovec, John's wife Josefa, and their two daughters. The North German Lloyd steamship arrived at the Port of New York on May 1, 1869.

Czechs in Nebraska - Saunders County

Morse Bluff and Bohemian Precincts. (Data furnished by Frank Kaplan, Morse Bluff).

1871--The Following Came: John Zakovec, Koryta, Plzen, came to Braidwood in 1870. Died Nov. 2, 1922.

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Census Listings:

1880 Census Nebraska, Saunders County, Douglas, ED 182 64-64
Jockawitch (sic), John W M 40 Farmer Naturalized Bohemia Bohemia Bohemia
" , Josephine W F 36 Wife Keeps House Bohemia Bohemia Bohemia
" , Mary W F 16 Dtr Works at home Bohemia Bohemia Bohemia
" , Ann W F 12 Dtr Works at Home Bohemia Bohemia Bohemia
" , Frank W M 10 Son Works at Home Plsen Bohemia Bohemia
" , Josie W F 8 Dtr Nebraska Bohemia Bohemia
" , Christina W F 1 Dtr Nebraska Bohemia Bohemia
" , Suzy W F 1/12 Dtr Nebraska Bohemia Bohemia


1900 Census
Nebraska, Saunders County, Morse Bluff, ED 128
Zakovec, John Hd W M July 1842 58 M 38 Bohemia Bohemia Bohemia 1870 Farmer
Zakovec, Josie Wife W F July 1842 58 N 38 1/1 Bohemia Bohemia 1870 Bohemia
Zakovec, John Son W M July 1876 24 S Nebraska Bohemia Bohemia Bohemia Farm Laborer

Jan married Josefka Lomicka before 1864 in Koryta, Plzen-Sever, Plzensk? kraj, Bohemia. Josefka was born about 1840 in Koryta, Plzen-Sever, Plzensk? kraj, Bohemia; died about 1931 in Saunders County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
CZECH NATIONAL CEMETERY (also known as Killian Cemetery) located in Bohemian township in the NE 1/4 SW 1/4 of Sec 23 Township 17, Range 5E of Saunders County, Nebraska.

Recorded on April 12, 1977 and completed on April 15, 1977 by Clarabelle Mares 1722 E 19 Fremont, Nebraska and assisted by Kathrine Petersen. Cemetery in very good condition. Working from front to back in rows.

Jan Zakovec Josefka Zakovec 1840 - 1922 1840 - 1931

John A Zakovec Anna Zakovec 7 Jul 1875 12 Mar 1973 21 Dec 1880 19 Oct 1960

Inf son Zakovec 31 Dec 1901 4 Jan 1902

Kristine Zakovec dau of Jan & Jos Zakovec 7 Oct 1878 4 Oct 1895

1. Mary Zakovec was born about 1864 in Koryta, Plzen-Sever, Plzensk? kraj, Bohemia; and died.
2. Anna Zakovec was born about 1868 in Koryta, Plzen-Sever, Plzensk? kraj, Bohemia; and died.
3. Frank Zakovec was born about 1871 in Koryta, Plzen-Sever, Plzensk? kraj, Bohemia; and died.
4. Josephine Zakovec was born about 1873 in Morse Bluff, Saunders County, Nebraska; and died.
5. John A. Zakovec was born on 7 Jul 1875 in Morse Bluff, Saunders County, Nebraska; died on 12 Mar 1973.
6. Kristina Zakovec was born on 7 Oct 1878 in Morse Bluff, Saunders County, Nebraska; died on 4 Oct 1895.
7. Suzy Zakovec was born about May 1880 in Morse Bluff, Saunders County, Nebraska; and died.

Notes:

Listed as Matthew on the death certificate of his daughter, Anna, but as John on the death certificate of his son John. Assumed Matthew is correct, as the information on Anna's certificate was more precise in other areas. Petr Zakovec, a researcher from the Czech Republic, also shows him as Matej/Matthew, and further notes that he was a Blacksmith.

Matej married Marie Buresova before 1840. Marie was born on 9 Jul 1815 in Sedlec, Plzen-Sever, Plzensk? kraj, Bohemia; died after 1900 in Saunders County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Petr Zakovec emailed, in December 2014, that he had found the wedding record of Anton and Mary, and that the bride, Marie was the "widow of departed Matej ??kovec, blacksmith from Koryta no. 13, daughter of Martin Bure?, farmer from Sedlec no. 12, and Johanna, born Hausner, from Robcice no. 5"

The 1870 Will County, Illinois census shows Anton Sycopp (Soukup) as married to a Mary, six years younger than him, born circa 1826.

The FamilySearch transcription of the 1880 census for Saunders County, Nebraska, shows an Anton Soocop (Soukup) married to a Rosy. If this is the same couple, not only is the first name of the wife listed differently, but both couples have reported ages considerably higher than the ten years you would expect based on the ages on the 1870 census. Rosy is listed as being age 72, born circa 1808. According to her tombstone, Marie was born ca 1814, and didn't die until 1898. This MAY be a different couple.

Nancy Soukup's genealogical chart shows that Marie's maiden name was unknown, however, and that she was first married to a Mr. Zakovec, having two children with him: John Zakovec and Anna Zakovec Hines. Nancy further indicated that Marie's maiden name *might* have been Bures. Additionally, Ken Chromy shows on his Gedcom that the parents of Anton Soukup, Jr. were Anton Soukup, Sr. and Mary Buresh. Neither Nancy or Ken cite a source for this information. It appears that it could be from the death certificate of Anton Soukup, Jr. This shows that he was the son of Anton Soukup and Marie Buresova. The informant for this certificate was Rosarie Soukup, presumably Anton Jr.'s wife, Rosalie Datel Soukup. It is highly probable that she knew her mother-in-law, or at least knew her maiden name. Therefore it seems reasonable to accept that Anton's wife was Marie Bures. Additionally, the death certificate for Marie's daughter by her first marriage, Anna Zakovec Hines, shows that her parents were Maria Bures and Mathew Zakovec. The informant on that death certificated, filed in 1934, was Mrs. John Hines, a daughter in law of Anna's.

It is also noted that on the 1880 Saunders County, NE census, HH 127-127 was that of Barbara BURES and her husband, Vaclas Chlup (transcribed as Kloop), HH 128-128 Frank and Ann Soukup (transcribed as Socoop), HH 129-129 Anton and Rosy Soukup (Socoop), and HH 130-130 Anton (age 75) Soukup (Socoop) and Rosy (age 72, or Marie BURES Soukup)? Both the Chlup and the Soukup were in Bohemia, then Will County, IL, then Saunders County, NE, and finally, Fillmore County, NE.

In his submission to the LDS Ancestral File, Howard Knapp Parker instead shows the parents of Frank M. Soukup (born 4 July 1852) as Mary Zakovec and Frank Soukup of Korytech, Plzen, Bohemia. To further complicate matters, when Frank died in in 1933, the informant for his death certificate stated that he was the son of Frank Soukup and Barbara Hines. The informant for Frank's death certificate was Harry Soukup, his son. Harry's grandparents appear to have died before he was born, so perhaps he had only garbled recollections of their names.

When Veronica Wirka, the younger sister of Anton and Frank, died in 1938, only the last name of her father, Soukup, was reported. Her mother's name was left entirely blank. The informant for this certificate was Mrs. ?.L. Hines of Morse Bluff. Her relationship to Veronica is unknown.

Nancy Soukup of Davey, Nebraska obtained her information about Anton and Marie Soukup from their tombstones at the Killian Cemetery. Killian Cemetery is in Saunders County, just a couple miles west of Morse Bluff. An index to Nebraska's cemeteries is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~necemete/; and #8 is Killian Hill, or the Czech National Cemetery. Many members of the Zakovec, Hines, and Virka families are all buried there.

(Research):At the time of the 1900 census, Mary was living with daughter and son-in-law, Veronika & John Virka, and listed as a widow, age 83, and the mother of 8 children, five of whom were living. Her year of birth was listed as 1819, with the month of birth being shown as unknown.