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Mary Vejraska

Female 1885 - 1957  (72 years)


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  • Name Mary Vejraska  [1
    Born 8 Apr 1885  Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Died 17 Nov 1957  Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Bohemian National Cemetery (Milligan South), Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Mary attended rural school District #67 and spent her younger years helping her parents with their farm and family. She was a devoted mother, a person of great patience and understanding, an ardent lover of nature and music and she derived a great deal of pleasure from her singing, as she had a beautiful voice. A terrific cook and baker and her kolaces, rolls and apple streudel were out of this world. For entertainment of people, she used to tell their fortunes with a deck of cards, and much of what she told people did come true. Mary was widowed at the age of 36, with five children under the age of 13, and did all kinds of odd jobs to hold her family together. For several years she and her youngest son, Joe, lived in the home of an employer, Louis and Alice Koca. Later she went into practical nursing, caring for many elderly people in their own homes, including Mr. Bosak of Crete, The Marsh's of Tobias, Frank Krupicka of Tobias, and Jan Luzum of Milligan. (Milligan, p 210)
    Person ID I15143  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Josef Vejraska,   b. Mar 1850, ?ehrov, Mlad? Boleslav, Stredocesk? kraj, Bohemia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jul 1936, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 86 years) 
    Mother Marie Kucera,   b. Feb 1856, Bohemia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jan 1932, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 75 years) 
    Married 1 May 1877  Bohemia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F5852  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Brejcha,   b. 25 Oct 1885, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Sep 1921, Ohiowa, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years) 
    Married 15 Jan 1907  Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Mary and John were united in marriage in a double wedding ceremony with her sister, Anna Vejraska and Vaclav Capek at her parents home southwest of Milligan. After their marriage, they farmed near Milligan, later moving to Lockwood, Missouri for a few years, and then back to Nebraska, near Western. There they gave up farming and moved to Tobias and later Ohiowa, where John Brejcha died at the age of 36 years.
    Children 
     1. Agnes Brejcha,   b. 26 Jan 1908, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 1978, Bennet, Lancaster County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     2. Helen Brejcha,   b. Aft 1909, Lockwood, Dade County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1914, Lockwood, Dade County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 3 years)
     3. Libbie I. Brejcha,   b. 5 Jan 1912, Lockwood, Dade County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 1992, Crete, Saline County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     4. Evelyn Brejcha,   b. 25 Oct 1914, Western, Saline County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Nov 1999, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     5. Rudy F. Brejcha,   b. 22 Sep 1916, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 May 1988, Orlando, Orange County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     6. Joe Brejcha,   b. 8 May 1919, Ohiowa, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Feb 1969, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)
    Last Modified 26 Sep 2010 
    Family ID F2152  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 8 Apr 1885 - Fillmore County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 15 Jan 1907 - Fillmore County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 17 Nov 1957 - Fillmore County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Bohemian National Cemetery (Milligan South), Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Vejraska Double Wedding
    Vejraska Double Wedding
    L to R: Mary Vejraska, John Brejcha, Vaclav Capek, Anna Vejraska.
    Married 15 January 1907, Filmore County, Nebraska

  • Sources 
    1. [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), p 210 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO).