Marie "Mary" Janda

1872 - 1946  (73 years)

• Name	Marie "Mary" Janda  [1]
  Nickname	Mary
  Born	26 Jun 1872	Volenice, Stra?ec?, Bohemia   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	21 May 1946	Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska
  Buried	Bohemian National Cemetery (Milligan South), Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska
  Notes	(Research):Census Listings: 1910 Census Nebraska, Fillmore, Liberty Precinct Enumerated 20 April 1910 SD 4 ED 32 Sheet 3B 58-58 Sluka, James Hd M W 35 m1 12 Neb Aust.Bohemian Aust Bohemi an Farmer Sluka, Marie Wf F W 37 m1 12 4/4 Aust.Bohemian Aust Bohemian Aust Bohemian 1880 Sluka, John O Son m W 10 S Neb Neb Aust.Bohemian Sluka, James G Son M W 8 S Neb Neb Aust. Bohemian Sluka, Gustav J Son M W 4 S Neb Neb Aust. Bohemian Sluka, Lillie A. Dtr F W 2 S Neb Neb Aust. Bohemian Sluka, Fred Brother M W 33 S Neb Aust.Bohemian Aust Bohemian Janda, Estella H Sister-in-law F W 19 S Neb Aust.Bohemian Aust Bohemian Teacher School Bartu, Mary Servent F W 19 S Neb Aust.Bohemian Aust Bohemian Servant Private Family Svenda, Joseph Servant M W 26 S Aust. Bohemian Aust.Bohemian Aust Bohemian 1904 Pa Bohemian Laborer Farm 59-60 Janda, Frank Hd M W 30 m1 3 Aust. Bohemian Aust.Bohemian Aust Bohemian 1885 Na Farmer Janda, Mary Wf F W 22 m1 3 2/2 Neb Aust.Bohemian Aust Bohemian Janda, James Son M W 2 S Neb Aust. Bohemian Neb Janda, Frank Son m W 2/12 S neb Aust. Bohemian Neb Vacek, Anton Servant m W 21 S Aust. Bohemian Aust.Bohemian Aust Bohemian 1910 Bohemina Laborer Farm
  Person ID	I20090	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Josef Janda,   b. Abt 1844, Volenice, Stra?ec?, Bohemia ,   d. 16 Aug 1894, Box Butte County, Nebraska  (Age ~ 50 years)
  Mother	Josefa "Josie" Rejsek,   b. Abt 1846, Strasic, Stra?ec?, Bohemia ,   d. Apr 1885, Fillmore County, Nebraska  (Age ~ 39 years)
  Married	28 Jan 1868	Strasic, Stra?ec?, Bohemia   [2]
  	Their marriage license, from Dobrs, Book 3, Page 25, 167 Register, showed that they were married on the 28 of January 1828 by Vaclav Bezdeka (Priest), with witnesses being Matej Sluka, a cottager from Volenic #26 and Frantisek Prokop, a peasant from Strasic #14. Joseph and Josefa traveled to America with their two oldest children and a niece, Mary. They spent 17 days on the ocean, enduring a severe five day storm. They landed in Baltimore, travelled by train to Chicago, and then onto Nebraska. They spent the winter with a brother, Vinc. Joseph purchased the S 1/2 SE 1/4 in Section 19 of Liberty Township from the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad company. (Milligan, p 314-315).
  Documents		Janda, Josef and Josefa Rejsek marriage license Transcription of Official Marriage register from Dobrs, Book 3, Page 25, 167 Register
  Family ID	F2144	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James Sluka,   b. 27 Mar 1875, Liberty Township, Fillmore County, Nebraska ,   d. 14 Mar 1913, Liberty Township, Fillmore County, Nebraska  (Age 37 years)
  Married	14 Sep 1897	Fillmore County, Nebraska   [3]
  Children	1. John Edward Sluka,   b. 10 May 1899, Liberty Township, Fillmore County, Nebraska ,   d. 23 Jun 1983, Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska  (Age 84 years)   2. James Anton Sluka,   b. 23 Sep 1901, Fillmore County, Nebraska ,   d. 12 Feb 1977, Fillmore County, Nebraska  (Age 75 years)   3. August J. "Gust" Sluka,   b. 22 May 1905, Liberty Township, Fillmore County, Nebraska ,   d. 21 Jan 1968, Liberty Township, Fillmore County, Nebraska  (Age 62 years)   4. Lillian Sluka,   b. 29 May 1907, Fillmore County, Nebraska ,   d. 23 Jan 1968, Cumberland, Barron County, Wisconsin  (Age 60 years)   5. Marie Helen Sluka,   b. 16 Apr 1911, Fillmore County, Nebraska ,   d. 9 Jul 1939, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska  (Age 28 years)
  Last Modified	22 Aug 2008
  Family ID	F7205	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 26 Jun 1872 - Volenice, Stra?ec?, Bohemia Married - 14 Sep 1897 - Fillmore County, Nebraska Died - 21 May 1946 - Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska Buried - - Bohemian National Cemetery (Milligan South), Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos		Posvar, Joseph and Estella Janda Joseph and Estella, with family members, at their 1919 wedding
  		Sluka, Mary (Janda) with her sister Anna (Janda) Bures, Joseph Bures with niece Marie Helen Sluka, and Gust Janda Sharon Nemeth emailed that "Nothing is written on the back of this photo, but I'm guessing that the lady on the left is Mary Janda Sluka and the gentleman on the right is Gust Janda; I identified the others based on the writing on the back of the other photos."

  
  

  Documents

  Janda, Josef Transcription of Josef Janda's Immigration passport, with some additional family birthdates handwritten on the back of the passport

  
  

• Sources

  [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), p 315 (Reliability: 3). [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), p 314 (Reliability: 3). [S548] Belohlavy, Dennis (belohdb@windstream.net) "Family Tree of Dennis L. and Rebecca J. "Becky" (Arnold) Belohlavy ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=belohlavy, (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=belohlavy).