James Kottas

1890 - 1968  (77 years)

• Name	James Kottas  [1]
  Born	18 Aug 1890	Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	31 Jul 1968	Tobias, Saline County, Nebraska   [2, 3]
  Buried	Tobias City Cemetery, Tobias, Saline County, Nebraska   [3]
  Notes	During their married life, they lived in Denton, Montana, Milligan and Tobias. IN 1919 they moved from Montana to Tobias, where they farmed. James Kottas also worked for the Saline County A.C.S. office at Wilber with the A.A.A. Program. He was one of the first R.E.A. directors and promoters of Rural Electrification of America in the late 1930's. He also worked in a general merchandise store with his father and brother. (Milligan, p. 366).
  Person ID	I23008	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2022

  
  

  Father	Waslove J. "Vaclav" "W.J." Kottas,   b. 29 Jul 1862, Kozojedy, Plzen, Bohemia ,   d. 6 May 1955, Lewistown, Fergus County, Montana  (Age 92 years)
  Mother	Filipina Steinacher,   b. 16 May 1863, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa ,   d. 13 Dec 1956, Lewistown, Fergus County, Montana  (Age 93 years)
  Married	3 Feb 1882	Glengary Township, Fillmore County, Nebraska   [4]
  	They were married in a joint ceremony with his brother, John Kotas and Mary Rejsek; and her brother, Valentine Steinacher and Marie Prokop. (Milligan, p. 369). They were the parents of 12 children, Josephine married Charles SIMACEK, Fred J. married Barbora CECRLE, Joseph born Nov. 20, 1886, died in December that same year, Stanley married Edna HALL, James married Rose ULDRICH, Marie married Albert HRUSKA, Rose married Henry RONISH, Edward married Ada MITCHELL, Alice married Melvin GAY, Frank married Sylvia HOGE, Carolina married Cecil GROVER and Leo, who was married and divorced several times. (Milligan, p. 370).
  Family ID	F5877	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rose Uldrich,   b. 22 May 1891, Tobias, Saline County, Nebraska ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	20 Nov 1912	Wilber, Saline County, Nebraska   [5]
  Children	1. William James "Jimmie" Kottas,   b. 17 Aug 1919, Saline County, Nebraska ,   d. 27 Feb 2022, Nebraska  (Age 102 years)
  Last Modified	19 Nov 2007
  Family ID	F9658	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 18 Aug 1890 - Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Married - 20 Nov 1912 - Wilber, Saline County, Nebraska Died - 31 Jul 1968 - Tobias, Saline County, Nebraska Buried - - Tobias City Cemetery, Tobias, Saline County, Nebraska  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), p 365 (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). [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), p. 366 (Reliability: 3). [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), p. 369 (Reliability: 3). [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), p. 365 (Reliability: 3).