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Matej "Mike" Becwar, Sr.

Male 1872 - 1963  (91 years)


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  • Name Matej "Mike" Becwar  [1, 2
    Suffix Sr. 
    Nickname Mike 
    Born 15 Jan 1872  Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Died 2 Mar 1963  Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Bohemian Brethren Cemetery (AKA Cesky Bratri Cemetery), Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Shown as Matthew on the 1880 census.
    • (Research):

      Census Listings:

      1930 Census
      Nebraska, Saline County, Olive Precinct
      ED 76-16 SD 11 Sheet 5B
      Enumerated April 30, 1930
      106-106
      Becwar, Mike Hd M W 57 M 24 Neb Czech Czech Farmer
      Becwar, Josephine Wf F W 57 M 24 Ill Czech Czech
      Becwar, August Son M W 18 S Neb Neb Ill Farm Laborer
      Becwar, Vlasty Dtr F W 14 S Neb Neb Ill
    Person ID I3727  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Frantisek "Frank" Becwar,   b. Abt 1829, Nezamyslice, Pisek, Bohemia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Aug 1900, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Mother Marie Zdenek,   b. 25 Mar 1836, Bohemia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Nov 1924, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Family ID F2127  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Josephine Bech,   b. 26 Sep 1870, Kozojedy, Plzen, Bohemia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jul 1951, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 23 Feb 1897  [4
    • They lived on the farm that had been purchased by Mike's father, Frantisek, in 1871, the SW 1/4 of Section 23 in Liberty Township, Fillmore County. Mike passed this farm on to his son, Michael, Jr. in 1922 and moved to a farm a mile west of Tobias. They later moved to Geneva and finally to Milligan in 1948, where they lived until their deaths. (Milligan, p 195).
    Children 
     1. Matej "Mike" Becwar, Jr.,   b. 18 Feb 1898, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 May 1978, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     2. Frank Becwar,   b. 6 Oct 1899, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Nov 1984, Friend, Saline County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     3. Barbara A. Becwar,   b. 4 Dec 1901, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Mar 1997, Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years)
     4. Anna Becwar,   b. 25 Aug 1904, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 1985, Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     5. Rose Becwar,   b. 11 Nov 1906, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Feb 1999, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
     6. Emma Becwar,   b. 27 Apr 1909, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. August "Gus" Becwar,   b. Abt 1912, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Aug 1943  (Age ~ 31 years)
     8. Vlasta Becwar,   b. Abt 1916, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 
    Family ID F2130  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 15 Jan 1872 - Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 2 Mar 1963 - Nebraska Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Bohemian Brethren Cemetery (AKA Cesky Bratri Cemetery), Fillmore County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S308] 1880 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005., (1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ? Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1880. T9, 1,454 rolls. This database is an index to 50 million individuals enumerated in the 1880 United States Federal Census. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, occupation, relationship to the head of household, race, sex, age at last birthday, marital status, place of birth, parents? place of birth. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1880 Federal Census.), Shown as Matthew on the census, but Michael in all other sources. Census Place:Liberty, Fillmore, Nebraska Source:FHL Film 1254748 National Archives Film T9-0748 Page 49 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), p 194, 338 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S308] 1880 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005., (1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ? Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1880. T9, 1,454 rolls. This database is an index to 50 million individuals enumerated in the 1880 United States Federal Census. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, occupation, relationship to the head of household, race, sex, age at last birthday, marital status, place of birth, parents? place of birth. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1880 Federal Census.), Census Place:Liberty, Fillmore, Nebraska Source:FHL Film 1254748 National Archives Film T9-0748 Page 49 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), p 195 (Reliability: 3).