Josephine Bech

1870 - 1951  (80 years)

• Name	Josephine Bech  [1, 2]
  Birth	26 Sep 1870	Kozojedy, Plzen, Bohemia   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	24 Jul 1951	Nebraska   [2]
  Burial	Bohemian Brethren Cemetery (AKA Cesky Bratri Cemetery), Fillmore County, Nebraska
  Notes	The first Milligan History book shows her as born in Kozojedy, Plzen. However, the 1930 census instead shows her place of birth as Illinois. The supplemental Milligan book shows that Josephine was born on 26 Sept 1870 in Kozojedy #74, and notes that this was contradictary to the date of 4 Jun 1873. This book also indicates that she is one of four children born in Bohemia to Johann/Jan BECH and Anna KOTASOVA of Kozojedy. Josephine came with her parents and siblings to Braidwood, Illinois on September 15, 1873. Her parents had three children born in Illinois. The family moved to Nebraska in 1881 and settled first with the Kotas family and then bought a farm in Atlanta Township in Saline County. Jan's feet were frozen during the blizzard of 1888, and died shortly thereafter. Anna went to live with her son Joseph on the farm. Both are buried in the Cesky Brati Cemetery (Milligan, 1988-2008, pp. 107 and 108).
  Person ID	I3724	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Johann "Jan" Bech,   b. 1 Apr 1834, Kozojedy, Plzen, Bohemia d. Abt 1888, Saline County, Nebraska (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Anna Kotas,   b. 10 Jun 1835, Kozojedy, Plzen, Bohemia d. 17 Feb 1916, Saline County, Nebraska (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	14 May 1861	Bohemia
  Family ID	F5392	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Matej "Mike" Becwar, Sr.,   b. 15 Jan 1872, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska d. 2 Mar 1963, Nebraska (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	23 Feb 1897  [3]
  	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 d. 17 May 1978, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska (Age 80 years)   2. Frank Becwar,   b. 6 Oct 1899, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska d. 8 Nov 1984, Friend, Saline County, Nebraska (Age 85 years)   3. Barbara A. Becwar,   b. 4 Dec 1901, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska d. 27 Mar 1997, Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska (Age 95 years)   4. Anna Becwar,   b. 25 Aug 1904, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska d. Nov 1985, Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska (Age 81 years)   5. Rose Becwar,   b. 11 Nov 1906, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska d. 5 Feb 1999, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska (Age 92 years)   6. Emma Becwar,   b. 27 Apr 1909, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska d. Yes, date unknown   7. August "Gus" Becwar,   b. Abt 1912, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska d. 12 Aug 1943 (Age ~ 31 years)   8. Vlasta Becwar,   b. Abt 1916, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F2130	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 26 Sep 1870 - Kozojedy, Plzen, Bohemia Death - 24 Jul 1951 - Nebraska Burial - - Bohemian Brethren Cemetery (AKA Cesky Bratri Cemetery), Fillmore County, Nebraska  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), p 195, 338 (Reliability: 3). [S26] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee, "Milligan Nebraska 1988-2008, Centennial Supplement Book", p. 108 (Reliability: 3). [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), p 195 (Reliability: 3).