Louis "Lew" Buzek

1896 - 1987  (90 years)

• Name	Louis "Lew" Buzek  [1, 2]
  Nickname	Lew
  Birth	28 Dec 1896	Turkey Creek, Liberty Township, Saline County, Nebraska   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	7 Apr 1987	Fillmore County, Nebraska
  Notes	Lew attended a one room rural school, with one teacher in charge of eight grades. After school he and his brothers and sisters helped with the many chores vital to running a farm. On Sundays, he and his brothers hunted rabbits and squirrels. They also trapped civit cats, possums and weasels for their pelts. As a young man, he worked on his parents farm, as well as working as a hired hand for his brothers and neighbors. Later he farmed for himself. He travelled north into Wyoming, Montana and Canada with harvest crews and doing odd jobs. In Montana he worked as a cook. In Canada, he worked for a veterinarian. He also did carpentry work. Lew and his brother Bill had a thirty gallon still during the prohibition. Deciding it was too much work, they later gave it up. Lew remodeled a home for his sister Alma, and lived with her for a while. He moved back to the farm after a while, where no women could interfere with his housekeeping. He lived nearby his nephew, Dean Placek. Lew was a good cook and gardener, and was always surroundeded by his cats and dogs. He died on the farm shortly after his 90th birthday. (Milligan, p 226).
  Person ID	I9944	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Pavel "Paul" Buzek,   b. 14 Dec 1859, Moravia d. 8 Dec 1937, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Anna Marie Braum,   b. 15 Nov 1868, Stra?ec?, Bohemia d. 13 Aug 1925, Turkey Creek, Liberty Township, Saline County, Nebraska (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	15 Dec 1887	Fillmore County, Nebraska   [3, 4]
  	Groom's Name: Parel Buzek Groom's Birth Date: 1861 Groom's Birthplace: Bohemia Groom's Age: 26 Bride's Name: Anna Braum Bride's Birth Date: 1867 Bride's Birthplace: Bohemia Bride's Age: 20 Marriage Date: 15 Dec 1887 Marriage Place: Geneva, Fillmore, Nebraska Groom's Father's Name: Parel Buzek Groom's Mother's Name: May Rika Bride's Father's Name: Joseph Braum Bride's Mother's Name: Tuzie Zeman Groom's Race: White Groom's Marital Status: Groom's Previous Wife's Name: Bride's Race: White Bride's Marital Status: Bride's Previous Husband's Name: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M00315-4 System Origin: Nebraska-EASy Source Film Number: 1986904 Reference Number: N1197 P123 Collection: Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995 Paul and Anna had 16 children in their first 22 year of marriage. To provide for the family a large garden was planted which the children helped to hoe and weed. Potatoes, onions, squash, pumpkins, and carrots were put in the cellar under the house for winter use. They had a variety of fruit trees and grapes in their orchard. Five to seven cows were milked every day and they churned their own butter. Chicken and duck eggs were set under hens to hatch. Sometimes they had 24 hens setting at one time. Later the family purchased two incubators. Paul raised Red Polled cattle and hogs. There was a smoke house north of the house which was used to smoke bacon and ham everytime Paul and the sons butchered. The older girls did the cooking and baking. Four large loaves of bread were baked every day. (History of Milligan, Nebraska, pp. 228-229)
  Family ID	F3130	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 28 Dec 1896 - Turkey Creek, Liberty Township, Saline County, Nebraska Death - 7 Apr 1987 - Fillmore County, Nebraska  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), pg 226 (Reliability: 3). [S481] 1910 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006, (For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910. T624, 1,178 rolls. This database is an index to the head of households enumerated in the 1910 United States Federal Census, the Thirteenth Census of the United States. In addition, each indexed name is linked to actual images of the 1910 Federal Census. The information recorded in the census includes: name, relationship to head of family, age at last birthday, sex, color or race, whether single, married, widowed, or divorced, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, and more.), Nebraska, Saline County, Turkey Creek Precinct Enumerated 18 Apr 1910 SD ED 132 Sheet 1A Stamped 169 4-4 (Reliability: 3). [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO). [S977] FamilySearch.org, Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995.