Mary Vejraska

1885 - 1957  (72 years)

• Name	Mary Vejraska  [1]
  Birth	8 Apr 1885	Fillmore County, Nebraska   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	17 Nov 1957	Fillmore County, Nebraska   [1]
  Burial	Bohemian National Cemetery (Milligan South), Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska
  Notes	Mary attended rural school District #67 and spent her younger years helping her parents with their farm and family. She was a devoted mother, a person of great patience and understanding, an ardent lover of nature and music and she derived a great deal of pleasure from her singing, as she had a beautiful voice. A terrific cook and baker and her kolaces, rolls and apple streudel were out of this world. For entertainment of people, she used to tell their fortunes with a deck of cards, and much of what she told people did come true. Mary was widowed at the age of 36, with five children under the age of 13, and did all kinds of odd jobs to hold her family together. For several years she and her youngest son, Joe, lived in the home of an employer, Louis and Alice Koca. Later she went into practical nursing, caring for many elderly people in their own homes, including Mr. Bosak of Crete, The Marsh's of Tobias, Frank Krupicka of Tobias, and Jan Luzum of Milligan. (Milligan, p 210)
  Person ID	I15143	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Josef Vejraska,   b. Mar 1850, ?ehrov, Mlad? Boleslav, Stredocesk? kraj, Bohemia d. 9 Jul 1936, Nebraska (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Marie Kucera,   b. Feb 1856, Bohemia d. 11 Jan 1932, Nebraska (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	1 May 1877	Bohemia   [2]
  Family ID	F5852	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Brejcha,   b. 25 Oct 1885, Fillmore County, Nebraska d. 8 Sep 1921, Ohiowa, Fillmore County, Nebraska (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	15 Jan 1907	Fillmore County, Nebraska   [1]
  	Mary and John were united in marriage in a double wedding ceremony with her sister, Anna Vejraska and Vaclav Capek at her parents home southwest of Milligan. After their marriage, they farmed near Milligan, later moving to Lockwood, Missouri for a few years, and then back to Nebraska, near Western. There they gave up farming and moved to Tobias and later Ohiowa, where John Brejcha died at the age of 36 years.
  Children	1. Agnes Brejcha,   b. 26 Jan 1908, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska d. Jun 1978, Bennet, Lancaster County, Nebraska (Age 70 years)   2. Helen Brejcha,   b. Aft 1909, Lockwood, Dade County, Missouri d. Bef 1914, Lockwood, Dade County, Missouri (Age 3 years)   3. Libbie I. Brejcha,   b. 5 Jan 1912, Lockwood, Dade County, Missouri d. Sep 1992, Crete, Saline County, Nebraska (Age 80 years)   4. Evelyn Brejcha,   b. 25 Oct 1914, Western, Saline County, Nebraska d. 28 Nov 1999, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska (Age 85 years)   5. Rudy F. Brejcha,   b. 22 Sep 1916, Nebraska d. 11 May 1988, Orlando, Orange County, Florida (Age 71 years)   6. Joe Brejcha,   b. 8 May 1919, Ohiowa, Fillmore County, Nebraska d. 25 Feb 1969, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska (Age 49 years)
  Family ID	F2152	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2010

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 8 Apr 1885 - Fillmore County, Nebraska Marriage - 15 Jan 1907 - Fillmore County, Nebraska Death - 17 Nov 1957 - Fillmore County, Nebraska Burial - - 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

  Vejraska Double Wedding L to R: Mary Vejraska, John Brejcha, Vaclav Capek, Anna Vejraska. Married 15 January 1907, Filmore County, Nebraska

  
  

• Sources

  [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), p 210 (Reliability: 3). [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO).