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Anna "Annie" May Matejka

Female 1891 - 1971  (79 years)


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  • Name Anna "Annie" May Matejka  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Nickname Annie 
    Birth 11 Oct 1891  Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Female 
    Death 30 Jul 1971  Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Burial Bohemian Brethren Cemetery (AKA Cesky Bratri Cemetery), Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6, 7
    Notes 
    • The Lincoln Sunday Journal and Star
      August 1, 1971, Page 7D

      Girmus, Anna, 79, Geneva died Friday. Survivors: sons, Rudy, Frank, both of Ohiowa, Edward, Sutton, William, Milligan, James, Friend, Emil, Johnnie, both Geneva, Joe, Tobias, Raymond, Lincoln, Adolph, Omaha; daughters, Mrs. Ervin (Mildred) Odvody, Milligan, Mrs. Hubert (Helen) Koehn, Geneva; sister, Mrs. Albina Stych, Cordova; 31 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren.

      Services: 2 p.m. Monday, Farmer-Harris Funeral Home, Geneva. The Rev. John E. Stayton. North Cemetery, Milligan.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, December 2013)
    Person ID I15158  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Vaclav "James" Matejka,   b. 25 Jul 1859, Trtice, Nov? Stra?ec?, Bohemia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Oct 1908, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Mother Anna Simacek,   b. Abt 1868   d. Abt 1893 (Age ~ 25 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1890 
    Family ID F5854  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family James J. Girmus,   b. 13 Apr 1883, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1943, Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Marriage 29 Oct 1907  [7
    • James and Anna spent all of their lives farming in Nebraska except for a few early years in their marriage when they were homesteading in Chugwater, Wyoming. They had twelve children: Edward, Frank, William, James, Mildred who married Ervin Odvody, Emil, Joe, John, Helen who married Hubert Koehn, Rudolph, Raymond, and Adolph. (Milligan, p 277).
    Children 
     1. Edward Girmus,   b. Abt 1909, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. Frank Girmus,   b. Abt 1911, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     3. William Girmus,   b. Abt 1913, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     4. James Girmus,   b. Abt 1915, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     5. Mildred Girmus,   b. Abt 1917, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     6. Emil Girmus,   b. 30 May 1919, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Apr 1992, Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     7. Joe Girmus,   b. 26 Jul 1921, Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jun 2001, Crete Riverside Cemetery, Saline County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     8. Living
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     10. Rudolph "Rudy" Girmus,   b. 16 Nov 1927, Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Feb 1998, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     11. Raymond Girmus,   b. 5 Dec 1929, Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Oct 2009, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     12. Adolph "Al" Girmus,   b. 21 Jan 1932, Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jan 2010, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    Family ID F5897  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2010 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 11 Oct 1891 - Fillmore County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 30 Jul 1971 - Fillmore County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Bohemian Brethren Cemetery (AKA Cesky Bratri Cemetery), Fillmore County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), p 417 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S333] Ancestry.com - U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current [database online], (Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration. The Social Security Administration Death Master File contains information on millions of deceased individuals with United States social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. Birth years for the individuals listed range from 1875 to last year. Information in these records includes name, birth date, death date, and last known residence.), DOB instead shown as 12 Oct 1891 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 112535234 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Nebraska, Fillmore County, Liberty Twp Enumerated 8 Jun 1900 SD 4 ED 29 Sheet 4B 67-67 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO).

    6. [S333] Ancestry.com - U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current [database online], (Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration. The Social Security Administration Death Master File contains information on millions of deceased individuals with United States social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. Birth years for the individuals listed range from 1875 to last year. Information in these records includes name, birth date, death date, and last known residence.).

    7. [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), 277 (Reliability: 3).