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    Person ID I20431  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Anton Edward Kotas, Jr.,   b. 29 Mar 1897, Glengary Township, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Oct 1985, Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Mother Gertrude Deaver,   b. 9 Dec 1900, Gilead, Thayer County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Mar 1993, Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years) 
    Marriage 22 May 1923  Lodgepole, Cheyenne County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Gertrude and Anton met when she was teaching school in Milligan. Gertrude later gave up teaching in Milligan, and moved to Venango, Nebraska. One weekend in May, 1923, Anton packed his suitcause and model T and drove to Vanango. He and Gertrude motored down to Sidney, got a ring and a marriage license, and were married in the newly built Catholic Church in Lodgepole. Gertrude's brother, Joe DEAVER and a school teacher friend, Leatha GIBSON, were the witnesses. After their marriage, they headed east to their farm home south of Milligan. They lived on their farm for 62 years, moving into a house in Geneva in July, 1985. Anton lived their with Gertrude for only two months before he passed away. Gertrude moved to Geneva and made her new home with daughter Phyllis Jean ENGLE. (Milligan, p 348
    Family ID F2178  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Last Modified 20 Oct 2010 

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    1. [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), p 348 (Reliability: 3).