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Bessie R. Masek

Female 1896 - 1957  (60 years)


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  • Name Bessie R. Masek  [1, 2
    Birth 31 Aug 1896  Hriskov, ?steck?, Bohemia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Death 19 Aug 1957  Friend, Saline County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Burial Bohemian National Cemetery (Milligan South), Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 
    • The Milligan Nebraska Centennial History book notes that "She was the daughter of Anton MASEK and Mary HOUDA. She came to the United States with J.V. CHARVAT. They took a boat to New York and then traveled by train to Lincoln, arriving on September 11, 1913. The entire trip cost 439 Korum, or $89 U.S. dollars. She worked first as a housekeeper for Rudy ULDRICHS at two dollars a week. She later moved to Milligan, where she was employed by Louis PLACEK for $3 weekly."
    Person ID I20459  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Family John F. Kotas,   b. 19 Aug 1888, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Apr 1979, Friend, Saline County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Marriage 1 Oct 1919  Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • After their marriage, John and Bessie moved to the farm in Section 1, north of Milligan, Glengary Township, where they spent their entire married life. This farm was given to them by John's mother in 1922. (Milligan, p 358).
    Children 
     1. Marie Kotas,   b. 5 Aug 1920, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Feb 2000, Crete, Saline County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     2. Johnny Kotas,   b. 19 Feb 1923, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jul 1923, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     3. James F. Kotas,   b. 23 May 1925, Glengary Township, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jan 2018, Fairmont, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
     4. Henrietta I. Kotas,   b. 15 Oct 1927, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Oct 1992, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
     5. Donald J. Kotas,   b. 6 Jan 1933, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Mar 2007, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    Family ID F7313  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1 Oct 1919 - Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 19 Aug 1957 - Friend, Saline County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Bohemian National Cemetery (Milligan South), Milligan, 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 351, 355, 358 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1299] 1940 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.), "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KM1B-DPD : accessed 27 Oct 2013), Bessie R Kotas in household of John F Kotas, Glengary Township, Fillmore, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration dis (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), p 358 (Reliability: 3).