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Josephine Bech

Female 1870 - 1951  (80 years)


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  • Name Josephine Bech  [1, 2
    Birth 26 Sep 1870  Kozojedy, Plzen, Bohemia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Death 24 Jul 1951  Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial Bohemian Brethren Cemetery (AKA Cesky Bratri Cemetery), Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • The first Milligan History book shows her as born in Kozojedy, Plzen. However, the 1930 census instead shows her place of birth as Illinois. The supplemental Milligan book shows that Josephine was born on 26 Sept 1870 in Kozojedy #74, and notes that this was contradictary to the date of 4 Jun 1873. This book also indicates that she is one of four children born in Bohemia to Johann/Jan BECH and Anna KOTASOVA of Kozojedy. Josephine came with her parents and siblings to Braidwood, Illinois on September 15, 1873. Her parents had three children born in Illinois. The family moved to Nebraska in 1881 and settled first with the Kotas family and then bought a farm in Atlanta Township in Saline County. Jan's feet were frozen during the blizzard of 1888, and died shortly thereafter. Anna went to live with her son Joseph on the farm. Both are buried in the Cesky Brati Cemetery (Milligan, 1988-2008, pp. 107 and 108).
    Person ID I3724  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Johann "Jan" Bech,   b. 1 Apr 1834, Kozojedy, Plzen, Bohemia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1888, Saline County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) 
    Mother Anna Kotas,   b. 10 Jun 1835, Kozojedy, Plzen, Bohemia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Feb 1916, Saline County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 14 May 1861  Bohemia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5392  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Matej "Mike" Becwar, Sr.,   b. 15 Jan 1872, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Mar 1963, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years) 
    Marriage 23 Feb 1897  [3
    • They lived on the farm that had been purchased by Mike's father, Frantisek, in 1871, the SW 1/4 of Section 23 in Liberty Township, Fillmore County. Mike passed this farm on to his son, Michael, Jr. in 1922 and moved to a farm a mile west of Tobias. They later moved to Geneva and finally to Milligan in 1948, where they lived until their deaths. (Milligan, p 195).
    Children 
     1. Matej "Mike" Becwar, Jr.,   b. 18 Feb 1898, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 May 1978, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     2. Frank Becwar,   b. 6 Oct 1899, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Nov 1984, Friend, Saline County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     3. Barbara A. Becwar,   b. 4 Dec 1901, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Mar 1997, Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years)
     4. Anna Becwar,   b. 25 Aug 1904, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Nov 1985, Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     5. Rose Becwar,   b. 11 Nov 1906, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Feb 1999, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
     6. Emma Becwar,   b. 27 Apr 1909, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     7. August "Gus" Becwar,   b. Abt 1912, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Aug 1943 (Age ~ 31 years)
     8. Vlasta Becwar,   b. Abt 1916, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F2130  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 26 Sep 1870 - Kozojedy, Plzen, Bohemia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 24 Jul 1951 - 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 195, 338 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S26] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee, "Milligan Nebraska 1988-2008, Centennial Supplement Book", p. 108 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), p 195 (Reliability: 3).