IOWA Family Group Sheet Vaclav KARSKY Family

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SUBMITTED BY: Becky Karsky Forschler
e-mail: b_forsch@yahoo.com
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HUSBAND: Vaclav (Wencel/James) KARSKY
date and place of birth: 17 Sep 1861, Dolny Ujezd, Bohemia
date and place of marriage: 22 Feb 1887, Bohemian Church, Diagonal IA
other marriages: 
military service: 
date and place of death: 21 Oct 1898, Diagonal IA
father: Vaclav KARSKY Sr.
mother: Anna ABRAHAM
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WIFE: Marie DOLECEK
date and place of birth: 4 Aug 1864, Klasterec, Bohemia 
other marriages: to John SHIMEK 4 Sep 1900; to Joseph PACHA 28 Dec 1904        
date and place of marriage: 22 Feb 1887
date and place of death: 11 Sep 1928, Pine City MN
father: Joseph DOLECEK
mother: Mary T. (or Maria Anna) MLINAR
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CHILD 1: Mary KARSKY
date and place of birth: 9 Dec 1887, Cainsville, MO
married: Harry GARD
date and place of marriage: 25 Sep 1907
other marriages: 
date and place of death: 7 Feb 1969, Pine River, MN
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CHILD 2: Rosie KARSKY
date and place of birth: Feb 1890, Cainsville, MO
married: 
date and place of marriage: 
other marriages: 
date and place of death: Jul 1890
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CHILD 3: Fred Daryl KARSKY
date and place of birth: 2 Jun 1891, Cainsville, MO
married: Elizabeth MELODY
date and place of marriage: 20 Aug 1913
other marriages: 
date and place of death: 17 Mar 1977, Pine City, MN
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CHILD 4: Charles D. KARSKY
date and place of birth: 29 Aug 1893
married: Elsie HENKEL
date and place of marriage: 25 Jun 1924
other marriages: 
date and place of death: 24 Jul 1958, Finlayson, MN
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CHILD 5: Anna KARSKY
date and place of birth: 1 May 1895
married: Dick RUBY
date and place of marriage: c 1918
other marriages: 
date and place of death: c 1918
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CHILD 6: John (Jack) KARSKY
date and place of birth: 6 Mar 1898
married: Katie KLAR
date and place of marriage: 8 Mar 1922
other marriages: 
date and place of death: 24 Feb 1978, Pine City, MN
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SOURCES: 
Fred Karsky, verbal testimony, 1976
Vaclav Karsky, Jr. obituary
Fred Karsky obituary 
Headstones, Bohemian Cemetery, Diagonal IA
Federal Census, 1900
Irene Schumacher, testimony in letter, 1980
Ringgold Co. marriage record
Death Certificates, Pine Co. 
"Bohemians of Diagonal" 
Naturalization Certificate, 1889

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NOTES: Vaclav came to America at the age of 20 in 1881. He became a citizen 
in 1889 in Harrison Co. MO. He married Marie Dolecek, and they lived at 
different times in Cainsville MO and Diagonal IA. He died at the age of 37, 
reportedly from typhoid contracted from bad well water. He is listed along 
with others in the family as a member of the Diagonal Community Band.