IOWA Family Group Sheet Vaclav KARSKY Family *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html *********************************************** =============================================================== SUBMITTED BY: Becky Karsky Forschler e-mail: b_forsch@yahoo.com =============================================================== 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 ........................................................................... 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 ........................................................................... 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 ........................................................................... 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 ........................................................................... 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 ........................................................................... 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 ........................................................................... 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 ........................................................................... 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 ........................................................................... 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 ........................................................................... 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.