vorak and dlouhy in johnson and linn counties
AM I the first to use this board? I grew up in Cedar Rapids and miss the sweet sound of czech names. Soundex gives different codes for dvorak and vorak and silly alteratives such as dooley and dilly for Dlouhy. I've found some records spelled dlohe, dloha, and dlohea, and the voraks themselves used vorak, varak, and warak. I'm looking for immigration and naturalization records , the varaks in 1878 and the Dlouhys in 1867, and also I can't yet find census records before 1880, and for the varaks before 1900 which would help me look for naturalization records. Does anyone know of Lisnia, Moravia, 1878 ? Ive looked at old and recent maps with no luck yet
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Re: vorak and dlouhy in johnson and linn counties
Hi there, I have DLOUHY in my extended family. Emil DLOUHY, b. 1898, married Helen EARSA in 1916 in Iowa.
Emil's father was Joseph DLOUHY and his mother was Josephine VOTROUBEK. Helen's parents were Charles & Helen BENESH EARSA.
The BENESH's are in my direct line. They are from Bohemia, though I do not have a town name.
I know other DLOUHY researchers.
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Re: vorak and dlouhy in johnson and linn counties
I am interested in Dlouhy researchers IF they were from Oxford Jct. IA or Dzbanov, south of Vysoke Myto. Thx.
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Re: vorak and dlouhy in johnson and linn counties
Mary Just posted to your query on Moravia's board. I would say that DVOR'AK and VARAK (Vorak) are two different surname unless your ancestors were originally Dvorak. Take a look in http://linktoyourroots.hamburg.deDVORAK, VARAK and DLOUHY list in Moravia's region of CZ's phone book. http://phone.quick.czNo W in Czech alphabet. The English Y makes the J sound. Have you heard of Leo Baca's 9 volumes Bohemians to America? Your ancestors could be in there.
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Re: vorak and dlouhy in johnson and linn counties
I'm researching the Schenken family line. Can you contact me via email to see how we may be connected?
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Re: VARAK, KRIVANEK, FIBIKAR/FIEBIGER, BENESH of Iowa
My Josef VARAK married Marie KRIVANEK & were from Lisa, Moravia-Bohemia. Their son, Frank WARAK married Mary FIBIKAR, daughter of Enos FIBIKAR & Anna BENESH. Enos FIBIKAR was son of Wenzel (a shoemaker) & Barbara FIEBIGER, from Bohm Trubau, according to their "Austrian" Passport. Frank & Mary Warak ended up in Boone County, Iowa.
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Re: VARAK, KRIVANEK, FIBIKAR/FIEBIGER, BENESH of Iowa
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Re: VARAK, KRIVANEK, FIBIKAR/FIEBIGER, BENESH of Iowa
My Anna Benesh was born 2 Nov 1843 in Bohemia. She married Enos Fibikar/Fiebiger before 17 Aug 1862, when her first son, Frank B. Fibikar was born in Johnson County, Iowa. -- 1915 Boone, Iowa OBITUARY: "MRS. A. FIBIKER PASSES AWAY. Pioneer Boone County Resident Dies on a Visit -- Had Gone to Webster County with Daughter -- The Body Reaches This City Friday and the Funeral Services Will be Held From the Old Family Home on Sunday. Word was just received in the city of the death of Mrs. Anna Fibiker, pioneer resident of Boone county at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Krug, who lives in Webster county, Iowa. Mrs. Fibiker went there to visit a week ago. The body will arrive over the Ft. D. D. M. & So. railway at 3:00 o'clock on Friday afternoon, November 2th. (sic) Funeral services will be held from the old family residence, where her son, John C. Fibiker now lives, Sec. 11, Dodge township, Sunday, Nov. 14, at 10:30 a.m. Interment will be made in the family lot in Mineral Ridge cemetery. Rev. Howard of Pilot Mound will have charge of the services." Enos & Anna Benesh Fibikar's children were: Frank B. Fibikar, Joseph Fibikar, Mary Fibikar Warak, Emma Fibikar Slama, John C. Fibikar, Libby Fibikar, Nellie Fibikar Krug, Tena/Lena Fibikar Krug, and Ann Fibikar Fiderlick/Frederick. I don't know if your Anna Benesh fits into this family or not. Gerrie Stults
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Re: ENOS FIBAKER obituary from Boone, Iowa, 1913
Obituary: Boone County (Iowa) Democrat, 11/06/1913: "FIBAKER ~ Enos Fibaker, an aged and highly esteemed resident of Dodge township, passed away at his home there last Saturday, November 1st. Mr. Fibaker was born in Bohemia, March 24, 1839, and was in his seventy-fifth year at the time of his death. He came to this country in 1852 and soon afterwards located in Boone county and has been among the best known and esteemed pioneer residents. In 1860 he was united in marriage with Miss Anna Benesh and to them were born twelve children, eight of whom are left to mourn his death, three sons, Frank, Joseph and John, and five daughters, Mrs. Anna Fredrick, Mrs. Mary Varek, Mrs. Emma Slama, Mrs. Tena Krug and Mrs. Nellie Krug. He is also survived by thirty-three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The funeral services were held from the Methodist church in Mineral Ridge at 2:00 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. Howard of Pilot Mound. The funeral cortege is said to have been one of the largest ever seen in the county, being more than a mile in length, and the profuse and beautiful floral tributes attested the general esteem in which the deceased was held. The pallbearers were: Pat Sullivan, Lou Hein, Ira Shaler, Joe Briggs, James Kuchynka and John Lyons. The remains were laid to rest in the Mineral Ridge cemetery." NOTE: The children were said to have been born in Cedar Rapids, Linn and/or Johnson Counties, &/or Boone County, Iowa. My own great-grandparents were Frank & Mary Fibikar Warak.
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