Václav Vacek (1860 - 1940)

Born 7 Mar 1860 in Malčin, Časlau, Bohemia, Austria

Husband of Josephine (Dvorak) Vacek — married about 1893 in Bohemia, Austria

Died 9 Mar 1940 at age 80 in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA

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Biography

Václav "James" Vacek was born on March 7, 1860 in Malčin to Václav Vacek and Anna Šimánek^[1].

He married Josephine Dvorak around 1893 in Bohemia. They had six children:

1. Joseph Frank Vacek born December 13, 1895 in Bohemia
2. Marie Frances Vacek born October 28, 1897 in Bohemia
3. Jaroslav "Jerry" Joseph Vacek born July 5, 1899 in Bohemia
4. James Louis Vacek born April 10, 1905 in Bohemia
5. Ladislav "Lester" Vacek born 1908 in Omaha, NE and died December 29, 1920 in Omaha, NE^[2]
6. Anton Joseph Vacek born May 30, 1911 in Omaha, NE

James and Josephine immigrated from Bohemia on the Barbarossa with their three oldest children. They arrived in New York on June 24, 1903^[3].

James passed away on March 9, 1940 in Omaha at the age of eighty^[4]. He is buried at Saint Mary's Cemetery^[5].

Census Records

United States Census, 1910^[6]
South Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska
James Vacek (age 38, packing house laborer), Josephine Vacek (age 33), Joseph Vacek (age 17, packing house laborer), Mary Vacek (age 14), Jerry Vacek (age 11), James Vacek (age 5), Lester Vacek (age 2), Hannah Anton (age 25, packing house laborer), Frank Svoboda (age 28, packing house laborer)

United States Census, 1920^[7]
Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska
James Vacek (age 58, packing house laborer), Josephine Vacek (age 47), Joseph Vacek (age 25, packing house butcher), Jerry Vacek (age 21, box maker), Anton Vacek (age 9), Leslie Vacek (age 13), Joseph Resek (age 56, packing house laborer)

United States Census, 1930^[8]
Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska
James Vacek (age 67, Bohemian School janitor), Josephine Vacek (age 57), Jerry Vacek (age 30, packing house laborer), James Vacek (age 24, stock yard key man), Anton Vacek (age 18)

Sources

1. ↑ ARchiv ONline, Introduction > Archival record > Státní oblastní archiv v Hradci Králové: Sbírka matrik Východočeského kraje > Římskokatolická církev > fary L > Lučice > Státní oblastní archiv v Hradci Králové: Sbírka matrik Východočeského kraje, sign.: 3039. > Image 74
2. ↑ 1920 Newspaper: "Lester Vacek - Obit" Newspapers.com
   The Omaha Daily News (Omaha, Nebraska) Thu, Dec 30, 1920, page 1
   Newspapers Clip: 151120014 (accessed 11 July 2024)
3. ↑ Date > 1903 > June > 24 > Barbarossa: "New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957"
   Date > 1903 > June > 24 > Barbarossa > image 21 of 65
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 11 July 2024)
   Vächav Vacek.
4. ↑ 1940 Newspaper: "James Vacek - Obit" Newspapers.com
   Evening World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska) Sat, Mar 9, 1940, page 14
   Newspapers Clip: 151120363 (accessed 11 July 2024)
5. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #38575416 (accessed 11 July 2024)
   Memorial page for James Vaclav Vacek (1861-9 Mar 1940), citing Saint Mary's Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA; Maintained by Susan (contributor 51547388).
6. ↑ United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch (24 June 2017), Nebraska > Douglas > South Omaha Ward 3 > ED 114 > image 7 of 38; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
7. ↑ United States Census, 1920, database with images, FamilySearch (12 September 2019), Nebraska > Douglas > Omaha Ward 6 > ED 68 > image 19 of 34; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
8. ↑ United States Census, 1930, database with images, FamilySearch (10 December 2015), Nebraska > Douglas > Omaha > ED 72 > image 34 of 46; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).