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Vaclav "James" Hambek

2 Feb 1857 – 1926

Birth2 Feb 1857
Death1926
Added byJeanne Pritchett on 26 Feb 2014
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BURIED IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA

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Vaclav was born in Uselov, Bohemia to Jan & Margaretha (Baumann) Hambek. He immigrated to the U.S. departing Hamburg on 26 June 1882 and arriving in New York aboard the ship "Gellert" on 12 July 1882, his name was "Wenzel" on ship manifest, he traveled with wife, Anna, and son "Wenzel". His wife, Anna, died between 1882 and 1884, leaving him to care for his son, James. He married Agnes Cerny on 6 May 1884 in Omaha, NE. They farmed in Ord, NE and Brown county, Nebraska and then moved to a homestead in Boyd county, Nebraska near Gross (northeast of Spencer). In the year of 1894, drought caused much hardship for the Czech farmers in Boyd county. Vaclav was sent by the Czech farmers in the Gross, NE area to Iowa and Minnesota to ask their fellow immigrants for any aide they could afford. The Hambek's survived the years of drought and hardship and remained on their homestead. Vaclav and Agnes enjoyed many years on their homestead. Vaclav loved to entertain and hosted many barn dances; friends and relatives would come for miles around to eat, dance and visit. Vaclav and Agnes had children: James (Agnes raised as her own), Frank, Anton, Charles, Mary Novak, Albina Milacek, Anna Scheinost, Sophia Toman, Millie Peklo, Bozenka, Alois and another that died in infancy. After the death of Agnes, Vaclav was very broken hearted. His granddaughter, Leona (Milacek) Pritchett, said that he was so lonesome, he thought a trip back to the homeland to visit family would do him some good, he planned on returning to the U.S. within a year, but instead remarried in Czechoslovakia and spent his last years over there.

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