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Kathryn M. "Kate" Vavra Smisek

31 Mar 1897 – 3 Dec 1974

Birth	31 Mar 1897
Death	3 Dec 1974
Cemetery	Saint Mary's Cemetery Omaha , Douglas County , Nebraska , USA
Added by	CPN on 17 Apr 2022
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145735328

Bio

Kathryn was born March 31, 1897 to Frank and Tena Vavra. Her mother immigrated to America from Bohemia, and her father, Frank Vavra, was born in Butler County, Nebraska. In 1900, Katie lived with her parents, two sisters, and 3 Bohemian boarders at 263 S. Twentieth Street, South Omaha, Nebraska. The 1900 US Census was unique in that it gave birth month and year to each person. Frank Vavra, 25, head, b.Apr.1875 NE, butcher Tena Vavra, 22, wife, b.Oct.1877 Boh. Mary Vavra, 5, dau. b.Jan.1895, NE Katie Vavra, 3, dau. b.Mar.1897, NE Emily Vavra, 11 months, dau., b. Jun.1899, NE Louis Malacek, 25,boarder, b.Aug.1874 Boh., laborer Charles Sweba, 25,boarder, b.Oct.1874,Boh., laborer Joe Mahacek, 25,boarder, b.Jan.1875,Boh., laborer Later, as she grew, her nickname became Kate, and her nieces and nephews knew her as Aunt Kate. Died age 77 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sources: Omaha Archdiocese cemetery records; Greater Omaha Genealogical Society; National Archives; kind assistance of FindaGrave volunteer cpn (#49188271) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We never called Aunt Kate anything but Aunt Kate...not Katie...so I guess that depended upon who was doing the enumeration. My great-grandmother's name was Antoinette, but she did go by Tena. The girl named Emily was actually named Emma.... My grandmother was Mary...they later had another daughter named Helen. Glad to get the names of the boarders. Those addresses were all changed after 1918 when South Omaha became part of Omaha. The house must have been good sized to accommodate the boarders. It was probably somewhere between S and Q Streets...or maybe north of Q. Frank Vavra was born in Butler County NE in 1874 and Antoinette was born Czechia. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ above from great-granddaughter Carol; kind assistance of FindaGrave volunteer CPN 49188271 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Family

Parents

• Frank John Vavra 1874–1955
• Antonette "Tena" Kotera Vavra 1877–1945

Spouse

• John Godfrey "Bill" Smisek 1891–1965 FaG

Siblings

• Mary Lucille Vavra Ponec 1896–1989
• Emma O Vavra Swotek 1899–1944
• Helen Frances Vavra Rosse 1905–1987

Children

• Emilie Marie Smisek 1915–1999 FaG
• William Joseph "Bill" Smisek 1922–2008 FaG

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