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Vaclav "James" Mach

17 Sep 1844 – 10 Mar 1910

Birth17 Sep 1844
Death10 Mar 1910
CemeteryDuBois Cemetery
Du Bois , Pawnee County , Nebraska , USA
Added byLuella Hinrichsen on 08 Mar 2010
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JAMES MACH James Mach came to Humboldt from Kosak, Jicin, Bohemia in 1863 as a young man of 20. At that time Humboldt had only one store. He worked here some time, and then went to St. Louis where he had two brothers, one running a tavern, the other a dairy. While there he took out his citizenship papers. After he had lived there five years, he received a letter telling him that he had inherited a small property in his native land. He returned to Bohemia, married and resided there for 16 years. While there he walked to Prague every two years to the U. S. Consulate to have his citizenship papers renewed. The Machs had eight children born to them there. These children were called Americans by the local children. They had been born in Czechoslovakia, but were U. S. citizens. In 1890, James Mach sold the inheritance in Bohemia and moved back to the United States, coming again to Humboldt. They came to Paul Nemeck, Mrs. Nemeck being a sister of Mr. Mach. All those that were old enough helped out with the work at different places. Next spring, they rented a farm from James Petrasek. They had only 75 dollars left after paying for their voyage. There was not much to start farming with, as a team of horses cost $150.00. With the assistance of relatives and friends, they managed to get started. Five years later they moved to a Spicer farm where they stayed three years, and them moved west of Humboldt. After three years they moved north of DuBois, and bought a farm of their own. Besides the eight children they brought here, they had two children born here. The children: Joe G., Frank, Gus, Chester, James, Mary Storant, Rosie Thiemann, Aloisa Krikava, all of Pawnee. Anna Vrtiska, Table Rock, and Jessie Mach, Prague, Nebr. (From THE CZECHS IN AND AROUND DUBOIS, by Albert Panec, Sr. Compiled by the Pawnee County Historical Society in 1954)

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