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Jan "John" Vanek
24 Jun 1866 – 1935
| Birth | 24 Jun 1866 |
| Death | 1935 |
| Cemetery | Saint John Cemetery Prague , Saunders County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | JKlepper on 12 May 2015 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43204959 |
Bio
John Vanek. John Vanek, who is busily engaged in general farming in Elk precinct, his home being on section 2, where he owns and cultivates two hundred acres of productive land, was born in Bohemia June 24, 1866, a son of Martin and Mary (Knedlik) Vanek, who are still living at the ages of eighty-nine and eighty-eight years respectively, making their home with their son Joseph on section 14, Elk precinct. They were the parents of five children: Anna, the widow of Frank Kubek and now a resident of Prague; Joseph, who married Anna Fujan and follows farming in Elk precinct; Josie, the wife of Joseph J. Fujan, also a farmer of Elk precinct; Mary, the wife of Joseph Kremlacek, of Elk precinct; and John, who is a twin brother of Mary. The father followed both farming and blacksmithing while in Bohemia. In the year 1869 he left that country and with his family came to the new world, settling in Will county, Illinois, becoming a blacksmith at the coal mines at Braidwood. After two years, or in 1871, the family came to Saunders county and the father secured a homestead claim of forty acres on section 14, Elk precinct, which land is now owned by his son Joseph. To his original holdings he added by purchase from time to time and when he retired from active farming in 1885 he was the owner of over four hundred acres of rich and productive land. John Vanek was reared to farm work, early becoming familiar with the best methods of tilling the soil and caring for the crops. He assisted his father on the old home until the spring of 1889, when he began farming for himself on section 2, Elk precinct, where he had eighty acres. To this he afterward added a tract of one hundred and twenty acres, for which he paid four dollars per acre. Today he has a large, and well improved farm of two hundred acres, constituting one of the valuable properties of the district. There are good buildings upon it and many modern improvements. He has now turned over the active operation of the farm to his sons but still gives to it his personal supervision. His has been a busy and useful life fraught with good results, success attending his efforts in large measure. He is also a stockholder in the Prague Farmers Stock & Grain Company. On the 7th of February, 1888, Mr. Vanek was married to Miss Katherine Krodank, a daughter of John Krodank, now deceased, and they have become parents of twelve children: Frank, who married Anna Mach and is farming in Elk township; Mary, the wife of Rudolph Fujan, who is farming in the same precinct; John, who married Rose Stiembach and is a farmer of Mariposa precinct; and Bessie, Joseph, Adolph, Katie, William, Helen, Emily and Emma, twins, and Ethel, all at home. The family hold membership in the Catholic church at Prague and Mr. Vanek is also a member of the Catholic Workmen's Lodge. In politics he is a democrat and for a year and a half filled the office of road supervisor. He is a well read man, keeping in touch with the interests and questions of the day. No topic of general interest can be broached with which he is not more or less familiar and his discussion thereof is always interesting. In manner he is pleasant and cordial and his good qualities have gained for him many friends.
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- Anna Vanek Kubik 1851–1927 FaG
- Joseph Vanek 1853–1935 FaG
- Josefa Vanek Fujan 1862–1954 FaG
- Marie Vanek Kremlacek 1866–1937 FaG
Children
- Frank James Vanek 1888–1973
- Mary Vanek Fujan 1890–1984
- John Stanley Vanek 1892–1983
- Bessie Anna Vanek Pecena 1894–1972
- Josef R Vanek 1896–1986
- Adolph Lewis Vanek 1899–1988
- Katheryn Vanek Sedlacek 1902–1976
- William Vanek 1905–1986
- Helen C Vanek Hines 1907–1986
- Emil Vanek 1909–1968
- Emily "Emma" Vanek 1909–2002
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