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Emma Louise Pavlicek Podhajsky
19 May 1881 – 5 May 1969
| Birth | 19 May 1881 |
| Death | 5 May 1969 |
| Cemetery | Saint Wenceslaus Cemetery Clutier , Tama County , Iowa , USA |
| Added by | Louis on 16 Nov 2017 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50521176 |
Bio
My mother, Emma Pavlicek Podhajsky, came to this country when she .was only seven years old. She traveled with her Aunt Anna and they settled somewhere around Vining. She had 5 sisters and 3 brothers and they all came to this country a few at a time, or as they could afford it. Usually, the whole family couldn t afford to come at one time, so the father would come first, and the mother and children would stay in the old country, then maybe just the mother and small children could come then the bigger ones. Then the big kids would have to come alone, and they didn't know the English language, so some one would pin a tag on their coat, or put a chain around their neck, telling where this person was supposed to go and they'd put him on the boat and away he'd go. Sometimes they'd be on the boat about 3 weeks. They got along all right. They would usually dump them off the train in Tama, just so someone was there to pick them up or meet them you know. One family I knew lost their six year old daughter on the trip over in the boat. She got sick, pneumonia I think, and they had to bury her at sea. I went to country school and finished 8th grade. I wanted to go on to school and become a secretary, but my parents wanted me to stay home and work. My mother and dad would go out to the field and I did all the cooking. When I was 10 or 11, I could do all the cooking and mix up dough and bake bread. Another job I had after school was to carry in the wood and then pump water for our cows. Mildred Svoboda [Our Czech Heritage, Clutier, Iowa, 1981]
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Family
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Siblings
- Anna Pavlicek Dostal 1867–1943
- Frances "Bessie" Pavlicek Zmolek 1868–1956
- Joseph Pavlicek 1871–1945
- James Pavlicek 1873–1947
- Bertha Frantiska Pavlicek Kvidera 1875–1973
- Mary Pavlicek Benda 1877–1969
- Katerina Pavlicek 1879–1895
- Josephine K Pavlicek Sebetka 1882–1975
- John R Pavlicek 1883–1966
Children
- Emil Louis Podhajsky 1905–1963
- Mildred Frances Podhajsky Svoboda 1908–1991
- Louis George Podhajsky 1909–1994
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