James and Katherine Filipek Family Chart
Parents Born Baptized Married Moves Occupations Death Burial
Vaclav Filipek

• used James in America

Source Data
10 September 1863 at Farm No.16, Kolence, Bohemia probably St. James in Novosedly, Bohemia Katerina Mary Nemec on January 29, 1884, probably in Bohemia or Illinois • Possibly left Bohemia to Chicago in 1883 then returned.
• To Chicago May-June 1889
• Possibly arrived 18 June 1889 in Baltimore on the Munchen
• To Pueblo about 1896
• Returned to Chicago about 1900
• Naturalized 2 April 1900 in Chicago
• To Hospodarstvi Skoly Hracholislach
(Farm Management and Economy School of Hracholislach) circa 1884

• Farmer in Bohemia
• Butcher in 1890
• Laborer in 1890s in Chicago
• Foreman in Pueblo, Pinon, and Dawkins, Colorado 1895-1899
• Grocer in Chicago 1900-1914

10 January 1914 at age 50 in Chicago, Illinois

Cause: Angina Pectoris

Contributory cause: Chronic Intestinal Nephrites

13 January , 1914 at Resurrection Cemetery, 7200 Archer Road, Justice, Illinois, Lot 51 Block 2 Section B
Katerina Mary Nemec

• used Katherine, sometimes Katheryn, Kate or Katie in America

Source Data
20 October 1862 at Mazelov No. 44, Bohemia thought to be the parish Sevetin Vaclav Filipek on January 29, 1884, probably in Bohemia or Illinois • To Ceske Budejovice about 1863
• To Lomnice about 1870
• To Chicago in July 1882 then possibly returned
• Arrived 21 July 1882 in New York on the Strassburg. It appears she came alone.
• It appears she may have returned to Bohemia after 1883. If so it appears she returned to Chicago May-June 1889
• To Pueblo about 1896
• Returned to Chicago about 1900
• To Riverside about 1921
• Thought to have studied at a cooking school in Vienna, school name unknown
• Servant (ship manifest record)
• Cook for Railroad Crew in Pueblo 1895-1900
• Grocer in Chicago 1900-1914

9 January 1948 at age 84 at the MacNeil Memorial Hospital in Berwyn, Illinois.

Place of residence was 253 Olmstead, Riverside, Illinois

Cause: Stomach cancer

Associated diseases: myocardial degeneration and senility

12 January 1948 Resurrection Cemetery, 7200 Archer Road, Justice, Illinois, Lot 51, Block 2, Section B
Children Born Baptized Married Moves Occupations Death Burial
John J. Filipek

• John Vaclav on Baptismal Certificate, middle initial is J. for James

Source Data
13 December 1882 in Chicago; possibly with Novaks at 185 W. 24th Place 17 December, 1882 at St. John Nepomucene

Sponsors: John and Theresa Novak
Rose Skoblik about 1925 in Riverside, Illinois • Possibly returned to Bohemia after birth in Illinois in 1882. Would have then returned to Chicago about 1889
• To Pueblo about 1896
• Returned to Chicago about 1900
• To Riverside about 1921
• To Sarasota about 1960
• Salesman of Men's clothing for Wilson Brothers Clothing in Chicago
• Retired in his 40's before he married
• Drill press operator for Zenith in 1940 during the war
 February 1969 at age 86 in Sarasota, Florida

Cause: Cerebral Infarction (stroke) due to Cerebral thrombosis due to arteriosclerosis

Also had arteriosclerotic heart disease
 
Mary L. Filipek

• Maria on Baptismal Certificate, Marie on Marriage Invitation

Source Data
10 December 1889 in Chicago; possibly at 218 W. 25th Place 15 December 1889 at St. John Nepomucene

Sponsors: Frantisek Nemec (brother of Katerina) and Maria Dedina

Communion: 1902
Confirmation: 1903; chose Cecilia; no sponsor recorded
Lawrence J. Barrett on September 10, 1912 at St. John Nepomucene in Chicago at age 22

Witnesses: John Filipek and Florence Barrett
• To Pueblo about 1896
• Returned to Chicago about 1900
• Chicago after Boarding School
• Boarding school in 1910, possibly Sacred Heart Academy in Lisle 19 January 1916 at age 26 in Chicago at the West Side Hospital after 8 days

Cause: Supperative Peritonitis

Contributory cause: Caesarean section during the birth of her child
21 January 1916 at Resurrection Cemetery, 7200 Archer Road, Justice, Illinois, Lot 51, Block 2, Section B
Milada Katerina Filipek

Source Data
18 April 1891 in Chicago; probably at 218 W. 25th Place 26 April 1892 at St. John Nepomucene Sponsors:
Marie Dedina
      1 January 1893 in Chicago at age 1 year 8 months 3 January 1893
James Albert Filipek

Source Data
15 August 1892 at 187 W. 24th Place in Chicago 21 August 1892 at St. John Nepomucene

Sponsors:
Vojtech and Rosalie Dedina

Communion: 1904
Confirmation: 1908; chose Thomas; sponsor Vojtech Dedina
Grace Vanderkloot on 15 April 1920 at the Immanuel Baptist Church at 2320 S. Michigan in Chicago at age 27 • To Pueblo about 1896
• Returned to Chicago about 1900
• WWI Georgia, then France and Germany 1918-1919
• WWI: Corporal Company C, 4th Infantry, 3rd Division
• To Riverside about 1926
• To Chicago about 1939
• Wendell Phillips High School, Chicago around 1907-1911
• Worked in Stock Yards for Morris and Company
• Attorney at Law (before WWI)
• John Marshall Law School, 315 S. Plymouth Court, Chicago for night school around 1920
• Maytag washing machine salesman during 1930s depression
• Attorney at Law (most of life)
3 December 1961 at home at 7047 Ada Street, Chicago, Illinois at age 69

Cause: Coronary Occlusion
6 December 1961 at Chapel Hill Gardens South Cemetery, 11333 Worth, Illinois in Grave 2, Lot 123-B, Section 9
Rosalie Filipek

Source Data
1 August 1894 in Chicago; probably at Rear 187 W. 24th Place 2 August 1892 at St. John Nepomucene

Sponsors:
Vojtech and Rosalie Dedina
      13 October 1894 in Chicago at age 2 months 15 October 1894

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