Frankisek Jana Family Charts
Frantisek Jana married twice and therefore there are two Family Charts.
  1. The Frantisek and Katerina Jana Family Chart (the Filipek line is through Katerina)
  2. The Frantisek and Marie Jana Family Chart

Frantisek and Katerina Jana Family Chart
Parents Born Baptized Married Moves Occupations Death Burial
Frantisek Jana

• used Frank Jana in America

Source Record
6 August 1855 in Prague, Bohemia   Katerina Filipek on 21 October 1879 at Heidelberg, Le Sueur County, Minnesota

Witnesses: Joseph Havel and John Filipek


Marie after the death of Katerina
• possibly arrived 1872 in New York and was headed for Iowa
• possibly Iowa in 1872
• Montgomery, Minnesota by June 1880
• Rush City, Minnesota by May 1885
• to Colorado in the 1890s
• to Oklahoma in the 1900s?
• to Chicago in the 1910s and 1920s?
• to Hammond, Indiana in the 1920s
• probably Farmer in Minnesota
• Retired road master, for the Illinois Central R. R
26 April 1929 at 478 Summer Blvd. in Hammond, Indiana at age 73

Cause: cerebral appoplexy, third attack

Contributory: paralysis with a duration of 5 years
29 April 1929 at the National Bohemian Cemetery Section 5 Lot 137
Katerina Filipek

Source Record
15 July 1858 at Farm No.16, Kolence, Bohemia probably St. James in Novosedly, Bohemia Frantisek Jana on 21 October 1879 at Heidelberg, Le Sueur County, Minnesota

Witnesses: Joseph Havel and John Filipek
• probably arrived 18 June 1879 in New York on the Gellert as a single traveler
• to Minnesota in the 1879
• Montgomery, Minnesota by June 1880
• Rush City, Minnesota by May 1885
  about 1889-91 probably at Rush City, Minnesota at about age 31-33  
Children Born Baptized Married Moves Occupations Death Burial
Katherine (Katie) May Jana 25 December 1879 in the city of Le Sueur, Minnesota   married a Nemey (Nerney)

Children: Frank Nemey (Nerney)

See note on Jana Family Overview Page
• Rush City, Minnesota by May 1885
• to Colorado in the 1890s
  2 March 1944 at Unknown Location at age 64  
Frank Jana 1881 in Minnesota, probably Montgomery or Rush City     • Rush City, Minnesota by May 1885
• to Colorado in the 1890s
     
Anna (Alma) Jana 1 September 1882 in Eden Prairie, Hennepin Co., Minnesota     • Rush City, Minnesota by May 1885
• to Colorado in the 1890s
  3 March 1891 at 562 W. 19th, Chicago, Illinois at age 8  
Margaret (Maggie) Jana 20 March 1885 in Duluth, Minnesota     • Rush City, Minnesota by May 1885
• to Colorado in the 1890s
  16 November 1959, Hammond, Indiana at age 74  
Emma Frances Jana 11 August 1888 in Rush City, Minnesota     • Rush City, Minnesota by May 1885
• to Colorado in the 1890s
  October 1939 in Grand Rapids, Michigan at age 51  
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Jana

Source Record
6 July 1889 in Rush City, Minnesota 10 July 1889 at Church of the Sacred Heart in Rush City   • to Chicago Orphanage after 1889      

Family Chart Notes
  1. Clicking individual names under the Parent's/Children's column transfers to that individual's Family Chart.
  1. If you wish to correct or add any data on this Family Chart, contact Dave and include the Family Chart title.



Frantisek and Marie Jana Family Chart
Parents Born Baptized Married Moves Occupations Death Burial
Frantisek Jana

• used Frank Jana in America

Source Record
6 August 1855 in Prague, Bohemia   Katerina Filipek on 21 October 1879 at Heidelberg, Le Sueur County, Minnesota

Witnesses: Joseph Havel and John Filipek


Marie after the death of Katerina
• possibly arrived 1872 in New York and was headed for Iowa
• possibly Iowa in 1872
• Montgomery, Minnesota by June 1880
• Rush City, Minnesota by May 1885
• to Colorado in the 1890s
• to Oklahoma in the 1900s?
• to Chicago in the 1910s and 1920s?
• to Hammond, Indiana in the 1920s
• probably Farmer in Minnesota
• Retired road master, for the Illinois Central R. R
26 April 1929 at 478 Summer Blvd. in Hammond, Indiana at age 73

Cause: cerebral appoplexy, third attack

Contributory: paralysis with a duration of 5 years
29 April 1929 at the National Bohemian Cemetery Section 5 Lot 137
Maranna (Marie) about 1863 in Bohemia   Frantisek Jana • to America about 1894   2 March 1923 at 1403 S. 61st Court, Cicero, Illinois at age 59

Cause: short illness
5 March 1923 at the National Bohemian Cemetery Section 5 Lot 137. See note below.
Children Born Baptized Married Moves Occupations Death Burial
Marie about 1897 in Chicago            

Family Chart Notes
  1. Clicking individual names under the Parent's/Children's column transfers to that individual's Family Chart.
  2. The National Bohemian Cemetery Lot 137, Section 5 contains not only Frank Jana (73 yrs, 1929) and Marie Jana (60 yrs, 1923) but also John Smrz (55, 1901), Annabelle Smrz (1 yr., 1916), and Oscar Smrz (32 yrs, 1917). The Smrz family are probably Marie Jana's relatives.
  1. If you wish to correct or add any data on this Family Chart, contact Dave and include the Family Chart title.