Friday, April 11, 2014

Joseph Sedlacek, 1845-1917




















Joseph Sedlacek





Joseph's Birth record: 1845, Czech Republic



Mary Loula Sedlacek, wife of Joseph Sedlacek






One census record lists Joseph as a locksmith.




Death: Jun. 24, 1917, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Chicago Tribune (IL) - June 26, 1917

SEDLACEK
Deceased Name: Joseph Sedlacek

Joseph Sedlacek , fond father of Mary, Emma, Edward Louis, and Lucy, at the home of his daughter Emma, June 24, at 7 o'clock, after an illness of 5 weeks. Funeral from his son's home at 1724 N. Spaulding, by auto to Bohemian cemetery at 2 o'clock Wednesday.

Death Information Lists father as Josef Sedlacek.
Death Information Lists birth as 4-19-1846.
Death Location 2214 South 56th.
Census Information lists arrival in USA in 1866. A Josef Sedlacek is listed as arriving in Baltimore in 1866. Another Josef Sedlacek is listed as arriving in Chicago in 1867.

Baptism record of daughter Anna, lists Joseph's parents as Jakub and Josepha Sedlacek.

Married Marie Loula in 1868 in Chicago at Saint Wenceslaus Catholic Church.

Census 1910 lists Marie Loula Sedlacek was the mother to 13 children, 6 living in 1910.

Buried in this cemetery plot, 4 listed on headstone, 3 not listed on headstone:
Josef Sr. J. Sedlacek
Marie Loula Sedlacek
Josef Jr. J. Sedlacek
Eugene Emanuel Sedlacek
Ludvig Sedlacek, born 1872, died June 1879, death address Morgan and 21st Street.
August Sedlacek, died July 1883, 70 Fisk Street, age 14 days.
Leo H. Sedlacek, died March 1889, Wabansia and Ballon Streets, age 8 months, 11 days.

Census Records:

1900 - (shown below in 2 parts)
 Chicago Ward 27 ED839 PCT 20 Jefferson Township, Page 14
Josef Sr, Marie, Edward, Josef, Ludvig, Otto, Eugene, Lucy, Grand Daughter Gladys. Census lists Marie having 13 children, 8 currently surviving.















1910 - Chicago Ward 27 D1210 Page 14
Josef Sr., Marie and Grand Daughter Gladys Sedlacek age 15, Census lists Marie having 13 children, 6 currently surviving.
1910 - Chicago Ward 27 D1210 Page14
Married Son Edward Sedalcek, Wife Anna M., Daughter Gladys and Son August.

Census 1880 - Chicago 055 Page 18
Josef Sr.,, Marie, Mary, Josef, Amalia, Edward, Ludvig.

1869 June/July Baptism record of Saint Wenceslaus Catholic Church lists a daughter, Anna, born to Joseph and Marie.

Family links:
 Spouse:
  Marie Loula Sedlacek (1845 - 1910)*

 Children:
  Josef Jr. John Sedlacek (1871 - 1907)*
  Ludvig Sedlacek (1872 - 1879)*
  Edward J. Sedlacek (1878 - 1933)*
  Eugene Emanuel Sedlacek (1884 - 1907)*

*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Bohemian National Cemetery
Chicago
Cook County
Illinois, USA

(Above information comes from Find a Grave)

The following photos are labeled as Chicago Sedlacek's. There is no further clarification about who is who.


























Is this a photo of Mary Loula when she was younger?