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SUBMITTED BY: Becky Karsky Forschler
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HUSBAND: Vaclav KARSKY
aka: (Wencel / James)
Birthdate: 17 Sep 1861 - Dolny Ujezd, Bohemia
date and place of marriage: 22 Feb 1887, Bohemian Church, Diagonal IA
other marriages:
military service:
Death date: 21 Oct 1898 - Diagonal IA
father: Vaclav KARSKY Sr.
mother: Anna ABRAHAM
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WIFE: Marie DOLECEK
Birthdate: 4 Aug 1864 - Klasterec, Bohemia
other marriages: to John SHIMEK 4 Sep 1900; to Joseph PACHA 28 Dec 1904
date and place of marriage: 22 Feb 1887
Death date: 11 Sep 1928 - Pine City MN
father: Joseph DOLECEK
mother: Mary T. (or Maria Anna) MLINAR
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CHILD 1: Mary KARSKY
Birthdate: 9 Dec 1887, Cainsville, MO
married: Harry GARD
date and place of marriage: 25 Sep 1907
other marriages:
Death date: 7 Feb 1969, Pine River, MN
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CHILD 2: Rosie KARSKY
Birthdate: Feb 1890, Cainsville, MO
married:
date and place of marriage:
other marriages:
Death date: Jul 1890
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CHILD 3: Fred Daryl KARSKY
Birthdate: 2 Jun 1891, Cainsville, MO
married: Elizabeth MELODY
date and place of marriage: 20 Aug 1913
other marriages:
Death date: 17 Mar 1977, Pine City, MN
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CHILD 4: Charles D. KARSKY
Birthdate: 29 Aug 1893
married: Elsie HENKEL
date and place of marriage: 25 Jun 1924
other marriages:
Death date: 24 Jul 1958, Finlayson, MN
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CHILD 5: Anna KARSKY
Birthdate: 1 May 1895
married: Dick RUBY
date and place of marriage: c 1918
other marriages:
Death date: c 1918
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CHILD 6: John (Jack) KARSKY
Birthdate: 6 Mar 1898
married: Katie KLAR
date and place of marriage: 8 Mar 1922
other marriages:
Death date: 24 Feb 1978, Pine City, MN
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SOURCES:
Fred Karsky, verbal testimony, 1976
Vaclav Karsky, Jr. obituary
Fred Karsky obituary
Headstones, Bohemian Cemetery, Diagonal IA
Federal Census, 1900
Irene Schumacher, testimony in letter, 1980
Ringgold Co. marriage record
Death Certificates, Pine Co.
"Bohemians of Diagonal"
Naturalization Certificate, 1889

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NOTES:
Vaclav came to America at the age of 20 in 1881. He became a citizen
in 1889 in Harrison Co. MO. He married Marie Dolecek, and they lived at
different times in Cainsville MO and Diagonal IA. He died at the age of 37,
reportedly from typhoid contracted from bad well water. He is listed along
with others in the family as a member of the Diagonal Community Band.