The Filipek Story

Introduction

Reader Tips

by Dave Jordan

The Filipek Story has been placed on Our Filipek Family web pages and The Nemec  Story has been placed on Our Nemec Family web pages for easy distribution and updates.

The home address for Our Filipek Family web pages is: http://homepage.mac.com/ourhistory/Filipek/

The home address for The Nemec  Story web pages is: http://homepage.mac.com/ourhistory/Nemec/

Frequency of Updates

Current stories may occasionally be updated with new information and a date tag will show the latest date of the various stories. As new stories become available they will be added. Readers may wish to check the What's New page to easily identify when material has been added.

Printing

Some of the stories are too lengthy to be read on-line and you may wish to print rather than reading from the screen. When printing, your browser may allow you to adjust the font and font sizes which are set in your browser's preferences. You may also wish to experiment with your percent reduction command to fit it just right to your page. In the future, a "pdf" version will be available to enable more controlled printing; however, this may be a while since I want to wait until the text settles down and adds and fixes become infrequent.

Related Information

While it's possible to just read the Stories, there is much companion information contained in the Topics Section on Our Filipek Family home page and also on Our Nemec Family home page.  Topics include: Address Data, Census Data, Family Overview Pages, Family Charts, Genealogy Source Records and Photos.

Connections

Many readers will most likely be offspring of one of the Filipek, Sokolik or Nemec families. It may be helpful to consult Our Filipek Family Overview page or Our Nemec Family Overview page to figure out which family you are from and to learn some of the names and relationships. My purpose was not to create a detailed genealogy of all the offspring, so you may need to do a little research to first work your way back to a couple of original families. If you can't figure it out, drop me a line and I may be able to get you onto the right family.

The key families included in The Filipek Story are:

  1. The Anton and Katerina Filipek Family: Anton and Katerina's children are Mary (1850), Anna (1853), Frantisek (1854), Jan (1856), Katerina (1858), Rosalie (1860), Terezie (1862) and Vaclav (1863). Their current offspring number in the hundreds.
  2. The Frantisek and Mary Palecek Family: Frantisek and Mary had at 11 children and five immigrated to the United States. Their children are Frantisek (1868), Jan (1869), Vojtech (1871), Vaclav (1873), Josef (1875), Marie (1877), Tomas (1878), Maria (1880), Anna (1880), Rudolf (1881), and Rosalie (1883). Jan, Vojtech, Josef, Tomas, and Rudolf came to the United States.
  3. The Frantisek and Anna Sokolik Family: Frantisek and Anna's children are Frantisek (1973), Jan (1876), and Theodore (1879). Their current offspring are less than thirty. Frantisek and Anna Sokolik are Ted Curtis and Mary Fritz's great-grandparents.
  4. The Frantisek and Marie Filipek Family: Frantisek and Marie's children are Antonín, Roman, Parla, Bozura, and James F. (1892). It is believed that all but James F. stayed in Bohemia. James F. Filipek accompanied his Uncle Vaclav Filipek on his return to Chicago. We knew James F. Filipek as Jim the Gardener.
  5. The Jan and Francesca Filipek Family: Jan and Francesca's 12 children are Frantisek (about 1875), Jan (1877), Mary R. (1879), Josef (1881), Vojtech M. (1882), Anna (1884), Alzabeta (1886, Tomas (1888), Micel A. (1890), Ludwig (1891), Franceska (1893), and Roselee (1901). Their offspring number in the hundreds. Jan and Francesca are Cindy Filipek Johnson's gg-grandparents.
  6. The Frantisek and Katerina Jana Family: Frantisek and Katerina's children are Katherine (1879), Frank (1881), Anna (1883), Mary (1885), and possibly Elizabeth (circa 1889).
  7. The Jakob and Rosalie Kandl Family: Jakob and Rosalie's children are Josef, Tomas, Rosalie, Jan, Mary, and Katerina.
  8. The Vaclav and Katerina Filipek Family: Vaclav and Katerina's children are John James (1882), Mary (1889), Milada Katerina (1891), James Albert (1892), and Rosalie Katerina (1894). Their current offspring number is less than thirty. Vaclav (James) and Katerina Filipek are Dave Jordan's great-grandparents.

The key families included in The Nemec Story are:

  1. The Martin and Katerina Nemec Family Martin and Katerina's children are Tomas (1850), Josef (1852), Maria (1854), Vaclav (1857), Anna (1859), Frantisek (1861), Katerina (1862), and Frantisek (1867). Katerina Nemec married Vaclav (James) Filipek. They are my great-grandparents.
New Information

I am always looking for new information so if you can add any stories, anecdotes, or pictures it would be appreciated. If you wish to make a contribution, please contact Dave via e-mail.

Notes
  1. Initial Web Publication Date: early 2001
  2. Modified: 11/25/2009
  3. Desktop Master file: Stories_Filipek