Frantz Svejkovsky

1825 - 1880

• Born	1825	Bohemia
  Gender	Male
  Died	30 Aug 1880	Tabor, Bon Homme Co, South Dakota, USA
  Buried	Bon Homme Co, South Dakota, USA, -Ptak Cemetery
  Person ID	I1573	Clarkson
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2020

  
  

  Family	Rosalie Smolik,   b. 16 Oct 1827, Prague, Bohemia ,   d. 16 Oct 1891, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co, Oklahoma, USA
  Married	Abt 1855	Prague (near), Bohemia
  Children	1. Mary Vdasta "Marie" Svejkovsky,   b. 1 Oct 1855, Prague, Bohemia ,   d. 31 Aug 1946, Scotland, Bon Homme Co, South Dakota, USA   2. Anne "Annie" Svejkovsky,   b. 1858, Bohemia ,   d. 1931, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co, Oklahoma, USA   3. Rosalie Svejkovsky,   b. 1860, Cedar Rapids, Linn Co, Iowa, USA ,   d. 29 Sep 1919, San Diego, San Diego Co, California, USA   4. Frank Svejkovsky,   b. 1 Oct 1862, Cedar Rapids, Linn Co, Iowa, USA ,   d. 31 Dec 1929, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co, Oklahoma, USA   5. Joseph "Joe" F Svejkovsky,   b. 5 Jan 1867, Cedar Rapids, Linn Co, Iowa, USA ,   d. 22 Jun 1955, Weatherford, Custer Co, Oklahoma, USA
  Family ID	F579	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos

  Svejkovsky - Smolik Family Frantz Svejkovsky and Rosalie Smolik Svejkovsky with their sons, Frank and Joseph Svejkovsky, about 1877; from the Svejkovsky Family History Collection of Aline Svejkovsky Garrett.

  
  

• Notes

  Frantz Svejkovsky and Rosalie Smolik were born in the vicinity of Prague, Czechoslovakia and were married there before they came to America. Frantz was born in 1825 and Rosalie was born 16 Oct 1827. They were 28 and 30 years old when their first child, Mary was born on 1 Oct 1855. They first came to Chicago [about 1858], then moved to Iowa near Cedar Rapids. Their second child Annie was born in 1858 and Rosalie was born in about 1860. Frank was born in 1862 and Joe was born in 1867. Frantz Svejkovsky moved with his family to Dakota territory where he bought a farm in Bon Homme County in the year 1870. His farm was located on the Missouri River, southwest of Tabor, South Dakota, a distance of about 10 miles. In Dec 1871 he homesteaded 160 acre farm one-half mile west and 2 miles south of Tabor S Dakota. In the year of 1876 he got a US Patent on a quarter section adjoining on the north and a claim for another quarter, one mile east. Frantz (age 55) died in the year 1880 and was buried in a Polish cemetery across the road from his farm near Tabor. in 1890 Frank Svejkovsky and Mr Novotny reburied him in Yankton, South Dakota and erected a tombstone which is now weathered so that the inscriptions cannot be read. [source] Except from "Brief History of the Svejkovsky Family", by Bill Svejkovsky; from the Svejkovsky Family History Collection of Aline Svejkovsky Garrett. 1880 Census of Bon Homme, Dakota Territory; ts 94; page 110 Rosa Svejkorsky; 51 (1829) Bohemia; farmer Frank Svejkorsky; 18 (1862) Bohemia Joseph Svejkorsky; 13 (1867) Bohemia Anna Svejkorsky; 22 (1858) Bohemia Abstract of the Will of Frantz Svejkovsky; Deed Book D, pg 587; Bon Homme co, South Dakota; written 5 Apr 1880. Frantz Svejkvoskey, age 55; give to wife Rosalie all personal property To Mary Janda, daughter; 5 acres in TS 93 To Annie, daughter; $300 To Rosalie Novotny, daughter; 5 acres in TS 93 To Frank, son; quarter section in TS 94 To Joseph, son; land in TS 94; when he is 21 Wife; remaining land Executor-Vesty J Janda To learn more about Franz Svejkovsky read the August 2013 blog posting, The Svejkovskys come to America, at the Family Stories Blog. Notes for Frantz Svejkovsky and Rosalie Smolik; compiled by Pamela Hutchison Garrett, 2013; for Family Stories at pamgarrett.com.