Notes:

Birth:
House 8

Died:
House 8

Family/Spouse: Leitkepová, Eva. Eva (daughter of Leitkep, Matej) was born in 1770 in Markvarec, North Bohemia, Czech Republic; died on 20 Sep 1845 in Radlice, South Bohemia, Czech Republic. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
House 8

Marie married Kouba, Jiří (George) in UNKNOWN in Czech Republic. Jiří (son of Kouba, Pavel (Paul) and Macků, Marie) was born on 13 Apr 1774 in Radlice, South Bohemia, Czech Republic; died on 7 Apr 1850 in Radlice, South Bohemia, Czech Republic. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
House 7

Family/Spouse: Celoudová, Marianna. Marianna was born in UNKNOWN in Czech Republic. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
House 7

Family/Spouse: Hledíková, Marie. Marie was born in UNKNOWN; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Pribylová, Anna Marie. Anna (daughter of Pribyl, Josef and Šimánková, Marie) was born in UNKNOWN in Czech Republic; died on 9 Sep 1842 in Radlice, South Bohemia, Czech Republic. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
House 7

Notes:

Birth:
House 7

Jiří married Nováková, Rozálie on 25 Nov 1838 in Radlice, South Bohemia, Czech Republic. Rozálie was born in Šach, South Bohemia, Czech Republic. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
House 7

Tomáš married Lojka, Katerina on 3 Mar 1835. Katerina was born in 1816 in Brandlín, South Bohemia, Czech Republic. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Trecková, Marie. Marie was born in Brandlín, South Bohemia, Czech Republic. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
House 7

Josef married Procházková, Františka on 4 Nov 1851 in Radlice, South Bohemia, Czech Republic. Františka was born on 22 Feb 1831 in Radlice, South Bohemia, Czech Republic. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
House 7

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Hotel Operator/Farmer
• Departure: 1869, Radlice, South Bohemia, Czech Republic

Notes:

PETER KOUBA FAMILY COMES TO AMERICA
BY T. F. KOUBA

Peter Kouba, wife and three children, came to the promised land, the United States of America, by sailing vessel in 1869. Two girls were the oldest children, while Frank, the youngest, born November 25, 1868, became father of my sister, Helen, and me. Two additional children, William and Emil were born in Iowa.

The sailing trip from Europe to America was difficult beyond comprehension, and almost proved fatal. Storms, frequent and overpowering required the masts to be lowered to keep the boat from overturning and sinking, and then the boat road the wild waves and precious distance was lost. Able bodies (many were seasick) drew water from the boat with pails to keep it afloat. Prayers were truly from the heart!

Neither grandfather Peter, nor his brother John, who came later, had farmed. Peter Kouba's had an Inn where meals, beer, and lodging were available. John apparently assisted a large landowner to protect his timber and wildlife as poaching and illegal timber-cutting were common. Game in Austria-Hungary apparently was owned by the landowner, not the state.

Grandfather, farming for the first time, was totally helpless, as was brother John. It appears the Peter Kouba family came from Moravia, Austria Hungary, province of Talice, village of Radlice. That portion of Europe in now CZECHSLOVAKIA.

The land grandfather purchased, apparently sight-unseen, was forty acres on an unimproved road a few miles from Blairstown and Luzerne, Iowa, geographically location NWSW, Section 28, T.82N.R.11W.

Father Frank grew up enjoying farming and fortunately so, as grandfather apparently could not adjust. Dad, over the years, achieved extraordinary farming success. He was a talented accordion player and called dances, and played at many. Square dancing apparently was the farmers' principal recreation.

In 1897, Father married the most wonderful girl living, Emma Melsha, daughter of another Czech-American family several miles away.

Father realized to get farm produce more efficiently to Luzerne and Blairstown markets, one must live on a better road. He bought land and a farmstead along a better road about a mile North from his parents's farm.

Grandfather Peter died apparently of cancer in 1909 at Luzerne, where he and wife Frances were living. Grandmother died there in 1916.

My Father and Mother were kind, proficient, hard-working farmers. Mother not only did the cooking and other work inside the home, but many times worked in the fields along Father. In a few years they acquired an adjoing "40" ad so it went concentrating on raising quality corn, beef-cattle, and hogs. Then they hired a year-round farm hand who lived with them.

Father grew blue-ribbon quality corn and other small grain which he displayed at county and state fairs and won scores of prizes. His winnings brought commercial seed company representatives to his door. Oftentimes they purchased at double market price the entire corn crop of several thousand bushels, picked out the seed ears and left the remainder for him to use, without cost, for livestock feed. In cooking, Mother also excelled, winning more prizes, (12 of them), than Father with grain and occasionally joklingly reminded him that such a thing could happen.

Mother never refused a hungry person who came to the door for food, including homeless or unemployed men. They were given a nourishing meal which they ate sitting on the front porch. More than one offered to chop wood at the woodpile or perform other menial tasks for payment, but was refused. Father gave grain to covered-wagon gypsies who begged for grain for their tired horses. Women did the begging, carried grain in gunny sacks to the several wagons, which seemed already filled. . .with kids!

Mother died of continuing heart attachks; deeply felt by her few relatives alive, and her many friends, on October 19, 1935 at 60 years. Our dear father, Frank, died from malignant cancer at Helen's home where he was living on March 5, 1944 at age 75.

My precious sister, Helen, was born in 1899 at the farm homestead where I came along in 1902. From the beginning I was horribly sick for two years, requiring day and night care. Medical research years later recognized allergies and mine apparently was feathers. As baby, I as others in that era, slept in soft, warm featherbed and with down filled pillows. The sicker I became, the more love and feathers were piled around. After the doctor confided that one certain baby would have a short life, folks hired a photographer who came and while baby, weakly standing in nightshirt, and alone, took my picture. But the subject was out of focus. Sister Helen, about four years old, who wanted to stand with her sick brother, but was refused by the photographer, stood several steps back and come out in sharp focus.

My sister, always fortunately, was one of those never sick individuals. We came into a close friendship which has never weakened. She graduated in music from Coe College, became a strikingly successful high school music teacher, and strangely, began at Blairstown where she graduated, before she finished at Coe. Other schools where she taught included grade and high schools at Belle Plaine, Madrid, and St Charles, Iowa. Many persons came to her for private lessons.

In 1925 Helen married Milo Kopecky in the prestigious "Little Brown Church in the Vale", continued teaching music as time permitted and later on worked full-time at Collins Radio, which contributed notably to the World War II effort. Milo's untimely death of a heart attack occurred a few years ago, and is buried in Cedar Memorial Cemetery at Cedar Rapids where Helen expects to be buried also.

Ted in 1926 graduated in forestry at Iowa State College, (now University), where he participated in athletics and band. He became forester for the State of Wisconsin Land Economic Inventory, where in 1929 at a University dance he was introduced to a beautiful and distinctly talented girl taking graduate work in English Literature from Sioux Falls, South Dakota. After her graduation in 1930, we were married in the Congregation Church at Madison, Wisconsin, During her school career she was awarded memberships in three honorary sororities; Kappa Delta Pi, Kappa Sigma Iota, and Pi Lambda Theta. And at this writing, after several strokes, darling Marie is in the Madison Convalescent Center in which we celebrated our 60th wedding anniversary on August 3, 1990 to the tune of a fine orchestra, among many balloons, enjoying a large cake, and which fed all other patients, nurses, and aides. Maries' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Love are buried in Wildwood Cemetery, Salem, South Dakota. Marie and I will be buried at Forest Hill where we have an inscribed small marble gravestone.

Father and Mother, the Frank Koubas are buried on the hilltop in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Blairstown, Iowa as are grandparents Peter Kouba's and uncle Will Kouba.

Neither sister Helen and Milo have children, nor Marie and I, thus no continuing generations of the Peter and Frank Kouba's lineage will follow. Thus ends a resume of the Peter Kouba family which immigrated to the promised land, the magnificent United States of America in 1869.

Ted Kouba July 1, 1991

There were five children who died in Radlice and are buried there.

Birth:
House 7

Died:
Family Home

Peter married Lojka, Frances on 19 Sep 1852 in Radlice, South Bohemia, Czech Republic. Frances (daughter of Lojka, Joseph and Nováková, Sarah Veronica) was born on 3 Oct 1835 in Radlice, South Bohemia, Czech Republic; died on 24 Mar 1916 in Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA; was buried in Mar 1916 in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Blairstown, Benton, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
House 7

Family/Spouse: Závodská, Katerina. Katerina was born on 11 Jan 1835 in Radlice, South Bohemia, Czech Republic. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
House 7

Died:
House 5

Family/Spouse: Vítu, Jirí. Jirí was born on 16 Mar 1840 in Radlice, South Bohemia, Czech Republic; died on 29 Sep 1905 in Radlice, South Bohemia, Czech Republic. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
House 7

Family/Spouse: Lojka, Josef. Josef was born on 13 May 1803 in Radlice, South Bohemia, Czech Republic; died on 1 Sep 1859 in Radlice, South Bohemia, Czech Republic. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Šimánek, Tomáš. Tomáš was born in UNKNOWN; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
House 48

Family/Spouse: Janu, Katerina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
House 6

Family/Spouse: Kovárová, Marie. Marie (daughter of Kovár, Jan and Urbánková, Tereza) was born in Mysletice, South Moravia, Czech Republic. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

There are a number of Plucars buried in the National Cemetrery in Vining, Tama, Iowa but I could not find Anna buried there. But there are a number of Plucars buried there that could easily be her children.

Family/Spouse: Plucar, N.N.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Katherina married Chalupská, Frank on 3 Jul 1853 in Nové Domky, South Bohemia, Czech Republic. Frank was born on 28 May 1830 in South Bohemia, Czech Republic; died on 23 Jun 1903 in Tama, Iowa, USA; was buried in Jun 1903 in National Cemetery, Vining, Tama, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He arrived in the United States on 04 Nov 1881 in New York aboard the ship Denmark with his wife and three children.

Birth:
House 22

Pavel married Vitu, Marie on 22 Nov 1853 in Radlice, South Bohemia, Czech Republic. Marie was born on 31 Jan 1837 in Radlice, South Bohemia, Czech Republic; died on 25 Feb 1925 in Scio, Linn, Oregon, USA; was buried on 27 Feb 1925 in Franklin Butte Cemetery, Scio, Linn, Oregon, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
House 23

Notes:

Birth:
House 23

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer

Notes:

Birth:
House 23

Jan married Lojka, Josefa "Josephiny" on 18 Oct 1853 in Velká Lhota, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic. Josefa (daughter of Lojka, Joseph and Nováková, Sarah Veronica) was born on 15 May 1837 in Šach, South Bohemia, Czech Republic; died on 22 May 1925 in Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA; was buried after 22 May 1925 in International Cemetery, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
House 23

Notes:

Birth:
House 23

Notes:

Birth:
House 23

Notes:

Birth:
House 4

Notes:

Birth:
House 35

Family/Spouse: Dobrovolná, Anna. Anna was born in 1829. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
House 35

Notes:

Birth:
House 6

Notes:

Birth:
House 38

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1910, Indian Village Township, Tama, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1915, Indian Village Township, Tama, Iowa, USA

Notes:

Arrived with his family, wife Francisca, daughter Francisca, son Jan (John), son Pieter (Peter Frederick) grandfather of Jack Otta. A third son, Frank Kouba, came to the USA earlier to avoid being drafted into the Russian army. Departed from Rotterdam. Immigration dates of 26 Jun 1883 vs 1893

Birth:
House 38

Died:
Home of John Kouba

Jiří married Bártu, Francis in 1870 in South Bohemia, Czech Republic. Francis was born in 1853 in South Bohemia, Czech Republic; died on 12 Feb 1918 in Tama, Iowa, USA; was buried after 12 Feb 1918 in Riverside Cemetery, Marshalltown, Marshall, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Carpenter
• Religion: Vining Congregational Church, Vining, Tama, Iowa, USA
• Residence: Between 1874 and 1892, Kiev, Kiev, Ukraine
• Residence: Between 1892 and 1897, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA
• Residence: Between 1897 and 1917, Vining, Tama, Iowa, USA

Notes:

According to the July 26, 2003, geneology reort for 'Decendents of George Kouba" prepared by Dorothy E. Booth Barborek, the family lived for 18 years in Russia and emigrated to the USA in 1892.

The family immigrated to America and arrived on July 20th, 1892 on the ship Scandia.

Frank learned the carpenter trade in Vienna. He was a self-employed carpenter and followed the trade all his life.

Frank and his wife Frances were members of the Vining Congregational Church.

Birth:
House 17

Frank married Leitkep, Frances in 1870 in Valtínov, South Bohemia, Czech Republic. Frances was born on 22 Aug 1848 in Valtínov, South Bohemia, Czech Republic; died on 18 Apr 1939 in Vining, Tama, Iowa, USA; was buried in Apr 1939 in National Cemetery, Vining, Tama, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
House 17

Notes:

Birth:
House 17

Notes:

Birth:
House 20

Notes:

Birth:
House 20

Notes:

Birth:
House 20

Notes:

Birth:
House 13

Frances married Hes, Pavel on 30 Apr 1876. Pavel was born in UNKNOWN; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
House 13

Died:
House 13

Notes:

Birth:
House 13

Notes:

Birth:
House 13

Notes:

Birth:
House 7

Notes:

Birth:
House 7

Died:
House 7

Notes:

Info from Cedar Rapids Gazette 20 Mar 1941: Funeral service in the Hus Memorial Church and burial in the Linwood cemetery in Cedar Rapids Iowa. She came to the USA when she was 11 years old. E Kouba has funeral bulletin.

Birth:
House 7

Died:
616 Summer Street

Frances married Challed, Antony in 1874 in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA. Antony (son of Celoud, Josef and Celoud, Mrs Mary) was born on 17 Jan 1852 in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA; died on 2 Sep 1905 in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA; was buried in Sep 1905 in Murdoch-Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Nickname: Josie

Notes:

She moved to Chandler, Arizona with her husband, Jim Krepela. In August of 1941 the Emil Kouba family (Emil Sr., Laura, Marcella, and Emil Jr.) visited her while on a vacation trip out 'West'. She was very tearful when we left as she felt she would not see Emil Sr. again because she felt she was going to die soon. She was about 85 years old at that time.

Birth:
House 7

Josefka married Krepela, James Vencil "Jim" about 1880 in Tama, Tama, Iowa, USA. James was born on 12 Jul 1856 in Radlice, South Bohemia, Czech Republic; died on 15 Apr 1941 in Chandler, Maricopa, Arizona, USA; was buried in Apr 1941 in City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Nickname: Charles

Notes:

Birth:
House 7

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Religion: Congregational Church, Belle Plaine, Benton, Iowa, USA

Notes:

Birth:
House 7

Died:
Helen Kopecky's Home

Frank married Melsha, Emma B in 1897 in Iowa, USA. Emma (daughter of Melsha, John and Late, Francis) was born on 30 Mar 1875 in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA; died on 19 Oct 1935 in Blairstown, Benton, Iowa, USA; was buried on 21 Oct 1935 in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Blairstown, Benton, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!Died of measles. Buried in Lutheran Cemetery Luzerne, Benton, IA.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Merchant and Postmaster

Notes:

He and his brother Emil Sr., were merchants and ran the Kouba Bros. store in Luzerne, IA for 45 years. He graduated from Epworth Seminary (Methodist) in 1999. They were two members of a men's quartet in the Blairstown, IA, Methodist Episcopal church. The other two members of the quartet were the Meiners brothers. William was the Luzerne, IA postmaster for many years. He is buried in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Blairstown, IA. He graduated from Epworth Academy, Epworth, Iowa in 1899. He was postmaster at Luzerne for 42 years, retiring in December 1944.

William married Rosburg, Amanda Elizabeth Susana on 9 Nov 1902 in Blairstown, Benton, Iowa, USA. Amanda (daughter of Rosburg, Wulf WILLIAM Frederich and Nieland, Maria Dorothea) was born on 19 Jul 1881 in Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA; died on 9 Mar 1946 in Virginia Gay Hospital, Vinton, Benton, Iowa, USA; was buried on 12 Mar 1946 in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Blairstown, Benton, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Merchant
• Religion: Lutheran
• Baptism: 1887, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA; White School South

Notes:

He died of prostate cancer. He graduated from Epworth Seminary, Epworth, Iowa in 1901. Then he went to Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa with an projected graduation date of 1904. However, in 1903 his Dad offered to buy A. J. Schriver's General Store in Luzerne for him and his brother William if he would drop out of College to help run the store. He went to a banker in Cedar Rapids for advice as to what to do. He wanted to go on and study to be a doctor.The banker advised him to take his Dad's offer, so he did. His Cornell year book shows his picture as ex '04, the year he would have graduated. He was baptised in the White school south of Luzerne. The Congregational circuit rider preacher came to Luzerne from Vining once a month to hold services. He fell off the back of a horse drawn wagon when he was a baby. His parents found him playing in the snow when they came back looking for him. He and his wife were married in the Westinghouse home in Belle Plaine. Mrs. Westinghouse was his wife's sister. He and his brother William were merchants and ran the Kouba Bros. store in Luzerne for 45 years. (From 1903 until 1948.) The store was also a post office for Luzerne. They initiated the first telephone service for the town by connecting he store and the two homes so additional clerks could be called when a lot of customers arrived in the store at the same time. The service expanded to include the rest of the town who asked. Yearly cost for the local service was about $7.50, (in the 1950s) which paid for the services of a full-time operator. He is buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery at Belle Plaine, Iowa.

Birth:
Family Farm

Emil married Rosburg, Laura Maria on 1 Jan 1908 in Belle Plaine, Benton, Iowa, USA. Laura (daughter of Rosburg, Wulf WILLIAM Frederich and Nieland, Maria Dorothea) was born on 24 Feb 1887 in Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA; died on 9 Oct 1971 in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA; was buried on 13 Oct 1971 in Oak Hill Cemetery, Belle Plaine, Benton, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died of an accidental shotgun wound. Birth date from Frank Kouba Ledger dated 1888. Emil Kouba Jr. has ledger. Yet JF Thoma info indicates a birth date of Dec 1881 with a death date of May 1909. Notes in Laura (Rosburg) Kouba "Our Family History" states that he was buried in the Lutheran Cemetery south of Luzerne, Iowa.

Notes:

Birth:
House 5

Family/Spouse: Hes, Frank. Frank was born on 21 Aug 1888 in Sumrakov, South Bohemia, Czech Republic. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
House 5

Josefa married Macku, Pavel (Paul) on 2 Nov 1887. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
House 5

Died:
House 5

Notes:

Birth:
House 5

Died:
House 5

Notes:

Birth:
House 5

Died:
House 5

Notes:

Birth:
House 5

Died:
House 5

Notes:

Birth:
House 5

Notes:

Birth:
House 5

Notes:

Birth:
House 5

Notes:

Birth:
House 23

Notes:

Birth:
House 9

Died:
Residence

Frank married Novak, Mary in 1884 in Radlice, South Bohemia, Czech Republic. Mary was born on 27 Feb 1864 in South Bohemia, Czech Republic; died on 23 Jan 1943 in Kansas, USA; was buried on 25 Jan 1943 in National Bohemian Cemetery, Cuba, Republic, Kansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Frank married Brabenec, Mary in 1873 in Radlice, South Bohemia, Czech Republic. Mary was born in UNKNOWN in South Bohemia, Czech Republic; died in 1884 in Cuba, Republic, Kansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
House 9

Notes:

Birth:
House 9

Died:
House 9

Notes:

Birth:
House 24

Notes:

Birth:
House 36

Notes:

Birth:
House 36

Josef married Bartonová, Anna on 7 Feb 1886. Anna was born on 31 Jul 1854 in Šach, South Bohemia, Czech Republic. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
House 6

Anna married Trecek, Frank on 6 Feb 1870. Frank was born on 17 Aug 1836 in Šach, South Bohemia, Czech Republic. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
House 6

Notes:

Birth:
House 6

Died:
House 6

Notes:

Birth:
House 6

Notes:

Birth:
House 35

Frank married Šimánek, Antonie on 19 Apr 1875. Antonie was born on 15 Dec 1846. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
House 35