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Peter Wacek came to the United States from old Bohemia in 1870 and found work in a lumber yard in Chicago, Illinois. There he met and married a country woman, Miss Antonia Cizinsky, in 1873. In 1876, he and his family moved on a farm near where Marceline was to be settled. For … > More >

Mike Petska came to the United States, from old Bohemia in about 1875 and found work in a Marble Factory in Chicago, Illinois.

In Chicago, he met Miss Kathryn Zindell, who had also come to Chicago, to be with an older sister. Though they both came from the same town they were not … > More >