Brief Life History of John
When John Zvonicek Sr. was born on 31 January 1833, in Wostaschowitz, Reichenau an der Kněžna, Bohemia, Austria, his father, Jan Zvoníček, was 24 and his mother, Alžběta Plachetková, was 29. He married Anna "Annie" Lochmann on 23 February 1852, in Wostaschowitz, Reichenau an der Kněžna, Bohemia, Austria. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Wilber Election Precinct, Saline, Nebraska, United States in 1900. He died on 5 September 1921, in De Witt Township, Saline, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Bohemian National Cemetery, Wilber, Saline, Nebraska, United States.
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- John Zwonichek Sr. in household of Joseph Aksamit, "United States Census, 1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: John Zwonechek - Government record: birth-name: John Znmechek
- Jan Zvoniček, "Czech Republic, Church Books, 1552-1981"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1854
On May 30, 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not they wanted to allow slavery within their borders. This Act repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
1856
Historical Boundaries: 1856: Saline, Nebraska, United States 1867: Saline, Nebraska, United States
Name Meaning
form of John , also used quite frequently in the English-speaking world. In Northern Ireland it is sometimes found as a variant of Ewan .
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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