Brief Life History of Josephine
When Josephine Laska was born on 15 August 1871, in Missouri, United States, her father, William Laska, was 39 and her mother, Anna Tryka, was 31. She married Albert Mikes on 4 August 1896, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1930 and St. Louis, Missouri, United States for about 10 years. She died on 15 September 1965, at the age of 94, and was buried in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
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- Josephine Mikes, "United States Census, 1950"
- Josephine P Laska, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- Josephine Mikes, "Missouri, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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1872 · The First National Park
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1872 · The Amnesty Act
A federal law which reversed most of the penalties on former Confederate soldiers by the Fourteenth Amendment. The Act affected over 150,000 troops that were a part of the Civil War.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
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Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Polish Tadeusz, Casimir, Henryka, Ireneusz, Jadwiga, Jozef, Kazimierz, Urszula, Zygmund.
Polish and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) (also Łaska): from the Polish word łaska ‘grace, favor’, or possibly from a homonym meaning ‘weasel’. As a Polish name, this is a nickname; as a Jewish name it is generally artificial.
Polish: from laska ‘stick, walking stick’, a nickname for a tall, thin man.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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