Brief Life History of Wencil
When Wencil Nechville Jr was born on 29 September 1864, in Horní Roveň, Okres Pardubice, Czechoslovakia, his father, Vaclav Nechvile, was 27 and his mother, Alzbeta Pistora, was 31. He married Josephine Trachta Unzeitig on 15 September 1891, in Marion, Linn, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Linn Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States in 1910. He died on 18 May 1925, in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (25)
- Winsell Nechweil in household of Winsell Nechweil, "United States Census, 1880"
- Wencel Nechvill, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Wencil Nechville, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
Spouse and Children
1864–1925 Male
1872–1944 Female
Children (4)
1893–1985 Male
1897–1972 Female
1901– Female
1902–1999 Female
Parents and Siblings
1837–1908 Male
1833–1915 Female
Siblings (6)
1864–1925 Male
1866–1945 Female
1868–1956 Male
1870–1961 Male
1874–1947 Female
+1 More Child
World Events (8)
1865
Age 1
1867 · The Burtis Opera House
Age 3
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 17
Name Meaning
Polish: adaptation of the German personal name Wenzel , which is of Slavic origin.
Czech: variant of Vencl or Vencel 1, cognates of 1 above, and, in North America, (also) an altered form of these.
Americanized form of Slovenian Vencelj (see Vencel 2), a cognate of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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