Brief Life History of Frank
When Frank Turek was born on 1 April 1869, in Písek, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, his father, Alois John Turek, was 31 and his mother, Marketa Firbach, was 18. He married Emilie Moser on 15 April 1894, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Cook, Illinois, United States in 1910. He died on 1 January 1915, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 45, and was buried in Niles, Cook, Illinois, United States.
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Sources (17)
- Frank M Turek, "United States Census, 1900"
- Frank M. Turek, "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920"
- Frank Turck, "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998"
Spouse and Children
1869–1915 Male
1874–1945 Female
Children (3)
1894–1957 Male
1896–1971 Male
1899–1989 Female
Parents and Siblings
1837–1914 Male
1850–1917 Female
Siblings (11)
1869–1915 Male
1872–1953 Male
1874–1876 Male
1877–1882 Male
1880–1956 Female
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World Events (8)
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 1
1872 · Montgomery Ward Inc.
Age 3
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
Age 13
Name Meaning
Czech, Slovak, Polish, and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): from Turek ‘Turk’, either an ethnic name for a Turk or a nickname for someone thought to resemble a Turk in some way.
Polish and Jewish (from Poland): habitational name from any of several places called Turek, in particular a town in Greater Poland Voivodeship.
Croatian and Slovenian: nickname for a refugee from the Turks (i.e. the Ottoman Empire) in the 15th and 16th centuries, from the ethnic name Turek ‘Turk’ (see Turk ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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