Karel Volavka

Brief Life History of Karel

Karel Volavka was born on 24 October 1885, in Czechoslovakia. He had at least 8 sons and 1 daughter with Antonie Anton. He lived in Bluff Township, Sumner, Kansas, United States in 1930. He died on 28 April 1957, at the age of 71, and was buried in Caldwell, Sumner, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Karel Volavka
1885–1957
Antonie Anton
1894–1962
Charlie Volavka JR
1915–1999
Vlada Volavka
1916–1998
LaddieLaddie VolavkaVolavka
1917–
Melo Volavka
1918–1944
Jerry Volavka
1921–2007
Henry J. Volavka
1923–2002
Mary Mollie Volavka
1925–1999
Jerome Volavka
1927–2006
George Lamar Volavka
1930–1979

Sources (2)

  • Karel Volavka, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Karel Volavka, "United States Census, 1930"

World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1886 · Giving Working Men a Union

The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.

1904

St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

Name Meaning

From a Germanic word, karl, meaning ‘free man’, akin to Old English ceorl ‘man’. The name, Latin form Carolus, owed its popularity in medieval Europe to the Frankish leader Charlemagne ( ?742–814 ), who in 800 established himself as Holy Roman Emperor. His name (Latin Carolus Magnus) means ‘Charles the Great’. Carolus—or Karl, the German form—was a common name among Frankish leaders, including Charlemagne's grandfather Charles Martel ( 688–741 ). Charles is the French form. The name occurs occasionally in medieval Britain as Karolus or Carolus; it had a certain vogue in West Yorkshire from the 1400s, particularly among gentry families. The form Charles was chosen by Mary Queen of Scots ( 1542–87 ), who had been brought up in France, for her son, Charles James ( 1566–1625 ), who became King James VI of Scotland and, from 1603 , James I of England. His son and grandson both reigned as King Charles , and the name thus became established in the 17th century both in the Stuart royal house and among English and Scottish supporters of the Stuart monarchy. In the 18th century it was to some extent favoured, along with James , by Jacobites, supporters of the exiled Stuarts, opposed to the Hanoverian monarchy, especially in the Highlands of Scotland. In the 19th century the popularity of the name was further enhanced by romanticization of the story of ‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’, leader of the 1745 rebellion.

Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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