Peter Jilek (1883-1967) - Find a Grave Memorial

Peter Jilek

Birth

30 Jul 1883

Death

Mar 1967 (aged 83)

Burial

Woodlawn Cemetery

Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA Add to Map

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Arrived in the USA from port Rotterdam to NYC on 10-3-1910 aboard the ship Noordam. Arrived with mother Magdalena, brother Emanuel, Emanuel's wife, Hermine, their son Emil, Peter's brother Tomas and brother Frank.

WWII Registration lists birth location as Habartitz, Bohemia. Naturalized on 9-8-1916. One sponsor was Hynek Martinek, husband of Marie Kolar, sister to Karolena.

Deceased Name: Peter Jilek
Peter Jilek , dearly beloved husband of Caroline; loving father of Helen [Emil] Seda and Otto [Bessie] Jilek ; grandfather of Lee Seda; brother of Thomas and Frank. Funeral Thursday, March 23, at 1 p.m., John T. Chrastka Memorial Chapels, 6301 W. Cermak road, Berwyn. Cremation Woodlawn Cemetery.

Two known children:
Helen Jilek 2-1-1915 married Emil Seda
Otto Jilek 3-15-1916

Census Records:
1920 Illinois Cook Chicago Ward 10 D0626 Page 15
Peter, Karolena, Helen, Otto
1930 Illinois Cook Chicago D927 Page 12
Peter, Karolena, Helen, Otto
1940 Illinois Cook Chicago 103-27 Page 25
Peter, Karolena

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Carolina Kolar Jilek

1888–1967 (m. 1912)

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