Johan Bilek was born in the Bohemian district of the Austria/Hungary Empire (now Czech Republic) in the summer of 1852. He came to America at age 2 with his parents aboard the SS Sir Robert Peel, January 26, 1854. His father, Joseph died when John was only 13 years old and his mother, Catarina then married a fellow Bohemian by the name of Wenzel Cada, on February 24, 1868.
These three immigrants are seen on the 1870 St. Louis City census living in Ward 2 along with John's older brother Joseph J. Beleck, age 19, and his younger sister Rosa Beleck, age 12. At that time John Beleck was 17 years old and listed as a worker in a "bucket factory."
Shortly after the 1870 census was taken, 19 year old John Beleck traveled back to Bohemia for some unknown reason then is found re-entering the United Stated via Baltimore after disembarking from the SS Berlin (from Bremen) in May of 1872. Also aboard this vessel were two new immigrants, Marie Peterka (age 45) and her daughter, Marie Peterka (age 16) who would become John Beleck's wife two years and three months later. Was it just a coincidence that Mary and her mother were travelling on the same ship as John or did they meet there for the first time? Perhaps his intent all along was to travel back to his homeland and fetch the widow Peterka and her beautiful daughter Marie back to America.
Mary Peterka and John Beleck were married the same day as John's older brother Joseph Beleck who wed Magdalene Sevlacek. These unions took place together in St. John Nepomuk Church in St. Louis, Missouri, on August 11, 1874.
1880 U.S. Census: Address 1941 Decatur St, Saint Louis, MO (Independent City) District 59, HH #0424, June 11, 1880.
Betelka Mary F 54 (1826) WD Bohemia
Bileck Mary F 24 (1856) wife M Bohemia
Bileck John M 27 (1853 M Bohemia (bricklayer)
Bileck Joseph M 4 (1876) son S MO
Bileck Josephine F 2 (1878) dau S MO
1887 address: 312 S. 4th St. Saint Louis, MO
1888 address: 1843 S. 12th
1893 address: 10th & Carroll
John Beleck died of heart disease when he was only 42 years old on July 27, 1893. He is buried in St. Louis, Missouri. No picture of him has ever been found.
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These three immigrants are seen on the 1870 St. Louis City census living in Ward 2 along with John's older brother Joseph J. Beleck, age 19, and his younger sister Rosa Beleck, age 12. At that time John Beleck was 17 years old and listed as a worker in a "bucket factory."
Shortly after the 1870 census was taken, 19 year old John Beleck traveled back to Bohemia for some unknown reason then is found re-entering the United Stated via Baltimore after disembarking from the SS Berlin (from Bremen) in May of 1872. Also aboard this vessel were two new immigrants, Marie Peterka (age 45) and her daughter, Marie Peterka (age 16) who would become John Beleck's wife two years and three months later. Was it just a coincidence that Mary and her mother were travelling on the same ship as John or did they meet there for the first time? Perhaps his intent all along was to travel back to his homeland and fetch the widow Peterka and her beautiful daughter Marie back to America.
Mary Peterka and John Beleck were married the same day as John's older brother Joseph Beleck who wed Magdalene Sevlacek. These unions took place together in St. John Nepomuk Church in St. Louis, Missouri, on August 11, 1874.
1880 U.S. Census: Address 1941 Decatur St, Saint Louis, MO (Independent City) District 59, HH #0424, June 11, 1880.
Betelka Mary F 54 (1826) WD Bohemia
Bileck Mary F 24 (1856) wife M Bohemia
Bileck John M 27 (1853 M Bohemia (bricklayer)
Bileck Joseph M 4 (1876) son S MO
Bileck Josephine F 2 (1878) dau S MO
1887 address: 312 S. 4th St. Saint Louis, MO
1888 address: 1843 S. 12th
1893 address: 10th & Carroll
John Beleck died of heart disease when he was only 42 years old on July 27, 1893. He is buried in St. Louis, Missouri. No picture of him has ever been found.
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Johan Bilek was born in the Bohemian district of the Austria/Hungary Empire (now Czech Republic) in the summer of 1852. He came to America at age 2 with his parents aboard the SS Sir Robert Peel, January 26, 1854. His father, Joseph died when John was only 13 years old and his mother, Catarina then married a fellow Bohemian by the name of Wenzel Cada, on February 24, 1868.
These three immigrants are seen on the 1870 St. Louis City census living in Ward 2 along with John's older brother Joseph J. Beleck, age 19, and his younger sister Rosa Beleck, age 12. At that time John Beleck was 17 years old and listed as a worker in a "bucket factory."
Shortly after the 1870 census was taken, 19 year old John Beleck traveled back to Bohemia for some unknown reason then is found re-entering the United Stated via Baltimore after disembarking from the SS Berlin (from Bremen) in May of 1872. Also aboard this vessel were two new immigrants, Marie Peterka (age 45) and her daughter, Marie Peterka (age 16) who would become John Beleck's wife two years and three months later. Was it just a coincidence that Mary and her mother were travelling on the same ship as John or did they meet there for the first time? Perhaps his intent all along was to travel back to his homeland and fetch the widow Peterka and her beautiful daughter Marie back to America.
Mary Peterka and John Beleck were married the same day as John's older brother Joseph Beleck who wed Magdalene Sevlacek. These unions took place together in St. John Nepomuk Church in St. Louis, Missouri, on August 11, 1874.
1880 U.S. Census: Address 1941 Decatur St, Saint Louis, MO (Independent City) District 59, HH #0424, June 11, 1880.
Betelka Mary F 54 (1826) WD Bohemia
Bileck Mary F 24 (1856) wife M Bohemia
Bileck John M 27 (1853 M Bohemia (bricklayer)
Bileck Joseph M 4 (1876) son S MO
Bileck Josephine F 2 (1878) dau S MO
1887 address: 312 S. 4th St. Saint Louis, MO
1888 address: 1843 S. 12th
1893 address: 10th & Carroll
John Beleck died of heart disease when he was only 42 years old on July 27, 1893. He is buried in St. Louis, Missouri. No picture of him has ever been found.
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These three immigrants are seen on the 1870 St. Louis City census living in Ward 2 along with John's older brother Joseph J. Beleck, age 19, and his younger sister Rosa Beleck, age 12. At that time John Beleck was 17 years old and listed as a worker in a "bucket factory."
Shortly after the 1870 census was taken, 19 year old John Beleck traveled back to Bohemia for some unknown reason then is found re-entering the United Stated via Baltimore after disembarking from the SS Berlin (from Bremen) in May of 1872. Also aboard this vessel were two new immigrants, Marie Peterka (age 45) and her daughter, Marie Peterka (age 16) who would become John Beleck's wife two years and three months later. Was it just a coincidence that Mary and her mother were travelling on the same ship as John or did they meet there for the first time? Perhaps his intent all along was to travel back to his homeland and fetch the widow Peterka and her beautiful daughter Marie back to America.
Mary Peterka and John Beleck were married the same day as John's older brother Joseph Beleck who wed Magdalene Sevlacek. These unions took place together in St. John Nepomuk Church in St. Louis, Missouri, on August 11, 1874.
1880 U.S. Census: Address 1941 Decatur St, Saint Louis, MO (Independent City) District 59, HH #0424, June 11, 1880.
Betelka Mary F 54 (1826) WD Bohemia
Bileck Mary F 24 (1856) wife M Bohemia
Bileck John M 27 (1853 M Bohemia (bricklayer)
Bileck Joseph M 4 (1876) son S MO
Bileck Josephine F 2 (1878) dau S MO
1887 address: 312 S. 4th St. Saint Louis, MO
1888 address: 1843 S. 12th
1893 address: 10th & Carroll
John Beleck died of heart disease when he was only 42 years old on July 27, 1893. He is buried in St. Louis, Missouri. No picture of him has ever been found.
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