Emma Sokol was born April 25, 1889 near Vining, Iowa, the third daughter of Joseph and Anna Hanus Sokol. She received her education in the Tama County School system and as she grew up to be a young lady she did domestic work.
Emma met Vaclav (Vencil) Bartos (Bartosh) at a neighborhood dance. They were married in Toledo, Iowa on November 26, 1912. They lived on farms near Vining, Belle Plaine and Elberon until they bought their own farm one-mile northeast of Vining.
Emma and Vencil had five daughters:
Alice, Sep 15, 1913, married Joseph Zeman on Oct 25, 1933;
Grace, Feb 9, 1915, married Conrad Schnepf on Mar 21, 1950;
Agnes, Aug 1, 1916 was still born;
Lillian, Apr 15, 1922, married Fred Dostal on Sep 30, 1941;
Rose, Apr 28, 1924, married Kenneth Chitty on Mar 28, 1942.
They lived on their farm until Vencil's health failed. They moved to Toledo in 1933, where Vencil operated a shoe repair shop. He was able to use the skills he had learned as a young man in Czechoslovakia.
Vencil died of cancer on November 5, 1934. Emma finished raising her family and continued living in Toledo until she died of a stroke on February 10, 1972.
Both are buried in the National Cemetery near Vining, Iowa where Emma's grandfather, Joseph Sokol, was the first person to be buried.
Bio info obtained from "Bartosh, Vencil and Emma (Sokol) F46" as written by Mrs. Fred Dostal for the book titled History of Tama County Iowa, Volume I, 1987, 977.7756 HIS Iowa, as found in the Toledo Public Library.
Thanks,
Capt. Dave
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Emma met Vaclav (Vencil) Bartos (Bartosh) at a neighborhood dance. They were married in Toledo, Iowa on November 26, 1912. They lived on farms near Vining, Belle Plaine and Elberon until they bought their own farm one-mile northeast of Vining.
Emma and Vencil had five daughters:
Alice, Sep 15, 1913, married Joseph Zeman on Oct 25, 1933;
Grace, Feb 9, 1915, married Conrad Schnepf on Mar 21, 1950;
Agnes, Aug 1, 1916 was still born;
Lillian, Apr 15, 1922, married Fred Dostal on Sep 30, 1941;
Rose, Apr 28, 1924, married Kenneth Chitty on Mar 28, 1942.
They lived on their farm until Vencil's health failed. They moved to Toledo in 1933, where Vencil operated a shoe repair shop. He was able to use the skills he had learned as a young man in Czechoslovakia.
Vencil died of cancer on November 5, 1934. Emma finished raising her family and continued living in Toledo until she died of a stroke on February 10, 1972.
Both are buried in the National Cemetery near Vining, Iowa where Emma's grandfather, Joseph Sokol, was the first person to be buried.
Bio info obtained from "Bartosh, Vencil and Emma (Sokol) F46" as written by Mrs. Fred Dostal for the book titled History of Tama County Iowa, Volume I, 1987, 977.7756 HIS Iowa, as found in the Toledo Public Library.
Thanks,
Capt. Dave
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Emma Sokol was born April 25, 1889 near Vining, Iowa, the third daughter of Joseph and Anna Hanus Sokol. She received her education in the Tama County School system and as she grew up to be a young lady she did domestic work.
Emma met Vaclav (Vencil) Bartos (Bartosh) at a neighborhood dance. They were married in Toledo, Iowa on November 26, 1912. They lived on farms near Vining, Belle Plaine and Elberon until they bought their own farm one-mile northeast of Vining.
Emma and Vencil had five daughters:
Alice, Sep 15, 1913, married Joseph Zeman on Oct 25, 1933;
Grace, Feb 9, 1915, married Conrad Schnepf on Mar 21, 1950;
Agnes, Aug 1, 1916 was still born;
Lillian, Apr 15, 1922, married Fred Dostal on Sep 30, 1941;
Rose, Apr 28, 1924, married Kenneth Chitty on Mar 28, 1942.
They lived on their farm until Vencil's health failed. They moved to Toledo in 1933, where Vencil operated a shoe repair shop. He was able to use the skills he had learned as a young man in Czechoslovakia.
Vencil died of cancer on November 5, 1934. Emma finished raising her family and continued living in Toledo until she died of a stroke on February 10, 1972.
Both are buried in the National Cemetery near Vining, Iowa where Emma's grandfather, Joseph Sokol, was the first person to be buried.
Bio info obtained from "Bartosh, Vencil and Emma (Sokol) F46" as written by Mrs. Fred Dostal for the book titled History of Tama County Iowa, Volume I, 1987, 977.7756 HIS Iowa, as found in the Toledo Public Library.
Thanks,
Capt. Dave
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Emma met Vaclav (Vencil) Bartos (Bartosh) at a neighborhood dance. They were married in Toledo, Iowa on November 26, 1912. They lived on farms near Vining, Belle Plaine and Elberon until they bought their own farm one-mile northeast of Vining.
Emma and Vencil had five daughters:
Alice, Sep 15, 1913, married Joseph Zeman on Oct 25, 1933;
Grace, Feb 9, 1915, married Conrad Schnepf on Mar 21, 1950;
Agnes, Aug 1, 1916 was still born;
Lillian, Apr 15, 1922, married Fred Dostal on Sep 30, 1941;
Rose, Apr 28, 1924, married Kenneth Chitty on Mar 28, 1942.
They lived on their farm until Vencil's health failed. They moved to Toledo in 1933, where Vencil operated a shoe repair shop. He was able to use the skills he had learned as a young man in Czechoslovakia.
Vencil died of cancer on November 5, 1934. Emma finished raising her family and continued living in Toledo until she died of a stroke on February 10, 1972.
Both are buried in the National Cemetery near Vining, Iowa where Emma's grandfather, Joseph Sokol, was the first person to be buried.
Bio info obtained from "Bartosh, Vencil and Emma (Sokol) F46" as written by Mrs. Fred Dostal for the book titled History of Tama County Iowa, Volume I, 1987, 977.7756 HIS Iowa, as found in the Toledo Public Library.
Thanks,
Capt. Dave
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