Mary Magdalena Maxa was born in Bohemia to Franz Maxa and Anna Skomicka.
Mrs. Alexander Kafka Proves Endurance at Her Golden Wedding
Members of Big Family furnish the Talent for Guests' Entertainment
Mrs. Alexander Kafka, 68 years old and the mother of 17 children, danced gayly with her 51 children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren at the celebration of her golden wedding. During the whole evening she did not miss one of the dances of her native country, Bohemia, and she surprised even herself at the activity and verve she threw into the diversion.
The celebration took place from 9 a.m. Sunday until 1 a. m. Monday in a hall. But six of Mr. and Mrs. Kafka's children are living. There are 31 grand children and 13 great-grandchildren, all in St. Louis.
Mr. and Mrs. Kafka live at 2717 McNair avenue. They came to American in 1862. The husband is 80 years old and the wife 68. Except for a few years in Baltimore, St. Louis has been their residence since, and their present home has housed them 28 years of the 40 in the city.
Kafka is a retired merchant tailor and is well known, especially in Bohemian circles.
Of the 17 children born to the Kafkas in their 50 years of wedlock, the oldest is 49 and the youngest 24. Nine of 10 boys and two of the seven girls died at the ages of 2 and 3. Those living are Mrs. Mary Kotrba, Mrs. Theresa Marx, Mrs. Carrie Bosch, Mrs. Elsie Weber, Mrs. Ophelia Weber and Joseph Kafka. The son is also married.
Four cooks were employed to prepare the eatables for this large gathering and in the evening a large supply of refreshments was laid in.
While the guests went back and forth to the feast a concert was in progress all day which was participated in only by members of the family. Nearly all of the grandchildren are musicians, singers or elocutionists, and three brothers of one family and their sister made up the first orchestra, the sister playing the piano. When they became tired others took their places, but always some member of the large family.
As the house was packed all the time a host of friends were compelled to shout their congratulations from the street and yard. In the evening all of the family and friends formed a line of march and escorted the aged couple to the hall, but only the intimate friends found space even there.
St. Louis & Missouri Womanhood Vol 3A St.L. 920 Am 3, a newspaper article reprinted from the St. Louis Post-dispatch circa 1907. Missouri Historical Society Library (8/17/99)
KAFKA-Entered into rest on Tuesday, March 28, 1916, Mary Magdaline Kafka (nee Maxa), beloved mother of Mrs. M. Koteba, Mrs. Theresa Marx, Mrs. Elsie Vorel, Mrs. Tillie Weber (nee Kafka) and Joseph Kafka, and our grandmother and great-grandmother, in her seventy-seventh year.
Funeral from the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Theresa Marx, 2850 Pestalozzi street, Friday, March 31, at 2 p.m., to National Cemetery, Motor. (St. Louis Dispatch
Mrs. Alexander Kafka Proves Endurance at Her Golden Wedding
Members of Big Family furnish the Talent for Guests' Entertainment
Mrs. Alexander Kafka, 68 years old and the mother of 17 children, danced gayly with her 51 children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren at the celebration of her golden wedding. During the whole evening she did not miss one of the dances of her native country, Bohemia, and she surprised even herself at the activity and verve she threw into the diversion.
The celebration took place from 9 a.m. Sunday until 1 a. m. Monday in a hall. But six of Mr. and Mrs. Kafka's children are living. There are 31 grand children and 13 great-grandchildren, all in St. Louis.
Mr. and Mrs. Kafka live at 2717 McNair avenue. They came to American in 1862. The husband is 80 years old and the wife 68. Except for a few years in Baltimore, St. Louis has been their residence since, and their present home has housed them 28 years of the 40 in the city.
Kafka is a retired merchant tailor and is well known, especially in Bohemian circles.
Of the 17 children born to the Kafkas in their 50 years of wedlock, the oldest is 49 and the youngest 24. Nine of 10 boys and two of the seven girls died at the ages of 2 and 3. Those living are Mrs. Mary Kotrba, Mrs. Theresa Marx, Mrs. Carrie Bosch, Mrs. Elsie Weber, Mrs. Ophelia Weber and Joseph Kafka. The son is also married.
Four cooks were employed to prepare the eatables for this large gathering and in the evening a large supply of refreshments was laid in.
While the guests went back and forth to the feast a concert was in progress all day which was participated in only by members of the family. Nearly all of the grandchildren are musicians, singers or elocutionists, and three brothers of one family and their sister made up the first orchestra, the sister playing the piano. When they became tired others took their places, but always some member of the large family.
As the house was packed all the time a host of friends were compelled to shout their congratulations from the street and yard. In the evening all of the family and friends formed a line of march and escorted the aged couple to the hall, but only the intimate friends found space even there.
St. Louis & Missouri Womanhood Vol 3A St.L. 920 Am 3, a newspaper article reprinted from the St. Louis Post-dispatch circa 1907. Missouri Historical Society Library (8/17/99)
KAFKA-Entered into rest on Tuesday, March 28, 1916, Mary Magdaline Kafka (nee Maxa), beloved mother of Mrs. M. Koteba, Mrs. Theresa Marx, Mrs. Elsie Vorel, Mrs. Tillie Weber (nee Kafka) and Joseph Kafka, and our grandmother and great-grandmother, in her seventy-seventh year.
Funeral from the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Theresa Marx, 2850 Pestalozzi street, Friday, March 31, at 2 p.m., to National Cemetery, Motor. (St. Louis Dispatch
Mary Magdalena Maxa was born in Bohemia to Franz Maxa and Anna Skomicka.
Mrs. Alexander Kafka Proves Endurance at Her Golden Wedding
Members of Big Family furnish the Talent for Guests' Entertainment
Mrs. Alexander Kafka, 68 years old and the mother of 17 children, danced gayly with her 51 children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren at the celebration of her golden wedding. During the whole evening she did not miss one of the dances of her native country, Bohemia, and she surprised even herself at the activity and verve she threw into the diversion.
The celebration took place from 9 a.m. Sunday until 1 a. m. Monday in a hall. But six of Mr. and Mrs. Kafka's children are living. There are 31 grand children and 13 great-grandchildren, all in St. Louis.
Mr. and Mrs. Kafka live at 2717 McNair avenue. They came to American in 1862. The husband is 80 years old and the wife 68. Except for a few years in Baltimore, St. Louis has been their residence since, and their present home has housed them 28 years of the 40 in the city.
Kafka is a retired merchant tailor and is well known, especially in Bohemian circles.
Of the 17 children born to the Kafkas in their 50 years of wedlock, the oldest is 49 and the youngest 24. Nine of 10 boys and two of the seven girls died at the ages of 2 and 3. Those living are Mrs. Mary Kotrba, Mrs. Theresa Marx, Mrs. Carrie Bosch, Mrs. Elsie Weber, Mrs. Ophelia Weber and Joseph Kafka. The son is also married.
Four cooks were employed to prepare the eatables for this large gathering and in the evening a large supply of refreshments was laid in.
While the guests went back and forth to the feast a concert was in progress all day which was participated in only by members of the family. Nearly all of the grandchildren are musicians, singers or elocutionists, and three brothers of one family and their sister made up the first orchestra, the sister playing the piano. When they became tired others took their places, but always some member of the large family.
As the house was packed all the time a host of friends were compelled to shout their congratulations from the street and yard. In the evening all of the family and friends formed a line of march and escorted the aged couple to the hall, but only the intimate friends found space even there.
St. Louis & Missouri Womanhood Vol 3A St.L. 920 Am 3, a newspaper article reprinted from the St. Louis Post-dispatch circa 1907. Missouri Historical Society Library (8/17/99)
KAFKA-Entered into rest on Tuesday, March 28, 1916, Mary Magdaline Kafka (nee Maxa), beloved mother of Mrs. M. Koteba, Mrs. Theresa Marx, Mrs. Elsie Vorel, Mrs. Tillie Weber (nee Kafka) and Joseph Kafka, and our grandmother and great-grandmother, in her seventy-seventh year.
Funeral from the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Theresa Marx, 2850 Pestalozzi street, Friday, March 31, at 2 p.m., to National Cemetery, Motor. (St. Louis Dispatch
Mrs. Alexander Kafka Proves Endurance at Her Golden Wedding
Members of Big Family furnish the Talent for Guests' Entertainment
Mrs. Alexander Kafka, 68 years old and the mother of 17 children, danced gayly with her 51 children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren at the celebration of her golden wedding. During the whole evening she did not miss one of the dances of her native country, Bohemia, and she surprised even herself at the activity and verve she threw into the diversion.
The celebration took place from 9 a.m. Sunday until 1 a. m. Monday in a hall. But six of Mr. and Mrs. Kafka's children are living. There are 31 grand children and 13 great-grandchildren, all in St. Louis.
Mr. and Mrs. Kafka live at 2717 McNair avenue. They came to American in 1862. The husband is 80 years old and the wife 68. Except for a few years in Baltimore, St. Louis has been their residence since, and their present home has housed them 28 years of the 40 in the city.
Kafka is a retired merchant tailor and is well known, especially in Bohemian circles.
Of the 17 children born to the Kafkas in their 50 years of wedlock, the oldest is 49 and the youngest 24. Nine of 10 boys and two of the seven girls died at the ages of 2 and 3. Those living are Mrs. Mary Kotrba, Mrs. Theresa Marx, Mrs. Carrie Bosch, Mrs. Elsie Weber, Mrs. Ophelia Weber and Joseph Kafka. The son is also married.
Four cooks were employed to prepare the eatables for this large gathering and in the evening a large supply of refreshments was laid in.
While the guests went back and forth to the feast a concert was in progress all day which was participated in only by members of the family. Nearly all of the grandchildren are musicians, singers or elocutionists, and three brothers of one family and their sister made up the first orchestra, the sister playing the piano. When they became tired others took their places, but always some member of the large family.
As the house was packed all the time a host of friends were compelled to shout their congratulations from the street and yard. In the evening all of the family and friends formed a line of march and escorted the aged couple to the hall, but only the intimate friends found space even there.
St. Louis & Missouri Womanhood Vol 3A St.L. 920 Am 3, a newspaper article reprinted from the St. Louis Post-dispatch circa 1907. Missouri Historical Society Library (8/17/99)
KAFKA-Entered into rest on Tuesday, March 28, 1916, Mary Magdaline Kafka (nee Maxa), beloved mother of Mrs. M. Koteba, Mrs. Theresa Marx, Mrs. Elsie Vorel, Mrs. Tillie Weber (nee Kafka) and Joseph Kafka, and our grandmother and great-grandmother, in her seventy-seventh year.
Funeral from the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Theresa Marx, 2850 Pestalozzi street, Friday, March 31, at 2 p.m., to National Cemetery, Motor. (St. Louis Dispatch
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