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Josephine Slama Prokop

Birth: 16 Jan 1859
Czech Republic
Death: 10 Apr 1948 (aged 89)
Burlington, Coffey County, Kansas, USA
Burial: Wilber Czech Cemetery

Wilber, Saline County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 75216379 View Source

Josefa Slama, daughter of Jan and Josefa Kuncova Slama, was born in Tri Studne, Nove Mesto, Moravia, which was then part of the Austria-Hungary Empire. Her mother died in Moravia. Her father then married Josefa Havlikova. Josephine immigrated in 1878 with her father, step-mother, two brothers, three sisters, and one half-sister. They settled first in Wilber, Nebraska and then in Clay County, near Fairfield, Nebraska.

Josephine married Frank J. Prokop on July 11, 1879 in Wilber, Nebraska. They had seven children. In addition to Ida linked below, the children were:

Elizabeth Bessie (1822-?) married Joseph Skocpol
Frank A. (1888-?) married Clara Vosika
Adolph (1884-1979) married Emma Kostecka
Joseph Edward (1895-1970)
Anna Prokop (1880-1970) married George Wolfe
August (1890-1990) married Wilma Fitl

Josefa Slama, daughter of Jan and Josefa Kuncova Slama, was born in Tri Studne, Nove Mesto, Moravia, which was then part of the Austria-Hungary Empire. Her mother died in Moravia. Her father then married Josefa Havlikova. Josephine immigrated in 1878 with her father, step-mother, two brothers, three sisters, and one half-sister. They settled first in Wilber, Nebraska and then in Clay County, near Fairfield, Nebraska.

Josephine married Frank J. Prokop on July 11, 1879 in Wilber, Nebraska. They had seven children. In addition to Ida linked below, the children were:

Elizabeth Bessie (1822-?) married Joseph Skocpol
Frank A. (1888-?) married Clara Vosika
Adolph (1884-1979) married Emma Kostecka
Joseph Edward (1895-1970)
Anna Prokop (1880-1970) married George Wolfe
August (1890-1990) married Wilma Fitl

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John Slama

1834–1913

Spouse

Frank J. Prokop

1855–1946 (m. 1879)

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Created by: Jan Wisdom Lange
Added: Aug 20, 2011
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75216379/josephine-prokop: accessed ), memorial page for Josephine Slama Prokop (16 Jan 1859–10 Apr 1948), Find a Grave Memorial ID 75216379, citing Wilber Czech Cemetery, Wilber, Saline County, Nebraska, USA; Maintained by Jan Wisdom Lange (contributor 47586771).

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