Individual Details
Jakub "Jacob" Skluzacek Jr
(1818 - 17 Aug 1877)
Immigration: Left Bremen, Germany in Oct 1859 and arrived in New York December 31, 1859 on the ship Edward. Then they took a ship to New Orleans and made their way up the Mississippi to St Louis on Jan 6, 1960 when ice haulted them until spring.
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Supplied by Helen Voracek:
Jacub Skluzacek came from Dunajic, in Czechoslovakia, and settled in the New Prague, Minnesota community about 1858. According to a history of Czech Immigrants to America by Jan Habenicht, it seems there was a rather numerous colony of Czech people in Dubuque at the time. Having heard that there are rich and relatively cheap lands available in Minnesota, they sent "scouts" to see what was available. The four scouts were: Albert Vrtis, M. Borak, J. Hansl, and Mat. Stepka. It is these four who were reported as having met a Benedictine priest in St. Paul and were invited to come north via the Mississippi to St. Cloud where the Benedictines were just starting. Since they were probably traveling via an ordinary boat, it is easily possible that they got mixed up at the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi. In any case they took the Minnesota instead and arrived in Shakopee. Here they discovered that about 30 miles to the southwest of Shakopee, there was still a good deal of government land available cheap and that recently a settler had gone there -- a German by the name of Philip -- on recommendation from the Bishop of St Paul. They discovered that Mr. Phillip was also a Catholic. They arranged for some land and went back for their families. They and evidently some other families arrived in August 1856. In 1857 additional pioneers arrived in the same way; viz., up the Mississippi and via the Minnesota to Shakopee and then by oxen and wagon to New Prague. Sometime between 1858 and 1861 Jacub Skluzacek and his family arrived. Habenicht cites only Joseph Skluzacek as having arrived but other sources suggest that the whole family came together. The only exception is Jacub's wife. There were some conflicting reports and assertions. One is that Jacub's wife who was born Anna Mracek, lived until 1890. Dr. Stanley Kucera alleges that his mother who was the oldest in the family of Joseph Skluzacek Senior, told him her grandmother (i.e. Jacub's wife,) died in Dubuque. Father Stephen Kucera had discovered a monument in one of the cemeteries and insisted that it was her.
Based on "Minnesota Czech Heritage" Article as seen by Helen Voracek:
The Jacub (sic) Skluzacek family had a few acres of land in a little hamlet called Dunajice in the region of Budejovice in Czechoslovakia and supplemented their income with Blacksmithing. In fact the family was rather universally referred to as the "Kovar's" -- even in this country. A good friend of Jacub, Mr. Frank Bruzek, came to this country already in 1856 and was among the founders of New Prague, Minnesota. He wrote to Jacub extolling the opportunities here and suggesting that there was a great need of a blacksmith in New Prague.
It seems they came by some freight ship to New Orleans and came up the Mississippi to St. Louis. There the river began to be frozen over and so they stay until May. They arrived there on the Feast of the Three Kings (January 6). It seems that they also stayed over for some time in Dubuque.
They came up to Shakopee and were there picked up by Albert Vrtis with a wagon pulled by oxen sometime between 1858 and 1861. Since Anton Phillip had recently erected a new home for himself, he offered them his log cabin and they moved in. Joseph Sr. at once began his blacksmithing and with his last $24 (whatever kind of money) he bought a cow and a few acres of land.
Son, Joseph, was only 15 years old when they came and he was a lover of horses. He became a staunch friend of Father Maly who was then the pastor of the St. Wenceslaus church in town, shod his horses and went on many trips with Father Maly, mostly on sick calls. (At that time having someone dependable along on a trip into the country would have been very important. There still were some hostile Indians in the area and wild animals also abounded since much of the area was woods.)
It was because of Joseph's friendship with Father Maly that Jacub was able to purchase some property. Father Maly knew English and he had some "clout" in the local bank. With borrowed money Jacub bought 150 acres about 5 1/2 miles southeast of New Prague for the whole family at first and later when Joseph got married it was given to Joseph and a daughter Marie. The two divided up the land and built two farmsteads. The place where Id later farmed used to be the Albert Pumper farm. Later this farm was evidently sold to a Schoenbaur and was known as "Schoenbaur place". Somewhere along the line, Joseph Sr. must have bought the place from the Schoenbaur's. Looking at some of the papers, that purported to be the deed on the place, it seems the farm was bought from a Patrick Cody. The cost was $360. The whole family moved to the farm and began clearing and farming. It seems that Jacub continued his blacksmithing at the new place and he also had a tavern. No doubt it was regarded as a good place to stop and feed the oxen or horses and rest up a little. Being over 5 miles from town it was about a half days drive, the roads being poor and the oxen relatively slow. This was about 1865.[v28t1505.FTW]
Immigration: December 31, 1859. Came to U.S through New Orleans on the ship Edward.
Facts about this person:
Burial
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery, New Prague MN
Source: v28t1505.FTW
Medium: Other
Date of Import: Jan 6, 2001
Immigration 1858
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He immigrated about 1861 to Moved family to America from Dunajice (near Lisov & Budejovice). They left behind an eight acre farm.
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Blacksmith
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Anna Skluszacek New Orleans, Passenger Lists, 1813-1963
This is from the passenger list presented to customs at the Port of New York on the Bark Edward on 31 Dec 1859.
109/ Jacob Sklusaczek 47 male Smith from Bohemia to USA
110/ Anna 40 female
111/ Joseph 16 male
112/ Wenzel 15 male
113/ Anna 12 female
114/ Jacob 10 male
115/ Thomas 6 male
116/ Elisabeth 1 female
117/ Adelbert Pumper 35 male farmer from Bohemia to USA
118/ Maria 20 female
Source Citation
The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1820-1902; NAI Number: 2824927; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; Record Group Number: 85
Description
Roll Number : 48
Source Information
Ancestry.com. New Orleans, Passenger Lists, 1813-1963 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006.
Original data: Selected Passenger and Crew Lists and Manifests. National Archives, Washington, D.C.View all sources.
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Jakub "Jacob" Skluzacek
Birth: 1818, Czech Republic
Death: Aug. 17, 1877
New Prague
Scott County
Minnesota, USA
Father:Martin Skluzacek (B:1783 Bohemia)
Mother:Theresia Vithy
Wife:Anna Katerina Mracek (1818-1890)
Children:
1.Jan "John" Krtitel Skluzacek (1837-1913)
2.Anna Skluzacek (1839-Infant)
3.Marie Skluzacek (1840-1917)
2.Joseph Skluzacek (1843-1923)
3.Yader James "Vaclav" James Skluzacek
(1846-1886)
4.Anna Skluzacek Schoenbauer (1848-1923)
5.Jakub AKA Jacob Skluzacek (1848-1931)
8.Thomas Skluzacek (1854-1945)
9.Alzbeta Skluzacek (1859-?)
Martin Skluzacek is the son of Matej
Skluzacek and Rosalia Kocourek (bio by: David Malecha)
Family links:
Spouse:
Anna Mracek Skluzacek (1818 - 1890)*
Children:
Jan Skluzacek (1837 - 1913)*
Anna Skluzackova (1839 - 1839)*
Marie Skluzacek Pumper (1840 - 1917)*
Josef Skluzacek (1843 - 1922)*
Vaclav Skluzacek (1845 - 1886)*
Anna Skluzacek Schoenbauer (1847 - 1923)*
Jacob Skluzacek (1848 - 1931)*
Tomas Skluzacek (1854 - 1945)*
Alzbeta Skluzacek (1859 - 1860)*
Burial:
Saint Wenceslaus Cemetery
New Prague
Scott County
Minnesota, USA
Created by: Tracy
Record added: Jul 14, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 39460475
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Inscription on their gravestone is shared with their daughter-in-law
Inscription:
Zde xxxx
odpocivan
a slavnicha
z mrlmich
vstani
ocekavany
Jakub Skluzacek
Anna
Manzelka a
Katerina
Snacha jejich
(Here rests a slovak who died of a stroke
Jakub Skluzacek, Anna, his wife and Katerina, their daughter-in-law)
Note: Katerina Bruzekova Skluzacek was daughter-in-law to Jakub and Anna
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Supplied by Helen Voracek:
Jacub Skluzacek came from Dunajic, in Czechoslovakia, and settled in the New Prague, Minnesota community about 1858. According to a history of Czech Immigrants to America by Jan Habenicht, it seems there was a rather numerous colony of Czech people in Dubuque at the time. Having heard that there are rich and relatively cheap lands available in Minnesota, they sent "scouts" to see what was available. The four scouts were: Albert Vrtis, M. Borak, J. Hansl, and Mat. Stepka. It is these four who were reported as having met a Benedictine priest in St. Paul and were invited to come north via the Mississippi to St. Cloud where the Benedictines were just starting. Since they were probably traveling via an ordinary boat, it is easily possible that they got mixed up at the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi. In any case they took the Minnesota instead and arrived in Shakopee. Here they discovered that about 30 miles to the southwest of Shakopee, there was still a good deal of government land available cheap and that recently a settler had gone there -- a German by the name of Philip -- on recommendation from the Bishop of St Paul. They discovered that Mr. Phillip was also a Catholic. They arranged for some land and went back for their families. They and evidently some other families arrived in August 1856. In 1857 additional pioneers arrived in the same way; viz., up the Mississippi and via the Minnesota to Shakopee and then by oxen and wagon to New Prague. Sometime between 1858 and 1861 Jacub Skluzacek and his family arrived. Habenicht cites only Joseph Skluzacek as having arrived but other sources suggest that the whole family came together. The only exception is Jacub's wife. There were some conflicting reports and assertions. One is that Jacub's wife who was born Anna Mracek, lived until 1890. Dr. Stanley Kucera alleges that his mother who was the oldest in the family of Joseph Skluzacek Senior, told him her grandmother (i.e. Jacub's wife,) died in Dubuque. Father Stephen Kucera had discovered a monument in one of the cemeteries and insisted that it was her.
Based on "Minnesota Czech Heritage" Article as seen by Helen Voracek:
The Jacub (sic) Skluzacek family had a few acres of land in a little hamlet called Dunajice in the region of Budejovice in Czechoslovakia and supplemented their income with Blacksmithing. In fact the family was rather universally referred to as the "Kovar's" -- even in this country. A good friend of Jacub, Mr. Frank Bruzek, came to this country already in 1856 and was among the founders of New Prague, Minnesota. He wrote to Jacub extolling the opportunities here and suggesting that there was a great need of a blacksmith in New Prague.
It seems they came by some freight ship to New Orleans and came up the Mississippi to St. Louis. There the river began to be frozen over and so they stay until May. They arrived there on the Feast of the Three Kings (January 6). It seems that they also stayed over for some time in Dubuque.
They came up to Shakopee and were there picked up by Albert Vrtis with a wagon pulled by oxen sometime between 1858 and 1861. Since Anton Phillip had recently erected a new home for himself, he offered them his log cabin and they moved in. Joseph Sr. at once began his blacksmithing and with his last $24 (whatever kind of money) he bought a cow and a few acres of land.
Son, Joseph, was only 15 years old when they came and he was a lover of horses. He became a staunch friend of Father Maly who was then the pastor of the St. Wenceslaus church in town, shod his horses and went on many trips with Father Maly, mostly on sick calls. (At that time having someone dependable along on a trip into the country would have been very important. There still were some hostile Indians in the area and wild animals also abounded since much of the area was woods.)
It was because of Joseph's friendship with Father Maly that Jacub was able to purchase some property. Father Maly knew English and he had some "clout" in the local bank. With borrowed money Jacub bought 150 acres about 5 1/2 miles southeast of New Prague for the whole family at first and later when Joseph got married it was given to Joseph and a daughter Marie. The two divided up the land and built two farmsteads. The place where Id later farmed used to be the Albert Pumper farm. Later this farm was evidently sold to a Schoenbaur and was known as "Schoenbaur place". Somewhere along the line, Joseph Sr. must have bought the place from the Schoenbaur's. Looking at some of the papers, that purported to be the deed on the place, it seems the farm was bought from a Patrick Cody. The cost was $360. The whole family moved to the farm and began clearing and farming. It seems that Jacub continued his blacksmithing at the new place and he also had a tavern. No doubt it was regarded as a good place to stop and feed the oxen or horses and rest up a little. Being over 5 miles from town it was about a half days drive, the roads being poor and the oxen relatively slow. This was about 1865.[v28t1505.FTW]
Immigration: December 31, 1859. Came to U.S through New Orleans on the ship Edward.
Facts about this person:
Burial
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery, New Prague MN
Source: v28t1505.FTW
Medium: Other
Date of Import: Jan 6, 2001
Immigration 1858
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He immigrated about 1861 to Moved family to America from Dunajice (near Lisov & Budejovice). They left behind an eight acre farm.
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Blacksmith
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Anna Skluszacek New Orleans, Passenger Lists, 1813-1963
This is from the passenger list presented to customs at the Port of New York on the Bark Edward on 31 Dec 1859.
109/ Jacob Sklusaczek 47 male Smith from Bohemia to USA
110/ Anna 40 female
111/ Joseph 16 male
112/ Wenzel 15 male
113/ Anna 12 female
114/ Jacob 10 male
115/ Thomas 6 male
116/ Elisabeth 1 female
117/ Adelbert Pumper 35 male farmer from Bohemia to USA
118/ Maria 20 female
Source Citation
The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1820-1902; NAI Number: 2824927; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; Record Group Number: 85
Description
Roll Number : 48
Source Information
Ancestry.com. New Orleans, Passenger Lists, 1813-1963 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006.
Original data: Selected Passenger and Crew Lists and Manifests. National Archives, Washington, D.C.View all sources.
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Jakub "Jacob" Skluzacek
Birth: 1818, Czech Republic
Death: Aug. 17, 1877
New Prague
Scott County
Minnesota, USA
Father:Martin Skluzacek (B:1783 Bohemia)
Mother:Theresia Vithy
Wife:Anna Katerina Mracek (1818-1890)
Children:
1.Jan "John" Krtitel Skluzacek (1837-1913)
2.Anna Skluzacek (1839-Infant)
3.Marie Skluzacek (1840-1917)
2.Joseph Skluzacek (1843-1923)
3.Yader James "Vaclav" James Skluzacek
(1846-1886)
4.Anna Skluzacek Schoenbauer (1848-1923)
5.Jakub AKA Jacob Skluzacek (1848-1931)
8.Thomas Skluzacek (1854-1945)
9.Alzbeta Skluzacek (1859-?)
Martin Skluzacek is the son of Matej
Skluzacek and Rosalia Kocourek (bio by: David Malecha)
Family links:
Spouse:
Anna Mracek Skluzacek (1818 - 1890)*
Children:
Jan Skluzacek (1837 - 1913)*
Anna Skluzackova (1839 - 1839)*
Marie Skluzacek Pumper (1840 - 1917)*
Josef Skluzacek (1843 - 1922)*
Vaclav Skluzacek (1845 - 1886)*
Anna Skluzacek Schoenbauer (1847 - 1923)*
Jacob Skluzacek (1848 - 1931)*
Tomas Skluzacek (1854 - 1945)*
Alzbeta Skluzacek (1859 - 1860)*
Burial:
Saint Wenceslaus Cemetery
New Prague
Scott County
Minnesota, USA
Created by: Tracy
Record added: Jul 14, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 39460475
=======================
Inscription on their gravestone is shared with their daughter-in-law
Inscription:
Zde xxxx
odpocivan
a slavnicha
z mrlmich
vstani
ocekavany
Jakub Skluzacek
Anna
Manzelka a
Katerina
Snacha jejich
(Here rests a slovak who died of a stroke
Jakub Skluzacek, Anna, his wife and Katerina, their daughter-in-law)
Note: Katerina Bruzekova Skluzacek was daughter-in-law to Jakub and Anna
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Events
| Birth | 1818 | Dunajovice, South Bohemia, Czech Republic |  | ||
| Marriage | 17 Nov 1836 | Dunajovice, South Bohemia, Czech Republic - Anna Mracek | |||
| Immigration | 31 Dec 1859 | New York from Breman or to New Orleans | |||
| Death | 17 Aug 1877 | New Prague, Scott, Minnesota, United States | |||
| Burial | St Wenceslaus Cemetery, New Prague, Scott, Minnesota, United States |
Families
| Spouse | Anna Mracek (1818 - 1890) |
| Child | Marie Skluzacek (1840 - 1917) |
| Child | Jan Krtitel "John" Skluzacek (1837 - 1913) |
| Child | James "Wenceslaus" Skluzacek (1845 - 1886) |
| Child | Joseph "Josef" Skluzacek (1843 - 1922) |
| Child | Anna Skluzacek (1847 - 1923) |
| Child | Jakub "Jacob" Skluzacek (1848 - 1931) |
| Child | Thomas Skluzacek (1854 - 1945) |
| Child | Elizabeth "Alzabeth" Skluzacek (1858 - 1859) |
| Child | Anna Skluzacek (1839 - 1839) |
| Father | Martin Skluzacek Sr (1783 - ) |
| Mother | Theresa Vithy ( - ) |
Notes
Birth
Or 1812; Czechoslovakia;or 14 Feb 1810, Dunajovice, South Bohemia, Czech Republic
or 14 Feb 1819
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