Jan "John" Holpuch

Notes:

The son of Peter and Kate HOLPUCH. He contracted 80 acres of railroad land in 1878, in Saline County. This land was later sold to Anton KUSKA. He contracted 160 acres, also in Atlanta Township, and later sold to Frank SOUKUP on September 2, 1891.

He and Frank STECH later bought land int he new town of Castor, which it Tobias today. The village granted them a license to sell malt spirits and liquor. John eventually made his home on a lot in Tobias, moving later to the Turkey Creek township. Prior to the turn of the century, he was in the implement business in Milligan.

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Census Information:

1880 Census

Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Oc
cupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
John HOLPUCH Self M Male W 41 BOH Farmer BOH BOH
Anna HOLPUCH Wife M Female W 43 BOH Keeping House BOH BOH
Catie HOLPUCH Dau S Female W 10 IA BOH BOH

Source Information:
Census Place Atlanta, Saline, Nebraska
Family History Library Film 1254755
NA Film Number T9-0755
Page Number 128A

Jan married Anna Hancol about 1866. Anna was born about 1837 in Bohemia; died after 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Agnes A. Holpuch was born about 1867 in Iowa; died on 27 Feb 1880 in Atlanta Township, Saline County, Nebraska.
2. Katherine Holpuch was born about 1870 in Iowa; and died.

Jan married Marie "Mary" Volmut on 6 Nov 1884 in Tobias, Saline County, Nebraska. Marie (daughter of Joseph Volmut and Anna Vanis) was born on 10 Jun 1862 in Bezdekov, Klatovy, Plzensk? kraj, Bohemia; died on 30 Mar 1936 in Lawrence, Nuckolls County, Nebraska; was buried in Bohemian Brethren Cemetery (AKA Cesky Bratri Cemetery), Fillmore County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
John HOLPUCH, age 46, was married to Mary VOLMUT, age 25, on November 6, 1884, by a Catholic priest at Tobias. The witnesses were John's daughter, Katherine, and Frank KRISL. (Milligan, p 302).

1. John Holpuch, Jr. was born in Jul 1885 in Saline County, Nebraska; died on 30 Jan 1888 in Saline County, Nebraska; was buried in Bohemian Brethren Cemetery (AKA Cesky Bratri Cemetery), Fillmore County, Nebraska.
2. Elizabeth Agnes Holpuch was born about 1887 in Saline County, Nebraska; died on 10 Apr 1928.
3. Anna Holpuch was born on 8 Jul 1889 in Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska; died on 31 Aug 1922; was buried in Bohemian Brethren Cemetery (AKA Cesky Bratri Cemetery), Fillmore County, Nebraska.
4. Frank Holpuch was born about 1891 in Saline County, Nebraska.
5. Mary Holpuch was born on 2 Feb 1894 in Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska; died on 13 Feb 1965 in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska; was buried in Lincoln Memorial Park, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska.
6. Joseph Holpuch was born on 16 Mar 1897 in Nebraska; died in Aug 1984 in Homeland, Riverside County, California.