Family: James J. Girmus / Anna "Annie" May Matejka (F5897)

• Father | Male James J. Girmus

  
  

  Born	13 Apr 1883	Fillmore County, Nebraska
  Died	26 Mar 1943	Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska
  Buried		Bohemian Brethren Cemetery (AKA Cesky Bratri Cemetery), Fillmore County, Nebraska
  Married	29 Oct 1907  [1]
  Father	Gottlieb Girmus | F3259 Group Sheet
  Mother	Katherine Sopr | F3259 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Anna "Annie" May Matejka

  
  

  Born	11 Oct 1891	Fillmore County, Nebraska
  Died	30 Jul 1971	Fillmore County, Nebraska
  Buried		Bohemian Brethren Cemetery (AKA Cesky Bratri Cemetery), Fillmore County, Nebraska
  Father	Vaclav "James" Matejka | F5854 Group Sheet
  Mother	Anna Simacek | F5854 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Male Edward Girmus

  
  

  Born	Abt 1909	Nebraska
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 2 | Male Frank Girmus

  
  

  Born	Abt 1911	Nebraska
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 3 | Male William Girmus

  
  

  Born	Abt 1913	Nebraska
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 4 | Male James Girmus

  
  

  Born	Abt 1915	Nebraska
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 5 | Female Mildred Girmus

  
  

  Born	Abt 1917	Nebraska
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 6 | Male Emil Girmus

  
  

  Born	30 May 1919	Nebraska
  Died	4 Apr 1992	Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska
  Buried		Geneva Public Cemetery, Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska
  Spouse	Louise Katherine Brown | F11825
  Married

  
  

  Child 7 | Male Joe Girmus

  
  

  Born	26 Jul 1921	Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska
  Died	13 Jun 2001	Crete Riverside Cemetery, Saline County, Nebraska
  Buried		Wilber Czech Cemetery (Bohemian-Slavonian Cemetery), Wilber, Saline County, Nebraska
  Spouse	Sylvia Michl | F14242
  Married	28 Feb 1950	Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska

  
  

  Child 8 | Male Living

  
  

  Born
  Died
  Buried

  
  

  Child 9 | Female Living

  
  

  Born
  Died
  Buried

  
  

  Child 10 | Male Rudolph "Rudy" Girmus

  
  

  Born	16 Nov 1927	Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska
  Died	16 Feb 1998	Fillmore County, Nebraska
  Buried
  Spouse	Lenoris M. Elznic | F1643
  Married	16 Feb 1952

  
  

  Child 11 | Male Raymond Girmus

  
  

  Born	5 Dec 1929	Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska
  Died	30 Oct 2009	Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska
  Buried

  
  

  Child 12 | Male Adolph "Al" Girmus

  
  

  Born	21 Jan 1932	Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska
  Died	24 Jan 2010	Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska
  Buried

  
  

• Notes

  Married: James and Anna spent all of their lives farming in Nebraska except for a few early years in their marriage when they were homesteading in Chugwater, Wyoming. They had twelve children: Edward, Frank, William, James, Mildred who married Ervin Odvody, Emil, Joe, John, Helen who married Hubert Koehn, Rudolph, Raymond, and Adolph. (Milligan, p 277).

  
  

• Sources

  [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), 277 (Reliability: 3).