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Anna Vavra

• Born July 26, 1886.  
• Immigrated to US June 22, 1905 at the age of 20 from Kuty,  Hungary 
  • on the S.S. Graf Waldersee sailing from Hamburg, Germany.  Her nationality is listed as Hungary/ Slovak; her occupation as farm maid,and the sponsoring relative or friend as  Frank Kadlik, Natick, MA 
• Married to Frank Hesek Nov 21, 1906 at Church of Our Lady of Czenslochovia
• Naturalized on June 1, 1936.
• Died Dec 2, 1962. Buried in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Natick, MA

Frank Hesek

• Born Oct 11, 1884
• Immigrated to US May 16, 1906
• Married Nov 21, 1906
• Naturalized on Oct 8, 1923 with the four children who were born at that time: 
  Anna, Frank, Helen and John.
• Died 1960. Buried St.  Patrick's Cemetary, Natick, MA

See Frank Hesek  family tree.

Their Children

• Anna
• Francis
• Helen
• John
• Richard

Their Story

Tell the story here

Among Anna's belongings, her grandchildren found an article that she had written in 1995 for Obrana, a Slovak newpaper.  A staff member at Jednota, another Slovak newspaper was kind enough to translate the article for us.  Click here  to read the article.

We welcome more stories from the Hesek family. 
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