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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
- Franciscus, son of Gasparus Hesek and
Anna Sefcovic living in Kuty house #484 was born on Oct 12, 1884.
- He was baptized on Oct 13, 1884 and
his godparents were Stephan Palkovic and Jolawa Zemanek.
(Source: FHL 1884: 249, 84)
- (Other
records in his DOB as 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
Frank and Anna Hesek had five 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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