Matus Skoda and Anna Pavelka
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Here is a newspaper clipping from 1964 of the 50th Wedding Anniversary celebration of Matus and Anna Skoda.
We wish to thank Ivan Faltejsek for this photo and some additional
information about the family of Julia Skoda.
He also gave us
information about Thomas Palkovic and the Skoda's in Frank Hesek's family.
Visit
his site at faltejsek.com
Matus Skoda died in 1973. Anna died in 1969. They are buried in St. Patrick's Cemetery in Natick, MA 68/25A. [Information provided by the sexton of the cemetery in July, 2008] See their website at http://www.stpatsnatick.org/
Update: 3/15/2009 from Fran Frizzell: Skoda/Sprusansky/Kadlik
I found a 1930 census which shows Matus Skoda as a boarder in the home of a Yallie Sprusansky (I think this should be Wallie--short for Wallent Sprusansky). Matus was 42 at the time, married-- and had immigrated in 1920 and was born in Czechoslovakia.
Yallie Sprusansky lived at 11 Harrison St., in Natick--was married to Helen--age 30--and had 2 children.
Lately I have been finding more connections to this Sprusansky family in Natick:
- Matus boarding with them.
- My grandfather's son Rudolph (my uncle) came through Ellis Island as ---first name: Kadlik Rudolf---last name: Sprunoszansorky on May 14, 1907.
- My father (Frank) also had two children that I know of-- baptized as Sprusansky's at Saint Patrick's Church in Natick--but on their birth certificates they are Kadlik's. (So strange and confusing.)
Update: 4/2009: From marriage records in Kuty, we learned that Florian (Kadlik) is Sprusansky. He also has a brother Martin who married Juliana Mrázová in Slovakia.