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Joseph Kurka (1852-1931) |
Joseph Kurka
General Notes: Joseph Kurka is the oldest child and son of Wenzel and Machtilda Maier Kurka. His boyhood days were spent in that country. At the age of nineteen years in 1871, he left Bohemia in company with his parents and a group of friends who had decided to try their luck in the land of the free. Mr. Kurka took up a homestead about twelve miles northwest of Verdigre (Dukeville) and continued to reside there until 1915 when they retired from the farm and took up residence in Verdigre. Here he lived until his death December 26, 1931. Joseph married Theresia Cek (May) Kurka, daughter of Wenzel Cek and Theresia Cek, on 19 Mar 1881. (Theresia Cek (May) Kurka was born on 15 Jan 1851 and died on 12 Jan 1943.) |
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