Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

HERALD TIMES REPORTER MANITOWOC, WISCONSIN MONDAY 23 JANUARY 1978

LaVIOLETTE

Carl J. LaViolette, 60, of Rt. 2, Manitowoc, died Sunday afternoon. Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in Rockwood Evangelical Luthe ran Church, Rockwood. The Rev. Herbert Kesting will officiate and burial w ill be in Knollwood Memorial Gardens, Town of Kossuth. Mr. LaViolette was born Nov. 18, 1917, in Town of Gardner, Door County, s on of the late Joshua and Augusta Brau(sic) LaViolete. He married Elaine C haloupka June 24, 1944, in Melnik Presbyterian Church. Mr. LaViolette h ad been employed with Manitowoc Shipbuilding Inc. for 37 years, retiri ng in July 1977. He was a member of Rockwood Evangelical Lutheran Church a nd Boilermakers Union Local 2143. Survivors include his wife, five sons, Lawrence of Manitowoc and Kennet h, Keith, David and Gary at home; two daughters, Mrs. Erwin (Carol) Bra tz and Mrs. Ricky (Debra) Kattreh of Manitowoc; a brother, Delbert of Mani towoc; two sisters, Mrs. Norman (Myrtle) Hansen of Oshkosh and Mrs. Elt on (Lorraine) Ahlswede of Brussels and five grandchildren. Two brothers pr eceded him in death. Friends may call in Lambert Funeral Home, Mishicot, after 3 p.m. Tuesday a nd in the church from 11 a.m. Wednesday until the time of service. Memoria ls may be made to Manitowoc Lutheran High School or Rockwood Evangelical L utheran Church.




DOOR COUNTY WISCONSIN BIRTH CERTIFICATE VOLUME 5 PAGE 475

place of birth: Gardner, Door, Wisconsin Name: Carl LaViolette

male white single birth legitamite date of birth: 18 Nov. 1917 at 11:15 a.m.

FATHER: Josh LaViolette of Gardner white age: 29 born: Wisconsin occupation: fisherman

MOTHER: Augusta Braun of Gardner white age: 24 born: Wisconsin occupation: housekeeping

3 other children, 2 living

Carl married Private [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: James Trnka
• Occupation: Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States; laborer; Address:
  Hamilton Manufacturing Company
• Occupation: owner of a cheese factory for many years
• Military Draft Registration: 15 Jun 1917, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States; Address:
  World War I Draft Registration

Notes:

Birth:
On the 1900 census Adolph shows as James Trnka.
He is by birth son of James Trnka and Annie Shedivy.
Annie divorced and married Thomas Chaloupka.
Thomas adopted young James after 1900.
Date for birthday is listed as Feb. 1891. Later references to Adolph shows another date of birth.

Adolph married STROUF, Mildred M. on 5 Dec 1920 in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States. Mildred was born on 27 Oct 1894 in Wisconsin, United States; died on 16 Mar 1975 in Curtiss, Clark, Wisconsin, United States; was buried in Melnik, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Mildred Chaloupka
Age: 80
Sex: F (Female)
Birth Date: abt 1895
Death Date: 16 Mar 1975
Location: Mani (May be abbreviated)
Certificate: 008510

Other Events and Attributes:

• Emigration: 22 May 1873, Czech Republic
• Misc: Apr 1913; installed a telephone
• Misc: 16 Apr 1915; purchased a grain seeder
• Illness: Oct 1922, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States; Address:
  the hospital

Notes:

Misc:
Messrs Tom Chaloupka and Chas. Sedevy installed telephones in their homes.

Manitowoc Pilot
April 3, 1913
Notes from Larrabee, Page 8

Misc:
Messrs Thomas Chaloupka of Larrabee and Stephen Schenian of this place were at Maribel last Friday where each purchased a grain seeder.

Manitowoc Pilot
April 22, 2015
Notes from Melnik page 8

Illness:
Mr and Mrs. Willie Chaloupka and Joe Chaloupka journeyed to Green Bay last Sunday to visit Thomas Chaloupka who is a patient at the hospital.

Manitowoc Pilot
October 5, 1922

Died:
THOMAS CHALOUPKA

The Two Rivers Reporter

T. Chaloupka Dies at Farm Home in Gibson
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Pioneer of county who Lived in Gibson 65 Years Dies
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Thomas Chaloupka, 78, a pioneer resident of Manitowoc county, who lived in the vicinity of the town of Gibson for 65 years, died in the township of Gibson yesterday. Death was due to complications attendant upon advancing age.

Born in Bohemia on December 15, 1859, Chaloupka came to this country and directly to Wisconsin when 13 years of age. For many years he engaged in farming, retiring several years ago to come to the residence where he resided until his death.

A first wife whom he married over 50 years ago, died a number of years ago and in 1898 he married Anna Shedivy who with four children: Mrs Willard Mott, Mrs. Sam Mott, Gibson, Edwin on the home farm, and Adolph of Larrabee, a brother Joseph of Mishicot, 28 grandchildren and five great grandchildren survive him.

The body is at the Specht funeral home at Mishicot and will be removed to the home tomorrow. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday from the Presbyterian church at Melnik, Rev. Junek officiating.

CHLOUPKA
TWO RIVERS, (Special)-
Thomas Chloupka, 78, resident in the vicinity of the town of Gibson for 65 years, died at his home in Gibson township yesterday.

Born in Bohemia on December 15, 1859, Mr. Chloupka came to this country and directly to Wisconsin when 13 years of age. For many years he engaged in farming, retiring several years ago to come to the residence at which he died. His first wife died a number of years ago and in 1898 he married Anna Shedivy who, with four children, Mrs. Willard Mott and Mrs. Sam Mott, Gibson, Edwin, on the home farm and Adolph of Larrabee, a brother Joseph of Mishicot, 26 grandchildren and five great grandchildren survive him.

The body is at the Specht funeral home at Mishicot and will be removed to the home tomorrow. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock from the home and at 2:30 o'clock Saturday from the Presbyterian church at Melnik, Rev. Frank Junek officiating.
Herald Times August 26, 1937 pg. 2

Thomas married SHEDIVY, Anna on 14 Feb 1898 in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States. Anna was born in Dec 1870 in Czech Republic; died on 11 Apr 1954 in Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States; was buried before 27 Apr 1954 in Melnik, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Emigration: 1871

Notes:

Died:
ANNA CHALOUPKA

Stricken seriously ill last Thursday, Mrs. Anna Chaloupka, 83, town of Gibson, Rt. 2, Two Rivers, died at 6:30 a.m. Sunday at the Holy Family Hospital at Manitowoc where she had been a patient for three days.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Melnik Presbyterian Church, with student pastor Sherwood Roach officiating. Interment will be in the adjoining church cemetery.

Mrs. Chaloupka, nee Anna Shedivy, was born in Czechoslovakia in 1870, a daughter of the late Charles and Anna Koubas Shedivy. When she was a child the family brought her to this country, settling in Manitowoc County. She was married at Manitowoc in 1898 to Thomas Chaloupka, the couple establishing a farm in the town of Gibson where she had resided since. Her husband preceded her in death 16 years ago.

Surviving Mrs. Chaloupka are a daughter, Mrs. Sam Mott of the town of Gibson; two sons, Adolph and Edwin Chaloupka of the town of Gibson; three sisters, Mrs. Joseph Hronek of the town of Gibson; Mrs. Rose Jaske of Chicago, and Mrs. Edward Schiman of Two Rivers; two brothers, Charles Shedivy of Two Rivers and John Shedivy of Cornell, Wis., 12 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.

Friends may call at the Specht Funeral Home at Mishicot until 10:30 a.m. Tuesday when the casket will be taken to the church where the body will lie in state until the time of services.

Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter April 14, 1954
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(Anna (Shedivy) Trnka Chaloupka/b. Dec 1870)