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Anna Hora

1822-1882
Born: Radkovic Bohemia or Boehmen Koenigreich, Austria
Died: Wilber, Saline, Nebraska, United States

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  • Story: Taking The Bones To The Bone House

    <p><span style="font-size: 12pt">When the <span>Rezabeks</span> were planning on leaving the area, one of the chores they had to do was go have the bones of their relatives dug up and moved to the bone house.&nbsp; Being buried was not for eternity as it is here.&nbsp; Bodies were buried and in the case of Anna, when her land usage ran out so did the grave rights.&nbsp; It is unclear if the bodies could stay there for only a certain period of time and the time just coincided with the end of the land use, or if possibly the burial plot was a right of land usage or if they just knew they wouldn&rsquo;t be there to pay the rent any more.&nbsp; </span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="font-size: 12pt">Only the bones were given to the family.&nbsp; Anna wrapped her bones in her apron and took them to the bone house.&nbsp; One of her daughters went with her and they walked home in a pouring rain.&nbsp; </span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><span style="font-size: 12pt">In some parishes it wasn&rsquo;t really a house but a large pit where bones were just dumped and then covered over periodically.&nbsp; Some churches put them in caverns underneath the church. Some churches even used them as decoration. It was the equivalent of condemning the dead to the poor house.</span>

  • Story: The Mutiny At Baltimore Harbour

    <p><span style="font-size: 12pt">The ship was a buzz with activity because it was anticipated that they would land in Baltimore later that day.&nbsp; Everyone was making sure that bedding was rolled, clothes packed, and house wares secured.&nbsp; Many came topside when land was sighted.&nbsp; As they neared Baltimore, a tug came out to turn them away.&nbsp; They were being refused entry.&nbsp; </span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="font-size: 12pt">Apparently they had come to the wrong Port Baltimore.&nbsp; There was a new port that took only steam powered ships and the old port that still took sailing ships. &nbsp;The passengers did not understand that they had to go only a few miles south to get to the proper port.</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="font-size: 12pt">The families were almost out of food and some were totally out.&nbsp; There hadn&rsquo;t been a rain of any size for almost a week to replenish the water supply so they were suffering from dehydration.&nbsp; Passengers were trying to jump off the ship to swim ashore and other rushed the crew to mutiny.</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="font-size: 12pt">As in any good story, the heavens opened up and drops of water fell on the hot collared passengers, cooling them off.&nbsp; Everybody ran for pots and jars to catch the water and the ship headed south-the mutiny averted.</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><span style="font-size: 12pt">After landing in Old Baltimore, passenger shoved and pushed to get off the ship.&nbsp; Anna Marie was carrying the quilt down the gang plank when someone crowded between her and her mother.&nbsp; She and the quilt went off the gangplank.&nbsp; Fortunately they were close enough to the dock that a man reached out and grabbed the falling quilt.&nbsp; Anna was hanging on to the quilt so tightly that she was saved falling into the ocean.&nbsp; </span>

  • Story: A Little History

    <font size="4"><p>After coming over on the Bark Capella in 1867, Andrew Rezabek, his wife Anna Hora, their children (Marie, Anna, Theresa, Mathew, Ann, Joseph, Albert and John) found a home in the United States. They settled in St. Louis until 1872. Andrew found a job at the Shaw gardens as he was trained in taking care of landscapes. The two oldest girls who had come over a year earlier to send money home for the family to follow, worked in a boarding house.</p><p>There were jobs for everyone. The two youngest children got a job in a factory that produced cotton thread for the garment industry. The thread would roll onto big commercial spools. When the spool was full, the children&rsquo;s job was to stop the machines and get one of the men to put on a new spool. The spools were too large and heavy for the children to lift.</p><p>Nebraska had recently been opened to homesteading. Towns, good rich cleared farms and opportunity awaited the hard working. Andrew moved his family to Wilbur Nebraska in 1872. Having been homeless twice in his life, Andrew worked hard in St. Louis and in Nebraska and was able to buy each of his sons a farm before he died guaranteeing they would not be homeless.</p><font size="4"><p>The Rezabeks stayed in the Saline County area. John grew into a fine young man. Ten years later, John married an 18-year-old jewel, Anna Sasek. She blessed him with 10 children before dying at the age of 36, leaving John with a lonely, heavy burden.</p><p>In 1874, on Dec. 16, a meeting was called in Wilbur Nebraska for the purpose of founding a cemetery. Sixty-one members enrolled and each agreed to pay $4.75 in payments as a fee. Joseph Kobes agreed to sell 40 acres of school land that he had taken in Section 16. The first payment per member was 70 cents in order to make the first payment on the land. The association borrowed money to purchase the land. This debt was paid off in time. </p><p>Andrew was the first sexton (caretaker) of this cemetery. This is where Bessie&rsquo;s parents are buried as well as Bessie and her husband Ludvik.</p></font></font>

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  • Death: Age: 60

  • Story: History In Wilber

    <span><p>&nbsp;</p><font size="4"><p>After coming over on the Bark Capella in 1867, Andrew Rezabek, his wife Anna Hora, their children (Marie, Anna, Theresa, Mathew, Ann, Joseph, Albert and John) found a home in the United States. They settled in St. Louis until 1872. Andrew found a job at the Shaw gardens as he was trained in taking care of landscapes. The two oldest girls who had come over a year earlier to send money home for the family to follow, worked in a boarding house.</p><p>There were jobs for everyone. The two youngest children got a job in a factory that produced cotton thread for the garment industry. The thread would roll onto big commercial spools. When the spool was full, the children&rsquo;s job was to stop the machines and get one of the men to put on a new spool. The spools were too large and heavy for the children to lift.</p><p>Nebraska had recently been opened to homesteading. Towns, good rich cleared farms and opportunity awaited the hard working. Andrew moved his family to Wilbur Nebraska in 1872. Having been homeless twice in his life, Andrew worked hard in St. Louis and in Nebraska and was able to buy each of his sons a farm before he died guaranteeing they would not be homeless.</p><p>The Rezabeks stayed in the Saline County area. John grew into a fine young man. Ten years later, John married an 18-year-old jewel, Anna Sasek. She blessed him with 10 children before dying at the age of 36, leaving John with a lonely, heavy burden.</p><p>In 1874, on Dec. 16, a meeting was called in Wilbur Nebraska for the purpose of founding a cemetery. Sixty-one members enrolled and each agreed to pay $4.75 in payments as a fee. Joseph Kobes agreed to sell 40 acres of school land that he had taken in Section 16. The first payment per member was 70 cents in order to make the first payment on the land. The association borrowed money to purchase the land. This debt was paid off in time. </p><p>Andrew was the first sexton (caretaker) of this cemetery. This is where Bessie&rsquo;s parents are buried as well as Bessie and her husband Ludvik.</p></font></span>

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