John VANEK

11 DEC 1870 - 30 AUG 1965

• RESIDENCE: 1910, Wayne Twp., Starke, IN
• OCCUPATION: 1910, Farmer
• BIRTH: 11 DEC 1870, Blatná, Strakonice District, Bohemia
• DEATH: 30 AUG 1965, Starke County, IN

• MARRIAGE: 19 MAY 1900, Starke County, Indiana

1. +Joseph Edward VANEK

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[N15333] John J Vanek
Birthdate: December 11, 1870
Birthplace: Blatná, Strakonice District, South Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
Death: Died August 30, 1965
Immediate Family:
Son of James Vanek and Anna Vanek
Husband of Elizabeth Mary Vanek
Father of Joseph Edward Vanek; Frank H Vanek; John Lee Vanek; Mary Jachim; James C Vanek and 1 other
Brother of Mary Bicek; First Vanek; Second Vanek; Third Vanek and Anna M Byers
Half brother of Anthony Vanek; Josephine Vanek; James Vanek; Barbara Vanek and Frank Vanek

Bohemia is a region in the Czech Republic. In a broader meaning, it often refers to the entire Czech territory, including Moravia and Czech Silesia, especially in historical contexts: the lands of the Bohemian Crown. Bohemia was a kingdom in the Holy Roman Empire and subsequently a province in the Habsburgs’ Austrian Empire. It was bounded on the south by Upper and Lower Austria, on the west by Bavaria, on the north by Saxony and Lusatia, on the northeast by Silesia, and on the east by Moravia. From 1918 to 1939 and from 1945 to 1992 it was part of Czechoslovakia; and, since 1993, it has formed much of the Czech Republic.
Bohemia has an area of 52,065 km2 (20,102 sq mi) and today is home to approximately 6.5 million of the Czech Republic's 10.5 million inhabitants. It is bordered by Germany to the west and northwest, Poland to the northeast, the historical region of Moravia to the east, and Austria to the south. Bohemia's borders are marked with mountain ranges such as the Bohemian Forest, the Ore Mountains, and the Krkonoše, the highest in the Sudeten mountain range.