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Joseph Lahvic

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Joseph Lahvic

Birth
Czech Republic
Death
24 Oct 1895 (aged 64–65)
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Plot
Lot 20 Block 6 Section K Located just outside the Administration Building
Memorial ID
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Josefa Susta was born 3-12-1826 at Domamysl #25, Hartvikov, District of Tabor
Josef Lahvic age 21 of Domamysl #16, married Josefa Susta, age 25, of Domamysl #25 on 1-11-1851 in Domamysl.
Known children born in Domamysl #16

Records Found:

Son Frank Lahvic 3-22-1856 married Marie Krasa 1-21-1877 at Saint Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Chicago.
1880 Illinois Cook Chicago 068 Page 22 at 104 Maxwell
Frank Lavick 24, Mary 23, Frank 3, Edward 1

Daughter Marie Lahvic married Jan Peroutka on 4-17-1880 in Lake, Cook County
Son Joseph Lahvic married Albina Hlavnick on 3-12-1887 in Irving Park, Cook County
Jan Peroutka died in 1888
Daughter Marie Lahvic Peroutka married Louis Smrz
Father Joseph Lahvic died in 1895
Son Joseph Lahvic died in 1899
1900 Illinois Cook Chicago Ward 9 D0223 Page 14 at 371 Washburne
Frank Lahvic 44, Mary 44, Frank 23, John 19, Emma 14, Mary 11, Adolph 7, Anna 5, Lillian 3
1900 Illinois Cook Chicago Ward 9 D0223 Page 17 at 389 Washburne
Louis Smrz 34, Mary 36, William 14, Frank 12, Lillian 4, Mary 2
1900 Illinois Cook Chicago Ward 27 D0820 Page 17 at 37 40th Avenue
Josephine Ladvicho 73, Albina 33, Lillie 13, Joseph 11, Frank 9, Willie 7
Daughter Marie Lahvic Peroutka Smrz died in 1901

Mother Josephine Susta Lahvic died in 1903
Albina married Vincent Kolar 10-3-1914
1920 Illinois Cook Chicago Ward 10 D0630 Page 41 at 1741 Washburne
Mary Lahvic 63, Lillian, Emma Sdvic 33, Benhard 13, Vivian 7

1920 Illinois Cook Chicago Ward 27 D1592 Page 2 at 4935 N. Crawford
Vincennes Kolar 58, Albina 52, William Lahvic 27

1930 Illinois Cook Chicago D1419 Page 68 at 4935 N. Crawford
Vincent Kolar 68, Albina 62, William Lahrie 38, Anna 31, William 5
Marie Lahvic 12-12-1862 married Jan Peroutka, married Alois Smrz

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First gravedigger for Bohemian National Cemetery. In August 1877 the cemetery hired Joseph Lahvic as a grave digger; (payment of twenty five dollars per month) it was a position he was to hold until his death in 1895. His first years were complicated by the town of Jefferson which objected to a cemetery in their township. Burials were halted until a judge ruled that the cemetery association had the right to burials and no one must put obstacles in their way. The town of Jefferson did have the right to police supervision, and interpreted that as obstructing every burial possible and, failing that, they sent the local constable as an unwelcome guest to each burial. Finally, they jailed the grave digger. It took two years, but the courts dismissed the city's appeal of the ruling, and he was not interfered with again. After his death, his son took over as grave digger until his untimely death just four years later.
Below This line added by Ridgerunner
Josefa Susta was born 3-12-1826 at Domamysl #25, Hartvikov, District of Tabor
Josef Lahvic age 21 of Domamysl #16, married Josefa Susta, age 25, of Domamysl #25 on 1-11-1851 in Domamysl.
Known children born in Domamysl #16

Records Found:

Son Frank Lahvic 3-22-1856 married Marie Krasa 1-21-1877 at Saint Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Chicago.
1880 Illinois Cook Chicago 068 Page 22 at 104 Maxwell
Frank Lavick 24, Mary 23, Frank 3, Edward 1

Daughter Marie Lahvic married Jan Peroutka on 4-17-1880 in Lake, Cook County
Son Joseph Lahvic married Albina Hlavnick on 3-12-1887 in Irving Park, Cook County
Jan Peroutka died in 1888
Daughter Marie Lahvic Peroutka married Louis Smrz
Father Joseph Lahvic died in 1895
Son Joseph Lahvic died in 1899
1900 Illinois Cook Chicago Ward 9 D0223 Page 14 at 371 Washburne
Frank Lahvic 44, Mary 44, Frank 23, John 19, Emma 14, Mary 11, Adolph 7, Anna 5, Lillian 3
1900 Illinois Cook Chicago Ward 9 D0223 Page 17 at 389 Washburne
Louis Smrz 34, Mary 36, William 14, Frank 12, Lillian 4, Mary 2
1900 Illinois Cook Chicago Ward 27 D0820 Page 17 at 37 40th Avenue
Josephine Ladvicho 73, Albina 33, Lillie 13, Joseph 11, Frank 9, Willie 7
Daughter Marie Lahvic Peroutka Smrz died in 1901

Mother Josephine Susta Lahvic died in 1903
Albina married Vincent Kolar 10-3-1914
1920 Illinois Cook Chicago Ward 10 D0630 Page 41 at 1741 Washburne
Mary Lahvic 63, Lillian, Emma Sdvic 33, Benhard 13, Vivian 7

1920 Illinois Cook Chicago Ward 27 D1592 Page 2 at 4935 N. Crawford
Vincennes Kolar 58, Albina 52, William Lahvic 27

1930 Illinois Cook Chicago D1419 Page 68 at 4935 N. Crawford
Vincent Kolar 68, Albina 62, William Lahrie 38, Anna 31, William 5
Marie Lahvic 12-12-1862 married Jan Peroutka, married Alois Smrz

Below this line added by: Pete Mahoney
First gravedigger for Bohemian National Cemetery. In August 1877 the cemetery hired Joseph Lahvic as a grave digger; (payment of twenty five dollars per month) it was a position he was to hold until his death in 1895. His first years were complicated by the town of Jefferson which objected to a cemetery in their township. Burials were halted until a judge ruled that the cemetery association had the right to burials and no one must put obstacles in their way. The town of Jefferson did have the right to police supervision, and interpreted that as obstructing every burial possible and, failing that, they sent the local constable as an unwelcome guest to each burial. Finally, they jailed the grave digger. It took two years, but the courts dismissed the city's appeal of the ruling, and he was not interfered with again. After his death, his son took over as grave digger until his untimely death just four years later.

Bio by: Pete Mohney



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  • Maintained by: RidgeRunner
  • Added: Aug 30, 1998
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3528/joseph-lahvic: accessed ), memorial page for Joseph Lahvic (1830–24 Oct 1895), Find a Grave Memorial ID 3528, citing Bohemian National Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by RidgeRunner (contributor 46998112).