JOSEPH AND MARIE [MACH] FRANK
[pg 251 PHOTO Front, left to right: Marie [daughter], Marie
[mother], Joseph [father], Emilie. Back row: Agnes, Edward,
Kristina, Joseph, Jr., Antonie]
Joseph Frank, the oldest son of Frank and Anna Busek Frank, was born
in Bohemia on March 30, 1860. At 22, he came to this country with
his parents, brothers, and sisters.
Joseph married Marie Mach. Marie (Mary) was the daughter of John and
Rosa Mach. She and Joseph Frank were married by Judge O. C.
Tarpenning at Wahoo, in Saunders County, Nebraska, on July 3, 1888.
They were the parents of eight children: Edward, Joe, Kristina,
Antoine (Mrs. Alois Langer), Agnes (Mrs. Alfred R. Vorce), Marie
(Mrs. Anton Welcek), Emilie (Mrs. Charles Zerbe), and Anton. Anton
died when he was six months old and is buried at Osmond, Nebraska.
The family moved to Verdigre in 1905 and lived on the farm where
Vincent and Millie Frank currently live with their family. Daughter
Kristina married Frank Chocholousek on November 23, 1907, and they
had six children: Mrs. A. L. (Bertha) Poeling (deceased), Mrs. Otto
(Rose) Sokol, Mrs. Harold (Marcella) Alder, Emil and Edwin, both
deceased, and Anton who married Shirley Cihlar Wycoff. Frank and
Kristina are buried in the Jelen Cemetery.
The parental family moved to Louisiana in 1915, settling at the town
of Kolin in the central part of the state. Joseph and Marie lived
there until their deaths, he in 1935, she in 1936. They are buried
at the Kolin Cemetery. Some of their descendants still live in
Louisiana.
-Submitted by Mrs. Larry (Ruth) Frank
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