CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - ALBERT KOLETZKY FAMILY GROUP SHEET
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This file was submitted by: Carol Tramp
<catramp@esu1.org>
Posted: February 2006
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Albert and Mary Suchy Koletzky
Albert Koletzky (Koleckz) and his sister Rose were smuggled to
Czechoslovakia from Poland by a Catholic Priest during a political upheaval.
They found safety at the home of a Suchy family that had two daughters, Mary
and her sister Anna. Mary Suchy married Albert Koletzky in Bohemia.
Anna Suchy born July, 1828 in Stepanov near Budjovice. married a
Francis (Frank) Blacknik born July 2, 1814. She died November 4, 1910, and
Frank died July 10, 1899. They are buried near Tabor, SD.
Albert’s sister Rose Koletzky married a Thomas Korbel. Mistakenly it
was presumed that Thomas’s family was connected with the Korbel wine family.
There were so many wars, much upheaval, and so much poverty that the
Koletzkys, and Blackniks immigrated to America leaving behind Grandmother
Suchy, Rose and her youngest brother Ignac, (sometimes known as Nathan) and
the Korbels. The Koletzky’s didn’t have enough money for passage to America
for the whole family and Ignac, five years old was sickly.
Sailing on a Sail ship they landed in New York, they took a train to
LaCrosse, Wisconsin where Albert worked as a mason, the boys worked in a
foundry. Mother Mary worked too. After a year they had enough saved to send
for the rest of the family. Grandma Suchy, Rose, Ignac and the Korbels
started for America. During their journey a bad storm blew the ship off course
leaving them at sea for nine weeks. They weren’t sure they would see their
family again.
The family stayed for a while in Wisconsin and moved on to Dakota
Territory with the Blackniks. They arrived May 15, 1870. Albert lost track
of the Korbels, who migrated to California, never heard from again.
Coming to Yankton, Albert filed for the Koletzky home place in Bon Home
County, and Jacob and Frank filed for places one just north, and one west of
the home place. Their house was built of prairie rock . An orchard was started,
and Grandma Suchy planted as many wild grape vines she could find in a ravine
near the house.
Albert and Mary Koletzky are buried near Tabor but it is unknown when
they died.
The two older boys later sold their farms for $300 each. Frank moved
to Springfield, MO. He spent some time in Little Rock Ark., later moved back
to Springfield.
Jacob Koletzky married a Josephine unknown b. 1860, whom he divorced.
Later he lived and died in a civil war veterans home in Leavenworth, Kansas.
They had four children, John, born 1880 – died 12-24-1916, Anna M. Koletzky
Johnson, Jamestown, ND. Alda R. Koletzky Penny, Livingston, MT. and Frank M.
Koletzky who changed his last name to Wilson, Huntley, MT.
Josephine remarried a Wilson and moved to Glasgow, Montana with Anna, Alda and
Frank. John remained behind living near Menominee. An eccentric, John didn’t
associate with nearby neighbors.
Rose Koletzky first wife of Ferdinand Tramp was born in Radostye
or Radoscye Bohemia, Febuary 17, 1845 to Albert and Mary Suchy Koletzky.
Rose Koletzky met Ferdinand Tramp while working at a store in Yankton
and married him March 20, 1871 at St. Mary’s Church outside of St. Helena, NE.
Their marriage license is the first license listed in the parish books. She was
the Catholic influence in the Tramp family as Ferdinand’s family was Lutheran.
The young couple set up housekeeping west of Menominee in a tiny cabin before the
larger house was built. They had six living children. Mary, (Bernard Herber),
Frank, Albert, John, Fred and Rose (Ed Feldhacker)
Church services were held only once a month and Rose would walk or ride
horseback to St. Mary’s to attend church. This church was south and west of St.
Helena so it was a long trip for her. Rose died in childbirth on May 15, 1883
and is buried in Menominee, NE. On January 15, 1884 Ferdinand married the hired
girl Philomina Kemper.
Ignac or Nathan Koletzky married Anna Trunec and lived on the home place
until retirement when they moved to Tabor and son George took over the operation.
They had seven children; Joseph, died at 11 months, Mary (Bilka), Teofiel, Eleanor
(Joseph Bouza,), George and Anna dying at 2 months, and Annie (Vodraska).
As time passed the Koletzky family lost touch with the Tramp family. Some of
this information was provided by Eleanor Bouza who had kept “ the little blue
book” that told of the Koletzky beginnings in Bohemia and their trip to Wisconsin
and later South Dakota. Dr. Dennis Schulte of UNL was also a contributor.
Submitted by Norman and Carol Tramp.