Patricia Stogdill
Title
Patricia Stogdill
Description
This collection contains documents from the Stogdill family history. The documents include official government documents such as marital, baptismal, pension, and land patent records as well as family notes, marriage announcements, and obituaries.
Source
Patricia Stogdill; Wilber Czech History Harvest, 2016
Format
document
Collection Items
Marriage License for Václav Karel and Anna Kodým, February 2, 1864
Marriage License between Václav Karel and Anna Kodým on February 2, 1864. They were united by George Schneider, a Catholic priest in Iowa City, Iowa.
Baptismal Certificate of Václav Karel, 1839
Václav Karel's baptismal certificate. He was born in 1839 in a Bohemian village Nadryby in Pilsen region. He was baptized in the parish in Plana by priest František Piller.
His parents and grandparents came from Nadryby as well; they all were…
His parents and grandparents came from Nadryby as well; they all were…
Citizenship Declaration of Intention of Václav Karel
This certificate declares Václav Karel's intention to become a citizen of the United States and to renounce allegiance to the Austrian Empire.
Pension Certificate of Václav Karel, 1914
This certificate entitles Václav Karel to a pension at the rate of 21 dollars per month for his service as a Private Co. E. 4"Regiment Missouri Infantry.
Life Milestones of Václav Karel
These family notes discuss life milestones of Václav Karel who came to United States in 1864.
Letter and Income List
The first side of this artifact is a letter from the Klopp & Bartlett Company encouraging the recipient to purchase supplies from Klopp and Bartlett, a Nebraska company. On the second side of Klopp & Bartlett Co. letter is a list of incomes for the…
Application for Citizenship of Václav Karel
Václav Karel's application for U.S. citizenship. He renounced all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign Prince, Potentate, State, or Sovereignty, and particularly to Franz Joseph I of Austria.
The certificate also describes Václav's current…
The certificate also describes Václav's current…
Questionnaire, Bureau of Pensions, 1915
This questionnaire was sent to Václav Karel in January 2, 1915 by Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions from Washington D.C. After the Civil War the Pension Bureau grew quickly and created bureaucratic procedures to provide reliable pension…
Declaration for Widow's Pension of Anna Karel, 1920
Anna Karel declared that she had been widowed in order to collect her husband's pension in 1920 at the age of 77. In the middle to late nineteenth century, the U.S. Pension Bureau had grown large compared to its pre-Civil War size. It created…
Declaration for Invalid Pension of Václav Karel, 1897
Václav Karel asked for invalid pension on September 13, 1897 at the age of 58 due to rheumatism and disease of the digestive organs, lungs, liver, and kidneys.
After the Civil War the Pension Bureau grew quickly and created bureaucratic…
After the Civil War the Pension Bureau grew quickly and created bureaucratic…