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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.

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…

This certificate declares Václav Karel's intention to become a citizen of the United States and to renounce allegiance to the Austrian Empire.

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.

These family notes discuss life milestones of Václav Karel who came to United States in 1864.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…