An obituary describing sudden and unexpected death of James Karel, Václav Karel's son. James Karel died at this home on January 1, 1918 at the age of 33.
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…
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…
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…
Joseph F. Karel and Annie Karel's mortgage document. Joseph F. Karel and his wife Annie Karel executed their mortgage unto The Prudential Insurance Company of America, of Newark, New Jersey in 1922.
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.