Person Page 185

Anna Madeline Pliska¹

Parents

• Anna Madeline Pliska was born on 2 January 1882 in Bohemia.^2,3,4,5,1
• Anna moved with her parents 23 May 1887.⁶
• She appeared on the 1900 census in the household of her parents in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, United States. Enumerated at 2530 7th Ave, Omaha, Douglas Co., NE were:
  1. Pliska, John, head, age 48, widowed, works as a canned beef packer, unemployed 3 years, owns his home free.
  2. -----, Francis, daughter, age 23.
  3. -----, Anna, daughter, age 18, works as a shirt maker.
  4.-----, Tony, daughter, age 13, attended school for 9 months this year.
  5. -----, Emma, daughter, age 9.
  6. -----, Agnes, daughter, age 7.⁷
• She and Frank Bartholomew Bilek were married on 4 June 1900 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, United States.^1,5
• Anna was enumerated on the 1900 census in the household of her spouse in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, United States. Enumerated in at 223 N. 23rd Street were:
  1. Bilek, Frank, age 22, works as a laborer in a packing house, rents their house.
  2. -----, Annie, age 18, given birth to 0 children.⁸
• The family moved to Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, sometime between 1901 and 1906 but later moved back to Omaha.³
• Anna was enumerated on the 1910 census in the household of her spouse in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, United States. Enumerated at 3520 X Street were:
  1. Bielek, Frank, age 32, works as a laborer in a packing house, owns his house with a mortgage.
  2. -----, Annie, age 28.
  3. -----, Frank, age 9.
  4. -----, Rosie, age 6.
  5. -----, Arthur, age 3.³
• Anna was enumerated on the 1920 census in the household of her spouse in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, United States. Enumerated at 3128 S Street were:
  1. Bilek, Frank, age 43, works as a merchant.
  2. -----, Anna, age 39.
  3. -----, Frank, age 19, works as a sailor (or tailor).
  4. ----, Rosalind, age 16, attends school.
  5. -----, Arthur, age 12, attends school.⁴
• Anna was enumerated on the 1930 census in the household of her spouse in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, United States. Enumerated at 3012 48th Avenue were:
  1. Bilek, Frank B., rents dwelling for $30, works as a machinist for the railroad.
  2. -----, Anna M., age 48.
  3. -----, Arthur, age 22, works as a printing apprentice.
  4. -----, Virginia, age 19.⁵
• Anna was living with her spouse in 1935 at Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, United States.⁹
• Anna was enumerated on the 1940 census in the household of her spouse in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, United States. Enumerated at 5024 Lake St. were:
  1. Balek, Frank B., owns his house which was valued at $5500, age 63, worked 40 hours last week as a mcahinist for the railroad; he earned $1340 in 1939.
  2. -----, Anna M., age 58.⁹
• She died on 29 October 1951, at age 69, in Tecumseh, Johnson County, Nebraska, United States.
• She was buried estimated 1 November 1951 in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, United States.

• Last Edited: 10 July 2019

Citations

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8. [S17] Nebraska, Douglas, 1900 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, T623, roll 926, Omaha, enumeration district (ED) 108, sheet 19A, p. 96, dwelling 332, family 378, Frank Bilek, accessed 14 Apr 2005
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