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Helen Ann Bilek¹

Parents

• Helen Ann Bilek was born on 5 February 1925 in Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, United States.^2,3,1
• Helen was enumerated in the household of her parents on the 1930 Census in Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, United States. Enumerated at 4315 Garretson Ave were:
  1. Bilek, Frank, rents his dwelling for $35, age 29, first married at 22, works as a draftsman in a packing house for wages.
  2. -----, Helen, age 28.
  3. -----, Helen A., age 5 years, doesn't attend school.
  4. -----, Paula E., age 3 years 8 months.
  5. -----, Frances, age 2 years.²
• Helen was living in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, in 1935.³
• She appeared on the 1940 census in the household of her parents in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States. Enumerated at 7556 South Winchester Avenue were:
  1. Bilek, Frank, rents his house for $45, age 39, worked for 50 hours the previous week as a draft engineer at a packing house machine mfg, he worked for 52 weeks in 1939 and earned $2800.
  2. -----, Helen, age 38.
  3. -----, Helen A., age 15, attends school.
  4. -----, Paula E., age 13, attends school.
  5. -----, Frances, age 12, attends school.
  6. -----, Thomas, age 4, doesn't attend school.³
• She and Max Strain were married on 3 January 1943 in Elk Point, Union County, South Dakota, United States.⁴
• She worked as a grocery store owner estimated 1960.⁴

• Last Edited: 6 July 2019

Citations

1. [S46] Jestes, Diane (Baltzer), E-mail correspondence with Carol (Millslagle) Macke. Privately held by Macke, Diane (Baltzer) Jestes, Goodyear, Arizona [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE,] to Carol (Millslagle) Macke, e-mail<; privately held by Macke., 4 Apr 2004>, "Pliska Descendants,"
2. [S287] Iowa, Woodbury County, 1930 U.S. census, FamilySearch.org, Digital images, T626, roll 691, Sioux City, enumeration district (ED) 47-61, sheet 20A, p. 20, dwelling 379, family 440, Frank J. Bilek, accessed 23 Mar 2017
3. [S288] Illinois, Cook County, 1940 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, T627, roll 958, Chicago, enumeration district (ED) 103-1211, sheet 4a, p. 17466, household 67, Frank J. Bilek, accessed 24 Mar 2017
4. [S46] Jestes, Diane (Baltzer), E-mail correspondence with Carol (Millslagle) Macke. Privately held by Macke, Diane (Baltzer) Jestes, Goodyear, Arizona [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE,] to Carol (Millslagle) Macke, e-mail<; privately held by Macke., 8 Apr 2004>, "Pliska Descendants,"