Koutecký Families in America

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James Jonathan - James Vincent - Koutecky

James Jonathan - James Vincent - Koutecky

Male 1897 - 1960  (62 years)

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  • Name James Jonathan - James Vincent - Koutecky  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Birth 25 Jul 1896  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    • birthdate from WWII draft registration
    Born 25 Jul 1897  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    • He gave 1897 in his WWI Draft Reg and 1896 in WWII. 1900 census had 1897. Headstone application had 1895. - no birth record found for him in Cook County births (non-registration of births at that time was common)
    Gender Male 
    Name James - husband of Minnie - Koutecky  [7, 8] 
    Residence 1900  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Residence 1910  Chicago Ward 29, Cook, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 27 Aug 1915  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    7346 Claremont Avenue; married - per "Suburbanite Economist" newspaper 
    James Koutecky and John and Peter Seydel - 'Suburbanite Economoist' 27 Aug 1915 - detail    		 James Koutecky and John and Peter Seydel - "Suburbanite Economoist" 27 Aug 1915 - detail
    Note: John and Peter Seydel were brother's of James Koutecky's wife Carrie Seydel.
    James Koutecky and John and Peter Seydel - 'Suburbanite Economoist' 27 Aug 1915    		 James Koutecky and John and Peter Seydel - "Suburbanite Economoist" 27 Aug 1915
    Note: John and Peter Seydel were brother's of James Koutecky's wife Carrie Seydel.
    Residence 5 Jun 1918  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    WWI Draft: 7332 Oakley Avenue; born 25 Jul 1897 Chicago; father born Bohemia; employed by ?Harmund? Co at US Yards in Chicago; contact Louis Koutecky of 5353 So Lincoln Ave; medium height & build; gray eyes, brown hair 
    James Jonathan Koutecky - World War I Draft Registrarion - 5 Jun 1918 Chicago, Illinois, USA    		 James Jonathan Koutecky - World War I Draft Registrarion - 5 Jun 1918 Chicago, Illinois, USA
    7332 Oakley Avenue; born 25 Jul 1897 Chicago; father born Bohemia; employed by ?Harmund? Co at US Yards in Chicago; contact Louis Koutecky of 5353 So Lincoln Ave; medium height & build; gray eyes, brown hair == https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-26301-33082-79
    Residence 1920  Chicago Ward 29, Cook (Chicago), Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    5353 Lincoln Street; married but wife is not in household [she is with her parents Carrie Seydel] 
    Residence 1930  5132 S Troy Ave, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    renting for $35 a month from Nickolas Huminiak; age 30, age 25 at first marriage; born Illinois to Czechoslovakia parents; yard conductor for rail road 
    Residence 1935  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Residence 1 Apr 1940  Route 1 Harvey, Markham, Cook, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    age 43, born Illinois, switchman for railroad 
    Residence 1942  15800 Turner Avenue, Markham, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    WWII Draft: mailing address=R1 Harvey, Ill; age 46, born Chicago 25 Jul 1896; contact Minnie Koutecky as same address; employed by Pennsylvania Railroad Co, 59th & Leavitt St, Chicago; 
    James Koutecky (born 25 Jul 1896 Chicago) - World War II Draft Registrstion -1942    		 James Koutecky (born 25 Jul 1896 Chicago) - World War II Draft Registrstion -1942
    Died 7 May 1960  South Holland, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • 15585 Park Lane
    James Koutecky 1960 Obituary    		 James Koutecky 1960 Obituary
    James Vincent Koutecky - Headstone Application - 26 May 1960    		 James Vincent Koutecky - Headstone Application - 26 May 1960
    Buried 11 May 1960  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • Bohemian National Cemetery - Section 13, Lot 25
    James Koutecky 1960 Obituary    		 James Koutecky 1960 Obituary
    James Vincent Koutecky - Headstone Application - 26 May 1960    		 James Vincent Koutecky - Headstone Application - 26 May 1960
    Probate 16 Nov 1963  Oshkosh, Winnebago, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    publication of first of three legal notices of probate of his estate 
    James Vincent Koutecky, - Legal Notice in Oshkosh (WI) 'Daily Northwestern' 16 Nov 1963 p 21-detail    		 James Vincent Koutecky, - Legal Notice in Oshkosh (WI) "Daily Northwestern" 16 Nov 1963 p 21-detail
    Person ID I479  Koutecky Families in America
    Last Modified 22 Dec 2023 

    Father Alois Louis Koutecky,   b. 20 Sep 1871, 34, Motyčin, Rakovnik, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Oct 1920, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Anna Annie Kramerius,   b. 24 Dec 1859, Rakovnik, Bohemia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Dec 1942, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 15 Oct 1893  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Married 15 Oct 1893  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F165  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Carrie Seydel,   b. Aug 1891, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Bef 27 Aug 1915 
    • probably in Chicago; may have ended in divorce, since they were living separately at 1919 birth of Margaret and also in 1920 census
    James Koutecky and John and Peter Seydel - 'Suburbanite Economoist' 27 Aug 1915 - detail    		 James Koutecky and John and Peter Seydel - "Suburbanite Economoist" 27 Aug 1915 - detail
    Note: John and Peter Seydel were brother's of James Koutecky's wife Carrie Seydel.
    James Koutecky and John and Peter Seydel - 'Suburbanite Economoist' 27 Aug 1915    		 James Koutecky and John and Peter Seydel - "Suburbanite Economoist" 27 Aug 1915
    Note: John and Peter Seydel were brother's of James Koutecky's wife Carrie Seydel.
    Children 
     1. Living Koutecky  [natural]
     2. Living Koutecky  [natural]
    Last Modified 22 Dec 2023 
    Family ID F168  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Ethel - Minnie - Thomsen,   b. Abt Feb 1891, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 1956, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Married Between 1930 and 1940 
    • his 1930 census wife was in California with their son by 1935 and remarried in 1938, and James and Minnie are together in 1940 census - so far, I have not found their marriage record
    Last Modified 22 Dec 2023 
    Family ID F167  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Emily Peterman,   b. Abt 1903, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 26 May 1960  (Age > 57 years) 
    Married 28 Jun 1924  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • divorced by 1935 when she is in California per 1940 census; on 27 Nov 1938 she remarried in California - they apparently remarried after his wife Minnie died
    Married Aft Oct 1956 
    • I am NOT sure that they actually remarried each other. But she was living with him and signed her name Koutecky as his wife on the 26 May 1960 application for a military headstone for him and appears as his wife in his obituary.
    Children 
     1. Living Koutecky  [natural]
    Last Modified 22 Dec 2023 
    Family ID F169  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 25 Jul 1896 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 25 Jul 1897 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1900 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 7346 Claremont Avenue; married - per "Suburbanite Economist" newspaper - 27 Aug 1915 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - WWI Draft: 7332 Oakley Avenue; born 25 Jul 1897 Chicago; father born Bohemia; employed by ?Harmund? Co at US Yards in Chicago; contact Louis Koutecky of 5353 So Lincoln Ave; medium height & build; gray eyes, brown hair - 5 Jun 1918 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 28 Jun 1924 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1935 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 7 May 1960 - South Holland, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 11 May 1960 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProbate - publication of first of three legal notices of probate of his estate - 16 Nov 1963 - Oshkosh, Winnebago, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    James Koutecky and John and Peter Seydel - 'Suburbanite Economoist' 27 Aug 1915 - detail    		James Koutecky and John and Peter Seydel - "Suburbanite Economoist" 27 Aug 1915 - detail
    Note: John and Peter Seydel were brother's of James Koutecky's wife Carrie Seydel.
    James Koutecky (born 25 Jul 1896 Chicago) - World War II Draft Registrstion -1942    		James Koutecky (born 25 Jul 1896 Chicago) - World War II Draft Registrstion -1942
    James Jonathan Koutecky - World War I Draft Registrarion - 5 Jun 1918 Chicago, Illinois, USA    		James Jonathan Koutecky - World War I Draft Registrarion - 5 Jun 1918 Chicago, Illinois, USA
    7332 Oakley Avenue; born 25 Jul 1897 Chicago; father born Bohemia; employed by ?Harmund? Co at US Yards in Chicago; contact Louis Koutecky of 5353 So Lincoln Ave; medium height & build; gray eyes, brown hair == https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-26301-33082-79
    James Vincent Koutecky - Headstone Application - 26 May 1960    		James Vincent Koutecky - Headstone Application - 26 May 1960
    James Koutecky and John and Peter Seydel - 'Suburbanite Economoist' 27 Aug 1915    		James Koutecky and John and Peter Seydel - "Suburbanite Economoist" 27 Aug 1915
    Note: John and Peter Seydel were brother's of James Koutecky's wife Carrie Seydel.
    James Vincent Koutecky, - Legal Notice in Oshkosh (WI) 'Daily Northwestern' 16 Nov 1963 p 21-detail    		James Vincent Koutecky, - Legal Notice in Oshkosh (WI) "Daily Northwestern" 16 Nov 1963 p 21-detail
    Media Item(1).jpg    		Media Item(1).jpg
    Birth of Margaret Koutecky (filed 6 years later)    		Birth of Margaret Koutecky (filed 6 years later)
    7323 South Western Avenue; third child of mother; legitimate; father James Koutecky, residing at 5353 Lincoln Avenue, age 23 born Chicago, works at Stock Yards; mother Carrie Seydel, residing at 7323 South Western Avenue, age 24 born Chicago, Housewife; children of mother born alive and now living 2, born alive and now dead 1, stillborn none

    Histories
    James Koutecky 1960 Obituary    		James Koutecky 1960 Obituary

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 18;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Chicago Ward 30, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T623_282; Page: 29A; Enumeration District: 922.
      Birth date: Jul 1897
      Birth place: Illinois
      Residence date: 1900
      Residence place: Chicago City, Cook, Illinois
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&h=11344567&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1900 United States Federal Census      		 1900 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1900; Census Place: Chicago Ward 30, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T623_282; Page: 29A; Enumeration District: 922.


    2. [S8] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 on roll 323 (Chicago C;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Chicago Ward 29, Cook (Chicago), Illinois; Roll: T625_345; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 1780; Image: 1159.
      Birth date: abt 1898
      Birth place: Illinois
      Residence date: 1920
      Residence place: Chicago Ward 29, Cook (Chicago), Illinois
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1920usfedcen&h=67507170&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1920 United States Federal Census      		 1920 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1920; Census Place: Chicago Ward 29, Cook (Chicago), Illinois; Roll: T625_345; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 1780; Image: 1159.


    3. [S21] 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Chicago Ward 29, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T624_275; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 1286; Image: 887.
      Birth date: abt 1898
      Birth place: Illinois
      Residence date: 1910
      Residence place: Chicago Ward 29, Cook, Illinois
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910uscenindex&h=117260837&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1910 United States Federal Census      		 1910 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1910; Census Place: Chicago Ward 29, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T624_275; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 1286; Image: 887.


    4. [S33] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Admi;), Registration Location: Cook County, Illinois; Roll: 1487667; Draft Board: 76.
      Birth date: 15 Jul 1897
      Birth place:
      Residence date:
      Residence place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ww1draft&h=9736344&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918      		 World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
      Registration Location: Cook County, Illinois; Roll: 1487667; Draft Board: 76.


    5. [S2] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, ;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 439; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 2548; Image: 664.0.
      Birth date: abt 1900
      Birth place: Illinois
      Residence date: 1930
      Residence place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=85365836&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1930 United States Federal Census      		 1930 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1930; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 439; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 2548; Image: 664.0.


    6. [S58] U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963      		 U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963


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      U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942      		 U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
      National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; State Headquarters: Illinois; Microfilm Series: M2097; Microfilm Roll: 157


    8. [S14] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Bremen, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T627_775; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 16-100.
      1940 United States Federal Census      		 1940 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1940; Census Place: Bremen, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T627_775; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 16-100


    9. [S18] Cook County, Illinois, Marriages Index, 1871-1920, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - “Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871–1920.” Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Illinois Department of Public Health records. "Marriage Records, 1871–pr;).