This web page contains what I have learned about the different Nevole families that came to America. I have found the following families, all of whom had come to America by World War I, with the apparent exception of the Calgary Nevoles. I am descended from Marie Nevole, who is the first that I know of to come to America (to Chicago) and stay (her sister and father came with her but went back). All of these families came from Čáslav or the area south of Čáslav in Bohemia. So I think it is highly likely that they are all related.

Where there is a link for Czech information, click on it to see the record image.

1. 23 May 1891 Chicago - Marie Nevole (1875-06-10 Čáslav #65 - 1944-12-27 Chicago) - sister of Katerina and Aloisie and first cousin of sisters Anna & Marie
   Parents: Josef Nevole and Josefa Menousek, both from Čáslav.
   My ancestor Marie Nevole is the first Nevole family member to come to the U. S. and stay. She arrived in New York 23 May 1891 -- a few weeks before her 16th birthday -- aboard the steamer "August Victoria" with her father Josef and younger sister Katerina, both of whom returned to Bohemia (which was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire). Their destination was Chicago, where a bit over a year later on 16 Jul 1892, she married Frantisek Subrt, 14 years older than her, almost a month after her 17th birthday. The couple had four sons: Frank (Frantisek - 1893), Joe (Josef - 1895), Jim (Vaclav - 1899) and Tony (Anton - 1906) Subert. They lived in the "Back of the Yards" neighborhood (now near Midway Aiprort) near the Chicago Stockyards, where Frantisek (by then known as Frank Subert) worked as a meat cutter.

2. 19 Sep 1891 New York - Barbora Nevole (about 1863-04?)
   Parents: Josef Nevole, who lived at Strampouch but whose origin I do not yet know, and Marie Tvaroha (or Ivaroha) from Petrovice.
   Strampouch is where Barbora's first two sons were baptized. I have yet to find where and when Barbora was born/baptized or where her parents married or anything about her father's birth family. It seems very possible that she was a cousin of Marie, Katerina and Aloisie who came at roughly the same time. In fact, the 1910 census shows Barbora (Nevole) Blecha's family at 327 East 71st Street in New York, just two blocks from Aloisie (Nevole) Reis' family at 334 East 73rd Street. Barbora Nevole had three sons in Bohemia. The first two were at Strampouch by unknown fathers: Josef Nevole (17 Nov 1886 - Strampouch #45) and Jaroslav Nevole (7 Feb 1890 - Strampouch #36). She had one more son born in Bohemia: Frantisek either Nevole or Blecha (about Apr 1891). Barbora Nevole married Frantisek Blecha, apparently in Bohemia, since she and sons Jaroslav and Frantisek all appear with the surname Blecha on the passenger list of the steamship "Fulda" when it arrived in New York 19 Sep 1891, to join her husband Frantisek Blecha who had arrived alone 28 Mar 1891 aboard the steamship "Werra". It is entirely possible that Frantisek Blecha was the father of all of Barbora's sons born in Bohemia. DNA tests of descendants of the different sons could verify this. They definitely all were listed as Blecha in the 1910 census -- except Barbora's first son Josef Nevole who arrived alone 12 Jun 1905 aboard the "Moltke", explicitly stating his destination to join his mother Barbora Blechowa, with his last residence as Sourove. Joseph Nevole married Antonie Trnka 21 Aug 1910 at the Bohemian Presbyterian Church at 347 East 74th Street in New York.

3. 5 Apr 1893 Chicago - Anna Nevole (1879-11-04 Čáslav #75 - 1957-03-11 Chicago) - Sister of Marie (married 1900), First cousin of sisters Marie, Katerina & Aloisie
   Parents: Antonin Padua Nevole and Marie Jelinek, both of Čáslav.
   Anna's father was the brother of Josef Nevole, father of Marie (1891 arrival), Katerina (1891 & 1907 arrival) and Aloisie (1907 arrival). Anna came to Chicago alone at age 14, probably joining her cousin Marie, but that is not known for certain. Anna Nevole married at age 18 with John Huml 24 May 1898 in Chicago. They had four children: Miles (Milos - 1899), Stanley (Zdenek - 1901), Bessie (Bozena - 1903) and John (1906) Huml. Her husband John died in 1935, and she remarried at age 65 with Casper George Vasicek 19 Jan 1945 in Newaygo, Michigan. Anna divorced him in 1954 in Michigan. She died at Cook County Hospital in Chicago 11 Mar 1957.

4. 9 Dec 1893 New York & Nebraska - Vilem Antonin "'William John" Nevole (1876-05-18 Čáslav #25 - 1928-11-29 Nebraska)
   Parents: Antonin Nevole of Svinný and Marie Brezina of Čáslav #25. Antonin was the son of an unknown father and Anna Nevole, daughter of Vaclav Nevole.
   Thus far, I have not connected this Nevole family to the other Nevole families. Vilem arrived in New York alone 9 Dec 1893 aboard the "Scandia", stating New York as his destination. But by the 1900 census, he was in Center Township. in Butler county, Nebraska. He married Marie Kucera about 1900 and had 8 children in Nebraska: William (1902), Mary Rose (1905), Annie (1906), Joseph (1909), Frances (about 1912), Anton (1914), Alice (1918) and John (1921) Nevole. Vilem/William farmed in Nebraska and died there in 1928.

5. 15 Jun 1895 Chicago - Bedrich "Fred" Nevole (1860-02-28 Hranice #1 - 1935-12-08 Chicago)
   Parents: Karel Nevole from Hranice #2 and Anna Stehno from Jenikovec.
   Bedrich's Nevole ancestors and those of immigrants Anna and her cousins Marie, Katerina and Aloisie came from the small villages of Blatnice and Hranice, 1 mile apart. But thus far, I have not found a common ancestor for them. Bedrich Nevole and Anna Klepetko married in the Czech Brethren church 22 Nov 1887, legitimizing the births of their daughters Ruzena (26 Dec 1884 Jenikovec) and Anna (25 Jan 1887 Jenikovec). They had two more children before coming to Chicago: Rudolph (13 Jun 1889 Jenikovec #1), Frantisek (2 Jul 1891 Jenikovec). Their last child was born in Chicago: Lydia/Ludmila (14 Oct 1898). They lived at 557 West 19th Street in the Pilsen neighborhood in 1900 and at 2439 Trumbull Avenue in 1910. Fred's wife Anna died 6 Dec 1917 and was buried at Bohemian National Cemetery, and he remarried with Marie Vanek 9 Nov 1918. She was the widow of Vaclav Lenoch, who was well known in the Chicago Czech community as a reporter for one of the very active Czech language newspapers. Marie had 9 children with Vaclav Lenoch who became step-siblings of Fred's children. Bedrich/Fred died 8 Dec 1935 and was buried at Bohemian National Cemetery.

6. BY 1900-07-14 Chicago - Marie Nevole (1877-10-194 Čáslav #64) - Sister of Anna, First cousin of sisters Marie, Katerina & Aloisie
   Parents: Antonin Padua Nevole and Marie Jelinek, both of Čáslav.
   Marie and Anna's father was the brother of Josef Nevole, father of Marie (1891 arrival), Katerina (1891 & 1907 arrival) and Aloisie (1907 arrival). I do not know when Marie came to Chicago. The censuses give very different dates: 1886 (1910 census), 1891 (1920 census), 1898 (1930 census). She may actually have been the first Nevole to come to America. I have not found any immigration records for her. She married 14 Jul 1900 in Chicago with Joseph Mraz. Her first child had apparently died by the 1910 census which shows her as the mother of 4 children with only 3 still living. Their children were: Joseph (about 1904), Anton (about 1906), Helen (about 1909), Marie (1910) and Rose (about 1916) Mraz.

7. 16 Oct 1907 New York - Marie Nevole (1907-03-28 Cejkovice #32)
   Parents: Frantisek Nevole from Malec #13 and Frantiska Schovanec from Bludove #21.
   Marie is a great puzzle so far. At the age of 6 months, her mother left her father and took her to America, traveling with her mother (marie's grandmother) Marie (Vyborna) Schovanec and her brother Anton Schovanec. The 1910 census shows widow Marie Schovanec, divorced daughter Frances Nevole and her daughter Marie Nevole living at 443 East 75th Street in Manhattan. Nothing definite is know of Frantiska/Frances nor her daughter Marie Nevole after that. A Frantiska Nevole did marry 13 Sep 1920 in Manhattan with Vincence Pavlicek (known only from an index entry that gives no further information), and this might be Frantiska. But I cannot find them in the 1920 census (although I do find Marie and Anton Schovanec). So what became of Marie Nevole? I do not know. As for her ancestry, her father Frantisek was born 14 Sep 1878 at Malec #13, son of Frantisek Nevole of Malec #13 and Anna Papouska of Viska #9. So far I have not found the marriage of Frantisek and Anna nor the birth/baptism of the father Frantisek. The 1878 baptism shows that the father Frantisek was the son of Frantisek Nevole of Malec #13 and Marie ?Brtza? of ?Viliburub? #12. So it seems very likely that Marie connects to the Malec Nevoles. But I have yet to do deep research on them. Malec was in the parish of Herman, and there are many Nevoles in the records that I have hardly touched yet. There a big research hurdle in Parish Herman: none of the marriage records are more recent than 1822.

8. 23 May 1891 & 7 Nov 1907 New York & New Jersey - Katerina Nevole (1883-01-22 Čáslav #70 - 1975-09-21 Midland Park, New Jersey) - sister of Marie and Aloisie and first cousin of sisters Anna & Marie
   Parents: Josef Nevole and Josefa Menousek, both from Čáslav.
   Katerina came to America twice before staying in New York and later New Jersey -- and she later went back in 1933 for a visit. Her 1891 trip was to Chicago, with her father and older sister Marie, but Katerina and her father went back to Bohemia. Her 1907 trip was to New York, with her younger sister Aloisie who was going to join her husband. Between her two trips, she had two children by unknown fathers: Bohuslav Nevole (1901-02-16 - Čáslav #65) and Anna Nevole (1904-01-17 - Prague). It was to visit these children and her grandchildren that Katerina returned to Čáslav for a visit in 1933 with one of her van Blarcom sons. Katerina married in New Jersey in 1911 with Aaron van Blarcom and had four sons: Robert Newman (c 1913), Adolph Daniel (1915), Aaron Jr (1917) and Marcus Elliott (1921) van Blarcom.

9. 7 Nov 1907 New York & Chicago - Aloisie Nevole (1884-10-14 Čáslav #65 - 1912-10-06 Chicago) - sister of Marie and Katerina and first cousin of sisters Anna & Marie
   Parents: Josef Nevole and Josefa Menousek, both from Čáslav.
   Aloisie was the only one of the three sisters who came to America after marrying. Aloisie Nevole married Josef Rais 11 May 1902 in Čáslav. They had three children there before emigrating: Josef (1902 - believed to have died by 1907), Karel (1904) and Marie (1905) Rais. Her husband Josef Rais (who went by Joseph Reis in America) arrived alone in New York 7 Jul 1907. When Aloisie and the children Karel (who went by Charles in America) and Marie arrived with Aloisie's sister Katerina 7 Nov 1907, Joseph was established at Mamaroneck, New York, which was their destination. Their final child, Anna Katherine Reis, was born in Manhattan 18 May 1910, just a few weeks after the 1910 census showed them living at 334 East 73rd Street in the Manhattan Borough of the city of New York --just two blocks from Barbora (Nevole) Blecha's family at 327 East 71st Street (see family #2 above). In about April 1911, probably about the time that sister Katerina married in New Jersey, the Reis family moved to Chicago, possibly due to Aloisie's health, living at 2018 West James Street near sister Marie (Nevole) Subert's family at 2056 West James Street. Aloisie did not survive long, dieing of tuberculosis 6 Oct 1912. She was buried in a temporary grave at Bohemian National Cemetery, probably because the family could not afford a permanent grave. When the time ran out on the temporary grave without her being moved to a permanent grave, her section was buried over in what is now a permanent section, with the location of her remains in that section forever lost.

If you know of a Nevole family in America that is not listed above, I would very much like to hear from you.

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