
James Blecha, bartender
Blecha/McDaniel Genealogy
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I have spent a lot of time researching all of the Blecha families that I could identify who came to America, not just my own Blecha line. The purpose has been to see how many individuals and their families I could connect. I have classified the different families by the name of oldest Czech village that the Blecha families have in common. I have all of these different Blecha family lines (or clans) merged into one large database on this site.
Because of the limitations of the software that creates this website, I cannot visually show the different Blecha clans on this site. That is because I wanted a user to be able to search one database for their own family members. If I separated the clans, a person would have to search each database separately.
Below is a summary of the Blecha clans that I on this site:
Branch Name |
First Blecha to US |
Birth Year |
Birth Village |
Settled in |
Immigration Date |
Dubjany (Hlince) |
Adolf
Frantisek
Frank (of Vaclav)
Jan (of Vaclav)
Barbara (of Vaclav)
Anton
Adolph
Albert
Vincent
Vaclav
Josef
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1863
1860
1817
1833
1829
1853
1869
1843
1848
1824
1821
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Podmokly
Podmokly
Hlince
Hlince
Hlince
Brezany
Hradecko
Hodyne
Bezdekov
Bezdekov
Hlince
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Chicago, Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska
Chicago, Illinois
Kansas
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
Nebraska
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12 Apr 1880
27 Apr 1905
3 Aug 1866
18 Apr 1878
22 Oct 1870
1878
5 Nov 1889
27 Mar 1871
1868
1885
5 Sep 1864
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Darova |
Frank
Albert
Matej
Joseph
Joseph
Frantisek
Karel
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1831
1889
1823
1851
1885
1848
1883
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Radnice
Vranovice
Vranovice
Stupno
Krise
Stupno
Krise
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Nebraska
North Dakota
Iowa
Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
Braidwood, Illinois
Benton, Illinois
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22 Apr 1867
1906
4 Aug 1856
26 Oct 1881
1 Oct 1902
11 Oct 1910
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Skorice |
Frantisek |
1811 |
Skorice |
Wisconsin/Washington |
12 Jan 1858 |
Kolvin |
Vaclav Vencl |
1879 |
Kolvin |
Canada/Idaho |
1928 |
Radnice |
Wenzel |
1827 |
Radnice |
Missouri |
1856 |
Pnov-Predhradi |
Karel "Charles" & Benjamin |
1880 |
Pnov |
California/Minnesota |
1903 |
Popelin |
Peter |
1817 |
Ceska Olesna |
Massachusetts |
1881 |
Drahobudice |
Alois |
1892 |
Drahobudice |
Chicago, Illinois |
7 Aug 1909 |
Konarovice |
Vaclav |
1859 |
Konarovice |
Maryland |
2 Mar 1904 |
Tremosnice |
Marie |
1887 |
Rosicka |
Nebraska |
1911 |
Kostelec nad Cernymi |
Jaroslav |
1869 |
Kostelec nad Cernymi |
Chicago, Illinois |
1891 |
Poland |
Sylvester |
1880 |
Sporytz |
Chicago, Illinois |
28 Aug 1912 |
Cerhenice |
Alois (& Josef) |
1877 |
Cerhenice |
Maryland |
8 Nov 1907 |
As you can see, at least 13 different Blecha’s from the Dubjany clan came to the U.S. I am part of this clan. The family from Skorice and Kolvin are probably related because those villages are only about a mile apart, however, I was just unable to find the actual connection yet.
To figure out which clan you are, I suggest doing a search for a Blecha member of your family who is not living. If you find that person, start clicking on that person’s father (Blecha) and going further back in time. Eventually, you should see the village of the oldest member of that Blecha family who I have identified. I also urge you to zoom in and out of the map to get a better idea of where the villages are located.
If you are part of a different Blecha family that is not listed above, I would love to hear from you so we can compare information.
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HULKA, Rudolf
HULKA, Vaclav
TOPINKA, Klara Eleonora
HULKA, Josef
FRONEK, Antonin
KRATOCHVIL, Vaclav
SOUKUP, Veronika
KRATOCHVIL, Frantiska
KRATOCHVIL, Anna
LUKES, Marie
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