Borecký, Jan
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Variants
- Borecky, John
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1828-06
Death Date
- 1911-06-07
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Svaz Svobodomyslných v Americe
Descriptor
- Czech Americans
Birth Place
- Březany u Českého Brodu (Czech Republic)
Associated Locale
- Little Rock (Ark.)
Associated Locale
- United States
Associated Locale
- Milwaukee (Wis.)
Associated Language
- Czech
Field of Activity
Occupation
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Sources
- found: Library of Congress Manuscript Division for the Thomas Capek collection of materials relating to Czechoslovakia and Czech Americans, 1619-1953(Jan Borecký; one of the earliest Czech settlers in the U.S.; author)
- found: Dějiny Čechův amerických, 1910:page 442 (Jan Borecký; born 20 July 1828 in Březí u Českého Brodu; emigrated to Milwaukee in 1854; lived in Racine, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Chicago, and Little Rock, Arkansas; editor of Czech-language newspaper "Národní noviny")
- found: Věk rozumu, July 1911:page 246, etc. (Jan Borecký; born 18 June 1826 in Březany u Českého Brodu; trained as a tailor; emigrated to the United States in 1854; lived in Milwaukee and St. Louis, where he edited a Czech-language paper; served in the Civil War; after the war, settled in Chicago, where he ran an inn; later moved to Racine, Milwaukee, and Kansas, where he tried farming; eventually settled in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he operated a tailor's shop and died 7 June 1911; member of the socialist party and of the Svaz svobodomyslných, of which he was a co-founder)
- found: Find a Grave website, viewed February 22, 2020:Johannes John Borecky page ([inscription on tombstone:] John Borecky; born in Bohemia, June 18, 1828; arrived in America, Sept 1854; died, Little Rock, June 7, 1911) - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42565858/johannes-john-borecky
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Change Notes
- 2009-03-03: new
- 2021-02-23: revised
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