Marianna "Anna" Jelinek (1823-1881)

Marianna "Anna" Jelinek is the wife of Jan Kristufek (1824-1913) and daughter of Barbara Jelinek Pival (1800-1882). She was born in Kloub, South Bohemia on June 7, 1823 to an unwed mother, at the home of her grandparents: Simon Jelinek (1763-1832) and Dorothea Zamecnik (1764-1843). She had seven known children, three born in Bohemia and four born in Chicago after her immigration in 1854. She primarily resided at 171 DeKoven (near the corner of Desplaines) and later at 487 S. Canal Street, where her husband and, later her son, ran saloons. She died July 8, 1881 at the age of 58 and is buried at the Bohemian National Cemetery in Chicago.

Important Dates

1823 June 7th. Born at Kloub 10, Kloub, South Bohemia (1849 Marriage Record)

1824 Listed as Marianna Jelinek in Protivin Land Census at Kloub 10

1828-30 Listed as Marianna Jelinek in Protivin Land Census at Kloub 10

1840 Jan 28. Mother Barbara married Peter Pival in Vodnany. (1840 Marriage Record)

1848 Nov 17. Son Johann (Jelinek) Kristufek is born in Vodnany. (1848 Birth Record)

1849 Feb 13. Anna marries Jan Kristufek of Talin 18 in Vodnany (1849 Marriage Record)

1851 April 1. Daughter Maria Kristufek is born in Vodnany (1851 Birth Record)

1853 Dec 10 Son Franc is born in Vodnany. (183 Birth Record)

1854 September. Anna Jelinek travels with husband and children to Chicago. (Jan Habenicht's 1910 History of Czech Settlers in America)

1855 Dec 31. Daughter Anna is born in Chicago.  (1931 Death Certificate)

1857 Nov 24. Daughter Catherine is born in Chicago. (1929 Death Certificate)

1863    March 19. Son Joseph is born in Chicago. (Source: 1929 New York Passenger Record)

1868 Kristufeks build apartment house at 487 S. Canal Street. (Jan Habenicht's 1910 History of Czech Settlers in America)

1881     July 8. Anna Jelinek Kristufek, overcome by the heat, dies of Cholera at 487 S. Canal Street.

More information about her life and family are listed on the page for her husband Jan Kristufek.