19th Century Kristufek Families Of Chicago

The start of my research into the history of the Kristufek family began with attempts to sort out the different Kristufek families in Chicago. When I started looking at existing family trees on Ancestry.com, I noticed a lot of confusion. So many families had similar names, it was easy to get it all confused. What I discovered was that there were six distinct lines in Chicago, four clearly related and two mysteries still to be determined. Here are the six family lines in Chicago:

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.

Jan Kristufek (1824-1913)

This is a fully sourced timeline for Jan Kristufek, son of Matej Krystufek and Lidmilla Krejci of Talin, South Bohemia, from the time of the birth of his wife in 1823 to the time of his death in 1913. I have included hyperlinks to sources where possible. If you are on Ancestry.com, you can see most of this information as well as other relevant material in the Jan Kristufek entry in my family tree. There is also a Jan Kristufek entry on FamilySearch.org.

Section M, Block 3, Lot 17. Bohemian National Cemetery in Chicago

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Anna Kristufek Donat (1855-1931)

Anna Kristufek Donat, circa 1884

Anna Kristufek Donat is one of four daughters of Jan Kristufek and Anna Jelinek, born Dec 31, 1855 in Chicago, Illinois. Anna was the first of her siblings born in the US after her parents came from South Bohemia in the fall of 1854.

Dorothea Zamecnik Jelinek (1764 - 1843)

Dorothea Zamecnik Jelinek

Kristufek Connection:   Dorothea Zamecnik Jelinek, wife of Simon Jelinek, is the maternal grandmother (through Barbara Jelinek) of Anna Jelinek Kristufek (1823-1881), the wife of Jan Kristufek (1824-1913)