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Joseph DOBRY
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Name Joseph DOBRY [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] Birth 1836 [2] Gender Male Also Known As Josef DOBRY [7] Immigration 16 Nov 1874 New York Port, New York, New York, USA
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S.S. America
Ship Name: America
Years in service: 1863-1895
Funnels: 1
Masts: 2
Shipping line: North German Lloyd
Ship description: Built by Caird & Co., Greenock, Scotland. Tonnage: 2,752. Dimensions: 328' x 40'. Single-screw, 11 knots. Inverted engines. Compound engines in 1872. Speed increased to 14 knots. Two masts and one funnel. Iron…
Passenger Manifest of the S.S. America
Arrival Date: 16 Nov 1874
Port of Departure: Bremen, Germany
Destination: United States of America
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: America
Passenger Manifest of the S.S. America
Arrival Date: 16 Nov 1874
Port of Departure: Bremen, Germany
Destination: United States of America
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: AmericaCensus 12 Jun 1880 Skull Creek, Butler, Nebraska, USA
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1880 Federal Census of Nebraska, Butler County, Skull Creek
Page No. 11, Supervisor's District No. 1, Enumeration District No. 156Census 16 Jun 1885 Skull Creek, Butler, Nebraska, USA
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1885 State Census of Nebraska, Butler, Skull Creek
Page No. 9, Enumeration District No. 85Death 1931 [1, 2] Burial 1931 Yukon Cemetery/Yukon, Canadian, Oklahoma, USA
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DOBRY, Joseph Person ID I1797 Family Tree Last Modified 8 Apr 2026
Family Mary Magdelena SEMRAD, b. 1834 d. 1925 (Age 91 years) Children > 1. Anton F DOBRY, b. Between 1 Jan and 12 Jun 1862, Bohemia
d. 1951 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. Anna DOBRY, b. Between 13 Jun and 31 Dec 1866, Bohemia
d. 4 Oct 1955 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. Julia DOBRY, b. Between 13 Jun and 15 Nov 1874, Bohemia
d. UNKNOWN [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. James Anton DOBRY, b. 2 Nov 1868, Bohemia
d. 27 Apr 1955, Yukon, Canadian, Oklahoma, USA
(Age 86 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 5. Joseph August DOBRY, b. 27 Jul 1870, Bohemia
d. 22 Jul 1956, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
(Age 85 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]6. John Julian DOBRY, b. Jun 1873, Bohemia
d. 1932 (Age ~ 58 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]7. Mary DOBRY, b. Between 13 Jun 1876 and 12 Jun 1877, Nebraska, USA
d. UNKNOWN [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 8. Florian Louis DOBRY, b. 1 May 1878, Butler, Nebraska, USA
d. 7 Jan 1960 (Age 81 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F587 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 8 Apr 2026
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Documents 
DOBRY, Joseph A.
RUZICKA, Annie A.
Certificate of Marriage
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Sources - [S270] mjshaklee, GOUDY Family Tree.
Parents:
Joseph Dobry
1833 - 1931
Mary Magdelena Semrad
1831 - 1925 - [S698] Yukon Cemetery (Yukon, Canadian, Oklahoma, USA), Grave Markers.
JOSEPH
DOBRY
1836 - 1931 - [S699] 1880 U.S. Census, Nebraska, Butler, Skull Creek, Tenth Census of the United States Schedule; Online Images, Page No. 11, Supervisor's District No. 1, Enumeration District No. 156.
Lines 5 thru 14 - [S700] 1885 Census of United States, Nebraska, Butler, Skull Creek; Online Images, Page No. 9, Enumeration District No. 85.
Lines 43 thru 50 - [S945] Oklahoma, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1890-1995.
Name: Joseph A Dobry
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Birth Date: abt 1872
Marriage Date: 6 Apr 1896
Marriage Place: Canadian, Oklahoma, USA
Father: Joseph Doby
Mother: Madalene Semrad
Spouse: Annie B Reuzecka [sic]
Film Number: 001398781 - [S962] Nebraska, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1855-1908.
Name: Joseph A. Dobry
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marriage Age: 22
Record Type: Marriage
Birth Date: abt 1870
Birth Place: Austria
Marriage Date: 11 Jul 1892
Marriage Place: Nebraska, USA
Marriage County Office: Butler
Father: Joseph Dobry
Mother: Magdalena Dobry
Spouse: Annastazie W. Sabata
Birth Date: abt 1874
Birth Place: Butler County, Nebraska - [S723] Passenger Manifest of the S.S. America, Arrival Date: 16 Nov 1874 Port of Departure: Bremen, Germany Destination: United States of America Port of Arrival: New York, New York Ship Name: America.
Passenger Numbers 230 thru 237
- [S270] mjshaklee, GOUDY Family Tree.
