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Vaclav SVOBODA
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Name Vaclav SVOBODA [1, 2] Birth Apr 1864 Bohemia
[3] Gender Male Also Known As John SVOBODA, James SVOBODA [3] Census 8 Jun 1900 Cheyenne, Laramie, Wyoming, USA
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1900 Federal Census of Wyoming, Laramie County, Cheyenne
Supervisor's District No. ???, Enumeration District No. 34, Sheet No. 12BDeath Between 16 Apr 1902 and 16 Apr 1910 [4, 5] - It is believed that Vaclav passed away in Wyoming.
Person ID I762 Family Tree Last Modified 21 Feb 2026
Father John SVOBODA, b. UNKNOWN d. UNKNOWN Relationship natural Family ID F429 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Anne RUZICKA, b. 1867, Bohemia
d. 1926 (Age 59 years) Marriage 6 Jan 1889 Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA
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SVOBODA, John and RUZICKA, Anne Marriage License
This is a great document - discovered by Carol NEMEC - that opens up a new branch of the family tree that we have very little information on.
SVOBODA, Vaclav
RUZICKA, Anna
Nebraska, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1855-1908Children 1. James SVOBODA, b. Nov 1889, Nebraska, USA
d. UNKNOWN [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 2. Anna Marie SVOBODA, b. 2 Apr 1892, Nebraska, USA
d. 1 Nov 1972 (Age 80 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. Charles William SWOBODA, b. 13 Sep 1894, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA
d. 10 Nov 1956, Douglas, Nebraska, USA
(Age 62 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. Joseph SVOBODA, b. Nov 1896, Nebraska, USA
d. UNKNOWN [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 5. Lillian B. SVOBODA, b. 1900, Wyoming, USA
d. 1971 (Age 71 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F43 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Feb 2026
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Event Map 
Marriage - 6 Jan 1889 - Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA 

Census - 8 Jun 1900 - Cheyenne, Laramie, Wyoming, USA 
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Histories 
RUZICKA Family Tree
This is one of the documents that started it all for me.
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Notes - The Omaha, Nebraska Directories, 1889-90 list the following...
Name: Vaclav Kubec; Vaclav Svoboda
Location: 1327 S 13th
Business Name: Kubec & Svoboda
Occupation: meat market
Year: 1889
City: Omaha
State: NE
I do not know for certain if this is the same Vaclav.
- The Omaha, Nebraska Directories, 1889-90 list the following...
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Sources - [S94] Marriage License of John SVOBODA and Anne RUZICKA.
- [S962] Nebraska, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1855-1908.
Name: Anna Ruzicka
Gender: Female
Marriage Age: 20
Record Type: Marriage
Birth Date: abt 1869
Birth Place: Bohemia
Marriage Date: 6 Jan 1889
Marriage Place: Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Marriage County Office: Douglas
Father: John Ruzicka
Mother: Anna Ruzicka
Spouse: Vaclav Svoboda - [S683] 1900 U.S. Census, Wyoming, Laramie, Cheyenne, Twelfth Census of the United States Schedule; Online Images, Supervisor's District No. ???, Enumeration District No. 34, Sheet No. 12B.
Lines 95 thru 100 - [S562] 1920 U.S. Census, Nebraska, Douglas, Omaha, Fourteenth Census of the United States Schedule; Online Images, Supervisor's District No. 2, Enumeration District No. 50, Sheet No. 14A.
Lines 42 thru 45 - [S476] 1910 U.S. Census, Nebraska, Douglas, Omaha, Thirteenth Census of the United States Schedule; Online Images, Supervisor's District No. 2, Enumeration District No. 74, Sheet No. 4A.
Lines 36 thru 39
- [S94] Marriage License of John SVOBODA and Anne RUZICKA.
