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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 3 Nov 2026
Father John SVOBODA, b. UNKNOWN d. UNKNOWN Relationship natural Family ID F429 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Anne RUZICKA, b. 23 Jan 1867, Žlebské Chvalovice, East Bohemia, Czech Republic
d. 1926 (Age 58 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 3 Nov 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.
