Title
ADOLPH PRIVRATSKY FAMILY
Creator
Albert A. Privratsky Family
Coverage
TOWNSHIP 138N RANGE 98W
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ADOLPH PRIVRATSKY FAMILY
Adolph Privratsky was born May 14, 1878 in Ukraine, Russia. He came to this country with his mother and older brother, John, in 1891. His mother died about four years later. As a young man he herded cattle for C. T. Langley with Joe Zastoupil in the Stark County area. He herded the cows at night more than in the day because there were so many wolves. The wolves ate the calves if the herder wasn’t there with a loaded rifle. There was a time when he stayed in a shack built into a hill, but that didn’t last too long because the rattlesnakes moved in after him.
In 1903 Adolph married Mary Splichal at St. Joseph's Church in Dickinson. Mary was born Aug. 15, 1886 in Russia to Frank Splichal and Anna Krall Splichal. She came to the United States in 1900 to a 266 farm five miles southwest of Dickinson. She had 10 brothers and sisters: Frank; Anna, wife of Joe Dvorak; Anton; Peter; Joseph; Christine, wife of Frank Urbanec; Emma, wife of Robert Gilliam; Louis; Agnes, wife of George Braun; and one died in infancy.
The father of Mrs. Adolph Privratsky was born in 1865 at Chechograd, Crimea and her mother in 1866 at Alexandroffka, Crimea. Her grandparents immigrated to Crimea, Russia about 1864 from Bohemia.
After their marriage, Adolph and Mary moved seven miles south of South Heart and homesteaded the north quarter of Section 14 in Stark County. They lived in a granary before the house was built. The first years were filled with hardship. Adolph cut prairie and hauled it to Dickinson for about $5 a load, then buying a few groceries he brought them home. He would leave home at about 4 a.m. so that he could get to Dickinson, find a buyer for the hay, unload the hay by hand, and get back home before dark. He tried to be home before night to his wife and young family because occasionally Indians would come on horseback.
They were blessed with eight boys and four girls: Anton; Adolph; Frank; Pete; Louis; Steve; William; Albert; Anna, wife of Fritz Binstock; Emma, wife of Isadore Pavlicek; and Mary, wife of George Sadowsky. One girl died in infancy.
They farmed and ranched there acquiring eight quarters of land through the years. In 1934 the farm house burned to the ground. In the fall of 1934 a new house was erected across the farm to market road on Section 15. In 1935 a rock barn was erected, which still stands. Most of the homesteaded buildings were moved to the spot where the new house and barn were erected, except one stone building which stands, marking the original homestead today. Adolph died Jan. 19, 1940. His wife Mary died July 4, 1971.
By Albert A. Privratsky Family
Adolph Privratsky was born May 14, 1878 in Ukraine, Russia. He came to this country with his mother and older brother, John, in 1891. His mother died about four years later. As a young man he herded cattle for C. T. Langley with Joe Zastoupil in the Stark County area. He herded the cows at night more than in the day because there were so many wolves. The wolves ate the calves if the herder wasn’t there with a loaded rifle. There was a time when he stayed in a shack built into a hill, but that didn’t last too long because the rattlesnakes moved in after him.
In 1903 Adolph married Mary Splichal at St. Joseph's Church in Dickinson. Mary was born Aug. 15, 1886 in Russia to Frank Splichal and Anna Krall Splichal. She came to the United States in 1900 to a 266 farm five miles southwest of Dickinson. She had 10 brothers and sisters: Frank; Anna, wife of Joe Dvorak; Anton; Peter; Joseph; Christine, wife of Frank Urbanec; Emma, wife of Robert Gilliam; Louis; Agnes, wife of George Braun; and one died in infancy.
The father of Mrs. Adolph Privratsky was born in 1865 at Chechograd, Crimea and her mother in 1866 at Alexandroffka, Crimea. Her grandparents immigrated to Crimea, Russia about 1864 from Bohemia.
After their marriage, Adolph and Mary moved seven miles south of South Heart and homesteaded the north quarter of Section 14 in Stark County. They lived in a granary before the house was built. The first years were filled with hardship. Adolph cut prairie and hauled it to Dickinson for about $5 a load, then buying a few groceries he brought them home. He would leave home at about 4 a.m. so that he could get to Dickinson, find a buyer for the hay, unload the hay by hand, and get back home before dark. He tried to be home before night to his wife and young family because occasionally Indians would come on horseback.
They were blessed with eight boys and four girls: Anton; Adolph; Frank; Pete; Louis; Steve; William; Albert; Anna, wife of Fritz Binstock; Emma, wife of Isadore Pavlicek; and Mary, wife of George Sadowsky. One girl died in infancy.
They farmed and ranched there acquiring eight quarters of land through the years. In 1934 the farm house burned to the ground. In the fall of 1934 a new house was erected across the farm to market road on Section 15. In 1935 a rock barn was erected, which still stands. Most of the homesteaded buildings were moved to the spot where the new house and barn were erected, except one stone building which stands, marking the original homestead today. Adolph died Jan. 19, 1940. His wife Mary died July 4, 1971.
By Albert A. Privratsky Family