Hoping someone might want to claim these people who once were in Chicago. SLEPICKA SLEPICA CHICKEN HRUSKA PEAR PEARY CECH SACK HOSEK Michael SLEPICKA, married to Anna HRUSKA, in Chicago, Illinois, August 1879, St. John Nepomucene Roman Catholic Church, parents of nine children, all born in Minneapolis, Minnesota 1884-1902. Martin HRUSKA, age 62, married to Mary HRUSKA, age 50, parents of Anna, Martin (b. 1858, Bohemia), Mary, John (b. 1864, Bohemia), and Barbara (b. 1866, Chicago, IL) (1880 data). Barbara HRUSKA is believed to have married Jan Hosek, 4/22/1893 (Chicago, IL) (IL. on line marriage database). Joseph (Josef) SACK, age 23, husband of Mary HRUSKA, age 25, parents of at least one son, Joseph Sack, born May 1880 (1880 data). Maria CECH, possibly a midwife, possibly related to the above people, single godparent to Slepicka infant who died in first week of life in 1882, Chicago, Illinois. Slepicka and Hruska families are Bohemian immigrants to Chicago, Illinois, abt. 1866. Joseph (Josef) Sack is believed to have been born in Germany and worked as a laborer. He is identified as a laborer in 1880, his in-laws and their children reside with Joseph and his wife and child. Male members of these families involved in wood-molding and machinist work in both Chicago and Minneapolis. Barbara HRUSKA, age 14, born in America, was already listed as a tailor in the 1880 Chicago Census, her brother, John, age 16, born in Bohemia, is an apprentice machinist in the same census. All live at 2713 Portland Avenue, Chicago. Seek connections to Slepicka and Hruska families who remained in Chicago after Michael and Anna Slepicka moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota (1883-4). Families are known to have used variations of their Bohemian surnames: Slepicka > Slepica > Chicken (loose translation of Slepicka (hen)). The Minnesota line descending from Michael and Anna Slepicka uses the name Slepica. The Wisconsin line descending uses the name Chicken. Hruska > Hruskova > Pear > Peary (literal translation of Hruska/Hruskova) Any information welcome. Will share. Elaine Czech List http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~elainetmaddox/index.htm