This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DIB.2ACE/16.1.1.2 Message Board Post: The different Krenik families that settled in Le Sueur County are all related and all connect back to the Matauss Kregnik (1745-1796) and Alzbeta Machova (1744-1811) from Dunajice and the surrounding area of the Czech Republic. Several Krenik cousins have had the family traced back in the church records. I am very interested in placing all the Krenik in the right branch but have several that I am stuck on (too many Jacobs and Mathews). The Ancestors of John F. Krenik are: 1. John F. Krenik, born 29 Aug 1871 in Bohemia; died 14 Oct 1947 in Le Sueur County, Minnesota, USA. He was the son of 2. John W. Krenik and 3. Rose Placha. He married (1) Louise A. Heil 05 Oct 1897 in Heidelberg, Le Sueur County, Minnesota. She was born 10 Nov 1876 in Minnesota, and died 18 Dec 1955 in Le Sueur County, Minnesota. She was the daughter of Ihrig. Generation No. 2 2. John W. Krenik, born 1837 in Dunajice, Stepanovice parish, Trebon, Bohemia; died 11 Sep 1908 in Montgomery, Le Sueur County, Minnesota, USA. He was the son of 4. Jacob Krenik. He married 3. Rose Placha Abt. 1866 in Bohemia. 3. Rose Placha, born 1847 in Bohemia; died 08 Mar 1921 in Montgomery, Le Sueur County, Minnesota, USA. Children of John Krenik and Rose Placha are: i. Catherine Krenik, born 1869 in Dunajice, Stepanovice parish, Trebon; died 12 Dec 1916 in Montgomery, Le Sueur County, Minnesota; married William Ernest Augst 03 Apr 1894 in Montgomery, Le Sueur County, Minnesota; born 19 Feb 1866 in Montgomery Township, Le Sueur County, Minnesota; died 13 Aug 1931 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. 1 ii. John F. Krenik, born 29 Aug 1871 in Bohemia; died 14 Oct 1947 in Le Sueur County, Minnesota, USA; married Louise A. Heil 05 Oct 1897 in Heidelberg, Le Sueur County, Minnesota. iii. Anna Krenik, born Unknown; died Unknown; married Sullivan Bef. Sep 1908; born Unknown; died Unknown. iv. daughter Krenik, born Unknown; died Unknown. More About daughter Krenik: Occupation: Sister Ethelbert was a nun. Residence: 1908, White Earth v. Rose Krenik, born 1886; died 1962. More About Rose Krenik: Burial: Calvary Cemetery, Montgomery vi. Frank A. Krenik, born Unknown; died Unknown. More About Frank A. Krenik: Occupation: 1908, In charge of the Swift Meat Packing Plant in South, St. Paul vii. James Krenik, born Unknown; died Unknown. More About James Krenik: Residence: 1908, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota Generation No. 3 4. Jacob Krenik, born 1795 in Bohemia; died Aft. 1837. He was the son of 8. Mathias Krenik and 9. Maria Anna Tesar. Children of Jacob Krenik are: 2 i. John W. Krenik, born 1837 in Dunajice, Stepanovice parish, Trebon, Bohemia; died 11 Sep 1908 in Montgomery, Le Sueur County, Minnesota, USA; married Rose Placha Abt. 1866 in Bohemia. ii. Jacob Krenik, born Unknown in Bohemia; died Aft. 1908. Generation No. 4 8. Mathias Krenik, born 12 Feb 1767 in Dunajice, Stepanovice Parish, Trebon, Bohemia; died 1831. He was the son of 16. Matauss Kregnik and 17. Alzbeta Machova. He married 9. Maria Anna Tesar Abt. 1789 9. Maria Anna Tesar, born 1773 in Bohemia; died 1835. She was the daughter of 18. Tomass Tesar. More About Mathias Krenik: Fact 1: They had eleven children. Children of Mathias Krenik and Maria Tesar are: i. Martin Krenik, born 1790 in Bohemia; died Unknown; married Maria Anna Jirik Abt. 1827 in Bohemia; born 1800 in Bohemia; died 1859. 4 ii. Jacob Krenik, born 1795 in Bohemia; died Aft. 1837. iii. Anna Krenik, born 1802 in Bohemia; died Unknown. Generation No. 5 16. Matauss Kregnik, born 19 Sep 1745 in Dunajice, Stepanovice Parish, Trebon, Bohemia; died 1796. He was the son of Witt Kregnik and Catharina Kess. He married 17. Alzbeta Machova 26 Feb 1764 in Stepanovice Parish, Trebon, Bohemia. 17. Alzbeta Machova, born 29 Oct 1744 in Lybin, Stepanovice Parish, Trebon, Bohemia; died 1811. She was the daughter of Wenceslai Macha and Lydmila Mykss. Children of Matauss Kregnik and Alzbeta Machova are: i. Melchior Krenik, born 05 Jan 1766 in Dunajice, Stepanovice Parish, Trebon, Bohemia; died Bef. 1774. 8 ii. Mathias Krenik, born 12 Feb 1767 in Dunajice, Stepanovice Parish, Trebon, Bohemia; died 1831; married Maria Anna Tesar Abt. 1789. iii. Thomass Krenik, born 24 Dec 1768 in Dunajice, Stepanovice Parish, Trebon, Bohemia; died Unknown. iv. Catharina Krenik, born 08 Apr 1770 in Dunajice, Stepanovice Parish, Trebon, Bohemia; died Bef. 1778. v. Jacobus Krenik, born 06 Jul 1773 in Dunajice, Stepanovice Parish, Trebon, Bohemia; died Unknown. vi. Melchior Krenik, born 28 Dec 1774 in Dunajice, Stepanovice Parish, Trebon, Bohemia; died Unknown. vii. Joannes Nepomocenus Krenik, born 11 May 1776 in Dunajice, Stepanovice Parish, Trebon, Bohemia; died Unknown; married Catherine Tesar 21 Sep 1800; born 1781; died Unknown. More About Joannes Krenik and Catherine Tesar: Marriage: 21 Sep 1800 viii. Catharina Krenik, born 14 Nov 1778 in Dunajice, Stepanovice Parish, Trebon, Bohemia; died Unknown. ix. Josef Krenik, born 11 Feb 1781 in Dunajice, Stepanovice Parish, Trebon, Bohemia; died Aft. 1823; married (1) Maryanna Korbelova 21 Jul 1803 in Bosilec Parish, Ponedrazka, Trebon, Bohemia; born 1784 in Ponedrazka; died 08 Dec 1806 in Ponedrazka; married (2) Magdalena Janovsky 03 Feb 1807 in Ponedrazka, Bosilec Parish, Trebon, Bohemia; born 1787 in Ponedrazka, Bosilec Parish, Trebon, Bohemia; died Aft. 1823. More About Josef Krenik: Fact 1: He was a cottager. More About Josef Krenik and Magdalena Janovsky: Marriage: 03 Feb 1807, Ponedrazka, Bosilec Parish, Trebon, Bohemia x. Laurentius Krenik, born 04 Aug 1783 in Dunajice, Stepanovice parish, Trebon; died Unknown. xi. Jan Nepomucky Krenik, born 04 May 1788 in Dunajice, Stepanovice parish, Trebon; died Unknown. 18. Tomass Tesar, born Unknown; died Unknown. Child of Tomass Tesar is: 9 i. Maria Anna Tesar, born 1773 in Bohemia; died 1835; married Mathias Krenik Abt. 1789