HURT Family Immigration

by Kathleen Gregory

"Immigration lists for John, Anton, Frank. John Hurt - 14 March 1876, Weser Port of New York; Anton Hurt - 21 July 1877, Braunschweig Port of Baltimore; Frank Hurt - 5 June 1880, Berlin Port of Baltimore.

Frank came to the US with Wenzel/Vaclav age 20, Maria age 24, Barbara age 14 and Rosena age 3/4. They are in Colfax Co., NE on the 15 June 1880 for the census. This is where I lose Frank. He was 60 yrs of age. Wenzel/Vaclav/James (listed in the index as Jarvis) is married to Anna Barbara age 18 b. Bohemia in the Howard Co., NE census in 1885. No children. In 1900, James and Barbara Hurt in Kelso Precinct, Howard Co., NE have Louis, Jenny, Hellen, Annie, James, Jagislaw, Frank and Caroline. They have been married 16 years and all 8 of their children are living.

Anton Hurt came with Aloiza, Frank, Clara, Jaraslau, Antonia and Anna Vollmann age 15. I finally found Anna in the immigration lists! I still can't find a marriage record for Anna and Joseph Hurt. Of course, you already have John and Mary Mrckvicka Hurt immigration information. Joseph Hurt is still eluding me. I found a Joseph Hurt immigrating to New York in 1874 age 18, occupation student. Have you anything that would support this?

On the marriage records from the NE courthouse. All of the names on the marriage records from Nebraska have phonetic spellings! This includes the names of the birth places. Anton Hurt and Cealia Przybyszewski (Shebeski) is a good example. He was born in Ujezdec, Bohemia. She is still not certain even though it looks to be Hornne, Polano. I am still trying to figure this one out. I tried to find Frank and Mary Przybyszewski in the immigration lists, but have been unsuccessful. Through the census records, their year of immigration varies from 1879-1884. They are not in the 1885 census in Nebraska. On the marriage record of Frank Hurt and Maggie Sckudlarek, Frank was born in Češov, Bohemia (pronounced Chesawf). I borrowed the book, "Nebraska, Kansas Czech Settlers" and copied the pages for Howard County. In them Vaclav Hurt is shown to be from Dubina, Bohemia. I went to www.mapy.cz and put in the name Ujezdec and then plotted the trip to Češov. I was amazed how close they are. I then did the same for a trip from Češov to Dubina. The line goes right through Ujezdec! CZECH MAP

Now that we know the area this family was located in Bohemia, we can consider doing research in the Czech Republic. Aida Kraus informs me that the best way to do it is by hiring a researcher at the daily rate, $100. It is cheaper in the long run over paying by the document and you get more information. Do you suppose we could get donations from our cousins?

I did find another descendant of Anton and Cealia Hurt. Her name is Laura - Email: gray101@aol.com She is the Registrar for her DAR Chapter and will send me some information after Christmas. I hope to learn a lot about our Hurt line. I sent an email to Marianna Iverson to see if she or her brother, Vernon (I think), has some documents to share.

I wrote to the courthouse in St. Paul for land records and naturalization records. Hopefully, these will be back this week. I am still going through census records to make sure I am keeping the lines straight. I don't want to misinform anyone.

I am really enjoying myself! I have a subscription to Ancestry.com which is how I have been doing all of my research. I wish they could get records from the Czech archives. It is my understanding that even the LDS are not able to film those records. If you have any suggestions, I gladly welcome them!" -- Kathleen - Email: gregory@giantcomm.net
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