KOMBEREC, NEMEC, POPICIL

Seek ancestral village or immigr data on ggf Vaclav Komberec (aka Wenzel, Vincent or James) b. 1857 near Prague, d. July 1950 Necedah, WI. A cigarmaker, he immigr from Austrian Empire to NY ca. 1880 with bride Aloisa Nemec. She b Jan 1856 Bohemia, d. Jan 1922, Necedah, WI. Her par were Joe Nemec, b. Bohemia who m Mary Popicil, b. Bohemia. They res at E 54th St in NY and owned 2 lots near Central Park. Had 8 ch, 4 died as infants, poss in NY. My gfa Joseph b. March 1887, NY, d. Jan 1965 Necedah, WI. Siblings were Rose, Agnes and Edward. He b. Feb 1894, Iowa, d. Aug 1974, IL. Aloisa had bro in NY in Jan 1922. Vaclav’s bro John, wife Josie and dau Mary irnrnigr to NY in 1882. Son Arthur b 1887 in NY. Vaclav’s younger bro left NY for the west and was never heard from. Placed Vaclav and Aloisa in West Allis, WI 1890, Maquoketa, IA 1892-94 and Necedah, WI 1895. John and fam also res in these cities. Mary, single, had dau Jenny Komberec, b 1906 in IA.