Jan POLKA

1875 - 1927  (52 years)

• Name	Jan POLKA
  Birth	10 Dec 1875	House 29, Gawrzylowa, Rzeszow, Galicia, Poland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Name Variation	John Polka
  Birth	27 Dec 1875	Debica, Rzeszow, Galicia, Poland   [2]
  Emigration	25 Aug 1882	Brennan, Germany   [3]
  Immigration	05 Oct 1882	Galveston, Galveston Co., TX   [3]
  Emigration	1884	Poland   [4]
  Land Bought	Between 1899 and 1925	Land transactions
  Census	1900	Robertson Co., TX   [5]
  Census	1910	Ft Bend Co., TX   [6]
  Naturalization	11 Sep 1918	District Court, Bellville, Austin Co., TX   [7]
  	John filed his Declaration of Intention, but was never actually naturalized. His declaration was rejected because he had spent time in a Texas penitentuary.
  Census	1920	Ft Bend Co., TX   [8]
  Naturalization	04 Sep 1925	Richmond, Ft Bend Co., TX   [9]
  	He was not naturalized because he had spent time in the penitentiary.
  	16 Dec 1927	Ft Bend Co., TX
  	death certificate is on file in Ft Bend Co.
  Person ID	I94	Main Tree
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2006

  
  

  Father	Jakub PALKA,   b. 21 Jul 1824, House 25, Zawierzbie, Rzeszow, Galicia, Poland d. 19 Mar 1894, Bremond, Robertson Co., TX (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Jozefa KLOC,   b. 31 Dec 1832, House 15, Gawrzylowa, Rzeszow, Galicia, Poland d. 03 Feb 1917, Bremond, Robertson Co., TX (Age 84 years)
  	11 Apr 1850	House 15, Gawrzylowa, Rzeszow, Galicia, Poland   [10]
  Family ID	F35	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eva BURDA,   b. Mar 1881, Poland
  	13 Nov 1895	St. Mary's Catholic Church, Bremond, Robertson Co., TX   [4, 11]
  Children	+ 1. Stanislaus POLKA,   b. 08 Nov 1896, Bremond, Robertson Co., TX   2. Louis POLKA,   b. 15 May 1898, Bremond, Robertson Co., TX d. 08 Sep 1968, Ft Bend Co, TX (Age 70 years)   3. Veronica POLKA,   b. 29 Dec 1902, New Waverly, Walker Co., TX   4. Edward Edmund POLKA,   b. 15 Oct 1904, New Waverly, Walker Co., TX d. 10 Jan 1916, Austin Co., TX (Age 11 years)   5. Joseph POLKA,   b. 13 Feb 1906, New Waverly, Walker Co., TX   6. Stella POLKA,   b. 14 Jan 1909, New Waverly, Walker Co., TX + 7. Slyvester POLKA,   b. 18 Apr 1913, Rosenburg, Ft Bend Co., TX
  Family ID	F58	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2018

  
  

• Event Map

  Immigration - 05 Oct 1882 - Galveston, Galveston Co., TX Emigration - 1884 - Poland Land Bought - Between 1899 and 1925 - Land transactions Census - 1900 - Robertson Co., TX Census - 1910 - Ft Bend Co., TX Naturalization - 11 Sep 1918 - District Court, Bellville, Austin Co., TX Census - 1920 - Ft Bend Co., TX Naturalization - 04 Sep 1925 - Richmond, Ft Bend Co., TX - 16 Dec 1927 - Ft Bend Co., TX  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents		John Polka Petition John Polka Petition; John Polka Petition For Naturalization - 1920
  		John Polka Declaration John Polka Declaration; John Polka Declaration of Intention for Naturalization - 1918

  
  

• Sources

  [S52] Catholic Church Records - Debica,Poland, birth record, pg 41. [S43] Cthouse-Ft Bend, TX, Petition for naturalization vol 3, pg 68. [S34] Courthouse - Austin Co,TX, (Bellville, TX), Petition for Naturalization. [S19] Census-1900. [S19] Census-1900, Robertson Co, TX. [S21] Census-1910, Ft Bend Co, TX. [S34] Courthouse - Austin Co,TX, (Bellville, TX), Declaration of Intention, District court. [S28] Census-1920, Vol 66, ED 2, Sheet 6, Line 57. [S43] Cthouse-Ft Bend, TX, Petition for Naturalization. [S52] Catholic Church Records - Debica,Poland, marriage record, pg 18. [S5] St Mary's Catholic church, Catholic Church Records - Bremond.