Chaloupek (Kopidlo Branch)

The discussion of the Chaloupek Name has been moved to its own page.

There are two branches of CHALOUPEKs in my family tree. One comes from Kopidlo, and the other from Vlceves. Both are small towns in Bohemia. The Vlceves branch is described on the PRAGR page. This page describes the Kopidlo Branch. Other branches will appear on the Chaloupek Branches page.

Until recently, all of the information I have on the Kopidlo Branch of Chaloupeks in Bohemia comes from my third cousin, Leighton Kaloupek, who visited Kopidlo in 2002, and Miroslav Koudelka, a researcher hired by Leighton.

Another valuable source of information is the Genealogie pohodnych v Cechach website, maintained by Josef Vanek. I don't like to trust information form one source, but this seems well-researched, and consistent with the Koudelka data, where there is overlap. Vanek has the name written CHALOUPKA, or CHALOUPKOVA for the women, instead of CHALOUPEK.

The farthest back I have been able to go is my 6g-grandfather, Jiřik ŠIMA, who was born in the late 1600's. He probably lived in Bĕleč, a small town about 18 miles west of Praha (Prague), Bohemia. Jiřik was already deceased when his daughter, Alžbĕta ŠIMOVÁ, married Martin CHALOUPEK, the knacker of Bĕleč, on 23 Nov 1728, in Bĕleč. Martin was born in Bratronice, another village less than 2 miles NE of Bĕleč.

Jiřik ŠIMA b: Bef. 1694, d: Bef. 1729 in Bĕleč

.... Alžbĕta ŠIMOVÁ b: Bef. 1701 in Bĕleč, d: Bet. 1733–1738

.... + Martin CHALOUPEK b: Abt. 1700 in Bratronice, m: 23 Nov 1728 in Belec, d: Bef. 1738

Martin's birth date is not known very precisely, but he died very young. Martin and Alžbĕta (ŠIMA) CHALOUPEK had 3 children:

Jakub b. 05 Jul 1729 in Bĕleč, d: 04 Jan 1789 in Kopidlo #11

Kateřina b: 28 Apr 1731 in Bĕleč

Ludmila b: 20 Sep 1733 in Bĕleč

Alžbĕta must have died (perhaps in childbirth) because Martin had another child, Veronika, but the mother was listed as Anna, from Pušperk. But then, another record lists Jakub's and Katerina's mother as Ludmila. Vanek says this is obviously a mistake, so both he and Koudelka agree.

Veronika b: 17 Feb 1739 in Bratronice, Bohemia

These are most of the places the CHALOUPEKs came from. Click on one of the balloons to see the town name. You can zoom in and see what the towns look like today. For scale, the distance between Praha (Prague) and Plzeň (Pilsen) is about 82 km (51 miles). Bratrpnice is hiding behind Belec, just west of Praha. Kopidlo is behind Kočín, a little further west.

I don't know what ever became of Martin CHALOUPEK's three daughters, but his son, Jakub, married Anna VESELÁ on 13 Jan 1749 in Postoloprty. Anna was the daughter of Václav VESELÝ, the knacker of Postoloprty. Jakub was, before his marriage, the knacker of Radnice.

Anna VESELÁ b: Abt. 1721 in Postoloprty, d: 11 Jul 1779 in Žebnice

It must have been soon after they married that Jakub and Anna moved to Kopidlo, a small village in western Bohemia, 44 miles west of Prague. Jakub was the knacker of Kopidlo. CHALOUPEKs lived in Kopidlo houses #9, #10, #11 and #20 at various times. House #10, shown below, is still in the family.

This picture was a little surprising to me. I was expecting a quaint little cottage, for something that has been in the family for more than 300 years. Apparently, it has been remodeled a few times, and is still very much in use! On the map above, Kopidlo is just east of Plasy. If you switch to satellite view, and zoom in a few times, keeping Kopidlo in the center, you can see which house it is. Leighton KALOUPEK, who visited Kopidlo in 2002, and took this photo, said:

Jakub and Anna had 13 children, from 1750 to 1774, and they were all born in Kopidlo. Most of these 13 children died in infancy or early childhood.

If Anna's birthdate of 1721 is correct, then she had her first child at 29, and her last child at age 53. The only reason we have for setting her birth date at 1721 is the record from Žebnice, that she died on 11 Jul 1779, at age 58. She was probably more like 48 in 1779. In other words, I suspect that Anna (VESELÁ) CHALOUPEK was born around 1731, not 1721.

Barbora b: 17 May 1750, d: 17 May 1750 in Kopidlo

Kateřina b: 17 May 1750, d: 22 May 1750 in Kopidlo

Joannes Baptist b: 06 Jun 1751, d: 1752 in Kopidlo

Veronika b: 08 Dec 1752, d: 1755 in Kopidlo

Anna b: 24 Sep 1754, d: 28 Mar 1772 in Kopidlo

Martin b: 13 Dec 1756, d: 19 Dec 1757 in Kopidlo

Veronika b: 13 Dec 1756

Jakub b: 29 Apr 1759

Kateřina b: 25 Sep 1761

Václav b: 24 Sep 1764

Barbora b: 24 Sep 1764, d: 1764 in Kopidlo

Václav b: 26 Jun 1768 in Koidlo, d. 17 Apr 1837 in Kopidlo

Matĕj b: 13 Feb 1774 in Kopidlo #9

It was not uncommon to reuse the name of a child who had died. The first Václav must have died before 26 Jun 1768. The 5th child, Anna, lived past age 17, and knew 7 of her younger siblings, and briefly, one older sister.

The Great Famine of 1770-1771 killed half a million people, about 12% of the population of the Czech lands. In 1770, Jakub (41) and Anna (49?) would have had Veronica (14), Jakub (11), Kateřina (9) and Václav (2).

Václav was born 4 years after his next oldest sibling, and his younger brother, Matĕj, almost 6 years after that. No birth control! The 2 brothers would have been young men during the war against revolutionary France, and still 30-somethings during the Napoleonic Wars. It's doubtful that they were able to avoid military duty. Those were turbulent times in Europe, east and west!

The only one of the 13 who I know lived to adulthood was my 3g-grandfather, Václav CHALOUPEK. He married Kateřina VOLMUTOVÁ (or WOLLMUTOVÁ) on 21 Sep 1788.

Kateřina Volmutová b: 1761 in Hodoviz

Katharina was from Hodoviz, about 10 miles west of Kopidlo, and her parents were Jan and Marie (ŠŤÁHLAVSKÁ) Volmut. Please see the WOLLMUT page.

Václav and Kateřina CHALOUPEK had 14 children, all born in Kopidlo. It looks like the family moved from house #9 to house #20 some time between 1805 and 1808. House #9 was where Václav's younger brother was born, so it was probably where he was born also. Perhaps Václav and Katerina stayed with his parents for the first few years of their marriage. They must have needed a bigger house!

Matĕj b: 07 Sep 1789 in Kopidlo #9, d: 07 Sep 1789 in Kopidlo #9

Marie b: 27 May 1791 in Kopidlo #9, d: 24 Apr 1798 in Kopidlo

Josefka b: 21 Mar 1793 in Kopidlo #9, d: 28 Nov 1794 in Kopidlo

Barbora b: 18 Sep 1794 in Kopidlo #9, d: 12 Oct 1794 in Kopidlo #9

Anna b: 25 Feb 1796 in Kopidlo #9

Josef b: 02 Mar 1798 in Kopidlo #9

Václav b: 17 Apr 1800 in Kopidlo #9

Kateřina b: 06 Apr 1802 in Kopidlo #9

Marie b: 27 Mar 1804 in Kopidlo #9, d: Bef. 1810 in Kopidlo #9

Jiřik b: 13 Mar 1805 in Kopidlo #9, d: 21 Aug 1834 Kopidlo #20

Matĕj b: 25 Feb 1808 in Kopidlo #9, d: 21 Apr 1888 in Kopidlo #20

Jakub b: 25 Feb 1808 in Kopidlo #9

Marianna b: 24 Oct 1810 in Kopidlo #10

Jan b. 29 Jun 1813 in Kopidlo #20, d. 6 Aug 1836 in Kopidlo #20

Again, the first few children died in infancy or early childhood, and the only ones who I know lived to adulthood were Jiřik and Jan, who died of tuberculosis at age 29 and 23, and my gg-grandfather, Matĕj CHALOUPEK. I don't even know what became of his twin, Jakub.

Records indicate that Matĕj was illiterate. It is probably safe to say that most of his siblings and ancestors were also.

Kateřina (VOLMUTOVÁ) CHALOUPEK must have died, and Václav, like his grandfather, remarried and had another child. His second wife was another Kateřina,

Kateřina BUMLOVA b: Solopisky, Bohemia

who was the daughter of Jiři BUML, of Solopysky, and their child was

Jan Křtitel CHALOUPEK b: 29 Jun 1813 in Kopidlo #20

On 10 Oct 1837, Matĕj married Kateřina HOLZKNECHTOVÁ, daughter of Václav HOLZKNECHTand Josepha SCHLEHOFEROVA. This was six months after his father Vaclav had died. The HOLCKNECHTs were from Bor, about 40 miles southwest of Kopidlo, just 10 miles from the German border. The town of Bor (Bory) no longer exists, having been incorporated into the city of Klatovy. Václav was the knacker of Bor. See the HOLZKNECHT and SCHLEHOFER pages.

Kateřina "Katie" HOLZKNECHTOVÁ b: 1820 in Bor, d: Aft. 1894

Matĕj and Kateřina had 7 children (the + signs indicate spouses):

Josef CHALOUPEK b: 24 Jul 1838 in Kopidlo #20, d. 14 Aug 1838 in Kopidlo #20

Marie CHALOUPEK b: 09 Jan 1842 in Kopidlo

+ Jan EISENHAMMER b. 16 Dec 1843 in Hracholusky #24, Rakovnik district, m. 8 Nov 1864

Josef CHALOUPEK b: 05 Jul 1844 in Kopidlo

+ Maria ŠOBROVÁ b: 14 May 1847 in Chudenice, West Bohemia

Vencil Václav "James" KALOUPEK b: 14 Dec 1849 in Kopidlo, d: 28 Dec 1932 in Elberon, Tama, IA

+ Charlotte "Lottie" DEIML b: 1857 in Kopidlo, m: 1871 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, d: 1935

Frank Louis CHALOUPEK b: 20 Nov 1852 in Kopidlo, d: 20 May 1929 in Belle Plaine, Benton, IA

+ Fina CACEK m: 15 Apr 1877 in Norway, Benton, IA

+ Mary YAROSHEK b: 15 Aug 1861 in Bohemia, m: 30 Oct 1880, d: 04 Aug 1901 in Chelsea, Tama, IA

+ Anna JELINEK b: 30 Aug 1869 in , Linn, Iowa, m: 04 Aug 1912 in Belle Plaine, Benton, IA, d: 17 Aug 1926 in Belle Plaine

Anna CHALOUPEK b: 04 Sep 1858 in Kopidlo, d: 19 Sep 1858 in Kopidlo

Matĕj CHALOUPEK b: 19 Feb 1863 in Kopidlo

+ Josefa KOŽIŠKOVÁ

The first child, Joseph, lived only 21 days.

Marie married Jan EISENHAMMER, and moved into the house where he had been born. There, they had a child, Anna.

Anna EISENHAMEROVA b. 7 Oct 1865 in Hracholusky #24, Rakovnik district

The third child of Matĕj and Kateřina was also named Joseph. He took over the farm, and his descendants still live there.

Josef CHALOUPEK b: 05 Jul 1844 in Kopidlo

.. + Maria ŠOBROVÁ b: 14 May 1847 in Chudenice

....2 František CHALOUPEK b: 14 Apr 1872 in Kopidlo, d: 20 Apr 1872 in Kopidlo

....2 Anna CHALOUPKOVÁ b: 10 Nov 1873 in Kopidlo

....2 Josef CHALOUPEK b: 29 Dec 1876 in Kopidlo

....2 Václav CHALOUPEK b: 28 Jul 1883 in Kopidlo

.... + Anna KOUDELKOVÁ m: 24 Nov 1908 in Obora

Anna was Matĕj and Kateřina's 6th child, and lived only 15 days.

The youngest was Matĕj, born in 1863. He married and lived in Kočín , just 1 km from Kopidlo.

Matĕj CHALOUPEK b: 19 Feb 1863 in Kopidlo

.. + Josefa KOŽIŠKOVÁ b: Kočín

.....2 Joseph Frantisek CHALOUPEK b: 31 Mar 1895 in Kočín

..... + Etna UNKNOWN

........3 Vlastimil CHALOUPEK

Josef and Etna CHALOUPEK

Vencil and Frank (my great grandfather) both came to America in the early 1870's. According to Elberon Community History 1881-1981:

Vencil Kaloupek was born in Bohemia, Austria, in November of 1848. He came to America in 1871, spending a year and a half in Chicago and then moved his family to LeGrand, Iowa, where he worked on the railroad for 4.5 years, and farmed for three years in York township. Then moved to Belle Plaine and worked for one year as a railroad employee. After that he came to Elberon where he worked as a carpenter for three years. Later opened a Butcher shop and after two years sold it. For the next 27 years he owned and operated a threshing outfit. During this time he built the Opera House with his living quarters in the rear of the building. In 1872, he married Lottie Dymel. She was also born in Bohemia in 1856. Eight children were born to this union. Vencil at the age of 73 visited with relatives and friends in Czech. for nine months. Vencil died December 28, 1932, and his wife in 1935. [Elberon Community History 1881-1981, Iowa Geneological Library, Des Moines, IA]

There are many variations and inconsistencies in the records. Vencil was sometimes spelled Vencel or Vincel. Václav is translated as James. At some point, Vencil chose to spell his name KALOUPEK, and his descendants have retained that spellling. Lottie DYMEL is actually Charlotte DEIML, according to family members. She is also called Mithelda, or Charlotte DEINOL, and was born in 1854, or 1856, or 1857.

Lottie DEIML was a Jewish girl, who grew up in Kopidlo. Some of her family members, who stayed in Bohemia, became victims of the Holocaust.

Vencil and Lottie had 8 children:

Frank b: 25 Nov 1875 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, d: 21 May 1918 in Chelsea

+ Julia HACH b: 01 Aug 1887 in Chelsea, m: 28 Dec 1908 in Cedar Rapids, d: 02 Apr 1962 in Belle Plaine

Joseph b: Abt. 1877 in Legrand, Marshall, IA

Emil b: 1880, d: 1951

+ Augusta M b: 27 Aug 1878, d: 09 Jun 1911

Matilda "Tillie" Marie b: 05 Dec 1883, d: 11 Feb 1964 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN

+ Gustave DOOSE b: 17 Sep 1885 in Germany, m: 14 Sep 1906 in Vinton, d: 29 Apr 1956 in Minneapolis

Edward J. b: 1886, d: 30 Dec 1954 in Tama

+ Violet KONICEK

Agnes b: 26 Jan 1890 in Elberon, d: 13 Oct 1969 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI

+ Arthur J. HAASE b: 08 Jan 1888 in McCook, NE, m: 26 May 1915, d: 28 Feb 1948

William b: 1892

Charles b: 1895

Vencil actually traveled to Bohemia twice; in 1921 and 1923. He was in Belle Plaine when his brother died, in 1929 (see below). He died on 28 Dec 1932, at age 84.

Vencil's Sale

V. Kaloupek's sale, which was held last Wednesday, was well attended. Mr. Kaloupek will leave for Ceska Slovak, Bohemia, in the near future. [The Traer Star-Clipper, Traer, Tama County, Iowa, (Microfilm, State Historical Library of Iowa), 19 August 1921]

Frank Louis CHALOUPEK, my great grandfather, was born on 20 Nov 1852, probably in Bohemia. He came to America soon after his brother Vencil (above), in about 1872. He became a US citizen on 1 Nov 1873, in Chicago. He had 3 wives, and outlived them all.

Frank's first wife was Fina ČEČÁK (or CACEK, COCEK), who he married on 15 Apr 1877, in Norway, Iowa, which is in SE Benton County. I don't know anything else about her, but she must have died without offspring.

A gravestone in Oakhill Cemetery, Belle Plaine has four lines on the front:

CHALOUPEK

DEC. 9, 1856

MAY 6, 1878

BABY 1878

and on the top of the stone is the name Tony. I believe this is Fina ČEČÁK's grave, that she died in childbirth, and that her child, Tony, was buried with her.

The 1880 US Census has Frank CHALOPKA, age 25, born in Bohemia, as a boarder in the Joseph KUCERA home. He is listed as a RR employee, and widower. I think it is the same Frank.

Frank then married Mary YAROSHEK, my great grandmother, on 30 Oct 1880. They lived in Belle Plaine, Iowa, and had 6 kids, listed below. The YAROSHEKs had a small farm about 5 miles south of Chelsea, Iowa, in Powesheik County. Mary died in childbirth (see below) in 1901.

At almost 60 years of age, Frank married for a third time, on 4 Aug 1912. His new wife was Anna Jelinek, age 43. She had also been married twice before, so her name had changed from JELINEK to KRATOSKA to LISKOVEC to CHALOUPEK. That took some time to sort out! Multiple marriages were uncommon among Catholics. The spouse had to be deceased - no divorces were allowed.

All of Frank's children were from his second wife, Mary YAROSHEK.

Frank and Mary (YAROSHEK) CHALOUPEK lived in Belle Plaine, Iowa. They were my great grandparents. Frank never did any farming, as far as I know. (Although the 1916 map of Otter Creek Township, Tama County, has a farm under the name Frank CHALOUPEK, that's 5 miles or so northwest of Chelsea.)

Frank CHALOUPEK was a Car Inspector in the Belle Plaine railroad yard. Several CHALOUPEK/HALOUPEKs worked for the railroad. There are 4 or 5 nice pictures of the Belle Plaine yard in the Paul Swanson Postcard Collection. Just search for Belle Plaine, IA.

Frank and Mary had 6 or 7 children (BP = Belle Plaine, IA):

Frank Louis HALOUPEK b: 25 Mar 1881 d: 18 Jun 1965 in Cedar Rapids

+ Kathryn Bess SEVCIK b: 25 Sep 1885 in Tama, m: 03 Jun 1908, d: 14 Jan 1963 in BP

Edna Ann CHALOUPEK b: 04 Mar 1883 in BP, d: Aug 1954

+ Ferdinand THOMSEN m: 06 May 1906

Charles "Charlie" CHALOUPEK b: 17 Dec 1884 in BP, d: 18 Mar 1957

Agnes Bertha CHALOUPEK b: 26 Aug 1886, d: 08 Jun 1968

+ Peter N FREDRICKSEN b: 07 Jul 1887 in Iowa, m:, d: 03 Oct 1969

Albert HALOUPEK b: 11 Oct 1888, d: 27 Jan 1977

+ Hattie F. SCHIER b: 17 Oct 1895, m: 11 Jan 1914, d: 06 Sep 1980

Emma Rose "Rosie" CHALOUPEK b: 23 Apr 1890, d: 8 Dec 1980

+ Byron Christel DEERR b: 23 Apr 1889 in Iowa, m: 23 Apr 1914, d: 17 May 1970

Anna CHALOUPEK b:

I say 6 or 7 children because I'm not sure about the last one, Anna. Family records say that Mary CHALOUPEK died in childbirth, in 1901. This was more than 11 years after the birth of her 6th child, but Mary was still not quite 40. Maybe Anna was the child, and maybe she survived. Probably not, since there doesn't seem to be any other information about her.

The 1895 Iowa State Census has the CHALOUPEK family in Ward 2, Belle Plaine, Benton County.

Burthy must be Agnes, Edana is Edna, and Meary is Mary. Apparently, the family moved around between 1881 and 1887, and eventually came back to Belle Plaine. The 1900 US Census has the same family, still in Ward 2, Belle Plaine. Frank Jr., age 19, has left home, and Charley, age 15 or 12, is also absent. I don't know where Charley was in 1900.

The 1900 US Census also has immigration dates for Frank and Mary as 1858 and 1857, which would mean that they had been in the US about 42 and 43 years, respectively. It also say that they have been in the US 32 and 33 years. There is some mistake, and I'm inclined to disbelieve both of these dates. For one thing, Mary was born in 1861 or 1863. Other records indicate that Frank immigrated in the early 1870's. If he immigrated at age 6, who traveled with him? I can't find any record of him in the US before 1877.

July 4, 1929 - just a month and a half after Grandpa Frank CHALOUPEK passed away.

This is the HALOUPEK place at 1505 4th Ave, Belle Plaine, IA.

Hattie Violet (HALOUPEK) VAN WAUS helped me identify everyone.

Back row: Charley CHALOUPEK (face partly obscured), Frank HALOUPEK, Katie (SEVCIK) HALOUPEK, Ferd THOMSEN, Albert HALOUPEK

Next row: Don HALOUPEK (the big kid in the white shirt), Agnes Bertha (CHALOUPEK) FREDRICKSEN, in front of Byron DEERR, Emma Rose (CHALOUPEK) DEERR, Hattie Frances (SCHIER) HALOUPEK, Edna Ann (CHALOUPEK) THOMSEN

Next Row: Libby HALOUPEK, Bessie HALOUPEK, Dorothy HALOUPEK (in the Olive Oyl dress), Richard DEERR (behind Dorothy's left shoulder), Walter HALOUPEK (in front of Dorothy's left shoulder), Donald DEERR (between Dorothy and Edna)

Front row: Byron DEERR, Dorothy FREDRICKSEN, Jack HALOUPEK (behind the hat), Mary HALOUPEK, Bertha DEERR, Danny FREDRICKSEN

Edna Ann married Ferd THOMSEN, an immigrant from Denmark, and they lived in BP.

Ferdinand THOMSEN b: 1886 in Denmark, d: 1960

+ Edna Ann CHALOUPEK (above)

..... 2 Ferdinand Frank THOMSEN b: 18 Feb 1907 in Iowa, d: 03 Mar 1975 in St Paul, Hennepin, MN

..... + Angeline MIKULEWICZ b: 02 Apr 1912, d: 01 Jul 1946 in St Paul, Hennepin, MN

..... + Bernice A. MIKULEWICZ b: 22 Jun 1903 in MN, d: 25 Feb 1971 in , Ramsey, MN

(Bernice and Angeline were sisters.)

Charlie CHALOUPEK served in WWI. His Registration card, from 5 Jun 1917, indicates that he was born in 1887, not 1884. We learn that he was tall, of medium build, had blue eyes and light-colored hair.

Charlie CHALOUPEK is not listed with his parents and siblings in the 1900 Census. I don't think he ever married or had children. When came back to Iowa after WWI, he was something of a hermit, living in a small shack near Chelsea.

Charlie Chaloupek

From Leighton Kaloupek, 2 Aug 2010:

He must have been affected by the war. He lived about 1 1/2 miles west of town in some timber near the Iowa River. I don't know what he did when it flooded. I heard he lived in a shack ( on somebody else's land?) that was may 10 x 10. He never drove and just came into town for groceries I guess and maybe to the tavern. ... Around Chelsea he was known as 'Lob' Chaloupek. I don't know anything about the nickname.

Please take a look at Charlie's page on my Military Profiles site.

Here's a toast to my Grand Uncle Charlie "Lob" CHALOUPEK. Thank you for your service, Charlie!

Dennis LAMB sent me a very nice article that he wrote, which I have attached at the bottom of the page, about "Lob" CHALOUPEK and the importance of small acts of kindness.

Agnes married Peter FREDRICKSEN, and they lived near BP, at least until 1922. Some time before 1930, they moved to Minnesota.

Peter Nels FREDRICKSEN b: 07 Jul 1887 in Crystal, Tama, IA, d: 03 Oct 1969 in , Dakota, MN

+ Agnes Bertha CHALOUPEK b: 26 Aug 1886 in Iowa, m:, d: 08 Jun 1968

..... Daniel Nels FREDRICKSEN b: 20 Jul 1921 in Traer, Tama, IA, d: 22 Nov 1997 in , Becker, MN

..... + Florence MAUDEHR b: 04 Apr 1923 in MN, m: 19 Dec 1942, d: 13 Jul 1983 in Becker, MN

..... Dorothy Marie FREDRICKSEN b: 28 Sep 1922 in Clutier, Tama, IA, d: 07 Nov 2007 in Highland, OH

..... + Living ODLAND

I've traced Peter FREDRICKSEN's lineage back 7 more generations, to 17th Century Scotland.

Albert married Hattie SCHIER, an immigrant from Prerov, Moravia. They stayed in Belle Plaine, and had 4 kids - all girls. Although Albert changed his name to HALOUPEK, the name wasn't passed on to any of his (at least 9) grandchildren.

Albert James HALOUPEK b: 11 Oct 1888 in BP, d: 27 Jan 1977 in BP

+ Hattie F. SCHIER b: 17 Oct 1895 in Prerov, Moravia, m: 11 Jan 1914 in Chelsea, Tama, IA, d: 06 Sep 1980 in BP

..... 2 Bessie HALOUPEK b: 14 May 1916 in Brooklyn, Poweshiek, IA, d: 27 Jan 2009 in BP

..... + John C. GATES b: 1 Jun 1913 in Hansell, Franklin, IA, d: 9 Feb 1997 in BP

..... 2 Libby HALOUPEK b: 22 Nov 1918, d: 06 Apr 1995 in Cedar Rapids, Linn, IA

..... + Ben STOK b: 15 Sep 1917, d: 15 Jan 2008 in BP

..... 2 Mary Josephine HALOUPEK b: 17 Mar 1921 in Chelsea, Tama, IA, d: 14 Sep 1981 in Marengo, Iowa, IA

..... + Louis F. FETTER b: 21 Jun 1921 in Chelsea, IA, m: 20 Feb 1943 in Brownsville, TX, d: 08 Feb 1992 in Marengo, IA

..... 2 Living HALOUPEK

Emma married Byron DEERR. They lived in BP, at least until 1930.

Byron Christel DEERR b: 23 Apr 1889 in BP, d: May 1970 in BP

+ Emma Rose CHALOUPEK b: 23 Apr 1890 in BP, m: 23 Apr 1914 in BP, d: 08 Dec 1980 in Manchester, IA

..... 2 Richard E DEERR b: 22 Apr 1915 in Iowa, d: 07 Sep 2004

..... 2 Donald B DEERR b: 28 Nov 1916, d: 31 May 2005 in Cedar Rapids, Linn, IA

..... 2 Bertha DEERR b: 26 Dec 1918 in Iowa, d: 07 Nov 1996

..... + Ernest KLABZUBA b: 14 Dec 1916, d: 11 May 1995

..... 2 Byron DEERR b: 26 Dec 1918 in Iowa, d: 28 May 1985 in Racine, Racine, WI

..... 2 Mary Louise DEERR b: 04 Dec 1930 in BP, d: Walford, Benton, IA

On 4 Aug 1912, Frank CHALOUPEK remarried, to Annie (YELINEK) LISKOVEC. Annie already had a daughter, Libbie, who married Michael M. MORRISSEY, a medical student, who later became Chief Surgeon in a hospital in Pierre, SD. Annie died of cancer in 1926.

Frank and Mary's first child was also named Frank Louis CHALOUPEK, my grandfather. As an adult, he changed his last name to HALOUPEK so that he would be able to get his mail! His brother Albert also changed to HALOUPEK, possibly for the same reason. There were many CHALOUPEKs in the Chelsea/Belle Plaine area, and several of them were named Frank or Albert.

When his mother died in childbirth, Frank Jr was 20 years old, working on Chris Peters' farm in Oneida Township, Tama County. He received this telegram from his father.

Frank CHALOUPEK died in 1929, at age 76. Here is his obituary, from the Tama News-Herald.

FRANK CHALOUPEK OF BELLE PLAINE DIED SUDDENLY

Frank Chaloupek, past seventy-five years of age, died suddenly Monday night at the home of his son, Frank, in Belle Plaine. His Brother, Vincel, of Elberon was visiting. They were at the supper table with Frank and his family when Mr. Chaloupek said that he felt rather tired and lay down for a while. Within fifteen minutes he was dead. The cause of death was heart failure.

Although he was advanced in years Mr. Chaloupek had been in good health. He had been living alone in his home and taking his meals with Frank for some time.

He is survived by his brother, three sons, Frank of Belle Plaine, and Charles and Albert of Chelsea, besides a daughter, Anna, who is married and living in Belle Plaine.

Funeral Services were held Wednesday at Belle Plaine, and burial was made in the Catholic Cemetery in Chelsea.

His granddaughter, who was my Aunt, Dorothy Marie (HALOUPEK) McCAUSLAND, remembered it this way:

Dorothy's Recollection

That paper article is all wrong about Grandpa Chaloupek's death.

In the first place, he cooked all his own meals in his home on 4th Ave.

Uncle Jim from Elberon came to visit him and it was the night Don graduated from Hi School. He had fixed cucumbers in vinegar, as both men liked them: but they didn't soak them in salt first.

Grandpa, shortly after an early supper (5 pm) got violent cramps. At six we were eating supper and Uncle Jim ran in all out of breath , and yelled Frank, Frank call the Dr. Your father is very sick.

By the time Dr Yavorsky got there Grandpa was dead of a heart attack. That was in May 1929. I can't remember the exact date, but it was the last of May.

Grandpa was a Car Inspector in B.P. yards. He wore kangaroo shoes, and one inquisitive co-worker asked him where he got them, and he replied "I got one the same place I got the other, and paid the same price for one as I paid for the other."

So "Uncle Jim from Elberon" was Frank's brother Vencil, who changed his name to KALOUPEK. I don't know whether he also got sick from the cucumbers.

The Chaloupek Family Bible has three pages of handwritten information, on Marriages, Births and Deaths in the family of Frank and Mary (YAROSHEK) CHALOUPEK. There are several mistakes, which I have left in, but this is still a very reliable source.

Chaloupek Family Bible

For more about Frank Louis HALOUPEK Jr, and descendants, please see the HALOUPEK page, and the Frank Haloupek Jr page.

Leighton Kaloupek has recently (2012) written a book called "The Chaloupeks of Kopidlo." Contact me if you would like to purchase a copy, and I will put you in touch.

Vlceves Branch

See the PRAGR page for this branch of CHALOUPEKs.

Also, there is a very large book called "CZECH-ing IN/The CHALOUPEK-STARITS-KUCERA Family Record" by Mary C. (KUCERA) LeCLERC, written in 1997, which has data on the Vlceves branch of CHALOUPEKs. She may still have a few copies for sale. Contact Mary at marypbgks at yahoo dot com or contact me at haloupek at gmail dot com.

Last updated by William Haloupek on 18 Nov 2020. Contact haloupek at gmail dot com.