Voda
Victor Voda (son of Emil)
1920s Aerial photo: House #53 or #63
1927 Mill Employees photo: not identified
1920 Census: not yet researched
1930 Census:
Victor age 28 - Head of Household. Born in Czechoslovakia. Emmigrated to America in 1907
Anna age 27, born in Ohio
Margaret Hudak, age 7, born in IL - Anna's daughter from first marriage to Andrew Hudak
Anna Mae age 1, born in WI
Note: Paul Hudak, son of Anna Mraz and Andrew Hudak, is not listed in the household in this census.
1930 Employment: Trimmer, Saw Mill
Above: Victor Voda family, approx 1928
Above: Voda Farm approx 1933. Victor kneeling. Victor's mother, Sophia in the center
2014 source: Frank Smetak
Emil Voda
1920s Aerial photo: House # not listed
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Above Left: Sophia Tashek Voda, holding baby Teny (Antoinette) and her brother Steve Stephen Tashek in Orlava, Czech Republic
Above Right: L-R: Stephen Tashek, brother-in-law Emil Voda, and unknown man, in Ostrovia, Czech
Source: Frank Smetak
1927 Mill Employees photo: not identified
1920 Census:
Emil, Sr age 45 - Head of Household. Born in Czechoslovakia. Emmigrated to America in 1906
Sophia Tashek Voda age 45, Born in Czechoslovakia. Emmigrated to America in 1907
(Mary was no longer living at home)
Victor age 17, Born in Czechoslovakia. Emmigrated to America in 1907
Elizabeth age 16, Born in Czechoslovakia. Emmigrated to America in 1907
Emil, Jr age 14, Born in Czechoslovakia. Emmigrated to America in 1907
Antonia / Antoinette "Teny" age 13, Born in Czechoslovakia. Emmigrated to America in 1907
Frank age 10, Born in PA
John age 8, Born in PA
Albert age 7, Born in IL
Steve age 3, Born in WI
Charles age 1, Born WI
1920 Employment:
Emil, Sr Laborer, Saw Mill
Victor Laborer, Saw Mill
Elizabeth, Servant in a private family home
1930 Census: Farmed on County F
Emil age 54 - Head of Household. Born in Czechoslovakia. Emmigrated to America in 1906
Sophia age 54, Born in Czechoslovakia. Emmigrated to America in 1906
Frank age 20, Born in PA
John age 18, Born in PA
Albert age 17, Born in IL
Steve age 14, Born in WI
Charles was not listed in 1930 Census - did he die young?
1930 Employment:
Emil was a farmer on County F
Frank and John were Laborers, Saw Mill
NOTE: Emil and Sophia had another daughter, Mary Voda
Mary later lived in Elk, and in June of 1915, at age 18, she married Frank Smetak, age 22, June 1915. The family relocated to Universal, PA in 1925
From the marriage license filed in Phillips, Price County, June 22, 1915:
Mary was the daughter of Emil Voda and Sophia Tashek, both originally from Austria
Frank was the son of Anton Smetak and Antonio Sykora, both originally from Austria
A Note from Ann Voda about her grandfathers, Emil Voda & Josef Mraz:
"The story I have about how the Voda name came to be is as follows. When grandpa Emil was being processed through immigration he was asked what his name was. He said: "Emil Woda" and of course the W is pronounced as "V". So in the record it became Voda instead of Woda. Both of my grandfathers, Voda and Mraz, were conscripted into Franz Josef's army. Served their time and said they had enough of working like slaves for a landowner. They both left Czechoslovakia and settled in the Lugerville/Phillips area as farmers."
"I am the granddaughter of Emil and Sophia Voda. They farmed on county road F. If my memory serves me right, quite a few of the boys in the family, including my father, Victor Voda, worked at the mill. When the mill closed, we moved to Chicago as did many of the workers. I attended Lugerville school until we moved. We lived in one of the company houses, very close to the railroad tracks. Across the road was the Glen family, and the Mraz and Heizler houses." Ann Voda
Sources: Ann Voda, Granddaughter of Emil Voda & Josef Mraz; Frank Smetak, Great Grandson of Anton & Antonia Smetak
Mrs. Albert Voda
1940 Census
She is mentioned in the 1954 history by Mrs. HelenMary S. Greene
Voda, Mrs. Albert. Luger Route, Phillips, WI. Interview, October, 1954
What was her first name? and maiden name?
no other information found
Albert was born approx 1913 in IL