Frances (Vavrinek) Mertl 1874-1960

Born: September 23, 1874 in Czechoslovakia

Died: April 26, 1960 in Davenport, Iowa (Another source shows June 15, 1960.)

1^st Spouse: Joseph Mertl, Sr.

Children: Agnes (Mertl) Gazurek

Bertha (Mertl) Hladik

Mildred (Mertl) Vobr

Anna Bertha (Mertl) Hilak

Emma (Mertl) Slama

Joseph Mertl, Jr.

Albert Mertl

For more information on these children go to Joseph’s page.

2^nd Spouse: She married another man later named Hanush and he died. Emma (above) remembers a half brother named John Hanush that lived in Germany.

Father’s name: Frank Vavrinek from Bohemia

Mother’s name: Anna from Bohemia

Siblings: John or Karl?

Martin

Frank

Wencel

My mother’s notes say that Frances left with her 5 daughters (from Obermarksloch, Germany?) in 1912 to Antwerp where they immigrated to the USA. Their Port of Entry was Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They then traveled through Sault Ste Marie to Chicago then to New Baden, Illinois where she joined her husband Joseph. She naturalized at the same time as her husband on September 16, 1924. The 1920 census also shows Frances as having immigrated in 1912.

Frances had diabetes and it is remembered that her son, Albert, would help with the insulin shots.

The photo is dated March 18, 1937.

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