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- 1903: Address at the time of her birth: 625 Throop Street, Chicago Illinios. It lists father as Vaclav Zajicek (Tailor), born in Bohemia and aged 43. Mother is Barbara Zajicek (Lauls ?), born in Chicago, aged 37. On later documents, both Blanche and her sister list the mother's maiden name as Lang. 1903: Certificate of Baptism (Dec. 5, 1903) shows that she lived at 625 Throop Street, Chicago Illinois. One of the sponsors for her Baptism was "Clotilde Lang". 1910 US Federal Census for Chicago City, Cook, IL She is 6. Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Chicago Ward 10, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T624_251; Page: 33A; Enumeration District: 538; Image: 798. Name: Blanche Zajicek Age in 1910: 6 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1904 Birthplace: Illinois Relation to Head of House: Daughter Father's Name: Vaclav Father's Birth Place: Austria Mother's Name: Barbora Mother's Birth Place: Austria Home in 1910: Chicago Ward 10, Cook, Illinois Race: White Gender: Female Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Vaclav Zajicek 54 Barbora Zajicek 44 Lillie Zajicek 21 Adela Zajicek 21 Kamila Zajicek 16 Otto Zajicek 13 Olga Zajicek 11 William Zajicek 9 Blanche Zajicek 6 1920 United States Federal Census 1920 United States Federal Census Name: Blanche Jakreck [Blanche Zajicek] Home in 1920: Chicago Ward 10, Cook (Chicago), Illinois Age: 16 years Estimated birth year: abt 1904 Birthplace: Illinois Relation to Head of House: Daughter Father's Name: James Father's Birth Place: Bohemia Mother's Name: Barbara Mother's Birth Place: Bohemia Marital Status: Single Race: White Sex: Female Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Image: 1000 Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age James Jakreck 63 Barbara Jakreck 53 Camile Jakreck 26 Otto Jakreck 23 Olga Jakreck 21 Blanche Jakreck 16 Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Chicago Ward 10, Cook (Chicago), Illinois; Roll T625_318; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 622; Image: 1000. 1930 Census: Name: James Blecha Home in 1930: Cicero, Cook, Illinois Age: 35 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1895 Birthplace: Czechoslovakia Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's Name: Blanch Race: White Age at first marriage: James was 35 Blanche was 26 Parents' birthplace: View Image Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age James Blecha 35 Blanch Blecha 26 Raymond Blecha 1942: See Name Change Document: It appears that in 1942, Blanche officially changed her name to "Blanche". On her birth certificate, she was listed as Paulina. However, it appears that she claimed that her name was always "Blanche". Her Certificate of Baptism from December 5, 1903 does list her as "Blanche Clotilde Zajicek." She felt like she was just correcting the birth certificate. This tale was also related to Randy Blecha by Gertrude McDaniel Blecha. She lists herself as Catholic on the Vital and Personal & Statistics Form. Burial plot in Bohemian National Cemetary in Illinois: Graves 1007 and 1008 Block 21, purchased on March 22, 1947
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1903 - 1975 (72 years)
