Barbara was Baptized at St. Gabriel's Church in Prairie du Chien, WI on 28 Apr 1878. She moved to Chicago around 1879 where she attended school. In her teens she worked in a millinary shop. In 1897 at age 19 she married Louis Steiskal in St. Procopius Abbey in Chicago.
After Louis' death Barbara and her infant daughter went to Duluth, MN to visit her mother's sister, Josephine Bouska. After a brief visit she was encouraged by her brother Frank to open her own millinary shop. However her uncle, Joseph Marik, wanted to arrange a marriage between Barbara and his own nephew, John Wacha, who lived in Michigan. After a brief courtship, during which time John agreed to raise Helen as his own child, they were married 29 January 1899 in St. John Procopius Abbey in Chicago. The next day they took the train to Kiddville, near Belding, to live with John's parents until their own house was built.
They had eight children:
Agnes Rose Wacha Rode 1900-1995
Bessie Kate Wacha 1902-1902
Mary Barbara Wacha Brownell 1904-2001)
William Charles Wacha (1906-1906)
Frank Peter Wacha (1907-1986)
Martin John Wacha (1909-1971)
Josephine Anna Wacha Horrocks (1914-2001)
Dorothy Wacha 1917-1917)
After Louis' death Barbara and her infant daughter went to Duluth, MN to visit her mother's sister, Josephine Bouska. After a brief visit she was encouraged by her brother Frank to open her own millinary shop. However her uncle, Joseph Marik, wanted to arrange a marriage between Barbara and his own nephew, John Wacha, who lived in Michigan. After a brief courtship, during which time John agreed to raise Helen as his own child, they were married 29 January 1899 in St. John Procopius Abbey in Chicago. The next day they took the train to Kiddville, near Belding, to live with John's parents until their own house was built.
They had eight children:
Agnes Rose Wacha Rode 1900-1995
Bessie Kate Wacha 1902-1902
Mary Barbara Wacha Brownell 1904-2001)
William Charles Wacha (1906-1906)
Frank Peter Wacha (1907-1986)
Martin John Wacha (1909-1971)
Josephine Anna Wacha Horrocks (1914-2001)
Dorothy Wacha 1917-1917)
Barbara was Baptized at St. Gabriel's Church in Prairie du Chien, WI on 28 Apr 1878. She moved to Chicago around 1879 where she attended school. In her teens she worked in a millinary shop. In 1897 at age 19 she married Louis Steiskal in St. Procopius Abbey in Chicago.
After Louis' death Barbara and her infant daughter went to Duluth, MN to visit her mother's sister, Josephine Bouska. After a brief visit she was encouraged by her brother Frank to open her own millinary shop. However her uncle, Joseph Marik, wanted to arrange a marriage between Barbara and his own nephew, John Wacha, who lived in Michigan. After a brief courtship, during which time John agreed to raise Helen as his own child, they were married 29 January 1899 in St. John Procopius Abbey in Chicago. The next day they took the train to Kiddville, near Belding, to live with John's parents until their own house was built.
They had eight children:
Agnes Rose Wacha Rode 1900-1995
Bessie Kate Wacha 1902-1902
Mary Barbara Wacha Brownell 1904-2001)
William Charles Wacha (1906-1906)
Frank Peter Wacha (1907-1986)
Martin John Wacha (1909-1971)
Josephine Anna Wacha Horrocks (1914-2001)
Dorothy Wacha 1917-1917)
After Louis' death Barbara and her infant daughter went to Duluth, MN to visit her mother's sister, Josephine Bouska. After a brief visit she was encouraged by her brother Frank to open her own millinary shop. However her uncle, Joseph Marik, wanted to arrange a marriage between Barbara and his own nephew, John Wacha, who lived in Michigan. After a brief courtship, during which time John agreed to raise Helen as his own child, they were married 29 January 1899 in St. John Procopius Abbey in Chicago. The next day they took the train to Kiddville, near Belding, to live with John's parents until their own house was built.
They had eight children:
Agnes Rose Wacha Rode 1900-1995
Bessie Kate Wacha 1902-1902
Mary Barbara Wacha Brownell 1904-2001)
William Charles Wacha (1906-1906)
Frank Peter Wacha (1907-1986)
Martin John Wacha (1909-1971)
Josephine Anna Wacha Horrocks (1914-2001)
Dorothy Wacha 1917-1917)
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