Frank Valek (1885 - abt. 1954)

Born 16 Oct 1885 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio

Ancestors

Husband of Elnora Bell (Sweet) Valek — married 29 May 1907 in Cuyahoga, Ohio

Descendants

Died about Oct 1954 at about age 68 in Ohio

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Biography

Frank Valek (16 OCT 1885 Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio - OCT 1954 Franklin County, Ohio) was the son of Frank Valek and Lisbeta " Lizzie" Proshek.

On 29 May 1907 in Cuyahoga, Ohio, he married Eleanor Bell Sweet^[1] (1881-1952) daughter of Charles Sweet and Lucy Seaborn.

Draft Registration^[2]:

• Name Frank Valek
• Event Type Draft Registration
• Event Date 1917-1918
• Event Place Lorain City, Ohio, United States
• Gender Male
• Nationality United States
• Birth Date 16 Oct 1885
• Birthplace , , United States

Known children:

1. Lucy Elizabeth Valek 1907–1989 married ____ Howat
2. Ruth V Valek 1908–1992
3. Charles Ralph Valek (Nov 1909 Medina, Ohio – 14 Jun 1971 Strongsville, Ohio) married Esther M Knispel
4. Ruth Valek (10 OCT 1908 Medina, Medina, Ohio - 9 AUG 1992 Lorain, Lorain, Ohio) married Ellsworth Percy Showalter
5. Genevieve A Valek (30 MAR 1912 Lorain, Lorain, Ohio - 0 DEC 1992 • Elyria, Lorain, Ohio) married Robert McNulty
6. Dorothy Valek (3 JUN 1916 Medina, Ohio - 19 JUN 2009 Hollywood, Broward, Florida) married Norman Edwin Luginbuhl

Buried in Fernwood Cemetery, Lockbourne, Franklin, Ohio

Notes:

• 1900^[3]: ED 47 Liverpool Township, Medina, Ohio, United States. Frank J Valek Age: 16, Birth Date: Oct 1884, Birthplace: Ohio, Father's Birthplace: Bohemia, Mother's Birthplace: Bohemia, at home with parents Frank Valek 39 Bohemia, Elizabeth Valek 35 Bohemia, with children Frank J Valek 16, James John Valek 13, Mary A Valek 11, Stanley Valek 10, Charles Valek 3, Edward Valek 1

• 1910^[4]: York, Medina, Ohio. Frank and Elenora Valek family

Sources

• Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Marriage Records and Indexes, 1810-1973
• U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

1. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8QH-689 : 10 February 2018), Frank Valek in entry for Frank Valek and Eleanor A. Sweet, 29 May 1907; citing Marriage, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, P 268, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
2. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6FB-MGN : 13 March 2018), Frank Valek, 1917-1918; citing Lorain City, Ohio, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,832,490.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMDB-P49 : accessed 16 August 2021), Frank J Valek in household of Frank Valek, Liverpool Township, Medina, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 47, sheet 9B, family 205, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,302.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLN4-7SL : accessed 16 August 2021), Ruth Valek in household of Frank Valek, York, Medina, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 145, sheet 9A, family 202, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1205; FHL microfilm 1,375,218.