Joseph Bravence, Sr.

1844 - 1916  (72 years)

• Name	Joseph Bravence
  Suffix	Sr.
  Born	18 Dec 1844	Moravia
  Gender	Male
  Died	28 Dec 1916	Delia, Jackson County, Kansas
  Buried	Czech-Moravian Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I2599	Rossville
  Last Modified	26 Dec 2019

  
  

  Family	Mary Stach Bravence,   b. 2 Feb 1864, Pozdechov, Moravia ,   d. 26 Jan 1932  (Age 67 years)
  Married	1881
  Children	1. Joseph Bravence,   b. 30 May 1884, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 11 Mar 1914, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas  (Age 29 years)   2. Charles Bravence   3. John Bravence + 4. Frances Bravence Stach,   b. Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas + 5. Therese J (Lizzie) Bravence Lysek,   b. 16 Feb 1902, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 2 Feb 1985, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 82 years)   6. Louis Henry Bravence,   b. 11 Nov 1897,   d. 14 May 1909, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 11 years)   7. Frank Bravence   8. Mary Veruna Bravence,   b. 2 Feb 1891,   d. 1898, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 6 years) + 9. Mary T Bravence Martinek,   b. 1 Jun 1903, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 29 May 1975, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 71 years)   10. William Bravence,   b. 1873,   d. 1899  (Age 26 years)
  Last Modified	8 Aug 2016 13:51:16
  Family ID	F670	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Buried - - Czech-Moravian Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Bravence, Joseph d. 1916 Joseph Bravence Joseph Bravence was born Dec. 18, 1844 in the state of Moravia, Austria where he grew up to manhood. When 27 years old in 1871 he came to Texas and worked in that state until 1875 when he came to Kansas and located 5 ½ miles north of Rossville, Kan., where he resided until about 2 years ago, when he moved to Delia. He married Miss Mary Stach in 1881 and to this union nine children were born – 5 sons and 4 daughters. Two sons, Louis and Joseph and one daughter, Mary preceded him to his grave. He died December 28, 1916. All of the children were at his bedside at his death. He was 72 years and 10 days old and leaves a wife and 3 sons, Charles, Frank and John and three daughters, Mrs. Louis Stach, Lizzie and Mary Bravence to mourn his loss. The funeral was held from the Presbyterian church at Delia conducted by Rev. Crawford of Rossville, and burial was in the Bohemian cemetery south east of Delia. The last sad rites were spoken by Thomas Cerney, Frank Dolizilek and John Kratina in the Bohemian language. Card of Thanks We wish to thank the many friends for their help and kindness extended us during the sickness and death of my husband and our father Joseph Bravence Mrs. Mary Bravence, Charles Bravence, Frank Bravence, John Bravence, Mrs. Louis Stach, Lizzie Bravence, Mary Bravence Joe Bravence Died Today Joseph Bravence, better known as “Big Joe” died today at l o’clock at his home in Delia after being in poor health for a long time. The funeral will be held Saturday and interment made in Bohemian cemetery. Mr. Bravence had been a resident of Rossville township about 40 years previous to his moving to Delia about two years ago.