Hrouda and Lichtenberg families

The Hrouda family purchased a farm in Dinwiddie County in December 1894. They sold the farm and moved to Kansas in 1905.

Wenceslas Lichtenberg and Veronica Vodgasek Lichtenberg were the parents of Marie Hrouda. The Wenceslas and Veronica Lichtenberg sailed from Bremen, arriving in America on May 30, 1874 with their children “Johann: (John), Barbara and “Maria” (Mary). The went first to Nebraska before coming to Virginia. Veronica died in 1899, Wenceslas in 1900. Both are buried in St. Joseph’s Cemetery (Section 40). John is the brother of Marie. He remained in Dinwiddie County -- dying in Richmond in the 1930’s He never married.

References:

“Joseph Hrouda, born Nov. 25, 1831, in Dlouhe Zbozi, Podebrady. He came to this country in 1868. With Kriz and Kilos he tool adjoining homesteads at about the same time.” (reference: Czechs in Nebraska -- Dodge County http://www.rootsweb.com/~neethnic/czech/cz-pg168.html)

1900 United States Federal Census, Dinwiddie County: Frank Hrouda (head, age 40) and “Marie” Hrouda (wife, age 40); children: Frank, “Stozer” (Stazy), Marie Lilly Josephine Wenceslas, Rose, Joseph. Also living in the household: Wenceslas Lichtenberg (age 79) and John Lichtenberg (age 52).

Dinwiddie Courthouse Records (Book 27, page 232): On November 28, 1905 a deed conveyed by Frank Hrouda and Mary Hrouda (sellers) to John W. Pegram (buyer) for 196 ½ acres, which was conveyed to Frank Hrouda by J.R. & M. E. Peebles December 21, 1894.