I have been researching Wenzel Weck for many years. I had been mystified as to why I had not been able to locate his grave in the vicinity of Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, where he had been living in his later years.
I had seen his name documented in two different ways, "Wech" and "Weck", with "Weck" being the more common of the two. Yet I couldn't find a "Wenzel Wech" or a "Wenzel Weck" in all of Kewaunee County.
While looking for an entirely different name in cemetery records, I came across a "Václav Veck" with his wife "Katerina Veck". Both birth dates match what I had, except in more detail.
According to Wikipedia, "Václav" is a Czech male first name of Slavic origin, sometimes translated into English as Wenceslaus or Wenceslas.
Click here to visit Wenzel Weck's memorial page on findagrave.com. Click here to visit his wife, Katharine Sydlow's, memorial. I've placed a request for a volunteer to snap a photo of the grave. When the photo gets added I'll post an update.
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