Family of John SLIPKE and Marie MAGETTE

John SLIPKE  Father Mother Franz SLIPKA Mary BURESH

Marie MAGETTE  Father Mother Florent MAGETTE Ernestine MEURISSE

Married: 28 Sept 1886 in Salina Kansas

Children:

Gertrude Josephine	b. 10 July,1887	Salina, Kansas	d. 5 April 1888
Ernestine Mary	b. 24 April 1889	Salina, Kansas	d. 22 September, 1962
Charls F.	b. 18 July, 1890		d. 29 September 1923
Agnes Teresa	b. 2 September, 1892	Beloit, Kansas	d. 13 August,1977
Raymond Louis	b. 25 November, 1894	Beloit, Kansas	d. 23 August, 1973
Ellen Beatrice	b. 15 April, 1896	Beloit, Kansas	d. 6 July, 1985
Norbert	b. 9 August, 1898	Beloit, Kansas	d. 28 July, 1981
George	b. 2 August, 1900	Beloit, Kansas	d. 14 Feburary, 1981
Irene	b. 24 May, 1904	Beloit, Kansas	d. 6 April 1990
Francis Joseph	b. 17 June, 1907	Beloit, Kansas	d. 29 September, 1990

John and Marie's Life Together The national census shows John Sliple, and his brother James, lived near Salina, Kansas in 1980. John gave his age as 18, and James as 17. It is quite possible that John had met Mary Magette when he was working as a farm hand in Kansas, as the census shows that he was living in the same township as the Magette family. At that time Mary would have been 15 years old. We can only guess at the train of events that became part of our family history. Shortly after the death of his first wife in Minnasota, John was back in Kansas, and married Mary Magette on September 28, 1886.

Wedding Photo of John Slipka and Marie Magette, September 28, 1886

Their first child, Gertrude, died shortly after birth, but they eventually had nine children, a large number, but then common for farm families. Eight of the children reached adulthood, married, and had families, with the exception of Charles who died in a fall from a water tank in 1924, while working in Nebraska. John and Mary Slipke farmed in the area of Beloit, Kansas, for many years. In their later years they retired and moved to Cawker City. In 1914, John and Mary journeyed to St. Paul, Minnesota, to visit his mother and probably his brother Joseph. Fortunately, they sent a post card from there to my mother Agnes, and it became an important clue in tracing John's mother to St. Paul. Mary died on March 18, 1924, after a long illness. The cause of death was probably diabetes. John Slipke died the following year on September 15, from prostate cancer. Both are buried in the St. Peter and Paul Cemetery in Cawker City, Kansas.

SLIPKE Family - Back row: Ellen, Charles, George, Raymond,Norbert, Agnes
Front Row: Irine, John (father), Frances, Mary (mother), Ernestine

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