John Rachac (Rockart), Jr.
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by John Sielaff
Bohemian
Workers who were born in the Bohemian region of Europe and immigrated to the United States.
John Rachač
Occupation:
John Rachac
by John Sielaff
Portrait of John Rachač on display at the CSPS Hall in St. Paul. Rachac helped construct the building.
Image courtesy of CSPS Hall, Saint Paul, Minnesota. Used with permission.
John Rachač in his basement workshop
Photo courtesy Julie Kierstine
John Rachač in front of the Minnesota Capitol
Photo courtesy of Julie Kierstine
John Rachač
Photo courtesy of Jim Danneker, great grandson of John Rachac. Used with permission
Rachac home at 309 Harrison Ave., St. Paul in 1920
Photo courtesy of Julie Kierstine
Rachac family headstone, Oakland Cemetery, St. Paul
Photo by Julie Kierstine
Chapel in Jan Rachec's hometown in Mažice, Bohemia (now Czech Republic)
Photo by Julie Kierstine, 2016
Julie Kierstine, Jan Rachač's great granddaughter, next to the family home in Mažice, Bohemia (now Czech Republic), 2016
Photo courtesy of Julie Kierstine
Rachač' family home in Mažice, Bohemia (now Czech Republic), 2016
Photo courtesy of Julie Kierstine
Frank Washick
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Frank Washick was born in Bohemia in 1872 and came to America in 1875. He and his wife Elizabeth, (née Bochek) raised a large family in this house in the West 7th St. Area while working as a stationary engineer. He died here in St. Paul in 1929 and is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Maplewood, MN, according to a Find a Grave entry.
