Eighth Generation

52. Josef "Joseph" SRP Jr. (^) was born on 21 September 1853 in Kvan, Beroun District, Okres Pardubice (Central) Region, Bohemia (Czech Republic). (Kvan is located approximately 25 miles southwest of Prague.)

The spelling of his surname was originally "Srb," then "Srp," and it was eventually "Americanized" to "Serp" because school teachers said the name had to contain a vowel.

(According to www.publicprofiler.worldnames.com, the heaviest concentration of the original surname "Serp" was in Dravograd, Slovenia.) He was baptized on 22 September 1853 in Svata Dobrotiva, Beroun District, Okres Pardubice (Central) Region, Bohemia (Czech Republic). He was baptized on 27 January 1875 in Praha (Prague), Bohemia (Czech Republic). Joseph was Rimskokatolicke (Roman Catholic) on 27 January 1875 in Praha (Prague), Bohemia (Czech Republic). He lived in Zajecov, Beroun District, Okres Pardubice (Central) Region, Bohemia (Czech Republic) in 1875. Zaječov is a municipality and village in Beroun District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It is located 27 kilometres (17 mi) southwest of Beroun and 55 kilometres (34 mi) southwest of Prague. He lived in Kvan, Beroun District, Okres Pardubice (Central) Region, Bohemia (Czech Republic) between 1878 and 1882. According to the Malinova Web Site on MyHeritage.com, he lived in the following locations: 1875, Kvan 78; 1876, Zajecov 32; 1878, Kvan 10; between 1881 and 1882, Kvan 47; between 1885 and 1888, Zajecov 91; and between 1894 and 1906, Zajecov 56. The numbers after the city names are believed to be specific locations within the city--similar to a ZIP code. Joseph lived in Zajecov, Beroun District, Okres Pardubice (Central) Region, Bohemia (Czech Republic) between 1885 and 1888. He lived in Zajecov, Beroun District, Okres Pardubice (Central) Region, Bohemia (Czech Republic) between 1894 and 1906. He was on 12 February 1921 in Rokycany, Rokycany District, Plzen (Pilsen) (West) Region, Bohemia (Czech Republic). He apparently declared himself to be an Athiest ("Bez vyznani / Ateista"). Joseph died about 1921 at the age of 68 in Zajecov, Beroun District, Okres Pardubice (Central) Region, Bohemia (Czech Republic).

Josef "Joseph" SRP Jr. (^) and Barbora SVAMBERK (^) were married on 28 August 1875 in Svata Dobrotiva, Beroun District, Okres Pardubice (Central) Region, Bohemia (Czech Republic). (One source lists their marriage date as 26 June 1875.) Barbora SVAMBERK (^), daughter of Josef SVAMBERK and Marie HUML, was born on 1 July 1854 in Zajecov, Beroun District, Okres Pardubice (Central) Region, Bohemia (Czech Republic). She was baptized on 2 July 1854 in Svata Dobrotiva, Beroun District, Okres Pardubice (Central) Region, Bohemia (Czech Republic). She died on 26 January 1906 at the age of 51 in Zajecov, Beroun District, Okres Pardubice (Central) Region, Bohemia (Czech Republic). Barbora was buried on 28 January 1906 in Svata Dobrotiva, Beroun District, Okres Pardubice (Central) Region, Bohemia (Czech Republic). at the Augustinian Monastery of St. Dobrotiva. (Her actual surname was "Svambergova," using the traditional suffix "ova" for a woman.)

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Josef "Joseph" SRP Jr. (^) and Barbora SVAMBERK (^) had the following children: