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Family Tree
We are 3rd Cousins!
If you place your cursor over a picture
and it shows a hand you can click on it for an enlarged view.
Our Great, Great Grandmother:
Barbara Madhal Rericha Kozak David
"Ba Ba" (Bohemian for Grandmother)

Ba-Ba was born in 1855 in Bohemia (Prague,
Czechoslovakia) and moved to the United States with her husband James
Rericha and their first child, Frank Rericha, where they settled in
Chicago.
Later when she went back to visit her
family in Bohemia she brought back her nephew Joseph Hrough. They settled in
Fairmont City, Illinois.
Her first husband was James Rericha and
they had two children: Frank and Bessie Rericha. Bessie is Michelle's Great
Grandmother.
Ba-Ba's second husband was Kozak.

Ba-Ba's third husband was John David.
Their daughter was Mary David. Mary is Heather, Liane, Laura &
Jamie's Great Grandmother.
Ba-Ba's Children:
Bessie and Frank Rericha
Half Sisters:
Bessie Rericha
Mary David

Michelle's Great Grandmother Heather's Great
Grandmother
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Michelle's Line:
4 Generations: Ba-Ba, Bessie, Anna,
Darlene (Older sister of Jeannette, Michelle's Mother)


Bessie Rericha Blane had 6 children:
James, Anna, Frankie, Emily, Bernadine,
Elsie John and Bessie Blane with youngest
daughter Elsie.

Frankie Blane died at 9 months old:

Emily passed away at 15 years old in 1926 from an abortion she was
pressured to get by someone else and from the doctor.


Sisters: Elsie, Anna and Bern in 1985 at Anna's (Michelle's Grandmother)
80th Birthday party in Fairmont City, Illinois.

James & Jean Blane's Family:
Linda & Rosie

Anna Blane & Louis Santen Family: 7 children: Loretta, Elmer,
Jim, Lester, Robert, Darlene, and Jeannette


Loretta died as an infant:

4 oldest boys in 1960 at Jeannette's 18th Birthday Party. From left to
right: Lester, Jim, Robert & Elmer.

1955 Jeannette & her older sister, Darlene.

Jeannette Santen & Larry Vardiman Family
in 1998 (4 children: Michelle, Kelly, Daniel & Laura)
Son-in-law Victor Fansler & Grandchildren:
Spencer & Carter Fansler

We plan to take another family photo in
December 2009 with the new in-laws and two more grandbabies.
Bern with her daughter Boots (2nd from
left in back) and her grandchildren (Boots' 3 girls and her
grandchildren) in 1985.

Elsie Blane and Herron Bishop with only
daughter Elaine

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Heather's Line:
Mary David with her Niece Anna Blane
(Michelle's Grandmother).
Do you
have any pictures of your great grandmother Mary David in her later
years that you can email me?
Mary David Garcia had two children:
Frank Sellers with (1st cousins): Elsie
(Standing), Bern, and Emily (holding cat)
Do you
have any other pictures of Frank Sellers you can email me (your grandfather,
Leon's Dad)?
Do you
have a family photo with your Dad and his parents and siblings I could
get from you?

Frank Sellers had 4 children: Diane, Leon,
Frankie & Barbara Diane Sellers & Jim
Baker Family in 1985 Daughters: Liane, Laura & Jamie.
Heather, Michaela & Karlee
Frankie Sellers Family in 1985 Daughters:
Christine & Cindy
Barbara Sellers & Dennis Trester with
their son Doug and Todd's child, in 1985:
Need a photo of their son, Todd.
Juanita and her husband Luther Anderson
had 3 girls: Lenora, Nadine & Sandy:
 Nadine
& husband, Paul, & Sandy with husband, Bob, in
1985:

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