Charlie Slechta's Fishing Decoy

Charles Paul Slechta (Charlie) (1876-1958)

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Charles Slechta was born in 1876 in Le Suer County of Minnesota. He worked as a mechanic for the Ford Motor Company.

(Note: Death date in article in incorrect)
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 Photo provided by Lindsay (Slechta ) Nelson







Charlie started learning metal working from his father (Charles) which his father learned in Bohemia before her came to the U.S.  The picture above is of one of his many decoys.  His brother Thomas loved to fish and used his decoys often.  Tom caught many fish with the decoys and was featured in Minnesota papers a few times with ( at the time ) a record catch.  I have those articles, but not currently in a digital format.

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Slechta in Bohemian literature

A history of Bohemian literature

 By Francis Lützow (hrabě)

Here is a link to a page on Google books.  The name John Slechta is refrenced there.

Slechta: A history of Bohemian literature

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David Slechta December 15 at 7:27pm Report

You sent me an e-mail around the middle of the year asking about our family name. I still haven't located the information, but will pass it on to you as soon as I find it. I saved your e-mail. As I recall, my grandfather, Joseph Slechta came to the U.S. from Bohemia when he was a small child. He ended up in Peoria, Il and had four sons. If we are related I think that it would have to be further back. Sorry I haven't found anything, but my free time to look is limited.

Paul Slechta December 15 at 7:13pm

No problem. I understand the limited time all to well. I appreciate your time. I would guess we are related at some point and the Czech Republic is most likely where all the answers are. Someday I will get what I am looking for, but I know I will have to hire a genealogist from there again to get the information

 

 

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