John Novak brought his family to America from Bohemia (Now part of the Czech Republic).
John Novak born Feb 21, 1837 in Ceska-Rajbna-Kres-Chrudin, Bohemia. He came to America
around 1869. and was naturalized in about 1875. He farmed and raised a family in the Belleville, Kansas area in the latter 1800's.
Novak translates into "newcomer" in Czech
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Persons whose research contributed to this site are:
Lela (Cook) Howard
Dorothy Novak
John Morton Novak
David Jurgen Richter (David Robert Canfield)
Evelyn Hadachek
Marlene Stirling
Special thanks for Lela for the patience to research two separate Novak lines.