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Rev Alois J Klein

Birth	:	6 Feb 1866 Frantoly, Okres Prachatice, Jihočeský (South Bohemia), Czech Republic
Death	:	2 Jul 1954 Brainard, Butler County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Old Catholic Cemetery, Brainard, Butler County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.1772300, -96.9871300
Inscription	:	Prot. AP. - V.F., LL.D. Requiescat in Pace
Description	:	Rt. Rev. Msgr Alois J. Klein Born in Frauenthal, Bohemia, son of John Klein. He studied for the ministry with the Benedictine Fathers in Klagenfurt in Carinthia. He was promoted to the priesthood on June 15, 1889. He emigrated to the United States, arriving on October 31, 1889. He was appointed rector of St. Wenceslaus' Church at Wahoo, Nebraska. On December 10, 1891 he was transferred to St Ludmila's parish in Crete, and was in charge of the missions in Brainard and Weston. On September 5, 1893, he came to Brainard as the first resident pastor at... Read More	Rt. Rev. Msgr Alois J. Klein Born in Frauenthal, Bohemia, son of John Klein. He studied for the ministry with the Benedictine Fathers in Klagenfurt in Carinthia. He was promoted to the priesthood on June 15, 1889. He emigrated to the United States, arriving on October 31, 1889. He was appointed rector of St. Wenceslaus' Church at Wahoo, Nebraska. On December 10, 1891 he was transferred to St Ludmila's parish in Crete, and was in charge of the missions in Brainard and Weston. On September 5, 1893, he came to Brainard as the first resident pastor at Holy Trinity Church. He was the pastor there until his retirement on July 1, 1949. On June 15, 1909, he was appointed vicar general by Bishop Bonacum. With the death of Bishop Bonacum on February 4, 1911, Father Klein was appointed the administrator of the diocese during the vacancy of the bishop's seat. ---------- FATHER ALOIS J. KLEIN is a native of the village of Frauenthal, near the famous town of Prachatic, Bohemia, where he was born February 6, 1866. He was a son of Bohemian parents, his father being the proprietor of a linseed oil factory, flour mill and shingle mill. They gave him a good education in the German public school of his birthplace and in the German school at Prachatic, where he was thoroughly trained in the German language and common branches, and then manifesting marked ability, he was sent to the Bohemian Gymnasium at Budweis. He entered this famous school in September, 1878, and for eight years attended its instruction, holding first place in his class during nearly all that time. In 1886 he became a student at the clerical seminary in the same place, where he spent one year in the special study of theology. From here he passed to the German University at Prague, where he devoted leisure hours to the study of French and English. And it was at Prague that he formed the determination to devote his life to missionary work among his compatriots in the new world, where his parents had emigrated already in 1881. With the consent of Bishop Bonacum, of Lincoln, Nebraska, he left in 1888 for Klagenfurt, Carinthia, where he finished his studies for the ministry and was promoted to the priesthood June 15, 1889, a special dispensation being necessary on account of his youth. The young priest spent three months in the village of Vitejic, Bohemia, and then came to America, first touching these shores October 31, 1889. He immediately reported for duty in Nebraska, and was at once appointed rector of St. Wenceslaus' church, in Wahoo, where in two years he paid off the last farthing of indebtedness on the parsonage and erected an elegant new church building. He had charge of missions at Weston and Brainard, visiting each once a month. December 10, 1891, he was transferred to the St. Ludmila parish, of Crete, but he retained the charge of Holy Trinity and of the Weston mission, and occasionally attended the mission of Wilber. He extricated the Crete congregation from its embarrassing situation by paying off a considerable portion of its outstanding debts. September 5, 1893, he came to Brainard as its first resident pastor. His labors at Weston may briefly be enumerated thus: In 1891 he enlarged the church building, at the same time furnishing and adorning the inside of it; two years later secured valuable additions to the church property there, started St. Mark's branch of the Catholic Workman in 1896, and completed the organization of the congregation. After five years' stay in America he undertook a trip across the ocean to visit the Bohemian Ethnological exposition, which was held at Prague, Bohemia, in 1895. Upon his return he organized four branches of the Catholic Workman, viz.: At Brainard, Weston, Dwight and Touhy, and in 1898 was elected state chaplain to this fraternal and benevolent association. His ecclesiastical standing is illustrated by the fact that, in the Diocesan Synod, held at Lincoln, Nebraska, February 17, 1898, from names proposed by election of the clergy he was selected by the bishop as a member of the bishop's council and as synodal examiner of the junior clergy. Father Klein is a hardworking and faithful clergyman, but he has found time to devote to the muses, and is favorably known in literary circles, both in this country and in Europe, by the contribution of poems and prose articles to the leading periodicals of the day, which have been recognized as full of artistic feeling, melting melody and classical language. He has translated a number of the works of Washington Irving and Charles Lamb into Bohemian, and also from the German of Dr. Carl May. He is a welcome contributor to the "Ottuv Slovnik Naucny." This work is the largest Bohemian encyclopedia and is published at Prague, Bohemia, since 1887. The work, when completed, will consist of about thirty volumes. His friends anticipate a brilliant future for him. SOURCE: "Memorial and Biographical Record .... Butler, Polk, Seward, York and Fillmore Counties", Geo. A. Ogle & Co, Chicago, 1899

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Rev Alois J Klein death on 2 Jul 1954 in Brainard, Butler County, Nebraska, USA
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Latitude: 41.1772300
Longitude: -96.9871300

Family Members:

Parent

Katerina Stepan Kleinova

(1838 - 1920)

Siblings

Jan Klein

(1860 - 1930)

Mary C. Klein Toman

(1874 - 1959)

Catherine L. Klein Vitera

(1877 - 1965)

Joseph A. Klein

(1880 - 1945)

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1. Old Catholic Cemetery
Brainard, Butler County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1772300, -96.9871300

2. Brainard IOOF Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.1772700, -96.9860000

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Coordinate: 41.1770300, -96.9885800

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Coordinate: 41.1777992, -96.9953003

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Coordinate: 41.2201950, -96.9082630

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Coordinate: 41.1884020, -97.0841270

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Coordinate: 41.0746994, -97.0242004

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Coordinate: 41.0755997, -97.0419006

14. Saint Marys Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.2430992, -97.1177979

15. National Bohemian Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.2025290, -96.8303790

16. Bohemian Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.2933006, -96.9431000

17. Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.2922000, -97.0396000

18. David City Cemetery
David City, Butler County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2346992, -97.1350021

19. Saint Vitus Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.1361008, -96.8225021

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21. Saints Cyril and Methodius Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.2646000, -96.8444000

22. Valparaiso Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.0758018, -96.8471985

23. Jensen Cemetery
Valparaiso, Saunders County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0894012, -96.8300018

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Valparaiso, Saunders County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0675011, -96.8407974