Evidence dossier · Obituary · DR-1934-001
Citation-only releaseAn obituary with evidence—and errors: Thomas Dobesh, 1934
The Blue Valley Blade reported Thomas Dobesh's death on 9 April 1934 and his 13 April funeral and burial at St. Wenceslaus in Bee. The obituary also contains claims that conflict with earlier records.
Source says
The obituary reports that Thomas died at his home northwest of Bee on Monday, 9 April; that services and burial took place Friday, 13 April; and that burial was delayed for the arrival of his surviving brother Frank Dobesh from Long Beach.
We conclude
It is contemporary evidence reporting the death, funeral, burial, home area, and Frank's relationship as the surviving brother.
Still uncertain
Its “1893” marriage year conflicts with the 1910 census and family sheet, and its seven-child account omits a son present in those controls. Its misspelled birthplace statement, “Czechoslavakia,” is only the obituary's broad claim.
Why this record matters
The obituary preserves death, burial, residence, and sibling evidence. Comparison with the 1910 census and a privately held 1982 family sheet exposes discrepancies in its marriage year and child count.
Claims and their states
| Claim | Value | State | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Died | 9 April 1934 | Source fact | [1] |
| Services and burial | 13 April 1934 | Source fact | [1] |
| Cemetery | St. Wenceslaus, Bee | Source fact | [1] |
| Brother | Frank Dobesh of Long Beach | Source fact | [1] |
| Obituary birthplace wording | “Czechoslavakia”Source misspelling preserved; it is only a broad obituary claim. | Source fact | [1] |
| Marriage-year discrepancy | Obituary: 1893; census: about 1890; family sheet: 1889R2 exposes the discrepancy and does not adjudicate the marriage date here. | Open conflict | [1] [2] [3] |
| Child-count discrepancy | Obituary names seven; census and family sheet account for eightThe public page withholds the children's names while preserving the source-level discrepancy. | Open conflict | [1] [2] [3] |
Exact source occurrences
Principal people and correlated identities on this page
- Thomas Dobesh — decedentNamed directly in the source [1]This obituary directly records death on 9 April 1934. [1]
- Frank Dobesh — surviving brother; supported cross-source identitySupported cross-source identity; not independently proved [1] [4]A derivative 1982 family sheet records Frank (born 19 October 1862 in Thomas's sibling group) as having died in 1943. The obituary-to-sheet identity is supported, not independently proved; no exact death date is claimed. [1] [4]
Every displayed person meets the documented-death rule or the conservative 120-year historical publication presumption; that presumption is not an identity conclusion or proof of death, and the record has been data-minimized.
7 Additional names in the source are not displayed until each receives its own eligibility and publication decision.
Sources and citations
- Evidence state
- Obituary reviewed against census and family-sheet conflict controls
- Identity state
- Record-specific link to the 1910 household and family sheet
THOMAS DOBESH
- Repository or publication
- Blue Valley Blade
- Full citation
- “Thomas Dobesh,” Blue Valley Blade (Seward, Nebraska), 19 April 1934, p. 2.
- Access
- Offline family copy
- Locator state
- Exact locator and hashed local copy
U.S. National Archives
- Repository or publication
- U.S. National Archives
- Full citation
- 1910 U.S. census, Center Precinct, Butler County, Nebraska, ED 3, sheet 7A, NARA T624 roll 839; FHL microfilm 1374852.
- Access
- Subscription required
- Locator state
- Exact locator
Dobesh family archive
- Repository or publication
- Dobesh family archive
- Full citation
- Dobesh family record sheet for the 1934 decedent's household, compiled 12 November 1982; family archive.
- Access
- Offline family copy
- Locator state
- Exact locator and hashed local copy
Dobesh family archive
- Repository or publication
- Dobesh family archive
- Full citation
- Dobesh family record sheet for the 1934 decedent's parental household, compiled 12 November 1982; family archive; Frank is recorded in the sibling group with birth date 19 October 1862 and death year 1943.
- Access
- Offline family copy
- Locator state
- Exact locator and hashed local copy
No source image is published. This page releases only description, a short excerpt or paraphrase, and citation under its item-level rights review.
Editorial note
The exact heading is THOMAS DOBESH; the body uses both Thomas Dobes and Thomas Dobesh. The 1910 census and junior 1982 family sheet serve as conflict controls. The senior 1982 sheet supports Frank's 1943 death year under a qualified identity link. No source image is published.