Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

Joseph RANDECK, saloon, Braidwood; was born in the county of Budevise, Bohemia, Nov. 21, 1850, 
and is the son of Michael RANDECK, of Bohemia, who was a mason by trade; when Mr. RANDECK was 
about 12 years old, he commenced to learn his trade as a tinsmith; in 1865, he emigrated to 
America and settled in Chicago, IL; here he remained about three years, engaged at his trade, 
tinsmithing; he then, in 1868, came to Braidwood; here he was engaged in working in the 
coal-mines, and remained in Braidwood ever since, excepting one and a half years he spent 
in Chicago. Mr. R. commenced the saloon business in 1877; today owns one of the leading 
saloons of Braidwood. In 1877, he was elected Constable; this office he still holds. 
Married Miss Rossi JERENA, of Bohemia; three children.