IMMIGRATION: 1913 (per 1920 census)

OBIT: Name: Konyvka, James
Date: Apr 8 1961
Source: Plain Dealer; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #125.
Notes: Age 66; formerly of 7503 Brookside Dr.; passed away at the residence of his daughter, 7537 Briarcliff Pky; Middleburg, Heights; Wednesday; beloved husband of the late Clara (nee Tomsik), dear father of Mrs. Gladys Smelsik and Mrs. Rose Marie Richy, brothers and sisters in Czechoslovakia. Family will receive friends at Sauer's Funeral Home, 4801 Memphis Ave., where services will be held Saturday, April 8 at 11 a. m. Interment Riverside Cemetery. The family suggests contributions to be made to the Cancer Fund.

CENSUS: 1920 - 3613 Sackett Ave., ED 78, Sheet 4B, Lines 62-64 , Ward 5
James Konyvka, Clara, and Marie Tomsik

OBIT: Name: Konyvka, Clara
Date: Mar 23 1959
Source: Cleveland Press; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #125.
Notes: Konyvka, Clara (nee Tomyik), age 60, late residence, 7503 Brookside Dr., Brooklyn, beloved wife of James, dearest mother of Mrs. Gladys Smeisik, Mrs. Rose Marie Tichy, sister of Mrs. Bertha Kletecka, Mrs. Rose Nemec, Charles and the late Mrs. Lillian Kalal, grandmother of Linda Tichy. Friends may call at Sauer's Funeral Home, 4801 Memphis, where services will be held Tuesday, Mar. 24, at 1:30 p. m. Interment Riverside Cemetery.

1. 1. Gladys KONYVKA
2. Rose KONYVKA

IMMIGRATED:
Came to US in 1873 via a sailing ship. Arrived in southern port. Probably New Orleans.

MARRIAGE:
KUDERNA, MARY and TOMSCHIK, JOHAN vol.0040 pg.0117
(Cuyahoga County Marriage License Index)

OCCUPATION:
Tailor

RESIDENCES:
May have lived in Texas after arriving in the U.S. I was told that he was somehow involved in the Mexican
1892 - 118 Sackett (Bertha's birth certificate)
1894 - 118 Sackett (city directory)
1912 - 3613 Sackett Ave

VOTERS REGISTRATION:
Name: TOMSIK, Jan
Address: 3613 Sackett
Date: 10/10/07 reg. no. 217 ward 5 prec. E


CENSUS:
1900 - Ohio ED 193 - 118 Sackett Ave.
Tomshik, John, HMW, June 1844, 55y, M6, Bohemia, arrv'd 1873, Tailor
, Mary, WFW, Aug 1870, 29y, M6, Bohemia, arrv'd 1889
, Bertha, DFW, May 1882, 18y, S, Ohio
, Rosa, DFW, Aug 1891, 8y, S, Ohio
, Lena, DFW, Aug 1894, 5y, S, Ohio
, Charles, SMW, May 1896, 4y, S, Ohio
, Clara, DFW, Jan 1899, 1y, S, Ohio

CENSUS:
1910 - Ohio 1910 Census Miracode Index
John Tomsik
Age: 64 State: OH
Color: W Enumeration District: 0115
Birth Place: AUST Visit: 0013
County: Cuyahoga, Cleveland
Relation: Head of Household
Other Residents: Relation Name Color Age Birth Place
Wife Mary 39 AUST
Daughter Lillian 15 Ohio
Son Charles 13 Ohio
Daughter Clara 11 Ohio
Son-in-law Joe Minnie 20 Ohio (the surname appears to really be NEMEC)
Stepdaugther Rose 19 Ohio
Granddaughter Rose Minnie NR Ohio (the surname appears to really be NEMEC)
Niece Matilda Rozhon 17 Ohio

DEATH:
Bone cancer. (certificate indexed as TOMSEK)

Place of birth possibly "Bohutin" in Bohemia (midway between Pribram and Rokycany). His son, Charles, travelled there in 1938, purpose unknown.

BIRTH: Czech Archive material from VOL. 1852-1874, pg 14.

IMMIGRATION: Arrived 1889? I was told by Gladys Smejcik that she came to US with her cousin at the age of 14 or 16. That would place her here by 1883.

IMMIGRATION: Found the following information at the Castle Garden database website at http://castlegarden.org
MARIE ROZHAN
Occupation: Servant, Gentleman's Servant
Age: 19
Sex: F
Literacy: U
Arrived: 1889-05-24
Origin: Germany
Port: Bremen
Last Residence: U
Destination: OHIO
Plan: Unknown
Ship: Weser
Passage: Unknown


OCCUPATION:
Tailoress.
Active in a Czech lodge based in Chicago.

MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATION: Vol 35 Pg 516

RESIDENCES:
1889-1891 - 64 Dolloff (husb: K.Kudrna)
1892-1898 - 118 Sackett (husb: J. Tomsik)
1910 - 3639 Sackett Ave
1912 - 3613 Sackett Ave. <-- per Johan Tomsik's death certificate
1917 - 3615 Sackett Ave
1944 - 3613 Sackett Ave. <-- obituary

CENSUS:
1920 - 3613 Sackett Ave., ED 78, Sheet 4B, Lines 62-64 , Ward 5
James Konyvka, Clara, and Marie Tomsik

CENSUS:
1930 - 3613 Sackett Ave., ED 73, Sheet 10B, Lines 88-94, Ward 5
Charles & Lena Tomsik
Marie Tomsik, James & Clara Konyvka + Gladys & Rose

DEATH:
Cert #5480. She died of a carcinoma.

BURIAL:
Riverside Cemetery, Cleveland, Sec 15, row 13, Grave 39, Kovar Funeral Home.

OBIT:
Name: Tomsik, Marie,
Date: Jun 30 1944,
Source: Source unknown
Notes: Tomsik: Marie; residence, 3613 Sackett ave., beloved mother of Bertha Kletecka, Rose Nemec, Lillian Kalal, Clara Konyvka, Charles Tomsik, grandmother and great-grandmother, Wednesday. Friends may call at Frank J. Kovar Funeral Home, 3505 Fulton rd. Funeral services will be held at the Ceska Sin Sokol, 4314 Clark ave., Saturday, July 1, at 2 p. m.

1. Lillian TOMSIK b. 27 Aug 1894, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. Sep 1954, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
2. Charles F. TOMSIK b. 28 May 1896, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 1978, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
3. 3. Clara TOMSIK b. 17 Jan 1898, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. Mar 1959, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.

!Source: All info received from Czech Archives which looked up birth records.

!Source: (Birth) Information received from Czech Archives. Letter in the possession of Sandra Rozhon of Cleveland, OH.

Her name was listed as "Rosalia Kralicek" on Albert Rozhon's marriage license.

1. Frantizek Karel ROZHON, ** b. 24 Oct 1867, Bojesice #3, Kres Mirovice, Jihocesky, Bohemia; d. 1 Jan 1947, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; bur. 4 Jan 1947, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
2. 7. Marie ROZHON b. 25 Jul 1869, , , , Bohemia; d. 28 Jun 1944, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; bur. Riverside Cem., Cleveland, Ohio.
3. Vaclav (James) ROZHON, [infant] b. 17 Oct 1872, Bojesice #3, Jihocesky, , Bohemia; d. 31 Mar 1873, Bojesice, , , Bohemia.
4. John ROZHON b. 1874, Bojesice, , , Bohemia.
5. Michael ROZHON b. 1877, Bojesice, , Jihocesky, Bohemia; d. 24 May 1954, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; bur. Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
6. Josef H. ROZHON b. 9 Jan 1879, Rakovice, , , Bohemia; d. 25 Oct 1937, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; bur. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
7. Vaclav (James) ROZHON b. 26 Nov 1882, Rakovice, , Jihocesky, Bohemia; d. 27 Dec 1940, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; bur. 30 Dec 1940, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
8. Vojtech (Albert) ROZHON b. 28 Jan 1884, Rakovice, , Jihocesky, Bohemia; d. 19 Sep 1947, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; bur. 23 Sep 1947, Brooklyn Heights, Cuyahoga, Ohio.