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Michael  ROZHON  Michael ROZHON
 1877 - 1954

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  • Birth  1877  Bojesice, , Jihocesky, Bohemia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender  Male 
    IMMI  1891  [2
    Died  24 May 1954  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I106  Wanicki/Rozhon and Kapusta/Jemiola
    Last Modified  06 Jan 2005 16:59:28 
     
    Father  Hynek Ignatz ROZHON, **, b. 6 Jun 1841, Bojesice #14, Mirovice, Jihocesky, Bohemia  
    Mother  Rozalie (Mary?) DUBEC, (Dubsky), b. 5 Aug 1841, Bojesice #3, Mirovice, , Bohemia  
    Family ID  F31  Group Sheet
     
    Family 1  Anna SYKORA, b. Abt 1874 
    Married  1895 
    Children 
     1. Frank ROZHON, b. 6 May 1898, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
    Family ID  F34  Group Sheet
     
    Family 2  Josephine (Josefra) BALEJ, b. 18 Mar 1880, Strasice, Rokycany, Bohemia  
    Married  17 Jul 1903  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F58  Group Sheet
     
  • Photos Rozhon, Michael - 1940Rozhon, Michael - 1940
    Rozhon, MichaelRozhon, Michael
    Rozhon, Michael - 1950Rozhon, Michael - 1950
     
  • Notes 
    • IMMIGRATION: 1. Immigration and Naturalization Records, Ancestry.com, http://ancestry.com.
      Special database collection.
      Given Name: Maty Surname: Rozhon Soundex: R250 Roll: 574 Ship: Maasdam Ship #: 1299 NY Arrival: August 26, 1891
      Port of Departure: Boulogne Sur Mer, France and Rotterdam, Netherlands Line: 387.
      Age 15 at time of arrival. Occupation: Laborer Destination: Cleveland.

      Not sure when he moved to Chicago but it had to be prior to 1910 since he appears in the 1910 census. At some point, he lived upstairs, brother Jim lived downstairs in Chicago.

      OCCUPATION:
      Driver of beer wagon per 1910 census
      Hotel detective.

      MARRIAGE: Union with Josephine was Michael's second marriage per 1910 census.

      RESIDENCES:

      1902 - 1201 W.21st, Chicago, Illinois (per wife, Anna's, obituary) May be old addressing system and what later became known as 2602 21st Place.
      1910 - 2602 21st Place, Chicago, Illinois (per 1910 census) (with wife, Josephine and son, Frank)
      1920 - 2419 Troy Street, Chicago, Illinois (per 1920 census - indexed as BOZHON) (with wife, Josephine only) laborer foundry
      1930 - 2735 S. Springfield Ave., Chicago, Illinois (per 1930 census) about a dozen blocks west of Spaulding, 9 blocks west of Trumbull.

      BURIAL:
      Cremated and in masoleum at Bohemian National Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois. Visited this site and found the location in the masoleum.
     
  • Sources 
    1. [S16] 1910 U.S. Federal Census - Thirteenth Census, (NARA - National Archives and Records Administration, Great Lakes Region, 7358 South Pulaski Road, Chicago, Illinois 60629), ED 590, Sheet 9B, Lines 59-61, 21 Apr 1910.
      Michael's age is shown on the census as 33 years.

    2. [S16] 1910 U.S. Federal Census - Thirteenth Census, (NARA - National Archives and Records Administration, Great Lakes Region, 7358 South Pulaski Road, Chicago, Illinois 60629), ED 590, Sheet 9B, Lines 59-61, 21 Apr 1910.
      Michael arrived in the U.S. in 1891 per this census and was naturalized.

  
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