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Joseph ROZHON
 1848 - 1932

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  • Birth  9 Mar 1848  Christ Tibalt, , Bohemia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender  Male 
    IMMI  1873  New York, , New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died  1932  , Starke, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I205  Rozhon's from Chicago and Elsewhere
    Last Modified  13 Mar 2004 13:57:07 
     
    Father  Karel ROZHON, b. Abt 1825, Christ Tibalt, , , Bohemia  
    Mother  Frances KRAL, b. Abt 1830, Christ Tibalt, , Bohemia  
    Family ID  F68  Group Sheet
     
    Family  Barbara KRAL, b. 5 Dec 1857, Christ Tibalt, , Bohemia  
    Married  25 Jan 1874  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    Children 
     1. John ROZHON, (infant)
     2. Frank ROZHON, (infant), b. Abt 1875, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
     3. Anna ROZHON, (infant)
     4. John II ROZHON, (infant)
     5. Rudolph ROZHON, [child]
     6. Joseph F. ROZHON, b. Apr 1876, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
    >7. James Alexander ROZHON, b. 16 Jul 1879, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
    >8. Rosa ROZHON, b. Sep 1882, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
     9. Mary ROZHON, (infant), b. 17 Apr 1885, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
    >10. Julia A. ROZHON, b. 16 Apr 1885, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
     11. Adolph Otto Leonard ROZHON, b. 17 Sep 1887, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
    >12. Frank A. or Edward ROZHON, b. 29 Mar 1890, Railroad Township, Starke, Indiana, USA
    >13. Louis Joseph ROZHON, b. 4 Aug 1896, Railroad Township, Starke, Indiana, USA
    >14. Henry G. ROZHON, b. 3 Jan 1900, Railroad Township, Starke, Indiana, USA
     15. Albert ROZHON, b. 14 Nov 1901, Railroad Township, Starke, Indiana, USA
    Family ID  F70  Group Sheet
     
  • Notes 
    • IMMIGRATION:
      Arrived 1873 (per 1930 census)
      Left Bohemia at age 25, journeyed through Germany to Bremen, and crossed the ocean on the steamship AMERICA. After a voyage of sixteen days landed in New York City. From NYC they went directly to Chicago, and arrived in that city May 16, 1873 less than 2 years after the great fire. Found employment with Mr. Fort as a laborer.

      MARRIAGE:
      ROZHON, JOSEPH & KRAL, BARBARA in Cook County on 01/25/1874 vol.086, License #00014627

      Moved to Starke County, Indiana in 1888. Bought 120 acres in section 25 of Railroad Township. Built a frame house, cleared timber, drained a swamp, and created a farm. Bought another 80 acres to bring the total to 200 acres. Grew corn, oats, wheat and potatoes. Kept 7 horses, a herd of 25-30 cattle, large number of hogs. Farm buildings all painted red. Barn is 22x60 surrounded with granaries, corn cribs, and other outbuildings. [Source: HISTORY OF STARKE COUNTY, p 696-698]

      CENSUS:
      1910 - Railroad Township, Starke Cty, Indiana, ED 204, Sheet 5A
      1920 - Railroad Township, Starke Cty, Indiana, ED 279 lists Joseph as a widower and his sons: Louis, Henry and Albert.
      1930 - Railroad Township, Starke Cty, Indiana, ED 75-10, Sheet 5B, lists Joseph now living with his son Louis and Louis' wife Blanche along with Albert. Henry has married Helen and living elsewhere.

      RESIDENCES:
      1920 - 147 Lomax-Good Rd., Railroad Township, Starke Cty., Indiana.
     
  • Sources 
    1. [S36] A STANDARD HISTORY OF STARKE COUNTY INDIANA, Joseph N. McCormick , (1915), ppg. 696-698.

    2. [S5] Marriage Records - Illinois, (State of Illinois, Cook County), vol.086, License #00014627 .
      To any person legally authorized to Solemnize Marriage, Greeting:
      Marriage may be Celebrated between Mr. Joseph Rozhon and Miss Barbara Kral of Cook County, and this shall be your good and sufficient warrant; and you are required to return this license to me with Thirty Days from the celebration of such Marriage, with a certificate of the same endorsed hereon and signed by you under Statute Penalty of "One Hundred Dollars".
      Witness: Hermann Lieb, Clerk of the County Court of said County, and the Seal thereof, at my office in Chicago this 16th day of January A.D. 1874.
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      It is hereby certified, that on this 25th day of January, A.D. 1874, the undersigned a Catholic Priest did join in Marriage Mr. Joseph Rozhon and M. Barbara Kral agreeably to the authority given in the above License.
      (Priest's name unreadable. Appears to be Pos Molikov)
      Married in Cook County

  
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