Joseph J. ROZHON  1871 - 1947

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• Birth	Dec 1871	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	15 Mar 1947	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I4	Rozhon's from Chicago and Elsewhere
  Last Modified	27 Aug 2004 11:29:43
  Father	Jan (John) ROZHON, b. Abt 1842, Zebrakov,Tabor , , Bohemia
  Mother	Josefa VRBA, b. Abt 1842, Bohemia
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet
  Family	Mary BLAHA, b. Jul 1874, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
  Married	7 May 1894	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA   [5]
  Family ID	F22	Group Sheet

• Photos		Rozhon, Joseph J.
  Headstones		Rozhon, Joseph J. and Marie Status: Located.

• Notes

  NO CHILDREN This couple found during a search of the http://familysearch.org files. BIRTH: Year estimated from age of 23 years in 1894 on marriage license. OCCUPATION: 1900 - Saloonkeeper (age 29) 1910 - WHERE IS HE? 1920 - Notary Public (Real Estate) (age 49) 1930 - Real Estate Salesman (age 59) In 1910 the following shows up in Alabama, could this be the same person even though the age is slightly off?: 1910 U.S. Census Alabama , MOBILE, 4-WD MOBILE, Series: T624 Roll: 27 Page: 150 ED 98, Sheet 11B, Lines 82-83 17 Old Shell Road, Mobile, Alabama ROZHON, Joseph, Head, Male, White, 35y, Married 15yrs, Born Illinois, Shipping clerk for lumber firm. , Mary, Wife, Female, White, 33y, Married 15yrs, 0 children, 0 living, Born Illinois. RESIDENCES: 1900 - 564 Centre Ave.,Chicago, IL (per 1900 census) 1910 - 17 Old Shell Rd., Mobile, Alabama (per 1910 census and if this is the same person) 1920 - 1930 Shelby Ct., Chicago, Illinois (per 1920 census) --- probably old 15 Shelby Ct. 1930 - 4935 S. Kildare Ave., Chicago, Illinois (per 1930 census) **Note - Joseph was living with the Suchy family as a boarder. His sister Mary was married to Lewis Suchy. 1947 - 4935 So. Kildare Ave. NOTE: The 1930 census shows him born in Illinois, but if his mother didn't arrive in the U.S. until 1874 and he was born in 1871, how can that be true? OBIT: 1947-03-16 Chicago Tribune (IL) ROZHON Edition: Chicago Tribune Joseph J. Rozhon, beloved husband of the late Mary, nee Blaha; fond brother of Elizabeth Cerny, Mary Suchy, Edward, Ben. and the late Frank. Funeral Tuesday, 1:30 p.m., at chapel, 4907 Archer avenue. Interment Bohemian National cemetery. Member of National athletic club. Vir. 0521.

• Sources

  [S20] 1930 U.S. Federal Census, (NARA - National Archives and Records Administration, Great Lakes Region, 7358 South Pulaski Road, Chicago, Illinois 60629), ED 16-2514, Sheet 41B, Lines 85-88. [S24] 1900 U.S. Federal Census, (NARA - National Archives and Records Administration, Great Lakes Region, 7358 South Pulaski Road, Chicago, Illinois 60629), Series T623., ED 208, Sheet 10A, Lines 42-43, Ward 8. Enumerator listed the family under the surname, ROCHON. [S3] DEATH. Joseph appeared in the 1930 census, so we know he lived beyond that year. [S39] OBIT - Denni Hlasatel, 16 Mar 1947. Obituary lists his late wife's name as Mary Rozhon nee Blaha. Address 4935 So. Kildare Ave. Sisters Elizabeth Cerny and Mary Suchy, and brothers Edward, Ben and the late Frank. No information is given as to how old he was or how long he had been in America. [S5] Marriage Records - Illinois, (State of Illinois, Cook County), License #216956 . ROZHON, JOSEPH J and BLAHA, MARY 05/07/1894 / 216956 COOK IRAD and Familysearch.org gives 05/07/1894 as the marriage date, but I'm showing 9 Sep 1889. I'm not sure WHERE I got this marriage date. Somehow, I neglected to record the source of the information.