1840 - 1913

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• Birth	Abt 1840	Blatna, Pisek, Bohemia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  IMMI	1903  [2, 3]
  Died	1 Jul 1913	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA   [4]
  Person ID	I603	Rozhon's from Chicago and Elsewhere
  Last Modified	07 Oct 2004 10:32:23
  Children	> 1. Charles (Karel) ROZHON, b. Abt 1871, Bohemia > 2. Marie ROZHON, b. 1884, Bohemia
  Family ID	F197	Group Sheet

• Documents		Obituary - Rozhon, Antonin (1840-1913)

• Notes

  Arrived at NYC 10 Nov 1903 on the Kaiser Wilhelm II out of Bremen, Germany. Last residence was Blatna (about 10.5 miles SW of Bojesice. His son, "Karl Rozhon", paid his passage. In 1903, they were living at 750 W. 18th Street, Chicago, Illinois. Manifest image onfile. His entry appears on line #11. By the time of the 1910 Federal Census, he is a widower. It's unknown if his wife ever came to the U.S. OCCUPATION: Butcher RESIDENCES: 1903 - 750 W.18th St, Chicago, Illinois. 1910 - 1442 S. 51st Ave., Cicero, Illinois (per 1910 census) 1913 - 1434 S. 51st Ave., Cicero, Illinois (per obituary from Denni Hlasatel) OBIT: Notification that after a short illness, died on Tuesday, 1 Jul 1913, at 8 a.m. our beloved father and grandfather, ANTONIN ROZHON, who came from Blatne, kraj Pisek, Bohemia to America 10 years ago.

• Sources

  [S18] 1910 U.S. Federal Census, (NARA - National Archives and Records Administration, Great Lakes Region, 7358 South Pulaski Road, Chicago, Illinois 60629), ED 1535, Sheet 11A, Lines 1-7, Apr 1910. Antonin is shown as a widower aged 70. Arrived in U.S. 1905. Employed as a laborer doing odd jobs. [S18] 1910 U.S. Federal Census, (NARA - National Archives and Records Administration, Great Lakes Region, 7358 South Pulaski Road, Chicago, Illinois 60629), ED 1535, Sheet 11A, Lines 1-7, Apr 1910. The census states that Antonin arrived 1905 and filed "AL" papers, however, a ship manifest for 3 Nov 1903 for the Kaiser Wilhelm clearly shows that Antonin actually arrived in 1903. [S37] Ship Manifest - New York (Ellis Island). Arrived on the Kaiser Wilhelm out of Bremen, Germany on 3 Nov 1903 at Ellis Island. Destination was his son, Karl Rozhon, of 750 W. 18th St., Chicago. [S39] OBIT - Denni Hlasatel, pg 2, col 6-7, 2 Jul 1913. Oznameni Umrti Se srdcem zarmoucenym oznamujeme timto vsem pratelum a snamym, ze zemrel po kratke nemoci v utery, dne 1, cervence 1913, v 8 hod, rano mileny otec a dedecek nas, ANTONIN ROZHON v pokrocilem veku. Pochazel z Blatne, kraj Pisek, v Cechach a v Americe Dlel 10 roku. Pohreb draheho zesnuleho odbyvati se bude v patek, 4. t. m., v 9 hod. dopol. z domu smutku 1434 jiz. 51. ave., Cicero, na Cesko-narodni hrbitov. Za tichou soustrast prosf: KAREL ROZHON, syn (Son); MARIE GALLAS, dcera (Daughter); ANTONINIE ROZHON, snacha (Daughter-in-law; JOS. GALLAS, zet', 8 vnoucat a ostatni pratele. kdo by se chtel pohrbu sucastniti, necht se laskave prihlasi v dome smutku aneb v poh robnickem zavodu Jos. Noska, 1511 jiz. 40. ave. Tel. Lawndale 1150 ID 6.0