BIRTH:
Date of birth on his death certificate lists 26 Aug 1880, whereas the 1900 census lists him as having been born Oct 1876. His WWI draft registration card shows 11 Oct 1874.

Widowed by 1930.

IMMIGRATION:
Arrived 1887 per 1910 census. Arrived 1880 per 1920 census. He would have been 4 yrs old.

CENSUS:
1910 - 2627 S Homan St., Chicago, Illinois, ED623, Sheet 25B, Lines 57-59, Ward 12 (one block east of Trumbull - 2 blocks west of Spaulding)
Rozhon, Joseph, HMW 29y, M, married 1 year, born Bohemia, arrived 1887, Na, Machine hand (sash and doors)
, Bessie, WFW 27y, M, married 1 year, born Bohemia, arrived 1887
, Joseph, SMW 11/12, S

RESIDENCES:
1920 - 2526 Karlov Ave.sid
1930 - 2404 S 57th Court (*NOTE: Bessie was deceased by 1930)
1938 - 3512 S. Elmwood Ave., Chicago, Illinois (lived with his daughter at the time of his death)

1. 2. Joseph G. ROZHON, Jr.   b. 1909, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; d. 8 Apr 1969, Forest Park, , Ilinois, USA; bur. Queen of Heaven Masoleum, Hillside, Illinois, USA .
2. 3. Bessie (Elizabeth?) ROZHON   b. 1911, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; d. 1983, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

Joseph's wife is mentioned in his father's obituary as "Wanda, daughter-in-law". Then she is mentioned in various KALITA obituaries as "Wanda Rozhon". I suspect that Wanda may have died shortly after they married and then Joseph remarried to Beatrice Arra.

SOURCE: This individual found in WorldConnect records of rootsweb.com from cemetary records.
BURIAL: Queen of Heaven Masoleum, Hillside, Illinois

He might be the son of Joseph and Bessie Rozhon (family 9.11 in my records).

OBIT: 1969-04-10 Chicago Tribune (IL)
Rozhon
Edition: Chicago Tribune
Joseph G. Rozhon of Forest Park, devoted husband of Beatrice, nee Arra; beloved father of Kenneth J. [Barbara] Rozhon; brother of Beatrix Kompare. Funeral Friday, 9:30 a.m., from Zimmerman and Son Funeral Home, 7319 Madison street, Forest Park, to St. Bernadine church. Mass 10 a.m. Entombment Queen of Heaven. Please omit flowers. Visitation after 7 p.m. Wednesday. 366-2200.

1. 4. Kenneth J. ROZHON  

MARRIAGE: Obtained the Kompare surname from Bessie's father's death certificate for which she served as informant.

ANCESTRY.COM: Submitter: Jim Kompare

Subject: Re: ROZHON from Central Bohemia

Message: My paternal grandmother was Beatrix Rozhon, born in Chicago (ca. 1915), lived in Berwyn and Cicero (Cook County, IL), and died in Berwyn (ca. 1983). Her parents were Bohemian immigrants, but I do not know much more than that. Hope this helps. Also, do you know if Rozhon is a Bohemian version of the Jewish name "Rosen"?

1. 5. Beatrix KOMPARE