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    Jozefa "Josephine" BILKOVA

    Jozefa "Josephine" BILKOVA

    Female 1819 - 1890  (70 years)

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      Josepha Bilek Blecha      		Josepha Bilek Blecha
      Photo from Gerry Konaske

    • Name Jozefa "Josephine" BILKOVA  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
      Birth 10 Dec 1819  Skorice 10, Bohemia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
      Gender Female 
      Arrival 12 Jan 1858  New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
      1858 Immigration for Frantisek Blecha Family      		 1858 Immigration for Frantisek Blecha Family
      Departure Bremen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
      Reference Number 625 
      Residence 1860  Trenton, Washington, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
      Residence 1880  Trenton, Washington, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
      Marital status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife 
      Death 01 Feb 1890  Newburg, Washington County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Burial 01 Feb 1890  Newburg, Washington County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Person ID I375823  Blecha/McDaniel
      Last Modified 29 Mar 2020 

      Father Tomas BILEK,   b. Skorice 10, Bohemia Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Mother Marie KASALOVA 
      Family ID F3205  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family Frantisek "Frank" BLECHA,   b. 15 May 1811, Skorice 6, Bohemia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jul 1899, Newburg, Washington County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
      Marriage 6 Jun 1837  Skorice, Bohemia Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11] 
      Marriage of Frantisek Blecha and Josepha Bilkova in 1837      		 Marriage of Frantisek Blecha and Josepha Bilkova in 1837
      Children 
       1. Jan Nepomuk "John" BLECHA,   b. 04 Jul 1839, Skorice 6, Bohemia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 02 Nov 1926, Chattaroy, Spokane, WA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
       2. Frank BLECHA,   b. 13 Sep 1841, Skorice 6, Bohemia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jun 1892, Athens, Marathon, WI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)
       3. Wenzl BLECHA,   b. Feb 1845, Skorice 6, Bohemia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Apr 1845, Skorice 6, Bohemia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 0 years)
       4. Mary B BLECHA,   b. 30 Oct 1846, Skorice 6, Bohemia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 08 Feb 1924, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
       5. Thomas BLECHA,   b. 15 Dec 1848, Skorice 6, Bohemia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 06 Jul 1884, Greenwood, Clark, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years)
       6. Barbora BLECHOVA,   b. 6 Jan 1851, Skorice 6, Bohemia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Feb 1851, Skorice 6, Bohemia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
       7. Jozefa "Josephine" BLECHA,   b. 17 Mar 1852, Skorice 6, Bohemia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 06 Jan 1938, St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
       8. Anna BLECHA,   b. 28 Oct 1854, Skorice 6, Bohemia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 08 Dec 1877, West Bend, Washington, WI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 23 years)
       9. Vaclav BLECHA,   b. 3 Aug 1857, Skorice 6, Bohemia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Aug 1857, Skorice 6, Bohemia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
       10. Joseph BLECHA,   b. 23 Feb 1863, Newburg, Washington County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Dec 1954, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
      Family ID F136294  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
      Last Modified 16 Apr 2016 

    • Event Map
      Link to Google MapsBirth - 10 Dec 1819 - Skorice 10, Bohemia Link to Google Earth
      Link to Google MapsMarriage - 6 Jun 1837 - Skorice, Bohemia Link to Google Earth
      Link to Google MapsArrival - 12 Jan 1858 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Link to Google Earth
      Link to Google MapsDeparture - - Bremen, Germany Link to Google Earth
      Link to Google MapsResidence - 1860 - Trenton, Washington, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
      Link to Google MapsResidence - Marital status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife - 1880 - Trenton, Washington, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
      Link to Google MapsDeath - 01 Feb 1890 - Newburg, Washington County, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
      Link to Google MapsBurial - 01 Feb 1890 - Newburg, Washington County, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
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    • Notes 
      • !BORN: In the 10th house built in Skorice [Skoric/Skoritz], Bohemia,Czech. according to the State Regional Archeives obtained by Carol Olson JUL 1992.

        !SOURCE: Birth records of son, Jan N. Blecha, R. C. parish, Skorice, Vol. 5, Page 25

        !IMMIGRATION: Source was Czech Immigration Passenger Lists, author a Leo Baca, 1983, revised in 2000. Vol. 1, page 92 relates that between the years of 1848 to 1879 some 4,400 Czechs immigrated though the port of New Orleans and headed for Missouri, Illinois, Ohio, Arkansas, Nebraska, Kentucky, Wisconsin and Texas. Information in this book was found at the National Archives. Page 94 has the vessel Bessel arriving at the Port of New Orleans on 12 Jan 1858, with 12 Czech immigrants on board. Page 98 has the following listing. Blecha, Franz 46, Josepha 37, Johann 18, Franz 16, Maria 6, Josepha 10, Thomas 8, Anna 2, Skortiz; Bessel, 12 January 1858; St. Louis.

        The last line has the note after Anna’s name of Skortiz, which confirms the spelling of their home town in the 1850’s. It goes on to give the name of the ship Bessel and the ending port which is St. Louis.

        Reference was found for the Bessel, Type:, steamship. Built:, 1854 by Caird & Co., Greenock, Scotland for the Cunard Line. No known photo or information available. This listing for the steam ship had a link to the family name RIEPE, which said a Mary came to America at age 38 years on the "Ship Bessel" with her husband and children. The ship bearing the RIEPE family departed from Bremen, Germany and arrived in St. Louis, MO on December 7, 1858. The Blecha's arrived some eleven months earlier in the year on January 12, 1858, in St. Louis on the same ship. If you look at the map of Germany, the inland Port of Bremen is some 42 miles by river from the North Sea at the Port of Bremerhaven giving a direct link to the North Atlantic Ocean via the North Sea. Bremen to Skortiz is some 320 airmiles, quite a distant to travel by road in 1858. Question, was the Steamship Bessel employed in a series of round trips from Bremen to St. Louis? If so, checking of the records of departures from Bremen would be in order. The missing Thomas is listed with the family on this record. Most of the ages given on the record are within one or two years of what is already recorded, and the difference would depend on how you round off the ages. One slight difference is with Josephine, who is listed as ten years old when prior records would have her about seven years old when on the ship. Another difference is with Maria [Mary] who would of been 12 years of age, not 6 as listed on the ship's record.

        !NOTES: Spelling of name as on records of marriage, R. C. parish records, Skorice. Czech spelling would be Josefa. Josephine would be the english spelling. 1860 census had her as Josepha. Death certificate of her son Joseph had her name spelled as Josephine Bielek.

        !BURIED: During visit by Jerry Konoske on June 9, 1995, obtained the following information at Holy Trinity Cemetery, Newburg, WI. The cemetery is located one block north west of the Holy Trinty Roman Catholic Church. The gravesite marker is a tall six foot gray granite tower with a cross on top. On the bottom, in large letters is "BLECHA". On the south side is engraved "Frank Blecha, Died July 20, 1899, Aged 88 yr 2 mo". On the north side is engraved "Josephine Blecha, Died Feb 1, 1890, Aged 70 yrs, 2 mo".

        !CENSUS: July 6, 1860 census taken at post office in Myra, town of Trenton, WI showed her to be a 42 yrs old female. She was also listed in the 1880 census, Town of Trenton, as Josephine, WF 61 yrs.

    • Sources 
      1. [S3926] Researched by Gerry Konoske.

      2. [S3931] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Trenton, Washington, Wisconsin; Roll: 1450; Family History Film: 1255450; Page: 502A; Enumeration District: 250.

      3. [S3934] Ancestry.com, New Orleans, Passenger Lists, 1813-1963, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1820-1902; NAI Number: 2824927; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; Record Group Number: 85.

      4. [S3932] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Trenton, Washington, Wisconsin; Roll: M653_1438; Page: 489; Image: 495; Family History Library Film: 805438.

      5. [S1258] Old Czech Church Records online, Skorice 07, Page 7 of 175.
        Birth and Death Record for Vaclav Blecha in 1857
        Actual image at: http://www.portafontium.eu/iipimage/30068288/skorice-07_0040-n?x=504&y=396&w=375&h=127


      6. [S1258] Old Czech Church Records online.
        Birth record for Tomas Blecha in 1848
        Actual image at: http://www.portafontium.eu/iipimage/30068287/skorice-06_0230-n?x=44&y=583&w=687&h=232


      7. [S1258] Old Czech Church Records online, Skorice 06, Page 43 of 318.
        Birth record for Jozepha Blechova in 1852
        Actual image at: http://www.portafontium.eu/iipimage/30068287/skorice-06_0430-n?x=32&y=588&w=674&h=228


      8. [S1258] Old Czech Church Records online, Skorice 06, Page 227 of 318.
        Birth record of Anna Blechova in 1854
        Actual image at: http://www.portafontium.eu/iipimage/30068287/skorice-06_2270-n?x=57&y=410&w=674&h=228


      9. [S1258] Old Czech Church Records online, Skorice 14, Page 31 of 296, bottom entry.
        Death record for Wenzl Blecha in 1845. Actual image at: http://www.portafontium.eu/iipimage/30068295/skorice-14_0060-z?x=116&y=601&w=507&h=188


      10. [S1258] Old Czech Church Records online, Skorice 10, Page 3 of 64.
        Marriage record for Franisek Blecha and Rozalie in 1835
        Actual image at: http://www.portafontium.eu/iipimage/30068291/skorice-10_0030-o?x=11&y=514&w=817&h=277


      11. [S1258] Old Czech Church Records online, Skorice 10, Page 6 of 64.
        Marriage of Frantisek Blecha and Josepha Bilek in 1837
        Actual image at: http://www.portafontium.eu/iipimage/30068291/skorice-10_0060-o?x=-44&y=535&w=812&h=275


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