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    Benjamin Bohumil BLECHA

    Male 1885 - 1947  (62 years)


    Personal Information    |    Sources    |    Event Map    |    All    |    PDF

    • Name Benjamin Bohumil BLECHA  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14] 
      • It appears that this person was born Bohumil. He later takes on the name Benjamin, probably in memory of his brother who died as an infant in 1889.
        [1]
      Born 18 Feb 1885  Pnov-Predhradi 26, Bohemia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14] 
      Christened 26 Feb 1885  [14] 
      Gender Male 
      Arrival 1903  [3] 
      Arrival 1905  [4, 7, 11] 
      Residence 1910  St Paul Ward 1, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
      Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head 
      Residence Between 1917 and 1918  St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
      Residence 1918  St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
      Residence 1920  St Paul Ward 1, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
      Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head 
      Residence 1930  St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
      Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head 
      1930 Census for Benjamin Blecha Family in St Paul      		 1930 Census for Benjamin Blecha Family in St Paul
      Residence 1934  Visalia; Tulare, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
      Residence 1935  Loveside, San Diego, San Diego Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
      Residence 01 Apr 1940  San Diego, San Diego County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
      Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Head 
      Residence 1942  San Diego, San Diego County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
      Died 11 Jul 1947  San Diego, San Diego County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
      Residence 1949  Ventura, Ventura, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
      Person ID I376362  Blecha/McDaniel
      Last Modified 2 Jul 2016 

      Father Vaclav BLECHA,   b. 6 Nov 1843, Pnov-Predhradi 26, Bohemia Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Mother Anna CEPKOVA,   b. 1846, Vitezov 9, Bohemia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Sep 1888, Pnov-Predhradi 47, Bohemia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years) 
      Family ID F136448  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family Hilda Josephine HJELEN,   b. Abt 1887, Sweden Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Apr 1930, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 43 years) 
      Married 01 Apr 1910  Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Children 
       1. Elsie Anna Josephine BLECHA,   b. 2 Apr 1911, St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jul 1917, St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 6 years)
      +2. Ruth Astrid Marie BLECHA,   b. 30 Oct 1912, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Dec 2003, Coos Bay, Coos, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
      Last Modified 22 Mar 2020 
      Family ID F136462  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Event Map
      Link to Google MapsBorn - 18 Feb 1885 - Pnov-Predhradi 26, Bohemia Link to Google Earth
      Link to Google MapsResidence - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - 1910 - St Paul Ward 1, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA Link to Google Earth
      Link to Google MapsMarried - 01 Apr 1910 - Minnesota, USA Link to Google Earth
      Link to Google MapsResidence - Between 1917 and 1918 - St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA Link to Google Earth
      Link to Google MapsResidence - 1918 - St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA Link to Google Earth
      Link to Google MapsResidence - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - 1920 - St Paul Ward 1, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA Link to Google Earth
      Link to Google MapsResidence - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - 1930 - St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA Link to Google Earth
      Link to Google MapsResidence - 1934 - Visalia; Tulare, California, USA Link to Google Earth
      Link to Google MapsResidence - 1935 - Loveside, San Diego, San Diego Link to Google Earth
      Link to Google MapsResidence - Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Head - 01 Apr 1940 - San Diego, San Diego County, California Link to Google Earth
      Link to Google MapsResidence - 1942 - San Diego, San Diego County, California Link to Google Earth
      Link to Google MapsDied - 11 Jul 1947 - San Diego, San Diego County, California Link to Google Earth
      Link to Google MapsResidence - 1949 - Ventura, Ventura, California, USA Link to Google Earth
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    • Sources 
      1. [S1267] Czech Church Records for Birth Death Marriage, Velim-ev 14, Page 270 of 291, Entry #7.
        Death record for Benjamin Blecha in 1889. Actual image at: http://ebadatelna.soapraha.cz/d/10345/270



      2. [S4032] Web: Minnesota, Alien Registration Index, 1918, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;).

      3. [S4016] 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1910; Census Place: St Paul Ward 1, Ramsey, Minnesota; Roll: T624_717; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0029; FHL microfilm: 1374730.

      4. [S4017] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: St Paul Ward 1, Ramsey, Minnesota; Roll: T625_852; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 9; Image: 168.

      5. [S4024] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).

      6. [S4020] U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Registration State: Minnesota; Registration County: Ramsey; Roll: 1675892; Draft Board: 01.

      7. [S4019] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota; Roll: 1114; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0007; Image: 858.0; FHL microfilm: 2340849.

      8. [S4022] U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).

      9. [S4012] California, Death Index, 1940-1997, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;), Date: 1947-07-11.

      10. [S4021] U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Fourth Registration for California, 04/27/1942 - 04/27/1942; NAI Number: 603155; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147.

      11. [S4039] U.S., Index to Alien Arrivals at Canadian Atlantic and Pacific Seaports, 1904-1944, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Index to Alien Arrivals at Canadian Atlantic and Pacific Seaports; NAI Number: 3000104; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Record.

      12. [S4037] Minnesota, Naturalization Card Index, 1930-1988, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).

      13. [S4038] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: San Diego, San Diego, California; Roll: T627_449; Page: 61A; Enumeration District: 62-92B.

      14. [S1267] Czech Church Records for Birth Death Marriage, Velim-ev 11, Page 321 of 369, Entry #3.
        Bohumil Blecha birth in 1885. Actual image at: http://ebadatelna.soapraha.cz/d/10348/321


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