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George (Jiri) Blahnik and Katerina Blaha
Algoma Blahniks from Starec, Bohemia

                       
OUTLINE
- GENEALOGICAL Work
- CZECH  RESEARCH IN STAREC, CZECH
- ALGOMA BLAHNIK GENERATIONS IN BOHEMIA
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IMMIGRATION
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GEORGE BLAHNIK, Algoma, WI family founder
- CHILDREN of GEORGE and KATERINA
Known tree for Algoma Blahniks

Special Thanks to all who have contributed the GENEALOGICAL WORK for the Algoma/Starec Blahnik family:

-1st Wenzel F. Blahnik (1913-2001) called family members and compiled a series of note books for each of Jiri and Katerina's descendent families.  He had a notebook for each family that remains in his family's possession. This set up the framework for the entire project.   His daughter Evelyn (Blahnik) Brookhyser contributed his land for the Blahnik Heritage Park in Kewaunee Co. WI. 
-2nd Joel Blahnik shared the family tree for the Smrzovice family that he and Ladislav Blahnik researched in Czech.  Algoma Blahnik branch is not found on the tree, but believe to be related.
-3rd This Editor searched records for all Blahniks listed inRegister of Deeds office for Births, Deaths, Marriages in many NE Wisconsin Counties.  This editor found the Marriage record of birth place for Joseph 1850-1920 who listed his birthplace as Novy Gdyn (Kdyne) which is in a similar area of SW Czech as Smrzovice Blahniks. This info was given to Francis L. Blahnik who paid for research in Czech for our ancestors.   I also scanned in the family photos from my Great Grandfather Frank J. Blahnik (1876-1942) and created the Blahnik Family Tree website in 1999.  Other family members have contacted this site to add information.
-4th Francis LeRoy Blahnik contacted the Institute of Slavic Studies and requested that the "Ancestral Project of the Family Blahnik from the village Starec in Western Bohemia" be compiled.  David Kohout from Prague worked from October 2001 until Feb 2002 to compile this for Francis.  No doubt this was a costly endeavor and yet Francis has been good enough to share the information.
-5th Joel Blahnik and Michael Cwach drove to Starec and took photos of Starec 17 ancestral home for Jiri Blahnik and his wife Katerina Blaha.  They also spoke with the Jiri Kaiser family that is related to the Algoma Blahniks.  See Photo below
-6th Many family members have contacted this editor (Lori Dollevoet) to add information.  Bob Blahnik regularly searches newspapers for news about our clan and keeps us all informed. 

 


Starec 17 - Ancestral home of Georgius Blahnik born 1771 -Photo by Joel Blahnik and Michael Cwach.
see oldest cadastral map of the village Starec from the year 1838
Map of the SW part of Bohemia and area of Starec

 

 

GENERATIONS IN BOHEMIA (CZECH) - not yet connected to the Smrzovice Blahnik line.

  1. Wenceslaus BLAHNIK married Margaretha KARBAN November 27, 1741 in the Parish Kdyne in Western Bohemia.

  2. Jacobus BLAHNIK born March 12, 1742/43 in Village Hluboka, Bohemia married Maria KAYSER April 25, 1769 in Church of Nicolaus, Kdyne, Western Bohemia

  3. Georgius BLAHNIK born November 01, 1771 Starec #17, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary married Margaretha BLAZEK  (born July 14, 1785 Village Starec No. 12, Bohemia) November 27, 1804 at Parish Kdyne, Bohemia. He died November 26, 1829 Starec #17, Bohemia from tuberculosis.  She died March 16, 1824 in Starec #17, Bohemia also from tuberculosis and was buried in Deanary Churchyard.

  4. Georg  BLAHNIK born November 08, 1813  Starec #17, Bohemia married Katerina BLAHA (born April 19, 1814 from Hradiste #17, Bohemia) on February 10, 1834 at the Parish Lsteni, Bohemia.  According to the Official records No 26,683 To Imperial and Royal District Authority!  Permission was, "granted to property owner Georg Blahnik of Starz, District of Neugedein, with his wife Katharina, and their six children Mathias, Jakob, Georg, Josef, Johann and Anna Blahnik for emigration to America,  thus releasing them of the Austrian State Community" dated May 27, 1856.  The family arrived in New York on the Bark Aeoleus our to Breman on September 22, 1856.  Their daughter Anna died on the ship in the passage to America.  No birth records were found for Georg's son, Georg.  But he is listed both here and on ship arrival records.  His birthdate in America was recorded as 1844, but it appears that he was born in 1841 per immigration records. Both George and Katherina died in Algoma, Wisconsin, USA. He January 17, 1894 and Katerina on March 07, 1892.

IMMIGRATION

George, Katerina and their five sons arrived on the ship the Bark Aeolus out of Bremen docking in New York on September 22, 1856.  Francis Blahnik found the reference to this:
Passenger list Bark Aeolus out of Breman. Docked in the port of NY 9/22/1856. Below is from the passenger lists Port of NY Sept 19 - Oct 18, 1856 roll 167 copy #M237
#184 Georg Blahling age 44 from Bohemia to Wiscony
#185 Catharine Blahling, age 40, ditto, wife of above
#186 Mathias Blahling, age 21, ditto
#187 Jacob Blahling, age 19, ditto
#188 George Blahling, age 15, ditto
#189 Joseph Blahling, age 10, ditto
#190 Johann Blahling, age 5, ditto
Photo and description of the ship
Bob Blahnik also found a reference to the arrival in the Leo Baca books.
Note misspellings of the last name and of the State of Wisconsin (Wiscony) George and Katerina had one more son, Anton, born in America in July 20, 1859, a few years after their arrival.

+see record of ship

Emigration Records from Bohemia (Czech) - Research commissioned by Francis L. Blahnik:

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Submission of request to emigrate to America

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14 Mai 1856 records

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21 May 1856 records

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27 May 1856 records, permission and passports
 

Wenzel F. Blahnik wrote a brief history as part of his genealogy saying:

"Among the first settlers in the area today known as the Town of Ahnapee were George and Katherine Blahnik.  They and five sons arrived in the United States in 1856 and came directly to northeastern Wisconsin, purchasing 80 acres of timberland in Ahnapee town.

George Blahnik was reared on a farm in Bohemia and married Katherine Blaha, also a Bohemian by birth.  The marriage was performed in Bohemia.

The five sons who arrived in Ahnapee town with George and Katherine were Mathias, Jacob, George, Jr., Joseph and John.  When the Blahnik family left Bohemia in 1855, there was also a daughter.  She however, died during the Atlantic crossing.  Later a sixth son, Anton, was born in this country.

Upon their arrival and their purchase of 80 acres of Ahnapee timberland, the Blahniks began to clear it for farming.  George, Sr., eventually purchased an additional 240 acres, all of which he improved.

The Blahniks experienced many hardships incident to the life of a pioneer.  The buildings which they erected are no longer in existence, but the land became the property of Donald Blahnik, a great-grandson of George and Katherine.  Donald's father was Jacob A. Blahnik.

Katherine died in 1891 and George's death took place in 1893.  They were buried in St. Mary's Cemetery, Algoma, Wisconsin."

 

(Jiri) George Blahnik the Algoma Blahnik Founder
1813 - 1894

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GEORG4 BLAHNIK  (GEORGIUS3, JACOBUS2, WENCESLAUS1) was born November 08, 1813 in Starec #17, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (Source: SDA in Plzen, Czech., Book No 8, Parish Kdyne, page 144.), and died January 17, 1894 in Algoma, WI.  He married KATERINA BLAHA February 10, 1834 in Parish Lsteni, Bohemia (Source: SDA in Plzen, Czech., Book 8 of the parish Lsteni, page 2.), daughter of JOHANN BLAHA and ANNA REISCHL.  She was born April 19, 1814 in Hradiste #17, Bohemia, Austria- Hungery (Source: SDA in Plzen, Czech., Book 1 Parish of Lsteni, page 27.), and died March 07, 1892 in Algoma, WI.  Arrived in New York on the Bark Aeoleus out of  Breman on September 22, 1856. Photo and description of the ship.  They came directly to Wisconsin, purchased 80 acres of timberland in Ahnahpee and began clearing.  Later they purchased an addition 240 acres.  The farm stayed in the family of Wenzel Blahnik and was passed down to his son Donald John Blahnik in the early 2000's (George, John, Anton L., Wenzel F. Blahnik 1913-2001).

Blahnik PDF view of actual passenger list  from Ancestry.com  on the Peolas (error - should be Bark Aeolus)departing Bremen, Germany and arriving in New York on Sep 22, 1856. Line 43.  Microfilm serial M237, Roll: M237_167, List number 962. Listed as Blahing or Blahling by the person making out the passenger list.  Ancesty lists it as Blahing while Baca books lists the name as Blahling on Leo Baca Czech Passengers arriving in New York 1847-1869 Vol IV page 19.  Visually George starts on line 184 near the bottom of the page.

Notes for GEORG BLAHNIK: Per Francis L. Blahnik's research: Married by P. Josef Kozich, the vicar, parish Lsteni.  Witnesses Simon Kolac, the witness from Kanice and Johann Muzik, the witness from Kanice Later note: Copy of the birth-certificate was given on 20.4.1856 (was for emmigration purposes) Permission to emmigrate granted May 14, 1856

George Blahnik Nov. 8, 1813-Jan. 17, 1894/Katerina  April 19, 1814-Mar. 07, 1892
(Photo courtesy of Wenzel F. Blahnik)

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lat map for 1876.  Ahnapee Village is now Algoma, WI
As of 2004 the highlighted land of George Blahnik below that is closest to Algoma (Ahnapee) currently borders the
Ahnapee State Trail (map) along Co. Trunk S near Willow Road.

 

citizenship.tif (44172 bytes)United States citizenship papers for George November 08, 1813-January 17, 1894

 

 

 

Kate Blaha Blahnik's obituary from Algoma Record Herald March 10, 1892- ("La Grippe" was an influenza)
George Blahnik's Obituary from the Ahanapee Record Jan 18, 1894

 

Children of GEORG BLAHNIK and KATERINA BLAHA are:

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MATHIAS (MATJE)5 BLAHNIK, SR., b. January 20, 1835, Village Starec #17, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary; d. September 19, 1911, Algoma, WI.

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 JACOB A. BLAHNIK, b. February 01, 1837, Village Starec #17, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary; d. November 11, 1908, Algoma, WI.

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MARIE BLAHNIK, b. January 31, 1840, Village Starec #17, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (Source: SDA in Plzen Novy Kdyne.); d. October 1840.

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 GEORGE BLAHNIK, b. December 29, 1841, (Village Starec #17?), Bohemia, Austria-Hungary; d. March 31, 1912, Algoma, WI.

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JOSEF BLAHNIK, b. August 19, 1844, Village Starec #17, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (Source: SDA in Plzen Novy Kdyne.); d. September 11, 1844.

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JOSEPH BLAHNIK, b. August 12, 1845, Village Starec #17, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary; d. October 03, 1932, Algoma, WI.

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MARIA BLAHNIK, b. May 06, 1848, Village Starec #17, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (Source: SDA in Plzen.); d. April 30, 1850.

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JOHN (JOHANN NEPOMUK) BLAHNIK, SR., b. March 13, 1851, Starec #17, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary; d. November 25, 1938, Algoma, WI.

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ANNA BLAHNIK, b. February 12, 1853, Starec #17, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (Source: SDA in Plzen.); d. 1856, Died on trip to America.

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ANTON BLAHNIK, b. July 20, 1859, Algoma, WI; d. October 30, 1907, Algoma, WI.
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1813
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1835
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1845
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1851
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1859