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Title: Geoff Blahnik
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Title: Agnes Hallama, Researcher in Canada
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Title: Agnes Hallama, Researcher in Canada
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Title: Agnes Hallama, Researcher in Canada
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Title: Agnes Hallama, Researcher in Canada
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Title: Agnes Hallama, Researcher in Canada
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Title: Agnes Hallama, Researcher in Canada
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Title: Agnes Hallama, Researcher in Canada
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Title: Agnes Hallama research
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Title: Agnes Hallama, Researcher in Canada
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Title: Agnes Hallama, Researcher in Canada
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Title: Agnes Hallama, Researcher in Canada
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Title: Agnes Hallama, Researcher in Canada
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9/19/03 I would like to pass on some information about my grandmother who was a Blahnik. She was Barbara Blahnik born April 3, 1875 born at the place called "u Blahniku" (by Blahniks). She immigrated to Canada in 1896 where she married my grandfather Wenceslaus (Vaclav) Hallama. My grandmother Barbara came from a family of five children, three of whom stayed in the Czech Republic and her younger brother Frank also coming to Canada. I notice in the Roy Rushka data he mentions Frank Blahnik as coming from Ujesd. That is not so. I gave him the information about Frank Blahnik. My grandmother's father was Tomas Blahnik married to a Barbara Pretl. She was German and apparently came from Hyrsov which is a small town on the border of Bavaria. Tomas Blahnik's father was an Adam Blahnik, I have no birth date for him and all I know that his wife was named Eva. I have no surname.
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From Joel Blahnik January 2011:Agnes Hallama of Manitoba--you had asked about Blahnik Mills--here is some reference--see belowEveryone---Agnes has roots to the Blahniks Mills--the Hallama family married into Blahnik from these mills. I have known Agnes for a long time and she is very knowledgeable. She also speaks Czech well. She has been to this area several times in the past. The state of one of these mills today is a summer cottage for wealthy German family who comes over the border---but they have repaired one very nicely. Agnus has had good contact with the "Busek family" who lived in this "U Blahniky" house. I have and spoken with them. One family I think is now in Canada, and I think now the last Busek would know. Lori, if you contact with Agnes, I can give you her e-mail. She is very proud of her heritage and knows a lot from her experiences. She should come to our Blahnik celebration on August 20th.
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8/26/2011
Hi Lori:I forgot to leave one picture with you, it must have been on the other side of the folder I had. The picture was of Anna Blahnik (Kveton) Busek). She was the youngest of my grandmother's siblings and remained on the home place u Blahniku. Her first husband went in WW1 and was killed soon after joining. She was pregnant with her daughter Maria. The then married I don't know how long after a Vaclav Busek and they had four more children. That picture of her is with a granddaughter that I left with you. The grave site is for both the Blahnik and Busek families. The custom there is the grave site remains in the family. If it's a girl then they will take her married name. On this tombstone its nice that they left the Blahnik name on it. My great grand parents on the Hallama side are buried in the same cemetary but it does not have that name any more. Again, it was a daughter who remained on the home place and her married name was put on the tombstone. When I was in the CR on my first visit in 1961 the tombstone still have Halama on it so I took a picture which is a nice souvenir for me. I will scan you the picture of Anna Blahnik and her family. The youngest child wasn't born yet so don't know what year that would be in but I will look through my stuff that I have and see if I can come with a close date.My grandmother was married here in Winnipeg. She was 21 years old when she came. My grandfather was looking for a wife and the only women in the area at the time were of Aboriginal decent (Metis we call them). It was suggested to him that he would be better off with someone of his own ethnic background. So my grandfather wrote to his older brother to see if he knew of someone who would like to come over and be his wife. The sister-in-law was a good friend to my grandmother Barbara so she suggested that they should approach her father and the rest is history. My grandmother came from a "better off" family so coming to this wilderness was quite the challenge. Her first home was a log cabin on the river bank. When it rained she had to put pots all over to catch the leaky roof. She lost her first two children , one was still born the other lived ten days so talk about hardship. She was a lovely, caring grandmother and she just adored us three children as that's all she had. She died when she was 80 years old so lived to a good age despite all the hardships. I think I mentioned to you that I had met my grandmother's sister Anna that lived on the u Blahniku place. She was very deaf so could not speak much with her. The first time was in 1961, then in 1967 with Mildred and in 1973 she passed away when we were there so attended her funeral.About three years ago I had a census done in the CR on the u Blahniku place I got this web site www.CzechFamilyTree.com
I was able to get the census for 1869, 1880, 1890. These were the years that my grandmother still lived in the home. That's where I found that her father had two brothers and four sisters. This was something we never knew. So now what happened to those siblings?? The two youngest brothers I'm thinking came to America but where? It would take a lot more searching in the CR to get that information and I'm not sure I'm up to doing that.
Agnes Hallama
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Title: Agnes Hallama, Researcher in Canada
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Title: Agnes Hallama, Researcher in Canada
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Title: Agnes Hallama, Researcher in Canada
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Title: Agnes Hallama, Researcher in Canada
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