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Title: Researcher Bob Blahnik
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Title: Researcher Bob Blahnik
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Title: Researcher Bob Blahnik
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Title: http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=pakalopaka&id=I35467
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Title: Joel Blahnik
Attended 2011 International Blahnik Reunion at Blahnik Heritage Park, Algoma, WI on 8/20/2011
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Title: Joel Blahnik
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Title: Donald Blahnik, Blahnik History; Descendants and Antecedents of Joseph and Josephine Schneider Blahnik
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Title: Donald Blahnik, Blahnik History; Descendants and Antecedents of Joseph and Josephine Schneider Blahnik
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Title: Donald Blahnik, Blahnik History; Descendants and Antecedents of Joseph and Josephine Schneider Blahnik
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Title: Donald Blahnik, Blahnik History; Descendants and Antecedents of Joseph and Josephine Schneider Blahnik
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Title: Donald Blahnik, Blahnik History; Descendants and Antecedents of Joseph and Josephine Schneider Blahnik
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Title: http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#surname=blahnik&p=recordResults&searchType=close
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Title: Immigration record
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Title: 1910 census
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Title: 1910 census
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Title: Donald Blahnik, Blahnik History; Descendants and Antecedents of Joseph and Josephine Schneider Blahnik
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Title: Donald Blahnik, Blahnik History; Descendants and Antecedents of Joseph and Josephine Schneider Blahnik
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Title: 1900 census
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Title: Immigration record
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Title: 1900 census
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Title: 1910 census
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Title: Donald Blahnik, Blahnik History; Descendants and Antecedents of Joseph and Josephine Schneider Blahnik
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Title: Donald Blahnik, Blahnik History; Descendants and Antecedents of Joseph and Josephine Schneider Blahnik
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Title: Donald Blahnik, Blahnik History; Descendants and Antecedents of Joseph and Josephine Schneider Blahnik
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Title: Donald Blahnik, Blahnik History; Descendants and Antecedents of Joseph and Josephine Schneider Blahnik
6 children, one died. Migrated to America with 5 children between 1875 and 1877 - more like 1877Ancestry.comNew York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
about Josefa Blahnik
Name: Josefa Blahnik
Arrival Date: 12 Feb 1877
Birth Year: abt 1839
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Ethnicity/Race-
/Nationality: Bohemian
Place of Origin: Bohemia, Czechoslovakia
Port of Departure: Breman So Hampton
Destination: United States of America
Port of Arrival: New York
Port Arrival State: New York
Port Arrival Country: United States
Ship Name: Oder
===============United States Census, 1910 for Joseph BlahnikName: Joseph Blahnik
Birthplace: Austria
Relationship to Head of Household: Father-in-law
Residence: Milwaukee Ward 18, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Marital Status: Married
Race : White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1874
Father's Birthplace: Austria
Mother's Birthplace: Austria
Family Number: 135
Page Number: 7
Household Gender Age
Martin Safranek M 39y
Child Carolina Safranek F 38y
Ida Safranek F 15y
Frank Safranek M 12y
Joseph Blahnik M 77y
Josephine Blahnik F 73y
Jacob Blahnik
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Donald Blahnik PA - from Blahnik History; Descendants and Antecedents of Joseph and Josephine Schneider BlahnikThe "Blahnik Family History" could not be told but for the help of many people. This booklet is dedicated to three people.Joseph Blahnik of Myto, Bohemia (then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire) who, at the age of 41, started a new life by coming to the United States of America with son, Jacob, in 1875 or 1876 and sending for his wife Josephine and four other children, Joseph, John, Mary and Caroline who arrived in New York on February 12, 1877 on the S.S. Oder sailing from Bremen Germany.From the passenger list, it appears that four friends from Bohemia, Wenzel Spasek, Wenzel, Wenzel and Johanna Sykora came with them. All of us, as descendants should think what it was like for them to leave their homeland, families and friends for an unknown but hopefully better future.
Sylvester F. Blahnik, my late father, grandson of Joseph and Josephine, son of John, who kept a small notebook with names, birth dates and places, which was the starting point for this family history. There was little discussion of "the old country", Bohemia, but there was an ethnic connection through our church. The Troy Hill Presbyterian Church, originally named the First Bohemian Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh, was founded in 1901 and located at the west end of Troy Hill in an area that became known as "Bohemian Hill". Both my mother, Louise Cervenka and father, Sylvester, attended in their early and teen years with their social life revolving around the church. They met, were married there, raised my brother and I and they attended until their deaths in 1963 and 1966. Approximately 50% of the church membership and those living on Bohemian Hill migraged from the same village as Joseph, Myto, Bohemia.To in wife, Eleanor Weis Blahnik, who puts up with my "pack rat" habits, helped with the record keeping, accompanied me to the Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International's conferences in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Chicago, Illinois and Lincoln, Nebraska, went on a genealogical vacation in 1994 to the Czech Republic (which included Austria and Germany) and has heard more
Bohemian spoken than the average person (without understanding). In all fairness, I did a booklet on the Weis Family History, went to Germany in 1990, met third cousins of hers and visited the Lutheran Church in Weinbach, Germany where Eleanor's grandmother was married in 1889. I'm still working on the English and Scottish side of her family. Eleanor has been a great partner in this endeavor.
Donald J. BlahnikHistory of the "Blahnik" Family
Descendants of Joseph Blahnik (1834-1918) and Josephine Schneider Blahnik (1836-1912)
Joseph (Josef) Blahnik and Josephine (Jossefa) Blahnik lived in the
town of Myto located about 26 miles east of Plzen in what was Bohemia, a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Today it is the Czech Republic. Joseph and Josephine were both born in Myto, a small village of about 750. They married on May 13, 1856 and had six children, one of whom died at 2 month. Joseph was a miner. In 1875, at the age of 41, he came to the U.S.A. with his son, Jacob, who was 12. We are not certain of the dates, however, there was a great migration starting in the 1870's from Bohemia to the U.S.A. There were various reasons such as poverty, no future, conscription into the Hapsburg's German Army, depression of the economy and hope for a better life. Again, we are not certain of the motivation. We do know that Josephine, age 37, with 4 children, Joseph (18), John (11), Mary (8) and Caroline (5) sailed from Bremen, Germany on the S.S. ODER arriving on February 12, 1877. The ship's passenger list was secured from the National Archives in Washington, D.C. and indicated 82 passengers in steerage with most from Germany and ten from Bohemia according to the records filed in New York on arrival. The other five who listed from Bohemia were: Wenzel Spasek (27-workman), Wenzel Rabak (18 joiner), Wenzel Radilowsky (18 joiner), Johanna Sykora (19), and Wilhelm Gindel (21-butcher). To the best of my knowledge, these others had no family connection with the Blahniks. Their arrival in New York was before Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty.We believe the family went directly to Westmoreland County and settled in Deny Township. The small village was called Bradenville. Although the name was badly misspelled, they do appear in the 1880 Census in Derry Township with the name spelled "Bromix" and listed as being from "Italy". Joseph apparently went to work in the coal mines of the area which is located about 30 miles east of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Apparently Joseph and his three sons all worked in the mines, however, after a broken leg, John got a job with the Pennsylvania Railroad whose line ran right at the edge of Bradenville to the railroad shops in Blairsville, PA. Evidently John's brother-in. law, Andrew Titl, worked for the railroad and was the contact to get the job. About 1889, the Pennsylvania Railroad moved their shops from Blairsville to Pittsburgh and John had to move from Bradenville to the Troy Hill Section of Pittsburgh which is on the North Side. The rest of the family remained in the Derry Township area (which is near Arnold Palmer's hometown of Latrobe, PA) where they owned their own homes until about 1900. Caroline married Martin Safranek and moved to Milwaukee where Martin had a butcher Shop. Caroline's house was also a boarding house and eventually other family members moved to Milwaukee. Her sister, Mary, married Rudolph Yanda and moved to Milwaukee about 1908. Their brother, Jacob, was separated from his wife and also moved in with Caroline along with the parents Joseph and Josephine. Joseph was over 65 and probably retired. Only two of the five children stayed in the Pittsburgh area. Joseph, Jr. was the only one who spelled the name "Blamick" and lived in Port Vue which is near McKeesport, PA, a suburb of Pittsburgh. My grandfather, John, stayed on the North Side of Pittsburgh on Troy Hill and then Mount Troy.Presumed Josef, at age 41, came to USA in1875 or 1876 with son, Jacob, who would have been 13 years old. His wife, Josefa, arrived in NY, USA on 2/12/1877 on the S.S. Oder out of Bremen, Germany with her four other children, Joseph, 19; John, 12; Mary, 8 and Caroline, 6.
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Title: http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#surname=blahnik&p=recordResults&searchType=close
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Title: 1900 census
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Title: 1910 census
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Title: Donald Blahnik, Blahnik History; Descendants and Antecedents of Joseph and Josephine Schneider Blahnik
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Title: 1910 census
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Title: Immigration record
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Title: New York Passenger Ships 1820-1957
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Title: 1900 census
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Title: Donald Blahnik, Blahnik History; Descendants and Antecedents of Joseph and Josephine Schneider Blahnik
6 children, one died. Migrated to America with 5 children between 1875 and 1877Ancestry.comNew York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
about Josefa Blahnik
Name: Josefa Blahnik
Arrival Date: 12 Feb 1877
Birth Year: abt 1839
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Ethnicity/Race-
/Nationality: Bohemian
Place of Origin: Bohemia, Czechoslovakia
Port of Departure: Breman So Hampton
Destination: United States of America
Port of Arrival: New York
Port Arrival State: New York
Port Arrival Country: United States
Ship Name: Oder==========
Donald Blahnik PA - from Blahnik History; Descendants and Antecedents of Joseph and Josephine Schneider BlahnikThe "Blahnik Family History" could not be told but for the help of many people. This booklet is dedicated to three people.Joseph Blahnik of Myto, Bohemia (then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire) who, at the age of 41, started a new life by coming to the United States of America with son, Jacob, in 1875 or 1876 and sending for his wife Josephine and four other children, Joseph, John, Mary and Caroline who arrived in New York on February 12, 1877 on the S.S. Oder sailing from Bremen Germany.From the passenger list, it appears that four friends from Bohemia, Wenzel Spasek, Wenzel, Wenzel and Johanna Sykora came with them. All of us, as descendants should think what it was like for them to leave their homeland, families and friends for an unknown but hopefully better future.
Sylvester F. Blahnik, my late father, grandson of Joseph and Josephine, son of John, who kept a small notebook with names, birth dates and places, which was the starting point for this family history. There was little discussion of "the old country", Bohemia, but there was an ethnic connection through our church. The Troy Hill Presbyterian Church, originally named the First Bohemian Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh, was founded in 1901 and located at the west end of Troy Hill in an area that became known as "Bohemian Hill". Both my mother, Louise Cervenka and father, Sylvester, attended in their early and teen years with their social life revolving around the church. They met, were married there, raised my brother and I and they attended until their deaths in 1963 and 1966. Approximately 50% of the church membership and those living on Bohemian Hill migraged from the same village as Joseph, Myto, Bohemia.To in wife, Eleanor Weis Blahnik, who puts up with my "pack rat" habits, helped with the record keeping, accompanied me to the Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International's conferences in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Chicago, Illinois and Lincoln, Nebraska, went on a genealogical vacation in 1994 to the Czech Republic (which included Austria and Germany) and has heard more
Bohemian spoken than the average person (without understanding). In all fairness, I did a booklet on the Weis Family History, went to Germany in 1990, met third cousins of hers and visited the Lutheran Church in Weinbach, Germany where Eleanor's grandmother was married in 1889. I'm still working on the English and Scottish side of her family. Eleanor has been a great partner in this endeavor.
Donald J. BlahnikHistory of the "Blahnik" Family
Descendants of Joseph Blahnik (1834-1918) and Josephine Schneider Blahnik (1836-1912)
Joseph (Josef) Blahnik and Josephine (Jossefa) Blahnik lived in the
town of Myto located about 26 miles east of Plzen in what was Bohemia, a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Today it is the Czech Republic. Joseph and Josephine were both born in Myto, a small village of about 750. They married on May 13, 1856 and had six children, one of whom died at 2 month. Joseph was a miner. In 1875, at the age of 41, he came to the U.S.A. with his son, Jacob, who was 12. We are not certain of the dates, however, there was a great migration starting in the 1870's from Bohemia to the U.S.A. There were various reasons such as poverty, no future, conscription into the Hapsburg's German Army, depression of the economy and hope for a better life. Again, we are not certain of the motivation. We do know that Josephine, age 37, with 4 children, Joseph (18), John (11), Mary (8) and Caroline (5) sailed from Bremen, Germany on the S.S. ODER arriving on February 12, 1877. The ship's passenger list was secured from the National Archives in Washington, D.C. and indicated 82 passengers in steerage with most from Germany and ten from Bohemia according to the records filed in New York on arrival. The other five who listed from Bohemia were: Wenzel Spasek (27-workman), Wenzel Rabak (18 joiner), Wenzel Radilowsky (18 joiner), Johanna Sykora (19), and Wilhelm Gindel (21-butcher). To the best of my knowledge, these others had no family connection with the Blahniks. Their arrival in New York was before Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty.We believe the family went directly to Westmoreland County and settled in Deny Township. The small village was called Bradenville. Although the name was badly misspelled, they do appear in the 1880 Census in Derry Township with the name spelled "Bromix" and listed as being from "Italy". Joseph apparently went to work in the coal mines of the area which is located about 30 miles east of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Apparently Joseph and his three sons all worked in the mines, however, after a broken leg, John got a job with the Pennsylvania Railroad whose line ran right at the edge of Bradenville to the railroad shops in Blairsville, PA. Evidently John's brother-in. law, Andrew Titl, worked for the railroad and was the contact to get the job. About 1889, the Pennsylvania Railroad moved their shops from Blairsville to Pittsburgh and John had to move from Bradenville to the Troy Hill Section of Pittsburgh which is on the North Side. The rest of the family remained in the Derry Township area (which is near Arnold Palmer's hometown of Latrobe, PA) where they owned their own homes until about 1900. Caroline married Martin Safranek and moved to Milwaukee where Martin had a butcher Shop. Caroline's house was also a boarding house and eventually other family members moved to Milwaukee. Her sister, Mary, married Rudolph Yanda and moved to Milwaukee about 1908. Their brother, Jacob, was separated from his wife and also moved in with Caroline along with the parents Joseph and Josephine. Joseph was over 65 and probably retired. Only two of the five children stayed in the Pittsburgh area. Joseph, Jr. was the only one who spelled the name "Blamick" and lived in Port Vue which is near McKeesport, PA, a suburb of Pittsburgh. My grandfather, John, stayed on the North Side of Pittsburgh on Troy Hill and then Mount Troy.Presumed Josef, at age 41, came to USA in1875 or 1876 with son, Jacob, who would have been 13 years old. His wife, Josefa, arrived in NY, USA on 2/12/1877 on the S.S. Oder out of Bremen, Germany with her four other children, Joseph, 19; John, 12; Mary, 8 and Caroline, 6.According to Mary Potter at age 100 as told to Don Blahnik in 1993, Grandpa and Grandma Blahnik (Josef and Josefa) lived in Bradenville, Westmoreland County, PA. Mary Yanda Potter and her cousin, Mary Blahnik Smetak were about the same age and were visiting their grandparents. Grandma Josefa Blahnik always had milk on the back of the stove and cookies for the girls. Grandma also made taffy for them and they ate so much, they got sick.
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Title: Donald Blahnik, Blahnik History; Descendants and Antecedents of Joseph and Josephine Schneider Blahnik
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Title: Donald Blahnik, Blahnik History; Descendants and Antecedents of Joseph and Josephine Schneider Blahnik
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Title: Donald Blahnik, Blahnik History; Descendants and Antecedents of Joseph and Josephine Schneider Blahnik
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Title: Donald Blahnik, Blahnik History; Descendants and Antecedents of Joseph and Josephine Schneider Blahnik
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