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Monday, October 25, 2010
Sunday, October 24, 2010
History: Renville County, Bird Island, Kingman, Sigel Twp, Brown County
This county, established February 20, 1855, and organized March 1 and November 8, 1866, was named for Joseph Renville, a "bois brule, " whose father was French and mother Indian, of whom Dr. E. D. Neill gave an appreciative sketch in the first volume of the MHS Collections. Renville was born at or near the Kaposia village of the Dakota, on the Mississippi a few miles below St. Paul Canada U.S. Lake Winnipeg in 1823; and William H. Keating, the historian of the expedition, derived from him a large amount of information relating to the Dakota people. Afterward, having become an agent of the American Fur Company, Renville erected a trading house at Lac qui Parle and resided there until his death, which was in March 1846. He was a friend of Rev. Thomas S. Williamson, who came as a missionary to the Dakota of the Minnesota
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My Wife is a Mayflower Descendant
My wife and daughter are 13th and 14th generation Mayflower Descendants....
The Smith-Edgerton-Bradford line leads back to Governor William Bradford...
There is already a wealth of information readily available out there...
So I have only included a quick snapshot and the attached report...
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MITCHELL - Ancestry Reports
The first link will take you to the Mitchell Ahnentafel PDF Report.
Mitchell Family - Simple Ahnentafel Report
The second link will take you to the Pierre Mitchell Register:
Register Report of Pierre Michel
Church Register for Berg and Melmitz
Kirchenbuchverzeichnis des Pfarrbezirks / Church registers in the parish:
Berg (c. Hora Svatého Václava) mit Ortschaften: Berg, Hoslau, Natschetin, Schilligkau, Schiefernau, Trohatin
Band Film Matriken-Art Pfarrorte Jahrgänge von/bis 1 SM * oo Pfarrbezirk 1680-1718
3 SM *i Pfarrbezirk 1711-176l i/s
5 SM * Pfarrbezirk 1762-1784 i/s
33 ooi Pfarrbezirk 1719-1770
6 SM ooi Pfarrbezirk 1771-1784
2 SM + Pfarrbezirk 1719-1750 4 SM + Pfarrbezirk 1751-1784 7 *i Berg 1784-180622 *i Berg 1806-1862
28 *i Berg 1863-1885
3 *i Hoslau 1784-1807
23 *i Hoslau und Mühlen 1806-1862 9 *i Natschetin 1784-180524 *i Natschetin 1805-1857
10 *i Schilligkau 1784-1803
25 *i Schilligkau 1803-1847
11 *i Schiefernau 1784-1823
12 *i Trohatin 1784-1804
26 *i Trohatin 1804-1827
27 *i Trohatin 1828-1859
Villages - German/Czech Location and Translation (10 mile radius from Trohatin)
Villages – German / Czech Names
Searching for towns within 10 miles of 49°32’N 12°46’E
Trohatin. Village Coordinates Maps Country Distance/Direction from 49°32’N 12°46’E 10 mile radius
Alt Gramatin 49°33’N 12°45’ Czech Republic
Alt Parisau 49°28’N 12°50’ Czech Republic
Alt Possigkau 49°27’N 12°49’ Czech Republic
Altenried 49°26’N 12°38’ Germany
Arnstein 49°24’N 12°44’ Germany
Bebenburg 49°31’N 12°33’ Germany
Bernartice 49°38’N 12°48’ Czech Republic
Blížejov, Blisowa 49°30’N 12°59’ Czech Republic
Breitenried 49°27’N 12°37’ Germany
Čečín 49°36’N 12°45’ Czech Republic
Charlottenthal, Charlottental 49°29’N 12°38’ Germany
Chrastavice 49°27’N 12°57’ Czech Republic
Darmyšl, Darmschlag 49°39’N 12°53’ Czech Republic
Dehetné 49°38’N 12°46’ Czech Republic
Dietersdorf 49°32’N 12°34’ Germany
Doubrava, Dobrowa 49°34’N 12°59’ Czech Republic
Doubravka, Dobraken 49°35’N 12°45’ Czech Republic
Drahotín, Trohatin 49°32’N 12°46’ Czech Republic
Draženov 49°27’N 12°52’ Czech Republic
Drissgloben 49°39’N 12°43’ Czech Republic
Edlmühl 49°25’N 12°38’ Germany
Eglsee 49°25’N 12°39’ Germany
Eisendorf 49°35’N 12°35’ Czech Republic
Friedrichshäng 49°32’N 12°35’ Germany
Friedrichshof, Bedřichov 49°31’N 12°41’ Czech Republic
Gross Malowa 49°37’N 12°57’ Czech Republic
Gross Wonetitz, Bonětice 49°40’N 12°49’ Czech Republic
Hammer 49°25’N 12°42’ Germany
Hannesried 49°27’N 12°35’ Germany
Hašov, Haschowa 49°34’N 12°52’ Czech Republic
Havlovice 49°26’N 12°54’ Czech Republic
Helligenkreuz, Heiligenkreuz 49°34’N 12°45’ Czech Republic 2.4 miles NNW
Herštejnské Chalupy, Gibacht 49°29’N 12°43’ Czech Republic 4.1 miles SSW
Höll 49°25’N 12°42’ Germany
Holubeč 49°36’N 12°47’ Czech Republic
Hora Svatého Václava, Deštná, Berg 49°31’N 12°45’ Czech Republic 1.4 miles SSW
Horoušany, Horauschen 49°33’N 12°47’ Czech Republic
Basic Genealogical Vocabulary
Reference Section
Basic Genealogical Vocabulary
English German Czech
birth Geburt narozeníborn geboren, geb. narozený(á), rozený(á)(il)legitimate (un)ehelich (ne)manželský(á)baptism Taufe křest, křtinybaptized getauft, get. pokřtěný(á)marriage Heirat, Hochzeit, svatba, oddavkyTrauung,Vermählung
marry heiraten, trauen, vdát se, oddávat, verheiraten, verh., byli oddáni vermählen, verm.death Tod umrti, smrtdied gestorben, gest. zemřel(a)burial Beerdigung, Begräbnis pohřebburied beerdigt, begraben pohřbený(á)cemetery Friedhof hřbitovfather, mother Vater, Mutter otec, matkaparents Eltern rodičehusband Mann, Ehemann, Gatte manžel, mužwife Frau, Ehefrau, Gattin manželka, ženamarried couple Ehepaar manželéson Sohn (Söhnlein) syn (synek, synáček)daughter Tochter (Töchterlein) dcera (dcerka)child Kind dítěmale, female männlich, weiblich mužský, ženskýsister, brother Schwester, Bruder sestra, bratrsiblings Geschwister sourozenciSaturday, October 23, 2010
"American Notes" by Charles Dickens
In 1842, the year prior to the emigration of this family, Charles Dickens traveled to America. Some of his experiences and some of the places he visited were very similar to those described here. Dickens' account of his trip was published as "American Notes."
"Imagine the wind howling, the sea roaring, the rain beating: all in furious array against [the ship]. Picture the sky both dark and wild, and the clouds, in fearful sympathy with the waves, making another ocean in the air. Add to all this, the clattering on deck and down below; the tread of hurried feet; the loud, hoarse shouts of seamen; the gurgling in and out of water through the scuppers; with, every now and then, the striking of a heavy sea upon the planks above, with the deep, dead, heavy sound of thunder heard within a vault; -- and there is the head-wind of that January morning.
"I say nothing of what may be called the domestic noises of the ship: such as the breaking of glass and crockery, the tumbling down of stewards, the gambols, overhead, of loose casks and truant dozens of bottled porter, and the very remarkable and far from exhilarating sounds raised in their various state-rooms by the seventy passengers who were too ill to get up for breakfast. I say nothing of them: for although I lay listening to this concert for three or four days, I don't think I heard it for more than a quarter of a minute, at the expiration of which term, I lay down again, excessively sea-sick."
"Imagine the wind howling, the sea roaring, the rain beating: all in furious array against [the ship]. Picture the sky both dark and wild, and the clouds, in fearful sympathy with the waves, making another ocean in the air. Add to all this, the clattering on deck and down below; the tread of hurried feet; the loud, hoarse shouts of seamen; the gurgling in and out of water through the scuppers; with, every now and then, the striking of a heavy sea upon the planks above, with the deep, dead, heavy sound of thunder heard within a vault; -- and there is the head-wind of that January morning.
"I say nothing of what may be called the domestic noises of the ship: such as the breaking of glass and crockery, the tumbling down of stewards, the gambols, overhead, of loose casks and truant dozens of bottled porter, and the very remarkable and far from exhilarating sounds raised in their various state-rooms by the seventy passengers who were too ill to get up for breakfast. I say nothing of them: for although I lay listening to this concert for three or four days, I don't think I heard it for more than a quarter of a minute, at the expiration of which term, I lay down again, excessively sea-sick."
SS OHIO
OHIO / AMAZZONE / RIO SANTA CRUZ 1868
The steamship OHIO was built by Caird & Co, (yard #148) Greenock in 1868 for (Norddeutscher Lloyd) North German Lloyd of Bremen, Baltimore service. This was a 2,394 gross ton ship, (92,05 x 12,02 meters) length 290ft x beam 39ft, clipper stem, one funnel, two masts (rigged for sails), iron construction, single screw, single-expansion engine, and a service speed of 10 knots. There was accommodation for 84-1st class and 717 in steerage (“Zwischendeck”); crew of 79, (Conflicting sources state only 600-3rd class passengers). Launched December 18, 1868, she sailed her maiden voyage from Bremen in March 8, 1869 on her maiden voyage to Southampton and Baltimore.
Passage to a New World (1879)
The massive steamship OHIO of the North German Lloyd line pulled away from the dock in the northern German harbor town of Bremerhaven, port terminus of the city of Bremen, to venture beyond the mouth of the Weser River and into the cold green waves of the North Sea. Picking up speed, the ship steamed its way past the Netherlands, through the narrow Strait of Dover, and entered the English Channel, making a brief stop at the port town of Southampton in the center of the southern coast of England. Then the sleek, two-masted vessel put out to sea once more, this time heading west across the wide Atlantic. Its final destination: The Port of Baltimore.
In this time period, unprecedented masses of people were leaving their native homes in the German & Austrian Empires to come to America. But this tidal wave of emigration had been building for over 40 years. One by one, encouraged by letters from friends, relatives, and neighbors who had emigrated before them, and spurred on by the promise of a better life and future for themselves and their children, they would each, individually and for their own reasons, come to make the momentous decision to leave their familiar world and loved ones behind and migrate toward the unknown.
During the three large waves of emigration from the area today known as Germany & Austria in the period 1845 to 1893, an estimated 4.5 million people left. Most of the emigrants at that time came from the areas then known as Prussia, Bohemia, Bavaria, Württemberg, Hessen, and Baden (map). They made their way across their own country, often leaving their own villages or valleys for the first time in their lives, to travel by river, train, horse, wagon, or by foot to one of the great German emigration ports such as Hamburg or Bremen/Bremerhaven (nicknamed “Der Vorort New-Yorks”—“the suburb of New York”). Most of those bound for America aimed for the ports of New York and Baltimore.
In the 1870’s steamships replaced sailing ships on the trans-Atlantic migration routes. What had in earlier decades been a terrible passage of many months entailing risk of disease, starvation, and death, now became a voyage of two weeks. By the 1880’s there were regularly scheduled steamship departures from Bremen to New York, Baltimore, New Orleans, Galveston, and other ports in the United States. Seasickness, poor food, crowded conditions, illness, and mishaps at sea during the voyage still threatened, but by 1883 the trip from the Old Country to the New World clearly held more advantages than risks.
In this time period, unprecedented masses of people were leaving their native homes in the German & Austrian Empires to come to America. But this tidal wave of emigration had been building for over 40 years. One by one, encouraged by letters from friends, relatives, and neighbors who had emigrated before them, and spurred on by the promise of a better life and future for themselves and their children, they would each, individually and for their own reasons, come to make the momentous decision to leave their familiar world and loved ones behind and migrate toward the unknown.
During the three large waves of emigration from the area today known as Germany & Austria in the period 1845 to 1893, an estimated 4.5 million people left. Most of the emigrants at that time came from the areas then known as Prussia, Bohemia, Bavaria, Württemberg, Hessen, and Baden (map). They made their way across their own country, often leaving their own villages or valleys for the first time in their lives, to travel by river, train, horse, wagon, or by foot to one of the great German emigration ports such as Hamburg or Bremen/Bremerhaven (nicknamed “Der Vorort New-Yorks”—“the suburb of New York”). Most of those bound for America aimed for the ports of New York and Baltimore.
In the 1870’s steamships replaced sailing ships on the trans-Atlantic migration routes. What had in earlier decades been a terrible passage of many months entailing risk of disease, starvation, and death, now became a voyage of two weeks. By the 1880’s there were regularly scheduled steamship departures from Bremen to New York, Baltimore, New Orleans, Galveston, and other ports in the United States. Seasickness, poor food, crowded conditions, illness, and mishaps at sea during the voyage still threatened, but by 1883 the trip from the Old Country to the New World clearly held more advantages than risks.
A Short Immigration Story
The Trip to the New World
While we do not have any diaries, journals or first hand information documenting the Franz & Barbara Prokosch trip, I have included an interesting story of another family that made the trip, likely under similar conditions just a few months prior to the Prokosch trip....
Preparing to Leave
At last, we kids shouted, "Hooray, we are going to America!" We had no idea what lay ahead of us on the long journey. In the spring of 1878, we found a buyer who paid us 1600 Thaller for our house and land in Barkhausen, but left us the crop. We began our trip to America in August 1878. The last things we sold were the family dog and cat. The kitty brought 24 Groschen, or 48 cents.
At that point we said, "I sadly cry, 'Old house, good-bye!' In fact, tears flowed freely. The farewell from the church made the family especially heavy-hearted. By the way, we didn't go alone. Two other families from Barkhausen left with us, do we were together with good friends. Our [1878 traveling] family consisted of ten people.
Starting off to Bremerhaven
We began the trip to Bremerhaven with our chests and boxes in a big hay wagon. We were joined by other farm families, including some young guys who were a lot of fun. However, the children had to spend some very uncomfortable days sitting on the chests and in among the baggage, and we wished we were in Bremen where the beautiful ship waited for us. At least that is what they told us kids.
While we do not have any diaries, journals or first hand information documenting the Franz & Barbara Prokosch trip, I have included an interesting story of another family that made the trip, likely under similar conditions just a few months prior to the Prokosch trip....
Preparing to Leave
At last, we kids shouted, "Hooray, we are going to America!" We had no idea what lay ahead of us on the long journey. In the spring of 1878, we found a buyer who paid us 1600 Thaller for our house and land in Barkhausen, but left us the crop. We began our trip to America in August 1878. The last things we sold were the family dog and cat. The kitty brought 24 Groschen, or 48 cents.
At that point we said, "I sadly cry, 'Old house, good-bye!' In fact, tears flowed freely. The farewell from the church made the family especially heavy-hearted. By the way, we didn't go alone. Two other families from Barkhausen left with us, do we were together with good friends. Our [1878 traveling] family consisted of ten people.
Starting off to Bremerhaven
We began the trip to Bremerhaven with our chests and boxes in a big hay wagon. We were joined by other farm families, including some young guys who were a lot of fun. However, the children had to spend some very uncomfortable days sitting on the chests and in among the baggage, and we wished we were in Bremen where the beautiful ship waited for us. At least that is what they told us kids.
Arrival in Baltimore
Unlike at Ellis Island, immigrant processing at Baltimore Ellis Island . To make transition between sail and rail easier, B&O Railroad constructed buildings that served as the end of both steamship and rail lines - so passengers could get off the boat, pass through the inspections and then board their train west.
Sources: Forgotten Doors: The Other Ports of Entry to the United States, ed. M. Mark Stolarik (Philadelphia: Balch Institute Press, 1988); Immigrating to the Port of Baltimore,
http://www.clis2.umd.edu/~mddlmddl/791/communities/html/pob.html; "Immigration Era, Part I: Port of Pleasant Landings," Baltimore historical Society,
http://www.historicbaltimore.org/program/immigration.htm; William Connery, Point of Entry: Baltimore, the Other Ellis Island,
http://www.baltimoremd.com/charm/pointofentry.html.
The Trip
Imagine yourself in this situation. Times in the old country are hard, food is scarce and expensive. Your family has scraped up enough money to buy you a ticket to Baltimore. There will be one less mouth to feed, and, once in Baltimore, you must get a job and send money home. You will come alone because there is so little money. After a tearful goodbye, you make a long, hazardous, overland journey to a European port such as Bremen, LeHavre, or Liverpool.
Once there you are subjected to a rigorous physical examination by a steamship company physician before you are allowed to buy a ticket. After 1891, according to U.S. immigration law, steamship companies were financially responsible for bearing all costs pertaining to returning rejected immigrants to their homelands (Kraut 1982). Immigration officials could exclude from entry those who were sick or those who, after 1882, it was felt could become a public burden (Brugger 1988). Like most passengers, you can only afford a steerage fare. The steerage hold of a ship is nothing more than a large open space originally designed to transport animals and cargo. You are crammed into this space with 2,000 other human beings. There is little ventilation; the water is bad. Epidemics aboard ships are not uncommon. Cooking is done in the open, and fire aboard the ship is a real possibility as are collisions with other ships or icebergs.
Goodbye Bremen… Hello Baltimore!
Background information:
The influx of immigrants to American shores between 1831-1930 can be arranged into 3 great waves with peaks occurring in the 1850's, the 1880's, and the decade before World War I. (Jones 1976) High school students at the Academy for the Advancement of Science and Technology in New Jersey have posted a chart illustrating these peaks and waves of immigration. Nearly 5 million persons emigrated to the U.S. during the first wave, while more than 32 ½ million came in the waves that followed.
The port of Baltimore figured prominently in the latter 2 waves, 1861 to 1930. Most of the 2 million immigrants who came to Baltimore between 1820-1989 came during this 70 year period.(McWilliams 1989) Why Baltimore?
One might reasonably expect to find that, as in the first wave, natural disaster and hardship, akin to that evidenced in the Irish potato famine, played a major role. While this is certainly true--Jews fledPoland and Russia Baltimore and the German port of Bremen due to Baltimore Baltimore
Exports from Baltimore would go to Bremen , and immigrants would come to Baltimore U.S. Baltimore became second only to New York
Arranging immigration figures neatly into waves tells us little of the immigrant experience. The human masses so blithely considered as waves were, after all, composed of individuals. It has been said that so many emigrated from their homelands during the period 1861-1930 because it was easy. After the 1920's,U.S.
The influx of immigrants to American shores between 1831-1930 can be arranged into 3 great waves with peaks occurring in the 1850's, the 1880's, and the decade before World War I. (Jones 1976) High school students at the Academy for the Advancement of Science and Technology in New Jersey have posted a chart illustrating these peaks and waves of immigration. Nearly 5 million persons emigrated to the U.S. during the first wave, while more than 32 ½ million came in the waves that followed.
The port of Baltimore figured prominently in the latter 2 waves, 1861 to 1930. Most of the 2 million immigrants who came to Baltimore between 1820-1989 came during this 70 year period.(McWilliams 1989) Why Baltimore?
One might reasonably expect to find that, as in the first wave, natural disaster and hardship, akin to that evidenced in the Irish potato famine, played a major role. While this is certainly true--Jews fled
Arranging immigration figures neatly into waves tells us little of the immigrant experience. The human masses so blithely considered as waves were, after all, composed of individuals. It has been said that so many emigrated from their homelands during the period 1861-1930 because it was easy. After the 1920's,
Immigration, The Trip to Port of Bremen
Many emigrants from Germany , Austria and Central Europe headed for the German port of Hamburg Hamburg became a port of emigration because of its competition with Bremen Bremen was doing well in its trade with America , while Hamburg trade was mostly with the West Indies and Latin America . When a ship arriving from America was ready for the return trip, Bremen often did not have enough export goods and the ship had to return to America Bremen began to lure part of the emigration traffic away from other European ports such as Le Havre , Antwerp , and Rotterdam Hamburg Hamburg
The collection of emigrants inBremen Bremen with a promise to ship them to America Bremen
In order to safeguard its emigration business, Bremen passed a decree in 1832 which freed the city from giving financial assistance to emigrants, while making it obligatory for ship owners to certify the seaworthiness of their vessels, to keep passenger lists, and to keep provisions for 90 days on board. This meant that ship's agents had to deliver what they promised.
The collection of emigrants in
In order to safeguard its emigration business, Bremen passed a decree in 1832 which freed the city from giving financial assistance to emigrants, while making it obligatory for ship owners to certify the seaworthiness of their vessels, to keep passenger lists, and to keep provisions for 90 days on board. This meant that ship's agents had to deliver what they promised.
Farming in German Bohemia
There is very little written about every day or seasonal life, unless you look under "Holidays" which are well reported elsewhere; but since farm life did not change all that much within 50 or so years, I will translate the cycle of seasons and work schedule.
Crops were distributed over all fields and measured in Doppelzentners (two times 100 pounds) per hectare. The soil quality was only 34.89% in that area, versus a status of 100% in other areas of Europe . 1 dz or "Doppelzentner" (dz) is roughly 200 pounds. And one hectare is about 2.5 acres.
Crop yield was: Area under cultivation
32 dz/hectare in Winter wheat 90 hectares
26 dz/hectare in Winter-Rye 90
25 dz/hectare in barley 25
28 dz/hectare in oat 60
280 dz/hectare in potatoes 55
620 dz/hectare in fodder beets 15
There was also clover and special feed crops
The forest distributed among the farmers was a combination of 80% pine, 19% fir and 1% oaks, birch and larch (tamarack). The forest was harvested of deadwood every winter for firewood. Usable wood was not sold but required for maintenance of the buildings. After a clear-cut was made, it was immediately replanted.
Amplatz / Oplotec (Wiesner Ancestral Village)
Amplatz/Oplotec is located approximately 4.5 km northeast of the town of Hostau Eger
Connecting roads and short-cuts led to the neighboring villages of Melmitz in the northwest, Mirschikau and Kscheberscham in the east, Haschowa in the southeast as well as Taschlowitz and Schüttar in the south. The neighboring villages of Melmitz, Liebeswar, Kscheberscham, Taschlowitz, Schüttar and Hassatitz are only 2 km away, while you can reach Haschowa, Zwingau and Mirkowitz in 3 km and Mirschikau in just 4 km. In order to reach the former district town of Bischofteinitz
Geographically, the village is located 12 degrees 15 min east of Greenwich
Special points of interest in the surroundings are the Lichon (614 m) in the north, the Greschin (526 m) in the northwest, the Gänsberg (480 m) and the Althuettenberg (527 m) in the southwest, the Galgenberg (481 m) and Laurenziberg (464 m) in the south as well as the Gabelberg (600 m) in the northeast as the nearest crest of the well-wooded Seven Mountains with their 14 crests.
Horoušany, Horauschen, Horou (birth place for Franz Prokosch)
Horou was located approximately 2 km southeast of Hostau; it had belonged to the parish since 1784. In official documents, Horou was mentioned as "Horau” or "Harou” and was part of the parish of Schlattin as well.
Horou was chronicled in 1379 for the first time (as per E. judges) "Horuss.” In 1388, the town was acquired by Raczek of Hostau along with Hostau, Ostrow (Wasserau), Gramatin and Hassatitz.
Horou could be reached by foot from Hostau using paths along the old brook and by vehicles on „the Ronsperger road” from the south. The next train station was Muttersdorf (about 700 km away). The population lived almost exclusively off agriculture; nevertheless, some inhabitants had different occupations as well.
During WWI, 5 men from Horou were killed, during WWII, 3 of town’s sons were killed and 7 were missing in action.
After Josef Ries, Josef Prokosch and Maria Prokosch
Melnice / (Melmitz) - Franz & Barbara's Village
Melmitz (Parish for Franz & Barbara Prokosch, also Lilla – Wiesner families)
The old parish village of Melmitz
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| Melmitz/Melnice Parish Church |
According to Sedlacek, Melmitz was an old aristocracy seat, where Kunrat resided in 1235 and Dobrohost in 1291. During the 14th century, there was a citadel which belonged to Dobrohost of Melmitz. He also owned Waltersgruen in 1358, Schuettwa in 1359. Around 1370, Heinrich of Melmitz bought the territory of Kunrat
From 1370-1378, the village belonged to Puta, who also called Pschess his own. He was again succeeded by a Dobrohost, who also ruled Elstin until 1408. In 1411, Melmitz belonged to Heinrich of Sedlce; around 1416, Wenzel von Tachau bought it. Later Mikulasch of Kostenpic was mentioned in connection with Melmitz; he also was count o Nepomuk Castle
Berg - The Family Parish for Generattions
Berg (German) / Hora Svateho Vaclava (Czech) the Catholic Parish for 3 + generations of Prokosch families). Berg is located 2 km Southwest of Trohatin.
The old parish village of Berg, (means hill) is located about 4 km (2.5 miles) northwest of Ronsperg (Poberzovice), probably derives its name from an old castle or fortress; the existing church of the Holy Wenzel was probably built from its rubble. There is evidence that a parish church existed in Berg as early as 1384, which belonged to the archdeacon of Bischofteinitz.
The village consisting of six farms appears in the chronicles of the Lobkowitz family of Bischofteinitz in 1587, after it belonged to Hirchstein Castle
Origin & Meaning of the Mitchell Surname?
The MITCHELL surname origin is unclear...
The MITCHELL name has changed multiple times just in the last 150 years as it was Americanized from French Canada....
Prior to Mitchell it was: St Mitchell > St Michel > Michel... and that is just what my initial research has uncovered...
The MITCHELL name is:
• From the Middle English, old French personal name Michel, vernacular form of Michael
• Nickname for a “big man”, from Middle English Michel, Mechel, muchel, ‘big’
• Irish (County Connacht) - surname adopted as equivalent of Mulvihill
• A corruption of Michael, or from the Saxon Muchel, “Big”
The MITCHELL name has changed multiple times just in the last 150 years as it was Americanized from French Canada....
Prior to Mitchell it was: St Mitchell > St Michel > Michel... and that is just what my initial research has uncovered...
The MITCHELL name is:
• From the Middle English, old French personal name Michel, vernacular form of Michael
• Nickname for a “big man”, from Middle English Michel, Mechel, muchel, ‘big’
• Irish (County Connacht) - surname adopted as equivalent of Mulvihill
• A corruption of Michael, or from the Saxon Muchel, “Big”
Friday, October 22, 2010
Franz & Barbara Prokosch Photos
The only photos of Franz & Barbara Prokosch, that I am aware of (Undated)...
Passage to the New World
SS OHIO
13 September 1879
I, G. Meyer master of the Ship OHIO of Bremen do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the annexed list, subscribed with my name, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account or report of all the passengers who have been taken on board the said vessel at Bremen or any other foreign port, or at sea, and brought in the said vessel into any district of the United States since her departure from the said port of Bremen, Germany sworn to this 13 day of September 1879, Gustave Meyer Before me David W. Elyaih.
Columns represent: passenger number, names, age, sex, occupation, last legal residence/country claiming allegiance, and destination.
176. Franz Prokosch 37 M Farmer Bohemia Minnesota
177. Barbara Prokosch 44 F
178. Georg Prokosch 17 M
179. Marie Prokosch 13 F
180. Josef Prokosch 8 M
181. Barbara Prokosch 5 F
182. Magdalene Prokosch 9 months F
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The manifest shows the following souls onboard: Germany -138, Austria – 61, Hungary – 2, London
Steerage
Duration: 16 – 25 days, longest trip 119 days
Ship Name: Ohio
Years in service: 1869-1894
Funnels: 1
Masts: 2
Aliases: Amazzone (1894), Rio Santa Cruz
Ship Description: Builder: Caird and Company, Greenock , Scotland
Shipping Line: North German Lloyd
Trohatin - The Prokosch Ancestral Village
(translated from German)
Trohatin
The stately country village Trohatin rose barely 3 km northwest of Ronsperg between twp mountains: Steinhügel in the southeast which was 480 m high, and the Schmalzberg in the northwest which was 600 m in height. In 1945 it had 85 houses with 419 residents. Dr. Ernst Richter guessed that the name of the village can be derived of the person’s name “Drahota” and stated the first mentioning for the year 1635, while Johann Gröbner found evidence for the year 1268. It is likely that Trohatin was still much older, and in former times with Berg, Hoslau, and Natschetin formed a separate landed estate before it belonged to the owners of the castle Hirschstein and in 1539 became a part of the Herrschaft(1) Lobkowitz in Teinitz.
In 1587 in the Urbar(2) of the Herrschaft Lobkowitz Trohatin already was listed with 31 farms. Only slightly changed, the housenames which existed in Trohatin until 1946 and which at that time were quoted perhaps a bit shortened are: Klauzar = Kloza; Walenta = Walesch; ffolta = Honsfolta; ffenzl = Honsfenzl; Rychtarz = Richter. At that time the residents of Trohatin were obliged to mow and to take in the hay on the front meadow beneath the city of Teinitz, and the residents of Natschetin had to help them in this. Further, both villages were obliged to cut, bind, and bring together the ripe grain on three fields in the vicinity of the Teinitzer Hof. The judge of Trohatin, who supervised this, got 24 Groschen and 3 Strich(3) of grain. The former big fish ponds in the community of Trohatin, which after World War I passed into private hands, were still evidence of the long influence of the Herrschaft Trautmannsdorf in Teinitz.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
How many generations of PROKOSCH's are there?
How many generations of PROKOSCH's are there?
That is a great question...
So far I have worked my way back to the 1680's... I am sure in time we will be able to go back even further... here is a snapshot of what we know...
Prokosch History:
1) Josepho Joannes & Kunegunde (Beckin) Prokosch-Trohatin #6 (abt 1680’s)
2) Andreas & Margaretha (P.) Prokosch -Trohatin #6 (1721 - 27 Nov 1803)
3) Jakob & Faustina (Schröpfer) Prokosch-Trohatin #6 (1768 - 13 Oct 1841)
4) Wenzel & Mariana (Köstner) Prokosch-Trohatin #6 (05 Apr 1800 - 21 Jan 1871 – Horauschen/Horousany #5)
5) Franz & Barbara (Wiesner-Lilla) Prokosch-Horauschen #5 (10 Oct 1842 – 11 Feb 1899) USA, Melmitz/Melnice #41 and Amplatz/Oplotec #35,
6) Joseph Peter & Margaret (Remiger) Prokosch - Melmitz/Melnice #41 (22 Sep 1867-15 Jan 1938) Bird Island, MN, USA
7) George Carl & Gertrude (Walter) Prokosch - Bird Island, MN (1894-1979)
8) Vernard George & Helen Marie (Mitchell) Prokosch - Bird Island, MN
9) Mark G & Elizabeth (Smith) Prokosch -Tampa, FL
I am still not sure how I am going to share more of the 250+ pages of my family tree research... I am already learning that a blog is not the proper tool for sharing graphical data or viewing/storing HTML/XML files...
More research to do...
That is a great question...
So far I have worked my way back to the 1680's... I am sure in time we will be able to go back even further... here is a snapshot of what we know...
Prokosch History:
1) Josepho Joannes & Kunegunde (Beckin) Prokosch-Trohatin #6 (abt 1680’s)
2) Andreas & Margaretha (P.) Prokosch -Trohatin #6 (1721 - 27 Nov 1803)
3) Jakob & Faustina (Schröpfer) Prokosch-Trohatin #6 (1768 - 13 Oct 1841)
4) Wenzel & Mariana (Köstner) Prokosch-Trohatin #6 (05 Apr 1800 - 21 Jan 1871 – Horauschen/Horousany #5)
5) Franz & Barbara (Wiesner-Lilla) Prokosch-Horauschen #5 (10 Oct 1842 – 11 Feb 1899) USA, Melmitz/Melnice #41 and Amplatz/Oplotec #35,
6) Joseph Peter & Margaret (Remiger) Prokosch - Melmitz/Melnice #41 (22 Sep 1867-15 Jan 1938) Bird Island, MN, USA
7) George Carl & Gertrude (Walter) Prokosch - Bird Island, MN (1894-1979)
8) Vernard George & Helen Marie (Mitchell) Prokosch - Bird Island, MN
9) Mark G & Elizabeth (Smith) Prokosch -Tampa, FL
I am still not sure how I am going to share more of the 250+ pages of my family tree research... I am already learning that a blog is not the proper tool for sharing graphical data or viewing/storing HTML/XML files...
More research to do...
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