Thanks to the petition, I know that Josef was born in Hazlen, Czechoslovakia on May 7, 1873 and he was married to his wife, Ann Mary, in that town on Nov. 18, 1896. Josef and Ann had 7 children. The oldest, John, was born in 1899 in Czechoslovakia. All the others were born in Ohio, including Anna, my step-children's grandmother.
None of us had ever seen a photo of Josef, so this one (from his petition) is a first--leaving me almost wordless!
What a find...you must be walking on air.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dee, it's really exciting to see what this gentleman looked like! New research possibilities are opening because of all the data on the petition. That's also exciting!
ReplyDeleteOh wow those are my paternal great grandparents!
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