Joseph Vohnoutka, 1877-1966

•    Born:  27 August 1877 (Kardosova Vieska, Zilina, Slovakia)
•    Died:  7 July 1966 (Irvington, Essex, New Jersey)
•    Parents:  Jozef Vohnoutka and Katherine Slanec
•    Spouse:  Antonie Benesch (married 21 February 1903 in Manhattan, New York, New York)
•    Children:  Josephine C. Vohnoutka, Joseph J. Vohnoutka

1877 August 27
Born in Kardosova, Zilina, Slovakia. [1, 2, 3]

1891
Age 14
Emigrates to the United States.  [4]

1900 June
Age 22
Living in Summit, Union, New Jersey as a boarder in the house of Anna Carney, working as a silk weaver [4]

1903 February 21
Age 26
Marries Antonie Benesch in Manhattan, New York, New York  [5]

The wedding of Joseph Vohnoutka and Antonie Benesch.
To the right and left may be Josephine Mary Vohnouka and her husband, Everett T. Howard

1903 November 6

Age 26
Daughter Josephine C. is born at Stanley, Morris, New Jersey.  [6]

1905
Age 28
Living in Morris, New Jersey with wife “Nettie,” daughter Josephine (age 1), and niece Agnes Benesch (age 10).  [7]

1906 February 1
Age 28
Son Joseph J. is born in New Jersey.  [8]

Date unknown.

1910 April 21
Age 32
Living in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts with wife “Nettie” and children Josephine (age 6) and Joseph (age 2).  Working as a weaver in a cotton mill.  [9]

1912
Age 35
Becomes a naturalized citizen.  [10]

1920 January 5
Age 42
Living in Chatham Township, Morris, New Jersey with wife Antonia and children Josephine K. (age 16) and Joseph (age 13), working as a weaver at a silk mill. [9]

1930 April 22
Age 52
Living in Union Township, Union, New Jersey, a widower boarding with the Edward Skagel family, still working as a weaver at a silk mill.  [11]

1940 April 15
Age 62
Living in Irvington, Essex, New Jersey with daughter Josephine and son-in-law Frank Hiebel, and granddaughters Joan (age 8) and Audrey (age 3), and Frank’s mother Rosalie.  [12]

Age 67

Age 85

1966 July 7

Age 88

Dies at Irvington, Essex, New Jersey, of congestive heart failure and myodarditis.  Buried 11 July 1966 at Fair-Mount Cemetery in Chatham. [1, 3]

***

Joseph “Grandpa” Vohnoutka, born in Czechoslovakia, came to the U.S. when he was just 3 years old, but to the day he died he sounded as if he just got off the boat.

A silk weaver by trade, he had the most beautiful hands for a man. He refused to do anything that would injure the skin on his hands or fingers--even after the silk mill closed. (It never reopened, but he claimed he needed to keep his hands nice just in case it did.) Grandpa enjoyed reading cowboy-and-Indian stories, and when we got our first TV set (when I was 13) Grandpa would have the TV on with a cowboy movie and be reading at the same time. Grandpa taught me how to roll his cigarettes, sharpen his razor on a leather strap, and say a few swear words in Czech. I got into BIG trouble when I proudly said them to Daddy.

--Joan Carol Hiebel Farrier (his grand-daughter)
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[1]  Town of Irvington New Jersey Record of Death for Joseph Vohnoutka, dated July 7, 1966, filed 7/8/66

[2]  ""United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942,"," digital image, Ancestry.com (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11060-88298-37?cc=1861144&wc=MMRW-YK7:n170077918 : viewed 15 October 2012); citing .

[3]  "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VMGT-JJF : accessed 08 Nov 2012), Joseph Vohnoutka, July 1966; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

[4]  "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org
/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9V7-H2K : accessed 20 Oct 2012), Joseph Wohnoutka in household of Anna
Carney, ED 138 Summit city (north part), Union, New Jersey, United States; citing sheet 24A,
family 474, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1240997.

[5]  "New York, Marriages, 1686-1980," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F64S-WMD : accessed 21 Oct 2012), Joseph Wohnoutka and Antonie Benesch, 21 Feb 1903; citing reference , FHL microfilm 1570970.

[6]  New Jersey Bureau of Vital Statistics birth certificate for Josephine C. Vohnoutka, no. 35728.

[7]  “New Jersey, State Census, 1905,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KMHQ-SXD : accessed 15 Feb 2013), Joseph Vohnoutka in entry for Joseph Vohnoutka, 1905.

[8]  "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VS6N-KMS : accessed 11 Nov 2012), Joseph Vohnoutka, 30 June 1989; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

[9]  “United States Census, 1910,” index and images, FamilySearch  (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M2NY-L5F : accessed 15 Feb 2013), Joseph Vohnoutha, New Bedford Ward 2, Bristol, Massachusetts; citing sheet 7B, family 147, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1374591.

[10]  “United States Census, 1920,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4TY-G8B : accessed 15 Feb 2013), Joseph Vohnoutka, Morris, New Jersey; citing enumeration district (ED) , sheet 2A, family 27, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1821060.

[11]  “United States Census, 1930,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X4NQ-K7D : accessed 15 Feb 2013), Joseph Vohnoutka in household of Edward Skacel, Union, Union, New Jersey; citing enumberation district (ED) 0186, sheet 3A, family 56, NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1390.

[12]  “United States Census, 1940,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K45Y-C1H : accessed 15 Feb 2013), Joseph Vohnoutka in household of Frank Hiebel, Ward 1, Irvington, Irvington Town, Essex, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 7-159A, sheet 6B, family 133, NARA digital publication T627, roll 2334.