Rozalie Sevcovic, 1866-1950

• Born:  6 December 1866 (Bohemia or Czechoslovakia)
• Died:  12 September 1950 (Irvington, Essex, New Jersey)
• Parents:  Vaclav Sevcovic and Anna Kotaur
• Spouse:  Henry Hiebl  (md. 20 January 1894  Manhattan, New York, New York)
• Children:  James Hiebl, Joseph Hiebl, Anna Hiebl, Mary Hiebl, Henry Hiebl,Frank Hiebl

1866 December 6
Born in Bohemia or Czechoslovakia  [1]

1887
Age 21
Emigrates to the United States. [2]

1889 December
Age 23
Daughter Anna born in New Jersey [2]

1892 May
Age 25
Daughter Mary born in New Jersey [2]

1894 January 20
Age 27
Marries Henry Hiebl in Manhattan, New York  []

1899 August
Age 32
Son Henry born in New Jersey [2]

1900 June 8
Age 33
Living in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, with Henry and children Anna (age 11), Mary (age 8), and Henry (age 1), working at a grocery store.  [2]

1905 April 5
Age 38
Youngest child, Frank, born at Newark, Essex, New Jersey.  [4]

1905
Age 38
Living in Essex, New Jersey with husband Henry and children Anna L. (age 15), Mary (age 13), and Frank (age 0).  [5]

1910 April 18
Age 43
Living in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, with Henry and children, Mary (age 18) and Frank age 5).  No longer listed with an occupation.  [6]

1920 January 7
Age 53
Still living in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, with Henry and son Frank (age 14).  [7]

1926 June 21
Age 59
Husband Henry dies.

1930 April 7
Age 63
Living in Irvington, Essex, New Jersey with son Frank and daughter-in-law Josephine.  [8]

1950 September 12
Age 83
Dies in Irvington, Essex, New Jersey of atena-carcinoma.  Cremated at Rosehill Crematory 15 Sept. 1950. [9]

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"Rozie “Baba” Sevcovic had worked in her father’s shop in Czechoslovakia as a young girl, counting and taking care of money. I have a picture of Baba’s father taken in Czechoslovakia. Working in the shop she did not learn homemaking skills, but did make a great soup with beef bones. She did not like to cook!

"Baba came to the U.S. as a young woman to teach. It took her 2 weeks on a rough passage to cross the ocean and she said she would not do it again.

"Family was important, and Baba would help unite children left in Czechoslovakia after the parents came to the U.S. She was also part of the Suffrage movement going door to door, with Daddy in hand, trying to persuade
other women to join the movement.

"Baba (a Czech name for Grandma) met Henry at a dance where Henry and his orchestra were playing. Baba loved to dance and Henry asked hen to dance with him. With Henry holding the accordion over her head and playing, they danced. Henry was 6’4” Baba was under 5’. As a young girl, I remember being at a dance where Baba was sitting on a chair but her feet were dancing to polka music. One of her friends sat next to her and said, pointing to me, “Czeche holti.” (I’m not sure of the spelling, but it means “Does she understand Czech?”) I popped up saying, “YES I DO!” But the music started again, I was off dancing, and Baba was left in peace to talk to her friend without me listening. (I did not speak Czech but understood enough to know what most conversations were about.)

"Rozie and Henry had 9 children. Only 2 girls reached 35; Frank, the youngest, lived to 76 years.

"Baba was a fine knitter. As a young girl I would watch with fascination, seeing all of her fingers move and holding at least four needles. One evening when she was watching us while Momma and Daddy were out, I watched Baba knitting and sipping on her one glass of beer a day. I asked her what it tasted like, and she gave me a sip. I then went to bed, but made the mistake of telling Momma the next morning what happened. A neighbor girl stayed with us from then on. Daddy told Baba the girl wanted to earn some money. During WW II, I learned to knit in school making squares for blankets. I showed Baba what I was doing and hen comment was” You’re stabbing it!” She never did teach me or my sisters her craft. (The baby cap and doilies I have are examples of her work.)

"Some time after Henry died, Baba and Daddy moved from Newark to Irvington, N.J. Baba rented two of the second floor rooms to a young couple. Two days after Momma and Daddy were married they too moved into Baba’s house. (We’re talking about a 3-bedroom, 1-bath house.) The dining room became my parents’ bedroom. Grandpa Vohnoutka also moved in a few months after Momma and Daddy were married and so did John Vohnoutka Grandpa’s brother’s son. John and his wife were my godparents. I have a picture taken in 1980 of myself with John and his wife Honey."

--Joan Carol Hiebel Farrier
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[1]  Town of Irvington New Jersey Record of Death for Rozie Hiebel, dated 12 September 1950, filed 9/13/1950 .

[2]  "United States Census, 1900," index and images,  FamilySearch  (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9JS-61T : accessed 18 Feb 2013), Henry Hiebl, ED 53 District 2 Newark city Ward 6, Essex, New Jersey, United States; citing sheet 9B, family 186, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1240963.

[3]  City of New York, County of New York, State of New York marriage certificate no. 1105 , FHL US/Can Film 1439743.

[4]  State of New Jersey. Bureau of Vital Statistics. Department of Health. Birth certificate for Frank Hiebl, dated April 5, 1905, registered no. 006.

[5]  "New Jersey, State Census, 1905," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KMW2-DGQ : accessed 18 Feb 2013), Henry Hiebel in entry for Henry Hiebel, 1905.

[6]  “United States Census, 1910," index and  images,  FamilySearch   (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MKT2-P7C : accessed 18 Feb 2013), Henry Hiebl, Newark Ward 7, Essex, New Jersey; citing sheet 5B, family 111, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1374891.

[7]  "United States Census, 1920," index and  images,  FamilySearch  (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M45T-VZP : accessed 18 Feb 2013), Henry Hiebl, , Essex, New Jersey; citing enumeration district (ED) , sheet 9A, family 194, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1821033.

[8]  "United States Census, 1930," index and images,  FamilySearch  (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X4DX-QBC : accessed 16 Feb 2013), Frank Hiebel, Irvington, Essex, New Jersey; citing enumeration district (ED) 0449, sheet 7A, family 138, NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1330.

[9]  Town of Irvington New Jersey Record of Death for Rozie Hiebel, dated 12 September 1950, filed 9/13/1950

Henry Hiebl, 1870 - 1926

•    Born:  April 1870 (Poland Austria)
•    Died:  21 June 1926 (Fairmont, Newark, New Jersey)
•    Parents:  Joseph Hübel and Anna Kozlivy (? surname unclear)
•    Spouse:  Rosie or Rozie Sevcovic (md. 20 January 1894  Manhattan, New York, New York)
•    Children:  Anna Hiebl, Mary Hiebl, Henry Hiebl, Frank Hiebl

April 1870
Born in Poland Austria  [1]

1887
Age 17
Emigrates to the United States.  [2]

1889 December
Age 19
Daughter Anna born in New Jersey  [3]

1892 May
Age 22
Daughter Mary born in New Jersey [3]

1894 January 20
Age 23
Marries Rosalie Sevcovic in Manhattan, New York, New York  [4]

1899 August
Age 29
Son Henry born in New Jersey [3]

1900 June 8
Age 30
Living in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, with wife Rosa and children Anna (age 11), Mary (age 8), and Henry (age 1), working as a butcher. [3]

1905 April 5
Age 35
Youngest child, Frank, born at Newark, Essex, New Jersey.  [5]

1905
Age 35
Living in Essex, New Jersey with wife Rose and children Anna L. (age 15), Mary (age 13), and Frank (age 0).  [6]

1910 April 18
Age 40
Living in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, with wife Rosie and children Mary (age 18) and Frank (age 5).  Still working as a butcher.  [7]

1920 January 7
Age 50
Still living in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, with wife Rose and son Frank (age 14).  Working as a watchman at a factory.  [8]

1926 June 21
Age 59
Dies at Fairmont, Newark, New Jersey.

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"Henry Hubl was born in Czechoslovakia and became a veterinarian. A person not believing in war, he fled to the U.S. I was told, that to the day he died, he thought some day he would be sent back to his home country.

"In the U.S. he worked as a butcher. There he displayed his strength by walking the length of the shop with a steer on his back. I understand he earned extra money by doing it! He was 6’4”, strong, but not a heavy man. I have two pictures of Henry. One shows him with Daddy as a small boy with Daddy’s sister Anna and her husband; the other shows him with his wife Rozie. In both pictures he is wearing his pocket watch and chain.

"Henry played the accordion and had his own orchestra. (The accordion had all buttons, no keyboard for the right hand. These accordions are rare now, but occasionally I see one on an old TV program).

"Henry continued to helped people with animals when needed. Daddy said he saw his father kill an injured horse by hitting him on the nose with the back of his hand. Henry also believed in helping people, bringing home beef bones for his wife to make soup for the poor and hungry.

"When daddy was a young boy, his mother sent him to find his father, Henry. Daddy hitched up the horse to the wagon. Daddy started looking, but the horse insisted on stopping at every tavern on the way, finally finding his father in the last tavern on the route.

"Henry became a diabetic and eventually lost a leg. I don’t know if he knew, or any one knew, about diabetic diets. Anyway, he drank a lot of beer. Daddy told me that one day when his father came home drunk, his mother chased his father up the street waving a broom at him. Henry was 6’4”, Rozie was under 5’."

--Joan Carol Hiebel Farrier

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[1]  "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9JS-61T : accessed 18Feb 2013), Henry Hiebl, ED 53 District 2 Newark City Ward 6, Essex, New Jersey, United States; citing sheet 9B, family 186, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1240963.

[2]  "United States Census, 1920," index and  images,  FamilySearch  (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M45T-VZP : accessed 18 Feb 2013), Henry Hiebl, , Essex, New Jersey; citing enumeration district (ED) , sheet 9A, family 194, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1821033.

[3]  "United States Census, 1900," index and images,  FamilySearch  (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9JS-61T : accessed 18 Feb 2013), Henry Hiebl, ED 53 District 2 Newark city Ward 6, Essex, New Jersey, United States; citing sheet 9B, family 186, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1240963.

[4]  "New York, Marriages, 1686-1980," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F6W2-WJH : accessed 23 Oct 2012), Henry Hubel and Rozalie Sevcovic, 20
Jan 1894; citing reference , FHL microfilm 1439743.

[5]  State of New Jersey. Bureau of Vital Statistics. Department of Health. Birth certificate for Frank Hiebl, dated April 5, 1905, registered no. 006.

[6]  "New Jersey, State Census, 1905," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KMW2-DGQ : accessed 18 Feb 2013), Henry Hiebel in entry for Henry Hiebel, 1905.

[7]  "United States Census, 1910," index and  images,  FamilySearch   (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MKT2-P7C : accessed 18 Feb 2013), Henry Hiebl, Newark Ward 7, Essex, New Jersey; citing sheet 5B, family 111, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1374891.

[8]  "United States Census, 1920," index and  images,  FamilySearch  (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M45T-VZP : accessed 18 Feb 2013), Henry Hiebl, , Essex, New Jersey; citing enumeration district (ED) , sheet 9A, family 194, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1821033.

Frank Hiebel, 1905-1981

• Born: 5 April 1905 (Newark, Essex, New Jersey)
• Died: 10 October 1981 (Irvington, Essex, New Jersey)
• Parents: Henry Hiebl and Rosie or Rozie Sevcovic
• Spouse: Josephine C. Vohnoutka (md. 26 February 1927 Summit, New Jersey)
• Children: Doris Hiebel, Lorraine Hiebel, Joan Carol Hiebel, Audrey Jean Hiebel, Linda Helen Hiebel

1905 April 5
Born in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, ninth child of Henry Hiebl and Rosie or Rozie Sevcovic  [1, 2]

Frank as a child.

1926 June 21
Age 21
Death of father, Henry Hiebl in Fairmont, Newark, New Jersey [4]

1927 Feb 26
Age 21
Marries Josephine C. Vohnoutka in Summit, New Jersey.  Lists occupation as “Buyer.”  [3]

Frank and Josephine Hiebel on their honeymoon.
Tremore Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey in background.

1928 September 21
Age 23
Daughter Doris born in Newark, Essex, New Jersey.  She lived only until October 22.  [2]

1930 April 7
Age 25
Living in Irvington, Essex, New Jersey with wife, Josephine, mother Rose Hiebel, and wife’s cousin John Vohnoutka.  Lists occupation as “Clerk, printing co.”  [5]

1930 April 22
Age 25
Daughter Lorraine F. born in Newark, Essex, New Jersey [4]

1932 April 15
Age 27
Daughter Joan Carol born in Orange, Essex, New Jersey.  Residence:  256 40th St., Irvington, N.J.  Occupation:  Salesman. [4]

1936 May 13
Age 31
Daughter Audrey Jean born, Irvington, Essex, New Jersey  [6]

Back:  Josephine, Frank, a friend holding Audrey
Front:  Joan, Lorraine

1937 spring
Age 32
Takes picture of Hindenburg a few weeks before its tragic crash in May

1938 January 30
Age 32
Daughter Lorraine died of Gaucher’s disease  [7]

1940 April 15
Age 35
Living in Irvington, Essex, New Jersey with wife, Josephine, and daughters Joan (age 8) and Audrey (age 3), and father-in-law, Joseph Vohnoutka, and mother, Rosalie Hiebel.  [8]

1946 Jan. 30
Age 40
Daughter Linda Helen born, Newark, Essex, New Jersey [4]

1950 September 12
Age 45
Death of mother, Rosalie Sevcovic Hiebel in Irvington, Essex, New Jersey  [9]

Frank in Ansco film advertisement in journal "Radiology," June 1951, p. 11.

1968
Age 63
Retired from working as salesman for Ansco Photo [4]

Frank and Josephine, date unknown.

1980 January 15
Age 74
Wife Josephine dies of bronchial pneumonia and histocytic lymphoma in Irvington, Essex, New Jersey. [10]

1981 October 10
Age 76
Dies of acute respiratory failure in Irvington, Essex, New Jersey.  Lists occupation as salesman of x-ray equipment (General Analine and Film Co. of Binghamton, New York.)  Was buried at Hollywood Memorial Park in Union, New Jersey. [1, 11]

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Memories of daughter, Joan Carol Hiebel Farrier:

"Frank “Daddy” Hiebel was the ninth child of Rozie and Frank Hubl. The spelling of the family name was changed by Frank’s sisters. The family lived in a German/Czech neighborhood. With the change the Germans had a better chance of pronouncing it correctly. In Czechoslovakia, children were taught spelling only to the third grade. Once you learned the rules you could spell anything.

"Frank was abused by his sister Anna’s husband. Frank was studying violin and Anna’s husband eventually became his teacher. When Frank played a wrong note Anna’s husband hit him on the fingers until they bled. There was more but Daddy didn’t talk about it. I do know that when Anna died, the family never spoke to her husband or Anna’s son again.

"As a young teenager Frank was sickly and very thin. The doctor suggested he go to the country for fresh air and good food. Through the Czech network, the Vohnoutka family was found. When Frank arrived, there was a spread on the table including meat, potatoes and vegetables. He thought Mrs. Vohnoutka had fixed a special meal for his first night. The feast was every night! Frank lived with the family for a couple of years. The daughter, Josie (my Mama), had a crush on Frank, according to the son Joseph Vohnoutka. Joe really gave Frank a hard time for a while, but as time went on Daddy won Joe over (according to Daddy).

"Frank knew Josie liked him when, as he was leaving to go back home, Josie cried. Josie asked if he would come back to visit. His reply was “If you bake me a cake, the one with heavy cream and egg white icing with dark chocolate on top.” Frank did visit and the cake was waiting for him.

"Frank and Josie married February 26, 1927, they moved in with Baba on the condition that Mama would do the cooking. I really don’t think Baba was upset with this arrangement. Baba was then able to devote more time to her knitting and organizations. The only complaint I heard about this arrangement from Mama was when Mama came home with her first born and all five people living in the house expected her to go grocery shopping and fix dinner. She did cook the dinner, but only after someone else did the shopping. Frank and Josie had five daughters. The first died at about 14 days because the outlet of the stomach was closed. The second, Lorraine, died at 8 years of a rare chronic congenital disease (Gaucher’s disease): a disorder of lipid metabolism, associated with enlarged spleen.

"Frank had seven different jobs during his working years. These are the ones I remember:
· Soda Jerk as a young man.
· Caddie at a golf course, while living with the Vohnoutkas.
· Musician with his own orchestra.
· Photographer: mostly brides in the beginning, then food for advertising (spraying the fruit with varnish to make it shine), then jewelry laid on black velvet. Frank took a picture of the German zeppelin Hindenburg on its next-to-last arrival in the U.S. Ten days later it exploded on its approach to land. (I have a newspaper clipping of the picture.) When the WPA started, he worked for them as a photographer. I remember him telling me that on one occasion he hung out of a plane to get a good picture. It wasn’t until he got on the ground he realized what he did.
· X-ray technician during WWII, to find any flaws in guns, all sizes.
· Sales Representative for Ansco X-ray film, his last employer.

"Daddy was active in the local civic and political scene: Town treasurer, chairman of the Board of Adjustment, Member of the Sinking Fund Commission, Democrat District Leader, superintendent of the Methodist Church Sunday School, member of the Salvation Army advisory board, Rotary Club, and Master Mason of a Masonic Lodge."

--Joan Carol Hiebel Farrier
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[1]  "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JPC3-L3X : accessed 16 Feb 2013), Frank Hiebel, October 1981; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

[2]  New Jersey, Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics birth certificate, stamped no. 906.

[3]  New Jersey Certificate of Marriage - Bureau of Vital Statistics - #393.

[4]  Personal knowledge of Joan Carol Hiebel Farrier, a daughter.

[5]  "United States Census, 1930," index and images,  FamilySearch  (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X4DX-QBC : accessed 16 Feb 2013), Frank Hiebel, Irvington, Essex, New Jersey; citing enumeration district (ED) 0449, sheet 7A, family 138, NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1330.

[6]  "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JR7P-6WB : accessed 16 Feb 2013), Audrey J Mann, 15 July 1999; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

[7]  Town of Irvington New Jersey Record of Death, filed 1/31/38.

[8]  "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K45Y-C1Q : accessed 16 Feb 2013), 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.

[9]  Town of Irvington New Jersey Record of Death, filed 9/13/1950 .

[10]  NJ State Dept. of Health death certificate, no. 06252.

[11]  New Jersey State Department of Health Certificate of Death, stamped no. 50919.