Katherine Slanec, 1846-1935

•    Born:  4 November 1846 in Czecho-Slovakia (Bohemia)
•    Died:  4 November 1935 in Hillsborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire
•    Father:  Matthews Slanec
•    Spouse:  Jozef Vohnoutka (md. abt. 1867)
•    Children:  Charles (Karl) Vohnoutka, Fannie Vohnoutka, Joseph Vohnoutka, Josephine Mary Vohnoutka, Frank Vohnoutka


1846 November 4
Born to Matthews Slanec and unknown mother in Czecho-Slovakia (Bohemia)  [1]

1867 (abt.)
Age 21
Marries Jozef Vohnoutka.  [2]

1868 October 17
Age 21
Birth of son, Karl (Charles) in Bohemia.  [3, 4]

1874 September
Age 27
Birth of daughter, Fannie in Bohemia.  [5]

1877 August 27
Age 30
Birth of son, Joseph in Kardosova Vieska, Zilina, Slovakia.  [6, 7, 8],  ,

1880 August
Age 33
Birth of daughter, Josephine Mary in Bohemia. [9, 10]

1883 April 2
Age 36
Birth of son, Frank in Bohemia. [11, 12, 13]

ca. 1880-1890

1895
Age 49
Immigrated to the United States. [2]

1900 June
Age 53
Living in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts with husband Joseph and children Josephine (age 20) and Frank (age 17).  Occupation listed as “cotton mill” weaver. [2]

1912 December 2
Age 66
Death of husband, Jozef Vohnoutka, in New Bedford, Massachusetts.  [14]

1920 January 9
Age 73
Living in Hillsborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire with daughter Josephine M., son-in-law Everet L. Howard, and their children.  [15]

1930s in Hillsborough, N.H., living with daughter Josephine Mary.

1935 November 4
Age 89
Dies in Hillsborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire.  Buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts.  [16]

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[1]  "New Hampshire, Death Records, 1654-1947," index and images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FSJ5-ZD4 : accessed 20 Oct 2012), Katherine Vohnoutka, 04 Nov 1935.

[2]  "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M95T-3CB : accessed 04 Nov 2012), Joseph Wohnoouthe, ED 174 Precinct 2 New Bedford city Ward 1, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; citing sheet 18A, family 286, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1240638.

[3]  National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.;Index to Naturalization Petitions and Records of the U.S. District Court, 1906-1966, and the U.S. Circuit Court, 1906-1911, for the District of Massachusetts; Microfilm Serial: M1545; Microfilm Roll: 111.

[4]  "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org
/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHDW-C2D : accessed 21 Oct 2012), Karl Wohnoutka and Paolina Drasner, 20
Apr 1895; citing reference 108, FHL microfilm 577297.

[5]  "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M95R-WPP : accessed 21 Oct 2012), Fanny L Keil in household of William Keil, ED 175 Precinct 2 New Bedford city Ward 1, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; citing sheet 14B, family 282, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1240638.

[6]  Town of Irvington New Jersey Record of Death for Joseph Vohnoutka, dated July 7, 1966, filed 7/8/66

[7]  ""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 .

[8]  "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).

[9]  "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915," index and images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N4QB-GJC : accessed 20 Oct 2012), Everett L. Howard and Josephine M. Wohnoulka, 1903.

[10]  "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M95T-3CB : accessed 04 Nov 2012), Joseph Wohnoouthe, ED 174 Precinct 2 New Bedford city Ward 1, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; citing sheet 18A, family 286, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1240638.

[11]  "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org
/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXTB-9D5 : accessed 20 Oct 2012), Frank Vohnoutka in household of
Alphonse Racette, Precinct 4 Part Of, Bristol, Massachusetts; citing enumeration district (ED) ,
sheet 14B, family 299, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1820685.

[12]  "United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," index and images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X5B5-8ZN : accessed 20 Oct 2012), Frank Vohnoutka,
1942; citing NARA microfilm publications M1939, M1936, and M1937; FHL microfilm
2274199.

[13]  "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M95T-3CB : accessed 04 Nov 2012), Joseph Wohnoouthe, ED 174 Precinct 2 New Bedford city Ward 1, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; citing sheet 18A, family 286, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1240638.

[14]  "Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N477-36T : accessed 21 Oct 2012), Joseph Wohnoutka, 1912.

[15]  Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.  Year: 1920; Census Place: Hillsborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; Roll: T625_1009; Page: 3B; Enumberation District: 77; Image: 835.

[16]  "New Hampshire, Death Records, 1654-1947," index and images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FSJ5-ZD4 : accessed 20 Oct 2012), Katherine Vohnoutka, 04 Nov 1935.

Jozef Vohnoutka, 1839-1912

•    Born:  9 January 1839 in Bohemia
•    Died:  2 December 1912 in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts
•    Parents:  Vil Wohnoutka and Katerina Maca
•    Spouse:  Katherine Slanec (md. abt. 1867)
•    Children:  Charles (Karl) Vohnoutka, Fannie Vohnoutka, Joseph Vohnoutka, Josephine Mary Vohnoutka, Frank Vohnoutka


1839 January 9
Born to Vil Wohnoutka and Katerina Maca in Bohemia.  [1]

1867 (about)
Age 28
Marries Katerine Slanec.  [2]

1868 October 17
Age 29
Birth of son, Karl (Charles) in Bohemia [3, 4]

1874 September
Age 35
Birth of daughter, Fannie in Bohemia  [5]

1877 August 27
Age 38
Birth of son, Joseph in Kardosova Vieska, Zilina, Slovakia. [6, 7, 8]

1880 August
Age 41
Birth of daughter, Josephine Mary in Bohemia [9, 10]

1883 April 2
Age 44
Birth of son, Frank in Bohemia  [11, 12, 13]

1895
Age 56
Immigrates to the United States. [2]

1900 June
Age 61  Living in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts with wife Kate and children Josephine (age 20) and Frank (age 17).  Lists his occupation as “cotton mill-weaver.” [2]

1912 December 2
Age 73
Dies in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts of heart disease and mitralis insufficiency.  Lists his occupation as “farmer.”  Buried 5 December 1912 at Oak Grove Cemetery in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts. [1]


                                                     

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[1]  "Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N477-36T : accessed 21 Oct 2012), Joseph Wohnoutka, 1912.

[2]  "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M95T-3CB : accessed 04 Nov 2012), Joseph Wohnoouthe, ED 174 Precinct 2 New Bedford city Ward 1, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; citing sheet 18A, family 286, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1240638.

[3]  National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.;Index to Naturalization Petitions and Records of the U.S. District Court, 1906-1966, and the U.S. Circuit Court, 1906-1911, for the District of Massachusetts; Microfilm Serial: M1545; Microfilm Roll: 111.

[4]  "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org
/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHDW-C2D : accessed 21 Oct 2012), Karl Wohnoutka and Paolina Drasner, 20
Apr 1895; citing reference 108, FHL microfilm 577297.

[5]  "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M95R-WPP : accessed 21 Oct 2012), Fanny L Keil in household of William Keil, ED 175 Precinct 2 New Bedford city Ward 1, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; citing sheet 14B, family 282, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1240638.

[6]  Town of Irvington New Jersey Record of Death for Joseph Vohnoutka, dated July 7, 1966, filed 7/8/66

[7]  ""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 .

[8]  "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).

[9]  "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915," index and images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N4QB-GJC : accessed 20 Oct 2012), Everett L. Howard and Josephine M. Wohnoulka, 1903.

[10]    "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M95T-3CB : accessed 04 Nov 2012), Joseph Wohnoouthe, ED 174 Precinct 2 New Bedford city Ward 1, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; citing sheet 18A, family 286, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1240638.

[11]  "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org
/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXTB-9D5 : accessed 20 Oct 2012), Frank Vohnoutka in household of
Alphonse Racette, Precinct 4 Part Of, Bristol, Massachusetts; citing enumeration district (ED) ,
sheet 14B, family 299, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1820685.

[12]  "United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," index and images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X5B5-8ZN : accessed 20 Oct 2012), Frank Vohnoutka,
1942; citing NARA microfilm publications M1939, M1936, and M1937; FHL microfilm
2274199.

[13]  "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M95T-3CB : accessed 04 Nov 2012), Joseph Wohnoouthe, ED 174 Precinct 2 New Bedford city Ward 1, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; citing sheet 18A, family 286, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1240638.

Antonie Benesch, 1877-1923

• Born:  10 July 1877 (Austria or Czechoslovakia)
• Died:  27 June 1923 (Chatham, Morris, New Jersey)
• Parents:  John Beneś and Katrina ?
• Spouse:  Joseph Vohnoutka (md. 21 February 1903 in Manhattan, New York, New York)
• Children:  Josephine C. Vohnoutka, Joseph J. Vohnoutka

1877 July 10
Born in Austria or Czechoslovakia  [1]

1891
Age 14
Immigrates to United States from Czechoslovakia  [2]

1903 February 21
Age 26
Marries Joseph Vohnoutka in Manhattan, New York, New York  [3]

1903 November 6
Age. 26
Daughter Josephine C. is born at Stanley, Morris, New Jersey  [4]

1906 February 1
Age 28
Son Joseph J. is born in New Jersey [5]

1910 April 21
Age 32
Living in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts with husband Joseph and children Josephine (age 6) and Joseph (age 2)  [6]

1912
Age 35
Becomes naturalized citizen of the United States [2]

1920 January 5
Age 42
Living in Chatham Township, Morris, New Jersey with husband Joseph and children Josephine K (age 16) and Joseph J (age 13) [2]

1923 June 27
Age 45
Dies at Chatham, Morris, New Jersey [1]

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Antonette “Nellie” Benesch, my grandmother, the oldest of 13 children, was born in Czechoslovakia and died in the U.S. when Mama was 18 years old. I knew three of the sisters: Emma Walton, Josephine “Josie” Jackson and Anna Getts. I have a picture of Emma and Josie. All three lived on Staten Island. Keeping up with the tradition of “fine cooks” in her home country, she became assistant cook for the Ford family. (I have a copy of Joseph and Nellie’s wedding picture.)
--Joan Carol Hiebel Farrier
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[1]  Letter from Audrey Hiebel Mann to Joan Hiebel Farrier (date unknown).

[2]  “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 microfiom publication T625, FHL microfilm 1821060.

[3]  “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 k FHL microfilm 1570970.

[4]  State of New Jersey, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Certificate and record of birth for Josephine Vohnoutka, stamped no. 35728.

[5]  "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).

[6]  “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 1364591.

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.

Josephine C. Vohnoutka, 1903-1980

• Born: 6 November 1903 (Stanley, Morris, New Jersey)
• Died: 15 January 1980 (Irvington, Essex, New Jersey)
• Parents: Joseph Vohnoutka and Antonette Benesch
• Spouse: Frank Hiebel (md. 26 February 1927 Summit,, New Jersey)
• Children: Doris Hiebel, Lorraine F. Hiebel, Joan Carol Hiebel, Audrey Jean Hiebel, Linda Helen Hiebel

1903 November 6
Born, only daughter and oldest child of Joseph Vohnoutka and Antonette Benesch in Stanley, Morris, New Jersey.  [1]

Josephine with brother, Joseph.

1916 (abt.)
Age 13
Suffers a concussion in a sledding accident and never returned to school.  [2]

29 June 1916

1923 June 27
Age 19
Death of mother, Antonie Benesch Vohnoutka in Chatham, Morris, New Jersey  [3]

1927 February 26
Age 23
Marries Frank Hiebel in Summit, New Jersey.  [4]

Josephine, date and place unknown.

1928 September 21
Age 24
Daughter Doris born in Newark, Essex, New Jersey.  She lives only until October 22. [2]

Josephine with nurse and baby (which one?).

1930 April 7
Age 26
Living in Irvington, Essex, New Jersey with husband, Frank, mother-in-law Rose Hiebel, and cousin John Vohnoutka.  [5]

1930 April 22
Age 26
Daughter Lorraine F. born in Newark, Essex, New Jersey.[2]

1932 April 15
Age 28
Daughter Joan Carol born in Orange, Essex, New Jersey.  Residence:  256 40th St., Irvington, N.J.  [6]

Josephine with Lorraine and Joan, September 1935.

Josephine holding Joan, about 1935

1936 May 13
Age 32
Daughter Audrey Jean born in Irvington, Essex, New Jersey.  [7]

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

1938 January 30
Age 34
Daughter Lorraine dies of Gaucher’s disease.  [8]

1940 April 15
Age 36
Living in Irvington, Essex, New Jersey with husband Frank, and daughters Joan (age 8) and Audrey (age 3), and father, Joseph Vohnoutka, and mother-in-law, Rosalie Hiebel.  [9]

1946 January 30
Age 42
Daughter Linda Helen born in Newark, Essex, New Jersey. [2]

Josephine, about 1960.

1966 July 7
Age 62
Death of father, Joseph Vohnoutka at Irvington, Essex, New Jersey. [10, 11]

Frank and Josephine, date unknown

1980 January 15
Age 76
Dies of bronchial pneumonia and histocytic lymphoma in Irvington, Essex, New Jersey.  [12]

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Memories of daughter, Joan Carol Hiebel Farrier:

"Josephine “Josie” Catherine “Mama” Vohnoutka was the only daughter of Joseph and Nellie. During the summers, Mama was sent to a relative's farm to help with the chores. She told me never to get serious with a farmer. “You don’t know what hard work is until you’re on a farm.” Mama had a concussion in a sledding at the age of 13 and was kept out of school for a year. She didn’t want to return to school and be in the same grade as the 13-year-olds so she didn’t. (I never understood this, because Mama went to a one-room school.) Mama went to work in a factory. When her mother died, her father asked her to stay home and be a homemaker for him and her brother.

"Mama received a great deal of help from Aunt Josie Jackson, my Grandma Nellie’s sister. On one occasion, after Mama’s father and brother complained about not enough salt in their food, Aunt Josie suggested Mama put half a box of salt in at the next meal. Mama did and there were never any complaints again. (Mama told me this story.)

"After Mother and Daddy were married and the children started coming, Mother started a support group. The ladies would meet each week at each other’s home and furnish juice and cookies to all the children. I didn’t realize until I asked my mother how I was related to all these Aunts that I found out only two were related. The others were friends of Mama. We, the kids, called all the ladies “Aunt” out of respect. The ladies’ husbands were our “Uncles.”

"Mama eventually developed severe osteoporosis, fracturing her hip at about 63. The doctors tried to repair the hip, but when they tried the femur shattered. Mama also had rheumatoid arthritis, and cancer. Even with all this, when Mama’s friends came to cheer her up, her friends went home feeling better. Mama had cheered them up. (This I heard from her friends.) She died in 1980 at 76 of bronchial pneumonia and histocytic lymphoma."

--Joan Carol Hiebel Farrier
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[1]  NJ Bureau of Vital Statistics birth certificate no. 35728.

[2]  Personal knowledge of daughter Joan Carol Hiebel Farrier.

[3]  Letter from Audrey Hiebel Mann to Joan Hiebel Farrier

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

[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]  Health Department, Orange, N.J., Certificate of Birth, filed 21 April 1932.

[7]  "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).

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

[9]  "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.

[10]  Town of Irvington New Jersey Record of Death, filed 7/8/66

[11]  "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).

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

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.