St. Martin Catholic Mission Cemetery

near Warrenton, Fayette County, Texas

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Jan "John" & Marina "Marie" Blaha

Shared headstone:
Jan "John" BLAHA
1826 - 1889
and
Marina "Marie" BLAHA
1827 - 1896

INSCRIPTION:

JAN BLAHA
rozeny v Hovezi na Moravé
v roce 1826
zemirel v roce 1889
MARIE
jeho manzelka
rozenŕ v roce 1827
zemirela v roce 1896

TRANSLATION:

JAN BLAHA
born in Hovezi in Moravia
in the year 1826
died in the year 1889
MARIE
his wife
born in the year 1827
died in the year 1896

JAN "JOHN" BLAHA, 45, a farmer and his wife, MARINA "MARIE" BLAHA, 44, both from Austria, came to the United States in May 1871. They departed from the Port of Bremen, Germany and traveled on the Bremen. With them were:
ANNA BLAHA 19
JOSEPH BLAHA 12
ROSINA BLAHA 7
VERONIKA BLAHA 4
JOHN BLAHA 22 (Farmer)

SOURCE:
GALVERSON IMMIGRATION DATABASE at the TEXAS SEAPORT MUSEUM
http://www.tsm-elissa.org/immigration-login.htm

1880 US Census records show Bohemia as the birthplace of John BLAHA and his wife, Mary.

CENSUS SOURCE: HeritageQuest Online