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 1848 - 1893

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• Birth	24 Apr 1848	Sulzau, Bohemia
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Dec 1893	Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin   [1]
  	Age: 45 years
  	Cause: pnuemonia
  Buried	26 Dec 1893	Calvary Cemetery, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  Person ID	I7667	Sweeren01
  Last Modified	05 May 2007
  Father	Anton Mohelnitzky
  Mother	Mary Schulty
  Family ID	F2214	Group Sheet
  Family	Mary Christine Ruskhauff,   b. 28 Jun 1854, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania ,   d. 14 Mar 1936, Cazenovia, Richland , Wisconsin   [2, 3]
  Married	6 Feb 1872	St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Germantown, Richland, Wisconsin
  Notes	Anton came to America with his sisters, mother and father from Selzaw Bohemia in the 1800's. On the way there, his father died. Entering a new country, not speaking English and having 3 children to support left his mother in difficult straits and so she put the two children in an orphanage in Milwaukee. When he died, his daughter Henrietta was five yrs old and had the measles at the time. She remembers having to stand on a box to view her father in his coffin. The rest of his children worked and brought home their money for their mother so that the family could survive. ...notes from Irene Soltwedel. These notes were told to her by Emma Mohelnitzky, wife of John Mohelnitzky. ANTON MOHELNITZKY Anton came to America with his parents and two sisters, Mary and Julia. On the way over, the father got sick and died when they arrived here. The mother married again and put the 3 children in an orphanage......other story....the mother died of a broken heart. Anton stayed in the St Francis orphanage until 14 yrs old. He wanted to study for the priesthood, but couldn't study for a priest because he was not tall enough. Sebastian Wenker or George Ruskauff took him from the orphanage to help them in the store in Cazenovia to work. Then he went out to work for himself and decided to learn the harness business in Cazenovia, WI in the old Hale barbershop where Jed Walsh later worked as a barber. He met Mary Ruskauff and married her, then moved to LaValle, WI and went into the harness business there. From there he moved to New Lisbon, WI and went into the business there. From there they moved to Milwaukee, WI and he worked in a big harness shop there. He got sick and died of pneumonia when my mother, Henrietta Mohelnitzkey was 5 1/2 yrs old. They spoke German; couldn't talk Bohemian. His sister Mary married a Schmitz and there are some descendants living in Milwaukee...52nd and Layton corner, Milwaukee, WI. His sister Julia married a George Cline and had 2 children. Her daughter married a George Cline and had 2 children. One of her daughters, Kitty, married an Otto. ........recorded by Irene (Duren) Soltwedel's daughter, Dianne (Soltwedel) Dieter, May 2002.
  Children	> 1. Conrad Sebastian Mohelnitzky,   b. 12 Sep 1874, Cazenovia, Richland, Wisconsin ,   d. 17 Mar 1914, St. Francis Hospital, La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin   2. John Anton Mohelnitzky,   b. 3 Feb 1876, La Valle, Sauk, Wisconsin ,   d. 19 Nov 1949, Wausau, Marathon, Wisconsin   3. George Heinrich Mohelnitzky,   b. 8 Dec 1877, Cazenovia, Richland, Wisconsin ,   d. 26 Jun 1885   4. Julia Mary Mohelnitzky,   b. 26 Aug 1879, La Valle, Sauk, Wisconsin ,   d. 18 Mar 1953, Ironton Township, Sauk Wisconsin   5. Theresa Elizabeth Mohelnitzky,   b. 10 Feb 1881, La Valle, Sauk, Wisconsin ,   d. 19 Feb 1961, Madison, Dane, Wisconsin   6. Frank Florence Mohelnitzky,   b. 15 Oct 1882, LaValle, Sauk County, Wisconsin ,   d. 8 Apr 1960   7. Francis Christina Mohelnitzky,   b. 3 Jan 1885, LaValle, Sauk County, Wisconsin ,   d. 1 Jan 1968, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California   8. Abalonia Mohelnitzky,   b. 8 May 1887, Wisconsin ,   d. 15 May 1887 > 9. Henrietta Mary Mohelnitzky,   b. 22 May 1888, New Lisbon, Juneau, Wisconsin ,   d. 20 Jan 1983, Cazenovia, Richland, Wisconsin
  Last Modified	05 May 2007
  Family ID	F1696	Group Sheet

• Photos		Anton Mohelnitzky and Mary Christina Ruskhauff

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  [S6103] Wisconsin Vital Records Office (Reliability: ). Name: Anton Mohelnitzky Death Date: 22 Dec 1893 County: Milwaukee Volume: 18 Page #: 0404 Reel: 076 Image: 0969 Index Volume: 06 ImageNum: 103631 Sequence #: 263760 Level Info: Wisconsin Vital Records Death Index. [S6078] 1880 United States Federal Census (Reliability: ). Cazenovia, Richland, Wisconsin Tony MOHINSKEY Self M Male W 31 AUSTRIA Harness Maker AUSTRIA AUSTRIA Mary MOHINSKEY Wife M Female W 26 PRUS Keeping House PRUS PRUS Conrad MOHINSKEY Son S Male W 6 WI AUSTRIA PRUS John MOHINSKEY Son S Male W 5 WI AUSTRIA PRUS George MOHINSKEY Son S Male W 2 WI AUSTRIA PRUS Julia MOHINSKEY Dau S Female W 10M WI AUSTRIA PRUS [S6063] 1900 United States Federal Census (Reliability: ). Name: Mary Mohelnitzky Home in 1900: Milwaukee Ward 10, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Age: 45 Estimated birth year: abt 1855 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Relationship to head-of-house: Head Race: White Household Members: Mary Mohelnitzky 45, mother of 9 children, 7 still living John Mohelnitzky 25, Grocer Julia Mohelnitzky 20, Domestic Servant Theresa Mohelnitzky 19, Domestic Servant Frank Mohelnitzky 17, Clerk - grocery Francis Mohelnitzky 15, Salesman - grocery Henrietta Mohelnitzky 12, At School