SCHOLLUM Family research
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The earliest known
Schollum is a MICHAEL
Schollum, ( parents, and date and place of Birth unknown, but believed to be around 1780, somewhere in the farm townships/villages east of Pilsen/Plzen, Bohemia [now part of the Czech Republic])
MICHAEL
Schollum, occupation given as Stovebuilder, of Salluschen (Zaluzi (?)--Village now believed to have been destroyed), married MARIA
SCHWARZ (date and place unknown, but possibly around 1800) . Maria was the daughter of Peter/Peit
SCHWARZ and Salomona [unsure whether this is first name or surname), both of whom are from Rothaugust (now called Cerveny Ujezd ) which is near Zbuch, and half way in a southwest direction between Pilsen and Staab/Stod.
MICHAEL and Maria
Schollum are believed to have had a number of children:
Barbara: born 1803
Anton: 1809
Elizabetha: 1811
JOHANN/JOHN born 8 May 1815
JOSEF (1818) [see below]*
Adam: 1823
Also, possibly: Anna, Maria, Margareth (see below) and
Simon. These names are still to be verified.
Interestingly, a copy of a letter written in 1965 from a John/Johann
Schollum, living in Altotting, [West Germany] states that his grandfather
JOSEF Schollum,* born 18.2.1818, died 1906, in his 89th year, had two brothers (sic**),
Johann & Wenzel (sic) that went to New Zealand in 1863, and that his grandfather communicated with them up until his death. This writer also stated that he noted in the Vienna paper ‘Interessanten Blatt’ in 1913 a report about the 50th anniversary of the settlement of the ‘German colony of Puhoi’ and a photo of “great-uncle John
Schollum and his wifeâ€. The writer of the letter, John
Schollum, writes that he sent a letter and “promptly received a letter in reply which was written in German, and written fairly free of mistakesâ€.
This John states that after the war his sons wrote to
Fritz Schollum in 1953, and the last letter received was from
Fritz Schollum, dated 11.5.53.
** It is debateable whether this relationship is correct, as
Johann (born 1842) and Wenzl (born 1856) are believed to be the sons of
Johann Schollum (born 1815) (see below) and thus are the nephews of
JOSEF Schollum.
JOHANN/JOHN
Schollum born 8 May 1815 married Rosaline
Lenhard on 4 February at Rochlova/Rochlov ( a town/village almost east of Pilsen, and north of both Stod and Zaluli.
Rosaline
Lenhard (born on 20 October 1813 at Rochlova) was the twin daughter of Georg
Lenhard [local
Shepherd] and
Katharina Schmidt. This
Katharina was the daughter of
JOSEF Schmidt, Stovebuilder of Rochlova and X Ottikie [of Ipsmein].
JOHANN/JOHN and MARIA
Schollum were originally believed by New Zealand families to have had three sons, and possibly one other. The three sons who travelled to New Zealand to settle at Puhoi were: (1) John Wenzl
Schollum, born 16 December 1842 at Rothaugest 14, Bohemia; (2) Joseph
Schollum, born 25 November 1846 at at Rothaugest 14, Bohemia; NB this Josef/Joseph
Schollum married his ‘cousin’: Dorothea
Schollum, born 22 August 1850, daughter of Margareth Schollum; and (3) Wenzl schollum, born 12 August 1856 at at Rothaugest 14, Bohemia.
Details of their families are well documented in the Puhoi
Schollum records.
Family members hold copies of letters from other Schollums suggesting more links. In particular, knowledge of the existence of Robert
Schollum, the famous Austrian composer and Music teacher, suggested the existence of another extended family. [See below] This has now been partly verified.
JOHANN/JOHN and MARIA SCHOLLUM’s first son was JACOB
Schollum, born on 3 May 1841 at Rothaugest. JACOB
Schollum married Anna Irscick (born 14 May 1846 in Freisten). Date and place of marriage is unknown,
JACOB and ANNA
Schollum had at least one son:
Simon Schollum, date and place of birth unknown, but possibly 4 June 1868 in Vienna. Another son, name unknown, but possibly
Johann, is believed to be the father of
Wilhelm Schollum. ( A birth record for a
Wilhelm Schollum , (supplied in available in 1986), showing a birth on 5 September 1915, [understood to have been born in Salluschen, Czechoslovakia, and shifted to Bavaria after the Second World War], with parents being
Johann Schollum and
Magdalena Schollum [nee] Jaklin). Efforts are being made to relocate Wilhelm’s daughter and son-in-law: Heidi and
JOSEF Pichlmeier. (This
Wilhelm Schollum is stated as being Robert Schollum’s cousin.)
It is possible that this
Johann Schollum’s father/grandfather was the above mentioned
JOSEF Schollum, and that
Wilhelm is one of the sons mentioned in Johann’s letter in 1965.
SIMON
Schollum married JOSEPHINE
STASNY (date and place unknown, but believed to be 27 November 1903 in Vienna). Josephine/Josefine
Stastny, born 22 September 1877, was the daughter of Richard
Stastny , born 20 September 1852, and Josepha
Stastny, born 1 April 1852 (in Chotebor)
SIMON and JOSEPHINE
Schollum had at least three sons:
RICHARD
Schollum, born 4 May 1904, died 18 October 1911; (2) WALTER
Schollum, born 8 January 1906, died 4 July 1912; and (3) ROBERT
Schollum, born 22 August 1913.
Simon
Schollum died either in 1914 or 1921. In any event Robert
Schollum was principally raised by his mother. They lived in different parts of Vienna. In July 1945 Robert’s mother Josephine died.
Robert attended school in Vienna and Modling, near Vienna, and studied at the Neues
Wiener Konservatorium, and at the Vienna Music Academy. Robert had military service as a paymaster, saw service in Russia, and during this time was active as a conductor, piano teacher and choir master. In 1944 his Vienna flat was bombed and he moved to Ottosheim near
Linz where he worked until 1959 before returning to Vienna.
Robert died 30 September 1987. Much is now known about his career and is readily available.
Anyone who can provide additional, clarifying or verifying evidence or information is requested to notify STEPHEN SCHOLLUM:
Home address: 165 Fraser Street, Tauranga,
Bay of Plenty, NEW ZEALAND, Home Phone [64 7]578 3865; email:
s.schollum@clear.net.nzFamily details of STEPHEN SCHOLLUM:
MICHAEL
Schollum (born c 1780)
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JOHANN
Schollum (b 8.5.1815)
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JOHN WENZL
Schollum (b 16.12.1842) = ELIZABETH HARTZEREN
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WENZL
Schollum (6TH child) (b 11.2.1875) = CATHERINE DELIA
FITZPATRICK |
LEO PATRICK (
Pat)
Schollum (9TH CHILD) (b 16.1.1912)= JOAN SWANN
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STEPHEN
GERARD Schollum (5TH Son) (b 10.8.1948) = ELIZABETH SMART
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Louise Margaret
Schollum (b 11.2.1983) & James Andrew
Schollum (b 21.11.1984)
E & O E
Research written Jan 2004