I have a bit of information on an Albert Ciha of Chicago, born about 1870 in Praha, Bohemia. The original spelling of the name was CHIHA. He had a brother Joe, Louis, Frank, and sister who maried a Voyachek (not sure of that spelling).
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Re: Albert Ciha of Chicago
Did any of them live in North Dakota at some point? I found pictures of relatives named Ciha living in North Dakota at the turn of the century. The names were Jarolim, Frank, and I can't make out the other names. They originally spoke Czech.
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Re: Albert Ciha of Chicago
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I have an Albert Ciha, (8 April 1862 - 10 May 1935) who married on 20 Nov 1883 in Tisch Mills, Wisconsin to Mary Parma (11 Nov 1867 - 18 Apr 1956). They had the following children: Aloisius "Louie" Joseph, Edward, Joseph, Albert A., Frank, Anna, Wencel, Anton, Emma, Lydia, Antionette and Mary.
The parents of Albert Ciha were, Martin Ciha (b. 1823) and Catherine Mazera (b. 1821). Both were born in Bohemia. The 1880 US Census Record for Franklin Township, Kewaunee Co., Wisconsin, Sup. Dist. No. 4, Enumeration Dist. No. 51, Enumeration Date 6/17/80, page 221, Dwelling No., 211, has the name spelled Catherine Chiha for Catherine (Mazera) Ciha.
Any connection to your line?
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The information in my original post is all that I have. I would not be surprised, however to find out that these are my Edward Chiha (Ciha) relatives. Most likely uncles or great uncles, at the very least cousins. I'll try to put some scenarios together and see if I can make anything work, but it will have to wait until after April 15. Thanks for the reply: it gives me a place to start. Linda Witowski
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I was reading your post about "Edward Ciha relatives." My grandfather's name was Edward Ciha. He was born in Tisch Mills in 1903 and later moved to Two Rivers, where he married my grandmother Julia Mezera. They had two children, Marilyn Alice and Mark Edward (my father).
I think my sister Patricia (Ciha) Sigmund is trying to compile a geneology chart for our family. Please let me know if we can work together to complete something.
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Yes, we can work together on compiling genealogy on the Ciha family. This is actually the family of my wife Ann, but I'm the genealogist in the family. I've not worked a lot on her lines of late, but we had done a fair amount of research about 20 years ago. We spent a lot of time with her grandfather Aloisius "Louie" Joseph Ciha and video taped a number of the discussions of family history with him. Edward and "Louie" were brothers. Contact me directly at RGLeonard@aol.com
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Hi, my great-grandmother, Agnes Vojacsek (aka Vojacek, Voyachek), may be the Chiha (Ciha) sister that you mention, the one that married a Voyachek. In an obituary of her youngest daughter, Agnes' maiden name is listed as Chabika. I have also seen her maiden name spelled Chobia, Chabika, and Chiba. Agnes was born about 1878, in Hungary/Czechoslovakia, according to info that she supplied to Census records. She emigrated to the USA in 1903 by herself with her only daughter (Erzabet aka "Beta", "Lizie"). She was already married to Martin Vojacsek, and he was already here in the USA waiting for them. They settled in Mt. Pleasant, Fayette County, PA. I know nothing else about Martin's or Agnes' families, such as their home village, where they were married in Hungary, parents' names, etc. Still working on this. Would like to correspond with you or anyone who may have further info concerning my family. Thanks! Kelly
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Your post is quite interesting. My missing Chiha would have been born between 1872-1880 so the age fits. The time of emigration would have been about the same time. Interesting enough the name "Bessie,Bessa and "Lizbeth" were sisters to my line. Edward said they came from Praha, Bohemia. However family lore (what little there is)was said by Edward wife to have been from the "Hungry-Czechoslovakia area". I don't due genealogy during the "tax season" but wanted to respond to your post. I put it in my active file and will follow up with you when I take my note out of storage. I have tried to see if there is any connection between my Chicago Chiha/Ciha line and those in Wisconsin but so far no luck. The post about the North Dakota family history with Edward and "Louie" were brothers by RGLeonard@aol.com makes me think we will make a break through soon is identifying all the family members that emigrated and the family connections. Thank you for sharing the information. Let's keep in touch. You can email me directly. Linda
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Re: Ciha/Chiha, Chabika/Chabica/Chiba,
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