• General Notes

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  [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 13, Ed. 1, Tree #2637, Date of Import: Oct 17, 1998]
  
       JOHN PROHASKA AND HIS WIFE , JOSEPHINE, CAME TO THE UNITED STATES FROM BOHEMIA IN 1867 WITH THREE OF THEIR CHILDRED, FRANZ, JOHN AND EMANUEL (SEE ATTACHED PASSENGER LIST).  THEY ORIGINALLY SETTLED IN GREENFIELD TOWNSHIP, WAYNE COUNTY, MICHIGAN AND FARMED FOR SEVERAL YEARS IN THAT AREA.  HENRY (ANTHONY) AND CHARLES WERE BORN ON THE FARM IN GREENFIELD TOWNSHIP.  AFTER LEAVING THE DETROIT AREA THEY MOVED TO AuSABLE IN IOSCO COUNTY FOR A BRIEF TIME.  JOSEPH WAS BORN THERE BEFORE THEY MOVED TO BAY CITY IN APPROXIMATELY 1875.  FLORENCE ANNA (1876) AND GRACE MARIE (1878) WERE BOTH BORN IN BAY CITY.  NEITHER OF THESE TWO GIRLS EVER MARRIED AND LIVED WITH THEIR MOTHER AFTER THEIR FATHER'S DEATH.
       THE PROHASKA FAMILY IS LISTED IN CENSUS RECORDS FROM 1870 (GREENFIELD TWP), AND 1880, 1900, 1910 AND 1920 IN BAY CITY.  IN THE 1883 POLK DIRECTORY JOHN, FRANK AND EMIL (EDWARD) ARE LISTED AS LABORERS WITH F.E. BRADLEY & CO. 
       SINCE THE EARLY YEARS THE SPELLING OF THE NAME HAS VARIED GREATLY FROM PROHASCIA (1883 POLK DIRECTORY), PROCHASKA (1890 POLK DIRECTORY & SHIP PASSENGER LIST, & 1870 CENSUS), PROHAZKA (1899 POLK DIRECTORY), PROHASKA (1893 POLK DIRECTORY), PERHASKY (1880 CENSUS),  ETC, ETC.  SO IF YOU EVER RESEARCH THE FAMILY FURTHER, BE SURE TO LOOK FOR ALL OF THE MANY VARIATIONS IN SPELLING.  HOWEVER, 'PROHAZKA' SEEMED TO BE USED AROUND 1900 BY THE ENTIRE FAMILY BUT BY 1910 EVERYONE WAS USING 'PROHASKA'.  ONE OF THE BROTHERS THAT MOVED TO DETROIT USED 'PROCHASKA' AS A LAST NAME ON MOST RECORDS I HAVE FOUND.
     ATTACHED IS A COPY OF WHAT I BELIEVE IS THE SHIP PASSENGER LIST FOR THE ARRIVAL OF THE FAMILY TO THE U.S.  THE NAME SPELLING IS SIMILAR, NAMES AND AGES CORRESPOND WITH KNOWN INFORMATION AND FOLLOWS THE LATER CENSUS RECORDS AS TO PLACES OF BIRTH OF THE THREE OLDEST CHILDREN.
       ONE INTERESTING FEATURE OF THE 1900 AND 1910 CENSUS QUESTIONS IS THAT THE WOMEN WERE ASKED THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN THEY HAD DELIVERED AND THE NUMBER LIVING AT THE DATE OF THE CENSUS.  UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN JOSEPHINE PROHASKA WAS ASKED THIS QUESTIONS, SHE GAVE TWO DIFFERENT ANSWERS.  IN 1900 SHE STATE 12 BIRTHS AND 10 LIVING AND IN 1910 TEN BIRTHS AND 7 LIVING.  SO-O-O-O WITHOUT FURTHER RESEARCH, YOUR GUESS IS A GOOD AS MINE.  I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO VERIFY 9 CHILDREN WITH THE INFORMATION I HAVE USED.
  
  BURIAL INFORMATION:
  MANY OF THE PROHASKA FAMILY ARE BURIED IN ELM LAWN CEMETERY IN BAY CITY, MICHIGAN.  ON LOT 122 THERE ARE SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY.  THEY ARE:
       1.  EDWARD M PROHASKA - 2-3-1902 TO 3-12-1902.  THERE IS NO                   HEADSTONE FOR THIS PERSON.  HE WAS THE INFANT SON OF EDWARD E             AND EVA MARIE MULHOLLAND PROHASKA. 
       2.  EVA MARIE PROHASKA - 12-15-1876 TO 5-14-1913.  FIRST WIFE OF              EDWARD E PROHASKA.
       3.  JOHN PROHASKA - 5-17-1831 TO 8-16-1915.  FATHER OF THEM ALL.
       4.  FLORANCE ANNA PROHASKA - 7-29-1876 TO 7-22-1920.  DAUGHTER AND            JOHN AND JOSEPHONE.
       5.  JOSEPHINE PROHASKA - 11-12-1835 TO 2-6-1924.  MOTHER OF THEM              ALL.
       6.  EDWARD E PROHASKA - 10-28-1865 TO 8-26-1927.  SON OF JOHN AND             JOSEPHINE.
       7.  GRACE MARIE PROHASKA - 11-6-1878 TO 9-15-1927.  DAUGHTER OF JOHN          AND JOSEPHINE.
  
  THE JOSEPH AND EVA DENNIS PROHASKA FAMILY ARE BURIED IN ELM LAWN CEMETERY ON LOT 55.  THERE ARE CURRENTLY FIVE BURIALS ON THAT SITE.  THESE TWO SITES NEARLY TOUCH EACH OTHER.
  
  ATTACHED ARE COPIES OF OBITUARIES FOR MANY OF THESE PEOPLE, PLUS A FEW OTHERS.
  
  
  
  
   
  

Details of John's family with Josephine Krokil