Terezie "Theresia" Beznoska

Notes:

The following article, written by Rosalie Voytovich, daughter of Rose A. Jirousek, refers to her Grandparents, John and Theresa Jirousek. It was published in the January 6, 1985 SYRACUSE HERALD AMERICAN:

MASTER OF THE ART OF PROTEST Grandma even coped with some of Grandpa's silly requests

Everyone talks about his grandma, but not me. I am always accused of speaking in hyperbole. After all, who would believe Grandma had a child every two years from the time she was 16 to 46, and that she raised them all to adulthood? Who would believe Grandma never had a delinquent, a shirker or a discontent?

Grandma was no women's libber, but she was a master of protest. She began in 1865, at age 15, when she married a tall, skinny musician-teacher from Bohemia rather than homestead in Nebraska with her parents.

From the first day of her marriage, she ran her home like a tight ship and added to her crew every two years. She knitted all their stockings on 00 steel needles, made her own soap, and baked her own bread. She had no pediatrician, psychiatrist, orthodontist, or baby sitter...she was all things to all people.

When John, the oldest, nearly severed his finger with a butcher knife, she got her sewing basket and sewed the pinkie together with great success. She treated bronchitis with goosegrease and turpentine, and coughs with onion brown sugar syrup. She always obeyed her husband and spoke to him with great respect. She paddled her children when they needed it, and never worried about injuring their psyche.

Grandpa had a small wagon with a handle that served as a toy for the children and as a cart for him. He liked to take the market down to the farmers' market in Cleveland and buy fruits and vegetables in quantity. Grandma cooked them without a murmer.

One October day, Grandpa returned triumphantly with a pumpkin bigger than a bushel basket. "Make pies, lots of pies" he commanded. "But, Jan, it's too big!" "Make pies. We'll eat them." "Yes, Jan."

She made pies. When the white flour ran out, she used rye. The wood stove roared all day. She put pies on the table, the chairs, the window-sills and finally on the fence rail in the yard for all the world to see. She smiled and hummed all the while she worked. Grandpa never brought home another pumpkin.

Grandma sewed by hand all the intricately tucked petticoats the girls wore. She worked in the sitting room next to the potbelly stove. Grandpa also practiced his cello music there. The lint and threads from the sewing were strewn on the carpet around where she sat. Evidently, her presence and the disorder in the usually immaculate room disturbed his concentration.

"Why don't you ever sweep the floor?" he complained petulantly. "I will, Jan, I will" she replied humbly.

She got the broom and quietly swept up the small pile of litter. When Grandpa sat down to eat, she got the broom and asked him to move his feet so she could sweep up a few crumbs. When he sat down next to the kitchen stove to read his newspaper, she asked him to move his chair so she could reach the wood splinter from the kindling. When they retired and her amorously stroked her shoulder, she bounded up, remembering she had neglected to sweep the pantry after doing the dishes. As he ate breakfast she pulled the table away from him in mid-bite, and industriously swept away a few dog hairs.

He threw up his arms in surrender. She smiled sweetly.

Grandpa played the clarinet in a band that provided music for weddings and parties. Grandpa went to lots of parties while Grandma stayed home and knitted. She never complained until Grandpa began to come home later and later and merrier and merrier from his engagements. He woke up cross and headachy the morning after. Grandma was tolerant and understanding until the morning he shouted for quiet while she was chopping prunes with a chopper in a wooden mixing bowl. "Everything is too noisy around here," he whined, "We need to eliminate all the noisy things." "Yes, Jan" she assented as she stood up. She put down the bowl and chopper and quietly took the wooden clarinet from the table where he had left it the night before. She broke it over her kneee as if it were a twig. She put the lid lifter into the cover on the wood stove and carefully stoked the fire with the clarinet. Grandpa gaped, but her never uttered a word.

As I said, Grandma was a master at the art of protest. She smiled a lot.

(Courtesty of Caroline Mastny, Schuyler, Nebraska)

Id#: 0165259 Name: Jirousek, Theresa Date: Apr 24 1932 Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #042. Notes: Jirousek: Theresa, age 78, beloved wife of the late John, mother of John, Charles, James, William, Joseph, Stanley, Cyril and Emil, Mrs. Mary Will, Mrs. Louisa Adler, Mrs. Amalie Imburgia and Mrs. Rose Ripich, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away April 22. Funeral Monday, April 25, from late residence, 12922 Marston Ave., at 8:30 a. m.; services at Holy Family Church at 9 a. m. Interment Calvary Cemetery. Friends invited.

CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY Cleveland Necrology File Search: Jirousek

Name Terezie Jirousek
Titles and Terms
Event Type Death
Event Date 22 Apr 1932
Event Place Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
Residence Place
Address 12922 Marston Avenue
Gender Female
Age 78
Marital Status Widowed
Race W
Occupation At home
Birth Date 14 May 1853
Birthplace Beroun, Czechoslovakia
Birth Year (Estimated) 1854
Burial Date 25 Apr 1932
Burial Place
Cemetery Calvary
Father's Name Frank Beznoska
Father's Titles and Terms
Father's Birthplace Beroun, Czechoslovakia
Mother's Name Anna Kryl
Mother's Titles and Terms
Mother's Birthplace Beroun, Czechoslovakia
Spouse's Name John Jirousek
Spouse's Titles and Terms
File Number fn 22822
GS Film number 1992572
Digital Folder Number 004001568
Image Number 00756



Citing this Record:
"Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X699-KSM : accessed 25 Aug 2014), Terezie Jirousek, 22 Apr 1932; citing Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, reference fn 22822; FHL microfilm 1992572.

Terezie married Jan "John" Jirousek on 4 Apr 1869 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Jan was born on 14 Aug 1847 in Kvetov, P?sek, Jihocesk? kraj, Bohemia; died on 16 Nov 1929 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John S. Jirousek was born after 1869 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; died on 18 Nov 1961 in Ohio; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Westlake, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
2. Frank Stefan Jirousek was born on 21 Mar 1871 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; died on 1 Aug 1921 in Cleveland City Cemetery, Cleveland, Liberty County, Texas; was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
3. Charles Jirousek was born about 1873 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; died on 4 Feb 1957 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; was buried in Harvard Grove Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
4. Edward L. Jirousek was born about 1875 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; died on 11 May 1900 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
5. Frederick S. Jirousek was born in Mar 1877 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; died on 13 Jan 1929 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
6. James Stephan Jirousek was born about 1878 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; died in Jan 1942 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
7. William E. Jirousek was born on 23 Jul 1879 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; died on 13 Apr 1969 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
8. Female Jirousek was born on 23 Jul 1879 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; and died.
9. Mary Jirousek was born on 5 Apr 1881 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; died on 11 Jun 1972 in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee; was buried in Highland Park Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
10. Joseph Franklin Jirousek was born on 20 Mar 1883 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; died on 20 Nov 1951 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
11. Cyril M. Jirousek was born on 19 Apr 1885 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; died in Apr 1949 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
12. Stanley William Jirousek was born on 13 Mar 1887 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; died in Dec 1963 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
13. Louise Blanche Jirousek was born on 7 Mar 1889 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; died on 6 Jun 1968 in Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
14. Amelia Jirousek was born on 8 Jul 1892 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; died on 4 Sep 1985.
15. Emil L. Jirousek was born on 23 Aug 1893 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; died in Dec 1971 in Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
16. Rose A. Jirousek was born on 25 May 1896 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; died on 19 Dec 1950 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

Notes:

The Immigrants Ships Transcribers Guild has the following information relating to the ship Bark "Industrie" of Bremen:

The ship arrived at the port on 27 May 1865, and Frank's occupation was shown as "Miller," and the families destination was shown as Baltimore. Included among the passengers were:

BEZNOSKA, Franz 42 Anna 43 Veronica 9 Theresia 10 Franz 7 Anna 5, Bohemia.

http://www.immigrantships.net/v5/1800v5/industrie18650527.html

A Nebraska Czech's website notes that:

"Frank Beznoska, Beroun. Came to Cleveland in 1865. Died March 3, 1900, aged 78. Remembered as an able ferryman, who saved people from drowning on several occasions. "

From http://www.rootsweb.com/~neethnic/czechs/cz-pg97a.html

The family first settled in Cleveland, Ohio. They later came to Nebraska and homesteaded on a farm southeast of Morse Bluff. Two of their daughters remained in Cleveland.

He and his wife were seriously injured in a runaway carriage in 1897. His wife died due to the injuries, and he went to live with his son, Frank Beznoska, Jr. His obituary reads as follows:

"Frank Beznosky (sic) Sr. of Morse Bluff, died at his home in Morse Bluff, March 3, of paralysis. He came to Saunders County from Bohemia in 1869, and engaged in farming. Two years ago his team ran away, killing his wife and injuring Mr. Beznosky so badly that he never recovered, and his death was no doubt due to this abuse. The deceased leaves five children, Mrs. James Racek, Mrs. Soukup of Milligan, Nebraska, Frank Beznoska, and two others in Ohio. The funeral was held, Monday, March 5.

(Courtesty of Caroline Mastny, Schuyler, Nebraska)

CZECH NATIONAL CEMETERY (also known as Killian Cemetery) located in Bohemian township in the NE 1/4 SW 1/4 of Sec 23 Township 17, Range 5E of Saunders County, Nebraska.

Recorded on April 12, 1977 and completed on April 15, 1977 by Clarabelle Mares 1722 E 19 Fremont, Nebraska and assisted by Kathrine Petersen. Cemetery in very good condition. Working from front to back in rows.

Row 5 Sec 1 east to west

Frantisek Beznoska d 3 Mar 1900 78 yrs


(Research):

Census Listings:

1870 Federal Census
Nebraska, Saunders County, Twp 16 Range 6E, PO Cedar Bluffs
Enumerated 15 Jun 1870
Page 3 Stamped 315
39-30
Besnosker, Frank 50 m W Farmer $400 Bohemia
Besnosker, Anna 49 F W Keeps Houe Bohemia
Besnosker, Sarah 15 F W At Service Gohemia
Besnosker, Frank 13 M W Bohemia
Besnosker, Anna 11 F W Bohemia

From the Familysearch 1880 United States Census and National Index

Census Place:Douglas, Saunders, Nebraska Source:FHL Film 1254756
National Archives Film T9-0756 Page 37

RelationSexMarrRaceAgeBirthplace

Frank BASNOSKY Self M M W 55 BOHEMIA Occ: Farmer Fa: BOHEMIA Mo: BOHEMIA
Ann BASNOSKY Wife F M W 50 BOHEMIA Occ: Keeps House Fa: BOHEMIA Mo: BOHEMIA





(Medical):Y DNA Results, FTDNA Haplogroup:

R1a

A direct male descendant volunteered to have his DNA tested
. The results can be found at www.ysearch.org, under the user ID #8HGEM. The FamilyTreeDNA kit number is 70191.

R1a The R1a lineage is believed to have originated in the Eurasian Steppes north of the Black & Caspian Seas. This lineage is thought to descend from a population of the Kurgan culture, known for the domestication of the horse (circa 3000 B.C.E.). These people were also believed to be the first speakers of the Indo-European language group. This lineage is found in central & western Asia, India, and in Slavic populations of Europe.

Frantisek married Anna Krylova before 1842. Anna was born about 1821 in Bohemia; died on 25 Jun 1897 in Saunders County, Nebraska; was buried in Czech National (Killian) Cemetery, Morse Bluff, Saunders County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A newspaper clipping from 1897 details the accident that claimed the life of Anna Beznoska, and seriously injured her husband:

"Frank Bisnoski (sic) Sr. and wife of Saunders County were victims of a serious runaway Sunday. While driving a spirited team and going down hill, the team became unmanageable and started to run. At the bottom of the hill the horses ran into a wire fence, and the occupants of the bugy were violently thrown into the fence. Mr. Bisnoski received some very severe cuts by the entangled wire...Mrs. Bisnoski, however, was more unfortunate, and received a scalp wound among other injuries. The results could be fatal (to her). Both of these people are upward of 70 years of age, and the results of the accident will be a question for some time. Dr. Doan was called to attendance and relieved the sufferings of the injured as far as was possible. The team was badly cut from the wire and it is feared one of them will have to be killed to relieve if of it's injuries."

A follow up article noted: "Mrs. Bisnoski (sic) who was so seriously injured a few weeks ago in a runaway accident in Saunders County could not survive the injuries received and died during Friday night. The funeral services were held Saturday. A large community of friends were in attendance at the last rites."

(Undated, unreferenced clipping courtesy of Caroline Mastny, Schuyler, Nebraska)

(Research):CZECH NATIONAL CEMETERY (also known as Killian Cemetery) located in Bohemian township in the NE 1/4 SW 1/4 of Sec 23 Township 17, Range 5E of Saunders County, Nebraska.

Recorded on April 12, 1977 and completed on April 15, 1977 by Clarabelle Mares 1722 E 19 Fremont, Nebraska and assisted by Kathrine Petersen. Cemetery in very good condition. Working from front to back in rows.

Row 5 Sec 1 east to west

Anna Beznoska d 25 Jun 1897 76 yrs




















(Medical):mtDNA: A direct female descendant of Anna, who descends as follows: Anna KRYL>Anna BEZNOSKA>Tessie Rose SOUKUP>Viola STRONG Weaver submitted a DNA sample to FamilyTreeDNA in Houston. The results were as follows:

Presumed Haplogroup: N1b

HVR1 Mutations: 145A, 176G, 183C, 189C, 223T, 390A, 519C
HRV2: Not tested

The results are posted at www.mitosearch.org under the user ID E899U, and as of June, 2006, there were not any matches, which is quite unusual. This is likely because the N1B Haplogroup is uncommon in Europe, and not included as one of the nine lineages that encompass almost all mtDNAs from European, North African and Western Asian Caucasians. Rather, it is in the cluster of "minor haplogroups" W, I and N1b. These three are present in low frequencies in Europe, Near East and Caucasus but only I and N1b have been also detected in Egypt and Arabia. The N1b haplogroup in Europe often indicates Jewish ancestry. The last group radiated around 39,000-52,000 yr BP, giving at least four ancestral clusters. One of them originated haplogroup B that expanded to Eastern Asia, reaching Japan and southeastern Pacific Archipelagos."

Source: http://www.trinicenter.com/sciencenews/27082001.htm