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Ignac Parma
2 Jun 1826 – 22 Jun 1894
| Birth | 2 Jun 1826 |
| Death | 22 Jun 1894 |
| Cemetery | Holy Rosary Catholic Church Cemetery Hostyn , Fayette County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Jerry Gill on 27 Apr 2015 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53463077 |
Bio
This is a condensed version of a Bio about Ignac Parma, written in 1911 by his youngest son, Frank A. Parma: My father was a cloth weaver in Frenštát, Moravia. When business in making cotton cloth was doing good, father made a nice profit and employed many workers. Father would take the cloth fabrics to markets in the bigger towns in Moravia, in Slezsku and Uher. Later when business got critical, father was loosing money-until he nearly didn't have any left, "He would say; "When my workers made money for me in good times-it is my duty to continue to give them work in bad times". He never lost confidence in God's help. He used to say to his children: "None of you will be wealthy, but you will never suffer from poverty,-if you do not lose faith and confidence in God-always be honest, strive to keep your reputation, never lose faith in God, thus you will never have a bad life". He was a determined Moravian patriot a-deserter (renegade)-either rich or poor-vulgar or noble-was salt in his eyes. Even if it was freezing or šidla (sky) was falling instead of rain, they made it to the polls even thou it was a two hour walking distance to cast his vote for his candidate of his choice-at the National Election, he was a true Democrat. Father was 47 years old when we traveled to America from Moravia. He left Bremen on October 4, 1873 and arrived in Galveston on November 8, 1873. We came over on the ship "Frankfurt" from Bremen who carried about 1400 immigrants to New Orleans, LA. Moving to America with them were a great many people from Frenštát and the surrounding neighborhoods. In 1874 and 1875 we rented land from Mr. F. Rajnošek at Bluff. Our house there was a palace compared to most of the rent houses of that time. Father bought two work oxen and a plow from a blacksmith and a heavy oxen chain. The wooden yoke he made himself. A cloth weaver who never worked in the field with draught cattle, now all at once was to perform farm work. The first time that he yoked the oxen and hitched them to the plow- this was really something to behold. In the winter time during the rainy season Father was making pipes. He complained to himself that the roots and knots in the Texas wood wasn't as good and strong as that in Europe, and that when they over dried they crack.
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