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Frantiska Henzl Pelikan
16 Dec 1851 – 19 Mar 1897
| Birth | 16 Dec 1851 |
| Death | 19 Mar 1897 |
| Cemetery | Wilber Czech Cemetery Wilber , Saline County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | Linda Berney on 21 Feb 2011 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65935872 |
Bio
Frantiska Henzl, daughter of Jan Henzl and Frantiska Sobotka, was born in House #15 in Hluboka, Bohemia a small village near Krucemburk. The photo of House # 15 posted herein was taken in 2001. She married Jan/John Pelikan November 9, 1874 and they lived in the Pelikan family farm in House #6 of Hluboka. Due to his personal problems, John lost the family farm, left the family and immigrated to Saline County, Nebraska in May, 1888. Frantiska's son Frank wrote of the hardships Frantiska faced in Bohemia for three years after John left for America. He had lost their farm and she and the children had to live in poverty in a "2-room shed." Son Frank, only age 12 when his father left, worked long hours as a weaver's apprentice to help support the family. Son John, age 7, lived for a time in House #15 in Hluboka with Frantiska's brother, Frantisek Henzl, where John was listed on the 1890 census as a "lodger/herdsman." John did well in America and after three years he was able to send for Frantiska and their four children. Frantiska's brother Frantisek Henzl wanted his nephew, 10-year-old John Pelikan, to remain in Hluboka with him, but Frantiska could not bear to leave him behind. Frantiska and the 4 children, ages 8 to 15, immigrated on the ship "SS Rhynland" which arrived in New York City June 4, 1891. The family surname was listed as "Pelikanowics" on the ship manifest. Frank wrote the following about their immigration, as translated: "She was happy to leave the shed we lived in, but as we were passing the farm, she looked back and saw those fruit trees as the branches were bending under the weight of the fruit. To say goodbye, with plenty of worries with 4 children. The best for us was done by Mr. Vaclav Daniel, our countryman who took care of us as if his own family. He spoke German and I think he was here before his wife Anna who joined him a year later. She sometimes wrote a letter to Hospodar newspaper. I think we owed him a lot for what he has done for all of us. Our journey was not too bad. We spent about 14 days on the water. We arrived in Chicago to meet our countryman. I think he was from our village and his name was Jan Daniel. Now other problems arose to my mother. She did not have the money to get here, to Saline County. So my younger brother went because the ticket was only half price. We had to stay until my father got enough money to get us here in Nebraska. It took about 14 days. Mom did not have the money to pay our countryman, so she gave him a goosedown blanket." John was the son who traveled alone at half price. They wrote his name and his father's name and address on a cardboard attached to a cord and hung it around his neck. The family settled in Saline County, Nebraska. An article about Frantiska's death was written in Czech in the Czech newspaper Pritu Lidu, pictured herein and translates as follows: Announcement of Death and Gratitude for Services With deep sorrow and grief we inform all our friends and acquaintances that our dearly beloved wife and mother FRANTISKA PELIKAN entered eternity on Friday, March 19, 1897 at ten o'clock in the evening. The deceased was 45 years old. She was born in Hluboka at Krucemburg; her maiden name was Hanzlova. She died of respiratory problems due to a severe attack of influenza. We are obliged to offer our heartfelt thanks to all our neighbors and everyone we know who visited our invalid during her illness and who offered us so many kindnesses. Our sincere thanks also to Mr. Vaclav Prucha for his moving eulogy in the funeral home and to Mr. V. Daniel of Crete for his words of comfort at the cemetery, to Miss Kratochvilova for her beautiful funeral wreath for the coffin, and to Miss Kasalova for all of her helpful assistance, to the honorable Dedicated Workers Association for their kind participation at the funeral, the honorable band of Mr. Pasek, all who came to the funeral, and everyone who performed various acts of kindness and tried in many different ways to ease our sorrow. Again, our heartfelt thanks to all. Jan Pelikan, husband Frank, Jan, Antonin, and Frantiska, children Wilber, Neb. March 22, 1897
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