Francis Hruby (abt. 1846 - 1892)

Born about 1846 in Silesia, Prussia, Germany

Husband of Katarina (Juraszeczyk) Hruby — married 11 Nov 1873 in Lipiny, Świętochłowice, Silesia, Poland

Died 9 Aug 1892 at about age 46 in La Salle, LaSalle, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Francis was born in Hlucin, Civitow, Superior Silesia. He married Catherine Juraszczyk Mathys after her husband's death, on 11 Nov 1873. Francis immigrated to New York on 19 April 1876 on the S.S. Pommerania. Catherine and her younger two daughters Pauline and Julia came shortly thereafter, arriving on 6 September 1876. Her two elder daughters, Maria/Mary and Franciszka/Frances arrived with their husbands and families in July 1880, after which they all moved west to La Salle, Ill., where Francis was a laborer. Catherine and Francis resided at 502 Eleventh St. and were members of St. Hyacinth’s Church. Francis died at the age of 45 from consumption (tuberculosis). He and Catherine are buried in the Schalla-Hudak family plot in St. Hyacinth’s Cemetery, La Salle, Ill.

Lightly edited Biographical sketch by Amy Wojciechowski Williams Wojciechowski-81

Sources

• marriage of Katarina Mathys and Francis Hruby http://siliusradicum.pl/ksiegi-metrykalne/asc-parafii-rzymskokatolickiej-w-krolewskiej-hucie-konigshutte/ image 12_674_0_0_711_0010 10 first record on this image marriage number 77 for 1873, Catharina Mathys and Franz Hruby. She was 35 and he was 27.5
• United States Federal Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Brooklyn, Kings, New York; Roll: 850; Page: 459A; Enumeration District: 155
• Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934 Staatsarchiv Hamburg; Hamburg, Deutschland; Hamburger Passagierlisten; Microfilm No.: K_1721 accessed on Ancestry.com
• New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 Year: 1876; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Microfilm Roll: Roll 402; Line: 34; List Number: 310 accessed on Ancestry.com
• U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project) National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Soundex Index to Naturalization Petitions for the United States District and Circuit Courts, Northern District of Illinois and Immigration and Naturalization Service District 9, 1840-19
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33490524