Valentine Michálek
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Valenty Michálek (1866 - 1936)

Valenty (Valentine) Michálek
Born in Skotnice, Nový Jičín, Moravskoslezský kraj, Österreich-Ungarnmap
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Husband of — married 1896 in Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, New Zealandmap
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Died at age 70 in Pahiatua, Tararua District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand.map
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Biography

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Valentine Michálek migrated from Österreich-Ungarn, to London, England.
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Valentine Michálek migrated from London, England to New Zealand.
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Valentine's Timeline:

Birth: 15 February 1866, in Skotnice, Nový Jičín, Moravskoslezský kraj (Moravia), Österreich-Ungarn. [1][2][3][4]

Although today Moravia is part of the Czech Republic, and Austria is a different country altogether, in Valenty's time Moravia was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Residence: aft. 1866, at 22 Prchalov, Nový Jičín, Moravskoslezský kraj, Österreich-Ungarn. [1]

2011 Google street view - the view looking south from where 22 Prchalov once stood.
The old home was demolished in 1925, and the street has since been re-numbered.

Residence: March 1874, Sedlnitz, Nový Jičín, Moravskoslezský kraj, Österreich-Ungarn (Austria-Hungary). [2]

Emigration: 20 Mar 1874, left Hamburg, Germany, on the ship "Capella". [2]

Immigration: London, England. [2]

Emigration: 10 April 1874, left London, England, on the ship "Stonehouse". [3]

Immigration: 29 June1874, Akoroa, New Zealand. [3]

Residence: 1874, East Oxford, North Canterbury, New Zealand. [5]

Residence: abt. 1875, Sales Rd, East Oxford, North Canterbury, New Zealand. [1]

Education: Public school, High Street, East Oxford. [1]

Josef and Valenty didn't like school much and their attendance was spasmodic. Frantisky missed as much school as possible too. She said she was teased about her accent.[1]

Occupation: abt. 1880, Bushman, in Oxford, North Canterbury, New Zealand. [1]

Kaitawa, Pahiatua, New Zealand ~ breaking in a farm.

Residence: April/May 1885, Kaitawa, Pahiatua, Tararua District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. [1][5]

The Michalek family moved to Kaitawa in the North Island as there were more oportunities to be had there, including government subsidised parcels of land. Valentine and his father Jan were granted land, the lots of which were decided by ballot. Each recipient recieved 100 acres in the countryside, a 4 acre section in the suburbs, and a 1 acre residential site. Most of the countryside was covered in heavy bush and shrubbery. Initially the family lived in a punga and thatched roof whare until milled timber could be brought in from Pahiatua. They set to clearing the land, planting gardens and fruit trees, and building their homes. [1]

Naturalisation: 21 February 1890, became of New Zealand citizen. [1]

Residence: 1890, in Kaitawa, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. [6]

Occupation: 1890, Farmer, in Kaitawa, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. [6]

Marriage: 1896, to Fredrica Rasmena Rasmussen, at Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, New Zealand. [1][7]

Valentine composed a now lost poem about the moment he first saw Fredrica. It described her under a willow tree washing clothes in a tub, and how he fell in love with her then and there.

Residence: 1896, at Kaitawa, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. [8]

Occupation: 1896, Farmer, in Kaitawa, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. [8]

Residence: 1900, at Kaitawa, Tararua District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. [9]

Kaitawa by 1900 had a blacksmith shop, two general stores, a public hall, and a church. [1]

Occupation: 1900, Farmer, in Kaitawa, Tararua District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. [9]

Residence: 1901, at Mangaramrama, Tararua District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. [1]

Office: Member of the Pahiatua County Council. [1]

Occupation: Postmaster, and farmer, at Mangaramarama, Pahiatua, Tararua District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. [1]

Residence: 1905 -1906, at Mangaramarama, Pahiatua, Tararua District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. [10]

Occupation: 1905 -1906, Farmer, at Mangaramarama, Pahiatua, Tararua District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand.. [10]

Rasmussen & Mekalick children at Mangaramarama School abt.1907
BACK ROW: Clarence Rasmussen, Herrman Rasmussen, Valentine Rasmussen, Hector Hoggett, Mr MacAdam.
MIDDLE ROW: ?, ?, Leslie Brown, ?, -McPhail, Howard Darby, ?, ?.
FRONT ROW: ?, ?, ?, ?, Ellen Brown, Maude Brown, ?, ?, Tui Kerridge, Eileen Hoggett, Alexandra, Claudia Mekalick, Isabella Rasmussen, Reuben Mekalick.

Occupation: 1908, Manager and partner, at the Woodville branch of Mitchell, Griffith & Company Ltd. [11]

Mitchell, Griffith & Company were Auctioneers, House Furnishers, Land, Estate, Financial, and General Commission Agents. The Woodville branch was opened in January 1908.

Residence: 1911, at Mangaramarama, Pahiatua, Tararua District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. [12]

Occupation: 1911, Farmer, at Mangaramarama, Pahiatua, Tararua District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. [12]

Residence: 1914, at Mangaramarama, Pahiatua, Tararua District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. [13]

Occupation: 1914, Farmer, at Mangaramarama, Pahiatua, Tararua District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. [13]

Residence: 1919, at Mangaramarama, Pahiatua, Tararua District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. [14]

Occupation: 1919, Farmer, at Mangaramarama, Pahiatua, Tararua District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. [14]

Valentine & Fredrica Mekalick's family.
BACK: Claudia, Reuben, Eunice.
FRONT: Rowena, Fredricka with Freda, Phillip, Valentine, Celina.

Residence: 1928, at Mangaramarama, Pahiatua, Tararua District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. [15]

Occupation: ' 1928, Farmer, at Mangaramarama, Pahiatua, Tararua District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. [15]

Residence: My 1929, at at Mangaramarama, Pahiatua, Tararua District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. [16]

Occupation: 1929, Farmer and Baptist preacher, at at Mangaramarama, Pahiatua, Tararua District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. [16]

Residence: June 1930, at Mangaramarama, Pahiatua, Tararua District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. [17]

Occupation: June 1930, Farmer, at Mangaramarama, Pahiatua, Tararua District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. [17]

Residence: 1935, at Mangaramarama, Pahiatua, Tararua District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. [18]

Occupation: 1935, Farmer, at Mangaramarama, Pahiatua, Tararua District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. [18]

Death: 28 August 1936*, Pahiatua, Tararua District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. [1][17][19]

*The Affidavit of Everett Olive Hales, Public Trustee, and the Affidavit of Chester Munro Burt, Undertaker cite 1936 as the year Valentine died. The Tararua District Council cemetery records and the New Zealand Society of Genealogists cemetery records incorrectly cite 1937.

Burial: Mangatainoka Pahiatua Cemetery, Tararua District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. Section: Main, Sub/Block: 5, Row (Alpha): 1, Plot Number: 28. [1][4][20]

Children of Valentine & Fredrica:
Claudia: b.1897 [14][21] m.1919 Emil August Weidenbohm [22]
Eunice*: b.1899 [15][23][24] m.1929 Leslie Royden William Benseman [16][25]
Reuben: b.1902 [15][26][27] m.1927 Charlotte Rush Dunlop [28]
Rowena*: b.1904 [18][29][30] m.1929 John MacDonald Tolmie. [16][31]
Celina*: b.1906 [15] m.1929 Douglas John Carr [16][32]
Phillip: b.1915 [33]
Freda: b.1917 [1]
*Eunice, Rowena, & Celina, were all married on the 29th of May 1929 in a triple wedding ceremony at the Methodist Church in Pahiatua. [16]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 "Jan & Anna Michalek, The Story of a Moravian Migrant Family", by Alan and Ruth King, 2005. Documents the Michalek family from their roots in what is now the Czech Republic, their journey to New Zealand, and their lives in New Zealand. Detailed accounts of all the Michalek children, their lives, spouses, and children. Contains photographs, informative maps and diagrams. Vital dates and information regarding the family in Czechoslavakia is from the Regional Archives at Opava, Northern Moravia, and the village records of Prchalov, Nový Jičín, Czech Republic.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Source Citation: Staatsarchiv Hamburg; Hamburg, Deutschland; Hamburger Passagierlisten; Microfilm No.: S_13127. Source Information: Staatsarchiv Hamburg. Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2008. Original data: Staatsarchiv Hamburg, Bestand: 373-7 I, VIII (Auswanderungsamt I). Mikrofilmrollen K 1701 - K 2008, S 17363 - S 17383, 13116 - 13183.;
    Name: Valentin Michalack
    Gender: männlich (Male)
    Departure Age: 7
    Relationship: Kind (Child)
    Birth Date: abt 1867
    Residence: Sedlnitz, Österreich (Austria)
    Departure Date: 20 Mrz 1874 (20 Mar 1874)
    Port of Departure: Hamburg
    Port of Arrival: London (Neuseeland (New Zealand) via London)
    Ship Name: Capella
    Captain: Witt
    Shipping Clerk: Aug. Behrens, später Carl Seligmann
    Shipping line: Friedrich Georg Schmidt
    Ship Type: Dampfschiff
    Ship Flag: Deutschland
    Accommodation: ohne Angabe
    Volume: 373-7 I, VIII B 1 Band 024
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1973, database with images, FamilySearch Stonehouse Passenger List, Arrival Port Canterbury, National Archives, Wellington; FHL microfilm 004411984.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Tararua District Council records search;
    Mekalick, Valentine
    Age: 72
    Marital Status: Married
    Date of Death: 28/08/1937 (incorrect year - see Valentine's probate filed Sep 1936 at Wellington)
    Date of Interment: 30/08/1937 (incorrect year)
    Cemetery: Mangatainoka Pahiatua
    Cemetery Section: Main
    Sub/Block: 5
    Row (Alpha): 1
    Section/Plot Number: 28
    Interment ID: 21482
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Anderson, Anders William, and Mekalick, Franciska", "by Gwen Falconer, with much help from all other relations". Booklet documents the life of Anders and Franciska, thier children, and thier grandchildren. Please contact Nicky if you would like any further information about/from this resource.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981. Original data: New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853–1981. Auckland, New Zealand: BAB microfilming. Microfiche publication, 4032 fiche. 1890 - Wellington - Masterton.
  7. ↑ NZBDM marriage search;
    Registration Number: 1896/2156
    Bride's Given Name(s): Fredrica Rasmena
    Bride's Family Name: Rasmussen
    Groom's Given Name(s): Valentine
    Groom's Family Name: Mekalick
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981. Original data: New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853–1981. Auckland, New Zealand: BAB microfilming. Microfiche publication, 4032 fiche. 1896 - Manawatu-Wanganui - Pahiatua Roll.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981. Original data: New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853–1981. Auckland, New Zealand: BAB microfilming. Microfiche publication, 4032 fiche. 1900 - Manawatu-Wanganui - Pahiatua Roll.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981. Original data: New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853–1981. Auckland, New Zealand: BAB microfilming. Microfiche publication, 4032 fiche. 1905-1906 - Manawatu-Wanganui - Pahiatua Roll.
  11. ↑ The Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Taranaki, Hawke’s Bay & Wellington Provincial Districts, Pahiatua. Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited. Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1908, Christchurch.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981. Original data: New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853–1981. Auckland, New Zealand: BAB microfilming. Microfiche publication, 4032 fiche. 1911 - Manawatu-Wanganui - Pahiatua Roll.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981. Original data: New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853–1981. Auckland, New Zealand: BAB microfilming. Microfiche publication, 4032 fiche. 1914 - Manawatu-Wanganui - Pahiatua General Roll.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981. Original data: New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853–1981. Auckland, New Zealand: BAB microfilming. Microfiche publication, 4032 fiche. 1919 - Manawatu-Wanganui - Pahiatua General Roll.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981. Original data: New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853–1981. Auckland, New Zealand: BAB microfilming. Microfiche publication, 4032 fiche. 1928 - Manawatu-Wanganui - Pahiatua General Roll.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 EVENING POST, VOLUME CVII, ISSUE 126, 1 JUNE 1929, "WEDDINGS".
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998, database with images, FamilySearch Valentine Mekalick, 1936; citing Wellington, Wellington Probate Files [First Sequence], 1843-1939, record number 59334, Archives New Zealand, Auckland Regional Office. Images 782 to 795 of 822.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981. Original data: New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853–1981. Auckland, New Zealand: BAB microfilming. Microfiche publication, 4032 fiche. 1935 - Manawatu-Wanganui - Pahiatua General Roll.
  19. ↑ Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Notices of Deceased Estates, 1880-1950. Original data: Deceased Estates Placed Under the New Zealand Public Trust 1880 to 1928, 1931 to 1950. Ravensbourne, Dunedin, New Zealand: Colonial CD Books, n.d.;
    Name: Valentine Mekalick
    Death Date: 28 Aug 1936
    Residence: Pahiatua, New Zealand
  20. ↑ Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007. Original data: New Zealand Cemetery Records. New Zealand Society of Genealogists Incorporated.;
    Name: Valentine Mekalick
    Birth Date: abt 1866
    Death Age: 71
    Death Date: 1937 (incorrect year - see Valentine's probate filed September 1936 at Wellington)
    Death Place: Pahiatua
    Burial Place: Wairarapa, New Zealand
    Cemetery: Pahiatua
    "Valentine Mekalick died 1937 aged 71 yrs, a pioneer of the Paihiatua District."
  21. ↑ Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950. Original data: New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840–1950. Microfiche;
    Name: Claudia Mekalick
    Birth Date: Oct-Nov-Dec 1897
    Registration Place: Pahiatua, New Zealand
    Folio Number: 3868
  22. ↑ Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Marriage Index, 1840-1934. Original data: New Zealand Marriage Index, 1840–1950. Microfiche;
    Name: Claudia Mekalick
    Gender: Female
    Marriage Year: 1919
    Relation: Bride
    Spouse: Emil August Weidenbohm
    Folio Number: 5941
  23. ↑ Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950. Original data: New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840–1950. Microfiche;
    Name: Eunice Mekalick
    Birth Date: Jan-Feb-Mar 1899
    Registration Place: Pahiatua, Wellington, New Zealand
    Folio Number: 493
  24. ↑ NZBDM birth search; Reg.No. 1899/2281, Mekalick, Eunice, Mother: Fredrise Rosemere, Father: Valentine
  25. ↑ Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Marriage Index, 1840-1934. Original data: New Zealand Marriage Index, 1840–1950. Microfiche;
    Name: Eunice Mekalick
    Gender: Female
    Marriage Year: 1929
    Relation: Bride
    Spouse: Leslie Royden William Benseman
    Folio Number: 4946
  26. ↑ Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950. Original data: New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840–1950. Microfiche;
    Name: Reuben Mekalick
    Birth Date: Jan-Feb-Mar 1902
    Registration Place: Pahi??, Wellington, New Zealand [Pahiatua, Wellington]
    Folio Number: 516
  27. ↑ NZBDM birth search; Reg.No. 1902/2429, Mekalick, Reuben, Father: Valentius
  28. ↑ Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Marriage Index, 1840-1934. Original data: New Zealand Marriage Index, 1840–1950. Microfiche;
    Name: Reuben Mekalick
    Gender: Male
    Marriage Year: 1927
    Relation: Bridegroom
    Spouse: Charlotte Rush Dunlop
    Folio Number: 822
  29. ↑ Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950. Original data: New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840–1950. Microfiche;
    Name: Rowena Mekalick
    Birth Date: Jul-Aug-Sep 1904
    Registration Place: Pahiatua, New Zealand
    Folio Number: 3271
  30. ↑ NZBDM birth search; Reg.No. 1904/17718, Mekalick, Rowena, Mother: Fredrica Rasmena, Father: Valentine
  31. ↑ Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Marriage Index, 1840-1934. Original data: New Zealand Marriage Index, 1840–1950. Microfiche;
    Name: Rowena Mekalick
    Gender: Female
    Marriage Year: 1929
    Relation: Bride
    Folio Number: 4980
  32. ↑ Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Marriage Index, 1840-1934. Original data: New Zealand Marriage Index, 1840–1950. Microfiche;
    Name: Celina Mekalick
    Gender: Female
    Marriage Year: 1929
    Relation: Bride
    Spouse: Douglas John Carr
    Folio Number: 4945
  33. ↑ NZBDM birth search; Reg.No. 1915/19946, Mekalick, Philip, Mother: Fredrica Rasmena, Father: Valentine


  • Source: S1305571115 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Record Collection 1030Ancestry Family Tree




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1874 'Stonehouse' passenger list
1874 'Stonehouse' passenger list
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1874 'Capella' passenger list
Valentine & Fredrica Mekalick - 1896
Valentine & Fredrica Mekalick - 1896
Valentine's & Fredrica's family at home in Mangaramarama - abt 1915-16
Valentine's & Fredrica's family at home in Mangaramarama - abt 1915-16
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