Mary (Kovach) Boznich (1903 - aft. 1965)

Born 1 Jan 1903 in Gladbeck, Coesfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Ancestors

Wife of Ferdinand Podgornik — married 8 Apr 1921 in Carlinville, Macoupin, Illinois, United States

Wife of Unknown Boznich — married before 23 Jul 1955 in Illinois, USA

Descendants

Biography

Sources

• Year: 1910; Census Place: Ross, Cherokee, Kansas; Roll: T624_434; Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 0038; FHL microfilm: 1374447
• 1920 United States Federal Census; Year: 1920; Census Place: West Mineral, Cherokee, Kansas; Roll: T625_526; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 35.
• 1930 United States Federal Census; Year: 1930; Census Place: Gillespie, Macoupin, Illinois; Roll: 539; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0011; Image: 759.0; FHL microfilm: 2340274.
• Year: 1940; Census Place: Gillespie, Macoupin, Illinois; Roll: T627_846; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 59-10
• New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957; Arrival Date 17; Birth Date abt 1874; Age 30; Gender Female; Ethnicity/ Nationality Slovenian; Port of Departure Antwerp, Belgium; Port of Arrival New York, New York; Ship Name Zeeland; Search Ship Database Zeeland; Josepha Kovacs - May 1904 - New York, New York Antwerp, Belgium - Female - Zeeland.
• Passenger Ships and Images; Ship Name Zeeland; Years in service 1901-1915; Funnels 2; Masts 4; Aliases Northland (1915), Zeeland (1919), Minnesota; Shipping Line Red Star; Ship description Built by John Brown & Co., Clydebank, Glasgow, Scotland. Tonnage: 11,905. Dimensions: 561' x 60' (580' o.l.). Twin-screw, 15 knots. Quadruple expansion engines. Four masts and two funnels.; History Service: Antwerp-New York. During 1910-1911 period ran for White Star Line. Renamed: (a) Northland (1915), (b) Zeeland (1919), (c) Minnesota. Sold for scrap in October 1929. Sister ships: Finland, Kroonland and Vaterland.
• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services C-File: C-4731471; Naturalization at age 37 as Mary Podgornix on October 4, 1940 in the Circuit Court of Carlinville, Illinois while she was residing in Gillespie, Illinois.
• U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Name Mary Kovach; Gender Female; Household Members: Name: Fred Podgornik; Mary Kovach; Anna Marie Podgornik.
• U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942; Name Fred Podgornik; Gender Male; Race White; Residence Age 54; Birth Date 15 May 1888; Birth Place Tribusa, Austria; Residence Date 1942; Residence Place Gillespie, Illinois, USA.
• Macoupin County, Illinois Coal Mining Fatalities 1884 - 1984; PODGORNIC April 24, 1948, Saturday, Fred Podgarnic, of Gillespie, loading machine helper, aged 59 years, married, was killed by a fall of rock in Little Dog Coal Mine [Liberty Mine], Gillespie, Macoupin County, Illinois. He leaves a widow. Detail: PODGORNIC
• Obituary: Mineral Woman Dies Mrs. Josephine Kovack Lesjak, 70, died at Mineral Friday morning. She was born in Austria February 24, 1874; and came to this district in 1902. Funeral plans have not been completed. Survivors include the wodower, Frank Lesjak; three daughters, Miss Rosy Kovack of Kansas City, Miss Anne Kovack og the home, and Mrs. Mary Pedgornik of Gillespie, Ill.; four sons, John Kovach of Odessa, Tex., Tony Kovack of Refugio, Tex., Louis Kovack of Detroit, and Frankie Lesjak of the home; one brother, Robert Gergoric of Virden, Ill., and six grandchildren.
• Obituary: Mineral Resident Dies Following Long Illness Frank Lesjak, 80, of West Mineral, died in the city hospital at 9:45 o'clock this morning. He had been a patient since last Dec 6. Born in Stiria, Austria, Mr. Lesjak come to the United States in 1906 and settled in Mineral. He was a retired coal miner and member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic church in Mineral, and the SNPJ Lodge. Surviving are one son, Frank Lesjak, of the home; six step-children. Mrs Rose Parsons, Kansas City, Mo.; Tony Kovach, Houston, Tex., John Kovach, Odessa, Tex., Mrs. Mary Boznich, Gillispie, Ill., Mrs. Ann Davis, LaMesa, Calif., and Miss Louise Kovach, Dearborn, Mich.; one sister, Mrs. Mary Spiser, Auburn, Ill., and seven step grandchildren. The body was received by the Naylor-Quinn funeral home of Scammon. The Rosary will be said at 8 o'clock tomorrow night at the chapel. Funeral services will be held at 9:30 o'clock Monday morning in the Immaculate Conception church with Father Robert Pepe in charge. Interment will be in Starr cemetery.