František Migl & Family

František A Migl was born on 1 April 1827 in Dobčice/Budejovice/Czechia, part of Austria then. He married Johanna Ježek, born 12 February 1830 in Dubenec, Budejovice, Czechia.

Their children

• Marie Anna - born on 24 March 1850,
• Anna - born on 16 April 1853, Jan Josef - born on 8 June 1855,
• Magdalena - born on 2 May 1850,
• Katherine Jane - born on 3 July 1859,
• Rosalia, born on 4 August 1861,
• Thomas - born on 25 December 1862,
• František J - born on 23 May 1866,
• Josef - born on 20 May 1868,
• Teresie - born on 24 January 1871/died on 20 April 1871,
• Theresa - was born on 6 April 1862.

Marie, the first daughter of Franz and Johanna, left for America first. Then it was Magdalena, Jan, and Katherine who went to Texas. The parents and other siblings came to Galveston in 1874.

Frank Migl's passport*

1900 - 74-year-old Frank and 70-year-old Johanna lived in Justice Precinct #4, Lavaca County, TX. Jan, with his wife and children, lived in the household next to his parents (1). Johanna passed 3 years later, on 22 February (in Praha, Fayette, TX).

Frank Migl's Citizenship Certificate*

Frank Migl died on 3 February 1915 (2).

Paper clipping: Halletsville Herald. (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, February 5, 1915, newspaper, February 5, 1915; Hallettsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1036237/: accessed May 3, 2023), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Friench Simpson Memorial Library.

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More about Frank Migl and his family: HERE

* The papers are on display at the Czech Heritage and Cultural Center in La Grange, TX.

Sources:

1. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3PZ-91N: accessed 2 May 2023), Frank Migl Sr., Justice Precinct 6 (east part), Lavaca, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 95, sheet 16A, family 184, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,653.

2. "Texas Death Index, 1903-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZN6-DFM: 24 May 2014), Frank Migl, 03 Feb 1915; from "Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: 2006); citing certificate number 3185, Fayette, Texas, Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Austin.

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