Here are a couple more unknown pictures I have. If anyone recognizes them please let me know.

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Schlechta

I found that Schlechta is also a spelling of the name Šlechta. The Czech spelling of Slechta is Šlechta. The Š has a Sch in the Czech language. From information I have been given, Schlechta is the Latin spelling of the name. So Šlechta, Schlechta and Slechta are the same name and would have the same origin.

Mahoney

I am currently having trouble locating descendants of Barbara Slechta and Dan Mahoney.  They had one son Dean.  Dean had 4 children and the only name I have heard was Nancy.  I am unable to very that name as of now.  After Dean's death, no one I have talked to knows what happened to them.  If anyone knows any information please let me know. 

Thanks

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Šlechta's in the Czech Republic

I have been in contact with some Slechta's in the Czech Republic recently.  They are going to do some checking into the Slechta Genealogy over for me.  Petr Slechta, one that I have been in contact with, mentioned that there is a roots investigation going on within the Czech Republic.   He said that that project was missing the information on the Slechta's that left for the U.S.   I am hoping that what I have and what has been worked on over there will connect.

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Mary Slechta

As I mentioned in an earlier blog post, I was having trouble finding information about Mary Slechta and a ships manifest I found did not have her name on it with the rest of the family.  I recently came in contact with Trish Schmidt, who is related to Anita June (Taylor) Slechta who married Leo Slechta.  This Leo Slechta is the son of Charles Paul Slechta.  She gave me access to her family tree on Ancestry.com and in doing so I found a census on there with information on Charles Slechta.  Well right below his name was Thomas Slechta and Mary was listed on that census.  So now I at least know that Mary did come with the rest of the family and did not get married before she came to the United States.   Once again making contact with someone new, no matter if related or related to some in common, provides another little piece to the Slechta puzzle.  

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Slechta Name Information

Slechta (also nobilita or aristocracy) is a set of individuals with special legal privileges and often also entitled to a noble title.  Responsibility for this group based on the principle of the family and is therefore usually based origin after šlechtickém married father. The second main way is the promotion to the state of aristocratic ruler (a special case is automatic šlechtictví for popes brothers and their patrilineal descendants on the basis buly Urbem Romam Pope Benedict XIV. From the year 1746).

 

Slechta was one of the dominant layers of feudal society in which their power was based on land ownership, military specialization and privileges, which guarantee a major role in the management of State.  The characteristic formalities, which differed in the Middle šlechtu from poddaných and partly also from kléru, due escutcheons and the emphasis on knowledge of their ancestors.

 

Slechta had a different share of the total population.  While in Spain, represent about 2% of the population in Poland late 16th century aristocracy represented 9.1% of the total population in the area Mazovska in the vicinity of Warsaw even 23.1% (compared to the spiritual were represented 0.2%).

 

Slechta as a separate social status often přetrvala even in modern times when its privileges, however, are limited mostly just to the right to use the title.

 

Beginnings Nobility
 
The beginnings of the nobility generally associated with the disintegration of the family.  In this leads to exclusion capable individuals who, on the basis of their military or other skills and merit obtained in respect of a privileged position. The prerogatives of the growing power and later allow them to assert the principle of heredity their position.
 
Beginnings of the Czech aristocracy
 

The beginnings of our nobility in 10.-12. century is closely linked to family Přemyslovců and their military družinami. They were able to consist of individuals who receive for their services výsluhy in the form of land stewardship castle, etc. Although these výsluhy were initially only a personal nature - the death of the acquirer - and it is possible to withdraw, there is a gradual transformation in their hereditary property.

 

The issue of possible share předpřemyslovské family aristocracy to the formation of the oldest Czech aristocracy remains nevyjasněna.

 

The structure of the Czech aristocracy

 

Šlechtický state in the Czech Republic was not homogeneous, as for example in Poland, but dělil to a few degrees. Of 12 century, the Czech aristocracy divided into two states, the lower status - vladycký, zemanský and Knight (wow first cash) and a higher status - the manorial (Lords second cash, some korouhevní Lords).  In the course of history, the established system in force until the estates uprising.

 

Erbovní  families

Předstupeň šlechtictví consisted of so-called erbovní family (divided family), which was virtually intermediate between urban and noble status. And to him the right to use individual coat of arms and predikátu, but not stavovská law, that is not the nobles.

 

Vladykové

 

Vladyctví was recognized as the lowest noble status.  By that were often povyšovány new families, it was not strictly a closed state.  Zchudlé families whose members have adopted nešlechtická occupation, automatically lost its status.  Also zchudlé seigniorial families can fall into state vladyků, on the contrary, many families were povýšeny to rytířského or manor.  The vladyckými families often find secondary branches known noble families, as they were, for example, noblemen from Chlum, Kermže, Nečtin for family Bavorů from Strakonice ^[source].

 
Members of the family belonged title vladyka, or if he had the country (land) and then called zeman.
 
Knights
 
Rytířství is further from the lower levels of nobility.  Rytířská ancestors in three generations had to prove candidate for admission to the manor.  This is actually the remnant of the class nobles, who won the title in the war field.  Often, not from vladyctví rozlišován and consisted of one category, sometimes called vladyctvo, sometimes rytířstvo.
 
Some families have acquired a great knight assets, which nevyrovnal assets panských many genera and among the richest in the country.  These families were then very often after the acquisition of such property admitted to the manor (eg Trčkové of Lípy).
 
Gentlemen
 
Legends of the state was in the middle of the 17th century in the Czech Lands single state high nobility.  Evolved as a system of greater nobility (the so-called gentlemen second cash), that is the most important genera. Over time, the seigniorial families sought to limit the influx of other genera, which they succeeded in 1501, when he vymohli that: "... does not want any for the master to come unless the state of his knees vladyčí the fourth carried out."  In 1502 he confirmed the king Vladislav Jagelonský panským genera right to receive manor.  It distinction between masters and masters novoštítnými antique (after 3 generations in panském state).
 

Repeal šlechtictví

After the establishment of Czechoslovakia was šlechtictví - along with all the titles - on 18 December 1918 annulled Law No. 61/1918 Coll.

 

This law still has not been abolished, at present, therefore, from a legal point of view there is no Czech aristocracy and the use of aristocratic titles is illegal. However, one may even now quite often, for example in the media or in social events to meet with the use of titles for people coming from noble families (such as Charles, prince of Schwarzenberg, Jan Knight Mladota of Solopysk etc.), which is regarded primarily as an indication of respect.

 
Translated from Wikipedia

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Unknown Photo

Here is another photo I have not been able to identify. If anyone knows who this is please let me know.

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Unknown Photos

I will be posting photos periodically in hopes someone can Identify them.
 

 

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More Photos Identified

 
This last weekend I was able to get a few more photos identified as well as some individuals in the photos.  I can now take the photos to those individuals in hopes of getting some of the others identified.

The photo collection is going slow, but I am getting more and more all the time. 

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Charles and Fannie death information

Ok,

I finally found out what Charles Slechta died of. He died of Typhoid Pneumonia. On the same death registry as Charles was his sister Fannie (Frances). She died of Peritonitis, my guess it was caused by childbirth. Her son, who was never named, died on January 19, 1888 and she died on January 25 1888. Yes those dates are correct. So If you have ever gone to the cemetery where she and her son are buried, the date on her tombstone (January 25 1887) is wrong. This death record information supports the marriage record of Fannie to Frank Wesley which is Feb. 1887 which is after the date on her tombstone.

I must thank Will Wesley for finding the death record with the information.

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Agnes Slechta's descendants

Yesterday I had the pleasure of visiting Agnes (Slechta) Hancuh's daughter Angela.  I met her at her daughter Alice's home.  I had a great visit with Angela, her daughter Alice and Alice's husband Bob.  Angela was able to identify a few pictures that were unknown and provide some bits of information that will help me track down more missing information and family members.  I have a few more people to visit and I hope they can provide information to some of the unknown pictures I have. 
 
 
Oh!  If you are reading this and have not provided me with your information and photos, please contact me.  That is if you are a descendant or a spouse of a descendant of Thomas and Anna Slechta.

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More Old Photos

A few weeks ago I went to visit Wayne Prosch again.  He had some photos of his grandmother (Anna Slechta) for me to scan.  He also had a bag of old photos that he let me take and go through.  They helped me put names to photos I had, but did not have names to.  There where also many photos in there that I did not have.  Of course there where many that had no names on them, so my unknown photo list got larger.  Some of the photos are really old and I fear that they will never get a name to them.

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Slechta Name in History

I bought a book called "The Slechta Name in History" from Amazon.com.  While the book had one piece of information that was useful to me, it really wasn't worth the money spent.

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Meanings and spelling variation of names in the Slechta ancestry

These names are spelling variations of names in the Slechta Ancestry.

Charles Slechta my Great Great Grandfather. I found his name recorded in places as Karel.
Fanny Slechta sister to Charles.
Thomas Slechta father of Charles.
Vaclav Slechta father of Thomas.


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Charles
ORIGIN
Old German

Karl or Carl
The English, German, and Scandinavian form of Charles.

KAREL
Pronounced: KAH-rel (Dutch, Czech)
Dutch, Czech and Slovene form of CHARLES


MEANING
Free man

Variation of Karl. Popularized by Charles the Great, also referred to as Charlemagne, who ruled over much of Western Europe in the late 8th and early 9th century. The name and it's variations have been used by royalty in several countries including the heir to the British throne, Prince Charles. Fell out of the top 50 names in 2000.

NICKNAMES
Chuck Chas Charlie Chaz

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VÁCLAV
Gender: Masculine

Usage: Czech, Slovak

Czech and Slovak form of WENCESLAS

WACŁAW m Polish
Polish form of WENCESLAS

WENCESLAS
Gender: Masculine

Usage: History

Pronounced: WEN-ses-laws

Means "more glory" from the Slavic elements ventie "more" and slav "glory". Saint Wenceslas was a 10th-century duke of Bohemia murdered by his brother. He is the patron saint of the Czech Republic. This was also the name of several Bohemian kings.

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TOMÁŠ m Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of THOMAS

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FRANTIŠEK m Czech
Czech form of Franciscus

FRANTIŠKA f Czech
Feminine form of FRANTIŠEK

FANNIE f English
Pet form of FRANCES

FANNY f English
Pet form of FRANCES...

Meaning of Slechta

Here is some interesting information.

 

- the czech word "šlechta" means in english "aristokracy" or "nobility"

- as much as I was able to learn, in Bohemia there did exist a minimum 3 aristokracy families

       - Slechta of Vsehrdy (old family since 15th century)

       - Slechta of Hrochov ( young family, aristokracy till beginning 1859)

       - Slechta of Mitenperk (listed only in 16th century)

 

 

I also found that the Czech spelling of Hruska is Hruška.

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Anna Slechta

I also got in contact with some of Anna (Slechta) Grubich's descendants.  They are helping me with her family information.  I still need much more information on her descendants, but I am getting there.

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Czech History

I had a Czech Genealogist research Thomas Slechta and his family and ancestors.  He just got back to me with Thomas's parents, grandparents and siblings.   It looks as though there may be more information to get, but it will have to wait for awhile,  I spent my budget for the year.

Found Mary Slechta Descendants

I have recently found the descendants of Mary Slechta.  Her one and only grandson is living in South Dakota.  I had the pleasure of visiting he and his wife and they were able to fill in all the information for their family.

Descendants of Thomas Slechta

I am currently looking for descendants of Thomas Thomas Slechta. There are many of them, but I am only going to put the the married names of his daughters here at this time. They are Mary (Slechta) Noska and Anna A. (Slechta) Grubich. Mary married John J Noska and Anna married Frank Grubich. Some of the names that are descendant from those two are Styniski, Watzek, Kinney, Cahill, Jorgenson, Talarico, Prosch and Southward. If any of these names match up with names in you family history please post a response.

Thanks