Lawrence Mucha (1847-1924)

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OVERVIEW
Lorenz Mucha married Mary Novak about 1879. The family is believed to have lived in a small village outside of Kracow, Poland. At the time the area was part of Germany, and known as Galatia. The family emigrated from Galatia to America in 1886, leaving Hamburg Ge on 3 May, on the ship California. After arrival in New York, our first records for them are in the 1900 census where they are shown as living in Mapleton, Blue Earth Co., MN. They would later move to Day, Bristol Co, SD before 1910. Lorenz/Lawrence and Mary had at least five children prior immigrating; eight more children were born to them after arrival in America. All told, their known children included three boys and nine girls.

Vita

 * Born:
 * Married: Based on the birth record their children, Lawrence and Mary were probably married about 1871 in Galicia.
 * Died:   November 23, 1924, Day County, SD, probably in Bristol.  *Death Record
 * Burial:

Notes
 * 1) Anna is listed as "Anna Doktor" in Rose Mohaw Jordan's will of 1975. In 1920 Annie was living with her parents next door to a Wetsey Doktor, a widower with several young children.  It seems highly likely that Annie married Wetsey shortly thereafter, but we have no direct evidence for the marriage---other than the fact that Rose identified her by her married name of Doktor.  The name "Wetsey" seems an accurate transcription of the name in the 1920 census record, but is probably not an accurate record of his given name.

Family History
The Mucha's emigrated to America during a period known as The Great Economic Emigration

Immigration Record
* Sophia's age in later census records, etc., is consistent with her being an infant on arrival. It is believed that Michael's age was mis-recorded. Family records give his DOB as 6 August 1880, indicating that he would have been 7 years of age on arrival, not 7 months. Michaels age has not been confirmed in census records; he was not found in the Lawrence Mucha household in the 1900 census, indicating he was old enough to have moved out. Also, Michaels entry in the ships record is at the very end of the passenger list, indicating that he had been separated from the family. This seems unlikely if he had truely been an infant.

Source: Ancestry.com. New York Passenger Lists [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data: New York. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897. Micropublication M237. Rolls # 95-580. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957. Micropublication T715. Rolls # 5592-6267. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

1900 Census Record

 * Home in 1900:	Mapleton, Blue Earth, Minnesota
 * Immigration year:	1887
 * Name	Age POB
 * Lauren Mohan	51 Poland;AUST
 * Mary Mohan	47 Poland;AUST
 * Peter Mohan	18 Poland;AUST
 * Susie Mohan	14 Poland;AUST
 * Mary Mohan	12 Poland;AUST
 * Rosa Mohan	9 Minnesota
 * Agness Mohan	7
 * Francis Mohan	5
 * Albert Mohan	4
 * Elizabeth Mohan	2
 * Annie Mohan	4.12

Death Record
South Dakota Death Index, 1905-1955


 * Name:	Laurence Mohow
 * Death Day:	23
 * Death Month:	Nov
 * Death Year:	1924
 * County:	Day
 * Page Number:	651