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| Birth: | 12 Oct 1846 in Rothwasser, Bohemia |
| Death: | 27 Feb 1941 in Austin County, TX |
| Sex: | F |
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Individual:
10 May 1871 - came to Texas alone at age 23 on the ship Bremen
!BIRTH: now Cemna or Czernowa Woda, Czech Republic. It was Austria then.
!DEATH: buried in New Ulm Cemetery or 3-18-1940, says Oscar Findeisen
!MARRIAGE:or 12-26-1871
10 May 1871 - came to Texas at age 23 on the ship Bremen
very neat and clean, cared for her grandchildren, fixed school lunches, cooked
great homemade bread, "We must thank God first", spoke no English
children pray before bed, or she'd pray for them.
Her mother died from sickness caught caring for someone after she was warned
often talked about the beautiful rolling hills of home
or Franceska
Franzeska Marek, Gloria Garrett's grandmother, was born in 1846 in what is now Cermna, Czech Republic. She called it
Rothwasser, Bohemia (then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire), or Czernowa Woda. The name means "red water" in all
languages. Her father was a buergermeister or town leader. Her mother died from sickness she
caught caring for someone after she was warned that her kindness might cost her life. Franzeska
often talked about the beautiful rolling hills of home. She came to Texas alone at age 23 on the
ship "Bremen" on May 10, 1871, a six-week voyage. Her brother Joseph came first, perhaps
sending money for her passage, and worked for many years with White's Funeral Home near
Temple. Sometimes she would take the train with her granddaughter Gloria Ashorn Garrett to
visit her brother or her daughter Ella in Temple TX. She lived to be 95 years old, spending 25
years as a widow. She was very short and stout, speaking German with no Czech accent.
For almost 30 years, Franzeska lived with her daughter Emma Findeisen Ashorn's family. While
Emma labored outside with her husband Edmund, Franzeska cared for her grandchildren, fixed
school lunches and cooked meals. She could make tasty soup out of scraps and never used
recipes. She would can pears, peaches and tomato puree for meat loaf. She was very neat and
clean. When faced with stained clothes Edmund had worn on the haymower, she would instruct young Gloria, "Scrub this real
good," but if Gloria didn't do it with enough speed or energy, Franzeska would take it right back and
"scrub and scrub" in a flurry of hands with a bar of homemade soap. Only for tough stains did she use
a washboard or soak the clothes.
Franzeska was devout but open-minded. She used to say, "There is some good in every church."
Lillian Ashorn Willhelm remembers how as a small child she could hardly wait to eat Franzeska's
savory homemade bread." We must thank God first," her grandmother reminded her in German (She
spoke no English).When she put the children to bed, she expected them to pray, "or she'd
pray for them." Gloria Ashorn Garrett would read to her out of the German Bible, though
Franzeska owned a Czech Bible. When sometimes Franzeska would try to talk to Gloria
Ashorn Garrett in Czech, she would reply, "Grossmutter, ich kann nicht verstein!" (Grandmother, I
cannot understand!). But Gloria can still speak a few phrases in Czech.
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