Margaretha Madeline Blaha Family

Margaretha Madeline Blaha

Left: Anna (Brueggemann) Tiedeken and Right: Margaretha (Blaha) Heger

Ludwig K. and Margaret (Blaha) Heger with Nicklaus grandchildren: Romaine, Gerard, baby Justin, Georgia

born: 5 Feb 1882, Bernetzreith,Tachau District,Bohemia,Austria, at #1
bapt: 6 Feb 1882, Bernetzreith,Tachau District,Bohemia,Austria, at Roman Catholic Parish
died: 2 Jan 1945, Madelia,Watonwan Co.,Minnesota
bur.: 9 Jan 1945, Madelia,Watonwan Co.,Minnesota, at Calvary Cemetery
spouse: Ludwig Karl HEGER: marr: 7 Jan 1908, St. James,Watonwan Co.,Minnesota; born: 3 Aug 1868, Triebendorf,Mährisch Trübau,Moravia,(then)Austria; died: 18 Jul 1938, Madelia,Watonwan Co.,Minnesota; bur.: 22 Jul 1938, Madelia,Watonwan Co.,Minnesota, at Calvary Cemetery; occu: harness maker and shoemaker
Children:: Agnes Josephine HEGER; Joseph Wendell HEGER; John Andrew HEGER; Ludwig Andrew Heger

Pedigree Chart

                      |--------Johann BLAHA (1800, Austria - 1837, Austria)
                      |
           |---------Johann Adam BLAHA (1831, Austria - 1902, Minnesota)
           |          |
           |          |--------Anna Barbara BENEDIKT (1800, Austria - )
           |
  |------Josef BLAHA (1854, Austria (now in the Czech Republic) - 1928, Minnesota)
  |        |
  |        |          |--------Anton MEYER (1796, Austria - )
  |        |          |
  |        |---------Maria MEYER (1834, Austria - )
  |                   |
  |                   |--------Anna Maria HEINZ (1802, Austria - )
  |
Margaretha Madeline BLAHA (1882, Austria - 1945, Minnesota)
  |
  |                   |--------Johann Josef NAHRHAFT (1790, Austria - 1837, Austria)
  |                   |
  |        |---------Franz Josef NAHRHAFT (1826, Austria - 1859, Austria)
  |        |          |
  |        |          |--------Anna Maria GEBERT (1787, Austria - 1827, Austria)
  |        |
  |------Agnes NAHRHAFT (1857, Austria (now in the Czech Republic) - 1933, Minnesota)
           |
           |          |--------Peter WARTHA (1791, Austria - )
           |          |
           |---------Katharina WARTHA (1827, Austria - Austria)
                      |
                      |--------Maria Anna RÖSCH (1790, Austria - )

Margaret (as she was known in the US) immigrated in 1901 with her sister Anna aboard the S.S. Barbarossa. They arrived in New York on May 20, 1901. The passenger ship record indicates they were both from Bernetzreith, Bohemia and had never been in the US before. They both could read and write and were of light complexion. Margaret had $120 to show upon arrival, and their passage was paid by themselves. This arrival date matches well with approximate dates provided by the 1920 census and Edith (Buschow) Luther.

According to Margaret's son Ludwig A. Heger, when Anna and Margaret arrived in New York City, they stayed at the Leo House, a catholic YWCA-type place which gave recent immigrants a place to stay, ensured they would avoid prostitution, and helped them find jobs. Margaret was hired as a nanny by a jewish family in New York named Schroeder. ``They wanted a catholic girl so that any stealing would have to be confessed'' and they liked Margaret. From what her daughter Edith says, I think Anna got a similar job working for a rich family. After their parents arrived in the US about a year later, they all moved to St. James, Minnesota where other family members had settled earlier.

Margaret was a devout member of Mater Dolorosa Catholic church of Madelia.

She was always known as ``Aunt Maggie'' by the Buschow children, at least.

More information: OBITUARY | WILL

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