Annie (Blaha) Buschow and her brother John Blaha

born: 25 Oct 1885, Bernetzreith,Tachau District,Bohemia,Austria

died: 12 Mar 1969, Waseca,Waseca Co.,Minnesota

bur.: Waseca,Waseca Co.,Minnesota

Children:

Frederick A. Blaha

spouse: Joe (Fred?) BAKER

born: from Wisconsin

Children:

Agnes Blanche Baker

spouse: John BUSCHOW

marr: 3 Oct 1912, Waseca Co.,Minnesota

born: 26 Mar 1868, Woodville Twp, Waseca Co.,Minnesota

died: 8 Jan 1924, 5 miles from Matawan,near New Richland,Waseca Co.,Minnesota, at the family farm

bur.: near Wells,Minnesota, at Dunbar Cemetery

occu: farmer

Children:

Martha Anne Buschow

Mary Emily Buschow

Edith Ruth Buschow

Ila Mae June Buschow

Roy Stanley Buschow

Donald J. Buschow

                      |--------Johann BLAHA (1800, Austria - 1837, Austria)
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           |---------Johann Adam BLAHA (1831, Austria - 1902, Minnesota)
           |          |
           |          |--------Anna Barbara BENEDIKT (1800, Austria - )
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  |------Josef BLAHA (1854, Austria (now in the Czech Republic) - 1928, Minnesota)
  |        |
  |        |          |--------Anton MEYER (1796, Austria - )
  |        |          |
  |        |---------Maria MEYER (1834, Austria - )
  |                   |
  |                   |--------Anna Maria HEINZ (1802, Austria - )
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Anna ``Annie'' Maria BLAHA (1885, Austria - 1969, Minnesota)
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  |                   |--------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 - )

Edith doesn't remember her mother talking very much about the old country, but she remembers her mother teaching her songs in german like, ``Ist das nicht eine schnitzel bank.'' Anna remembered working in the hay fields and paying taxes to the Kaiser.

According to Edith, Anna and her sister Margaret immigrated together, after their brothers Andrew and John, but before their parents. Edith said that her mother, Anna, remembered the ship was very dirty with practically no toilet facilities and it cost $50 to make the voyage. It was very foggy at one point during the crossing. The ship's foghorn was sounding, and they could hear another ship also. The women were all praying and crying. The other ship eventually appeared out of the fog, very near to the Blaha's ship, but a collision was avoided.

Anna and Margaret arrived in New York on May 20, 1901, aboard the S.S. Barbarossa.

They stayed at the Leo House, a catholic YWCA-type place which gave recent immigrants a place to stay. Edith had remembered it as a ``catholic orphanage'', but the actual name of the place was supplied by Ludwig A. Heger. After their parents arrived about a year later, Anna and Margaret moved to Minnesota with them.

Anna was naturalized as a US citizen in 1912.

Edith also once said that her mother dated Ludwig Karl Heger before Annie's sister Margaret and him started going out (and eventually married).

After her husband John Buschow died, Annie moved into Waseca and lived there the rest of her life. She lived at 415 2nd Ave NE from 1960 (at least) on and was a member of the Congregational Church.

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