My Paternal 2nd. Great Grand Uncle (real or adopted), Joe Frederick, Jr.

Map of Historic Moravia (Mahren) CZ_Cechy_Morava_kraje

 

Historical Geography

Moravia (German:Mähren) is a historical country in the Czech Republic (forming its eastern part). The medieval and early modern Margraviate of Moravia was a crown land of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown (from 1348 to 1918), an imperial state of the Holy Roman Empire (1004 to 1806), later a crown land of the Austrian Empire (1804 to 1867) and briefly also one of 17 former crown lands of the Cisleithanian part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1867 to 1918. During the early 20th century, Moravia was one of the five lands of Czechoslovakia from 1918 to 1928; it was then merged with Czech Silesia, and eventually dissolved by abolition of the land system in 1949. Though officially abolished by an administrative reform in 1949, Moravia is still commonly acknowledged as a specific land in the Czech Republic. Moravian people are considerably aware of their Moravian identity and there is some rivalry between them and the Czechs from Bohemia. (Moravia,Wikipedia)

Sulphur Springs, Hopkins, Texas Courthouse, 1906

Sulphur Springs, Hopkins, Texas Courthouse, USA

My paternal 1st. great grand uncle (real or adopted), Joe Frederick, Jr.

Name: Joe Frederick, Jr.

Born: 1873 in Austin, Travis, Texas, USA

Married: Texas, USA to Anna (maiden name unknown)

Children: (found no record of children, as of 7 Dec. 2020)

Resided: Feb. 1927 in Austin, Travis, Texas, USA

Died: after 1927 in Austin, Travis, Texas, USA

Buried: after 1927 in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA

Mount Calvary Cemetery, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA

Event Type: Draft Registration
Event Date: 1917-1918
Event Place: New York City, New York, United States
Event Place (Original): United States, New York, New York City no 68
Name: Joseph Friederick
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 7 Dec 1873
Birthplace: , , United States
Citizenship Place: United States
Affiliate Publication Number: M1509
Affiliate Publication Title: World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards
Digital Folder Number: 005262917
GS Film Number: 001754596
Image Number: 03552
Citing this Record
"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXYK-YPZ : 24 August 2019), Joseph Friederick, 1917-1918.

 

NOTE: We will never know for sure whom my grandfather's father or mother were. There are no records, and anyone who knew the 'Secret" went to their graves without divulging the information to me.  My paternal Aunt Agnes Rainnie Frederick Christ told me years ago, that the story that she was told, was her father, Charlie Frederick had to have his Uncle Joe sponsor him, in order for him to come to Texas from Moravia. Then, years later she admitted to me that her parents may have just made it up because they were ashamed to tell us the truth. So, I will never know if this is our family line or not. I have decided to adopt them. Whether the story is true or not, Joe Frederick DID sponsor Charlie and he helped my grandfather to come to America. Without Joe, he may have never made it to America. In those days, being born out of wedlock was a mortal sin. Maybe Charlie was born out of wedlock, regardless, I am honoring Joe Frederick for helping my grandfather emigrate to America.