Smolka, Franz/Frantissek 1

Birth Name Smolka, Franz/Frantissek
Gender male

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 19/4/1777     1
Baptism 19/4/1777     1
Event Note

We did not learn from Anna Smolková’s birth record much about her father, we lack the names of his
parents (Anna’s paternal grandparents) as well as his approximate date of birth. This can complicate
the identification the correct person, in the event of any other Smolkas. Nevertheless, we searched
through the Parish register of Střelské Hoštice 2, book of baptisms, 1760-1784 and found there only
one František Smolka who was born in the proper time frame.
Parish register of Střelské Hoštice 2, book of baptisms, 1760-1784
Leaf: 72b
Day of baptism: 19 [May, 1777]
Baptizing priest: Adalbertus Hartl, curate
Name of a child: FRANCISCUS SERAPHINUS
Parents: Wenceslaus Smolka, cottager and Rosina, subject to Horažďovice town
Godparents: Levans*: Wenceslaus Kozlansky, cottager; Wenceslaus Niemetz,
peasant; Magdalena Vondrovitz, peasant’s wife. All from the village of
Kozlov.
Religion: Catholic
Place: Svaté Pole
House No.: 13
Language of the record: Latin
*Levans = godparent who carried a child on his/her arms during baptism
We have no direct proof that this is our František Smolka, but we believe that we detected the right
person because he had been born in the same house he lived in later, and where his daughter Anna was
born as well. To support this, we found the death record of this František’s father Václav who died in
the same house No. 13 in 1804.

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Smolka, Wenceslaus/Wáclaw/Václav17344/12/1804
Mother , Rosina
         Smolka, Franz/Frantissek 19/4/1777

Families

Family of Smolka, Franz/Frantissek and Konrad/Kunderl/Kundrát/Kundratowa, Anna Jozeffa
Married Wife Konrad/Kunderl/Kundrát/Kundratowa, Anna Jozeffa ( * 11/3/1785 + ... )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage        
Event Note

Since previously unmarried brides (those not widowed) customarily would marry in their home parish,
we concentrated at first on Horažďovice parish registers. We checked Parish register of Horažďovice
25, index to books of marriages, 1784-1854 but did not find reference to this marriage. As the indices
sometimes fail to list records, we also browsed the Parish register of Horažďovice 21, book of
marriages, 1794-1839, but again fruitlessly.
We therefore returned to Střelské Hoštice, to the Parish register of Střelské Hoštice 7, book of
marriages, 1784-1853. However, the wanted record was not found in this book of marriages either.
We then checked indices to books of marriage in neighboring parochial districts as follows:
Parish register of Katovice 25, index to books of marriages, 1784-1835
Parish register of Volenice 30, index to books of marriages, 1771-1833
Parish register of Velký Bor 17, index to books of marriages, 1790-1816
Unfortunately all with negative results.
It is a mystery where the couple married. It could possibly be in some special place (e.g. pilgrimage
church) or big city, of course with dispensation for the local priest.

  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Smolka, Anna4/4/1810

Family Map

Family Map