Rosina Schneider Mücke 1842-1916

Rosina was my husband’s paternal 2nd Great Grandmother. She was born in Zauchtel, Bohemia, Austria nowadays called Suchdol nad Lužnicí in the Czech Republic. Her parents were Georg Schneider and Anna Schindler. Below is an old image of Zauchtel from the 1920’s.

Rosina married my husband’s 2nd Grandfather, Johann Ernst Mücke, 24 April 1863 in the same town. The couple moved to Hof nowadays called Dvorce u Bruntálu also in the Czech Republic.

A map which shows the distance from Zauchtel to Hof. It’s about 47.4 km or 29.2 miles. Many years later the family would move to Tennessee.

Rosina and Johann had 10 children. Eight of them were born in Hof and the last two in Tennessee.

• 1. Rosina, my husband’s Great-Grandmother born 1864, married to Adolf Scholz and died 1960 in Pullman, Washington. The couple had 10 children.
• 2. Augusta born 1867, married to judge Joseph Barton Jones, died 1899 in Knoxville, Tennessee. The couple had 2 children.
• 3. Julia born 1870, married to Julius Georg Schwenke, died 1956 in St Louis, Missouri. The couple had one child.
• 4. Ernest John born 1871, married to Louise Ann Heuer. died 1951 in St Louis, Missouri
• 5. Charles born 1875, married to Stella Smith, died 1945 in Weiser, Washington. The couple had 2 children.
• 6. John Ernest born 1877, died 1956 in Spokane, Washington
• 7. William born and died 1880 in Hof, Austria
• 8. Adolf born 1881 and died 1883 in Hof, Austria
• 9. Lillie Elizabeth born 1884 in Oliver Springs, Tennesse, was married to Edward Everett Mc Cutchen, died 1980 Bellflower, Los Angeles, California. The couple had 2 children.
• 10. Joseph born and died 1889 in Olivers Springs, Tennessee.

Rosina and her family immigrated to the United States in 1883 according to the 1900 Census. They settled in Oliver Springs, Tennessee.

Name	Rosa Mickee
Age
Birth Date	Mar 1843
Birthplace	Austria
Home in 1900	Civil District 7, Anderson, Tennessee
House Number	78
Sheet Number	8
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation	133
Family Number	146
Race	White
Gender	Female
Immigration Year	1883
Relation to Head of House	Wife
Marital Status	Married
Spouse’s Name	John E Mickee
Marriage Year	1864
Years Married	36
Father’s Birthplace	Austria
Mother’s Birthplace	Austria
Mother: number of living children	6
Mother: How many children	10
Years in US	17
Can Read	Y
Can Write	Y
Can Speak English	Y
Neighbors	View others on page

Name	Age
John E Mickee	62
Rosa Mickee	47
John Mickee	22
Lillie Mickee	16

The last name should have been spelled Mücke or Muecke. The census taker actually wrote it that way. It was not a transcription error. The 1910 Census had the same problem with the spelling.

Name	Rosa Mickie[Muecke]
Age in 1910	67
Birth Date	1843[1843]
Birthplace	Germany
Home in 1910	Civil District 7, Anderson, Tennessee, USA
Sheet Number	9b
Street	Frist Bottom Road
Race	White
Gender	Female
Relation to Head of House	Wife
Marital Status	Married
Father’s Birthplace	Germany
Mother’s Birthplace	Germany
Native Tongue	English
Able to read	Y
Able to Write	Y
Enumeration District Number	0008
Years Married	33
Number of Children Born	8
Number of Children Living	6
Enumerated Year	1910
Neighbors	View others on page

Rosina died 18 September 1916 in Oliver Springs, Tennessee. The name on the death certificate was spelled correctly.

Her obituary mentioned only one daughter who lived close by.

Rosina’s husband John died four years later in 1920. They are buried in Oliver Springs Cemetery.

I really would like to find immigration records for Rosina and her family. They didn’t come through Ellis Island or Baltimore. No naturalizations are online for Tennessee. May be I need to contact the Tennessee State Archives. Their online search engine is not very user friendly. The page keeps timing out. Hopefully more records from that state will come online sooner or later.

Sources for this article:

• Family Search
• Ancestry
• Google Maps
• Newspapers
• Find A Grave

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