ANTON AND ANNIE [SCHEINOST] PAESL
Long before we could know or care about our ancestral beginnings,
our relatives saw the need to collect some of this precious
information. Much of it was written on scraps of paper, the backs of
envelopes, anything close at hand when an elderly relative began to
reminisce about the “good old days.” From such notes and
photographs, some yellow with age, Linda Paesl began to put together
the puzzle of the family’s past.
[pg 350 PHOTO The Anton Paesl Family: back row, from left - Marvin,
Andrew, Sylvia, Stasie, Tony; middle - Evelyn, Anton [father], Twila,
Annie [mother], Christine; front - Goldie, Olga [not pictured
Dewitt]; Picture was taken in approximately 1922]
Anton Paesl was born to Casper and Margaret (Kafka) in Lhota,
Bohemia, on January 4, 1872. He was one of five sons and three
daughters. His parents and James, Joseph, Mary, Margaret, and
Frances remained in Bohemia while Kasper, Frank, and Anton
immigrated to the United States.
Anton left Lhota, Bohemia, for Bremen, Germany, where he boarded the
vessel, Darmstadt. The Darmstadt arrived in New York City on May 25,
1891. Anton left New York City for Snyder, Nebraska, where his
brother Frank was farming.
Frank Paesl’s family stayed in the Snyder-West Point area while
Kasper Paesl settled in the Creighton-Bloomfield area.
Annie Scheinost’s grandparents Jacob and Dorothy Mraz were married
in 1855. Dorothy (Kofka) Mraz was born in Slayikovice, Kdyne,
Bohemia, on April 18, 1820. She is buried at Bloomfield, Nebraska
(1910). Her grandfather Jacob Mraz was born approximately 1817 at
Stuhadlo No. 5, Kdyne, Bohemia.
Annie’s father was Andrew Scheinost. Andrew was born March 17, 1854,
at Kydne, Usilov, Bohemia. He married Anna Mraz (born July 25, 1856,
at Slavikovice, Bohemia) May 20, 1876, in Slavikovice. Four children
were born before Andrew and his family immigrated to the United
States in 1882. They were Mary (Wostrel), Annie (Paesl), Frank, and
Andrew. Ten children were born in the United States. They were
Joseph, Agnes (Maute), Anthony, William, Edward, Jerome, baby boy,
Daniel, Louisa, Louis, and Albert.
Andrew died April 21, 1930, at Creighton, Nebraska. Anna died
October 21, 1942, in Creighton, also. Both Andrew and Anna are
buried at Bloomfield, Nebraska.
Their daughter, Annie, was born September 28, 1878, at Slavikovice,
Kydne, Bohemia, and married Anton Paesl at West Point, Nebraska, on
November 24, 1897. Their first child Stasie (married Edwin Sedivy)
was born April 28, 1899. The family then moved to Scio, Oregon, to
farm. While living there Christine (married Walter Neider) was born
April 1, 1901, Sylvia (married Robert Jolly) was born December 31,
1902, a baby boy on April 5, 1904, and Andrew on July 4, 1905.
A homestead in Cottonwood, South Dakota, was the next home for the
family. They homesteaded five hard years with no crops harvested in
1910 and 1911. While in Cottonwood, Evelyn, who married William
Stoural, was born December 23, 1908, and Tony, who married Lillian
Somer, was born February 28, 1911.
Anton and Annie brought their family to Bloomfield, Nebraska. It was
here that Andrew started school. Anton then took the family to the
old McCoy place near Winnetoon, Nebraska. Here Marvin, who married
Helen Kral, was born January 20, 1913. Goldie, who married Leo
Engle, was born January 27, 1915, and Olga (Mrs. Leonard Vonasek)
was born March 13, 1917.
Anton then bought Anton Scheinost’s farm (now James Mlady’s). Twila
(Mrs. Albert Skarr) was born living, and Dewitt, who
married Maxine Cook and Fern Davis, was born living. Anton
bought the main frame of a sawmill and constructed the rest by
himself. He sawed lumber for his neighbors during the lean years.
Yet Anton lost the farm during the depression years. In 1938, Anton
bought the farm where his grandson, Joe Paesl, presently farms.
As was the custom, Andrew remained home to farm while Tony, Marvin,
and Dewitt served their country during World War II.
Anton died at his home September 17, 1945, at 73 years of age. Annie
died at home September 23, 1965, at 87 years of age. Anton and Annie
were laid to rest in the Jelen Cemetery.
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