HONZIK, Wenzel Anton

1857 - 1937  (79 years)

• Name	HONZIK, Wenzel Anton
  Birth	10 Oct 1857	Czech Republic   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	12 Sep 1873	Bremen, Southhampton   [2]
  	Role: Witness
  		CH-Honzik Anton Honzik Family ship manifest header
  		CH-Honzik Anton Honzik family ship manifest entry
  Intent	Abt 1885
  	Filed his declaration of intent for citizenship
  Name	Wenceslaus Honzik
  Naturalization	12 Jun 1888	Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States
  	Wenzel Honzik and Jan Chaloupka received their Naturalization/Declaration of intent on the same day. Joeseph Cisler was witness for both. Source is Manitowoc County Naturalization records Certificate Number H 522 Honzik, Wenzel Date June 12, 1888 Where Born Bohemia When born about 1858 Circuit Court Manitowoc Name of Witnesses Joseph Cisler Date and Port of Arrival in US October 1873 New York
  		CH-Honzik Wenzel Honzik Naturalization page 1
  		CH-Honzik Wenzel Honzik naturalization page 2
  Death	11 Aug 1937	Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States   [1, 3]
  	Cause: at home of son George
  	Former Gibson Farmer Dies at Manitowoc Today MANITOWOC (Special)- A stroke of apoplexy caused the death early this morning of Wenzel Honzik, Sr. 79, at the home of his son, George, North 15th street, where he had been living since he retired from farming ten years ago. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. from the homestead farm in the town of Gibson. The Rev. Frank Junek will officiate. Interment will be in the Mishicot cemetery. The body will lie in state at the Specht funeral home until Thursday evening, when it will be taken to the Gibson homestead. Honzik was born in Bohemia on October 10, 1857, and he came to America with his parents when he was eight years old. The family settled on a farm at Centerville and later moved to Kossuth. With his wife, the former Madeline Eckart who died 17 years ago, he established the homestead farm in the town of Gibson. Ten years ago he came to Manitowoc. Survivors are four daughters and three sons: Mrs. John Blaha of Antigo, Mrs. Emil Kloida of Manitowoc, Mrs. William Chaloupka of Mishicot, Mrs. Frank Kunz of Gibson, Anton and Wenzel on the home farm and George of this city. Edited for living Wenzel was 18 when he immigrated not eight. (His wife Madeline is buried in Tisch Mills Cemetery #66)
  Burial	13 Aug 1937	Mishicot, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States   [1, 3]
  	Address: Mishicot Public Cemetery/Holy Cross Cemetery
  Person ID	I947	Jindra and Chaloupka Family Trees
  Last Modified	7 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	HONZIK, Anton,   b. Abt 1820, Czech Republic d. Between 1880 and 1900 (Age 60 years)
  Mother	[HONZIK], Anna,   b. Abt 1826, Czech Republic d. Between 1880 and 1900 (Age 54 years)
  Family ID	F331	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	ECKART, Magdalena Ernestina,   b. 24 Jun 1859, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States d. 4 Dec 1919, Wisconsin, United States (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	24 Oct 1882	Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States
  Children	+ 1. HONZIK, Anna Magdalene,   b. 22 Jun 1883, Wisconsin, United States d. 30 Jan 1962, Antigo, Langlade, Wisconsin, United States (Age 78 years) + 2. HONZIK, Emilina Anna,   b. 27 Sep 1884, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States d. 1 Jun 1931, Langlade, Wisconsin, United States (Age 46 years) + 3. HONZIK, Julia Josie,   b. 22 Mar 1885, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States d. 25 May 1957, Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States (Age 72 years) + 4. HONZIK, Rose,   b. 22 Jan 1886, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States d. 21 Mar 1960, Mishicot, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States (Age 74 years) + 5. HONZIK, Anton John,   b. 23 Jun 1889, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States d. 27 Jul 1951, Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States (Age 62 years) + 6. HONZIK, Maria,   b. 8 Jan 1893, Gibson Township, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States d. 21 Mar 1966, Mishicot, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States (Age 73 years) + 7. HONZIK, Wenzel John,   b. 5 Sep 1895, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States d. 19 Oct 1971, Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States (Age 76 years) + 8. HONZIK, George John,   b. 5 Sep 1896, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States d. 21 Dec 1972, Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F330	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2025

  
  

• Notes

  All the male children of Wenzel and Magdalena have the middle name John. Gravestone HONZIK: Wenzei Honzik/Oct. 9, 1857/Aug. 11, 1937/Father

  
  

• Sources

  [S41] Website - FindAGrave, viewed online; 11 August 2018; Wenzel Honzik Sr - Mishicot Cemetery - Memorial ID: 164107259; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/164107259. [S414] Immigration\Naturalization - Vessels arriving at New York, 1820-1957 - Ancestry, S.S. Rhein; viewed and downloaded; 5 August 2019; Anton Honsick, Microfilm Seriel: M237; Microfilm Roll: M237_381; Line 18; List Number: 974. Anton Honsick 58 Male, Workman Anna Honsick 46 female Anton Honsick 18 male Anton Honsick and his wife Anna and son Anton were found on the ship manifest for the ship S.S. Rhein which entered the port of NY in Sept. 1873. The passenger list states they were from Germany. All other records indicate the family was from Bohemia. Although the spelling of the name is different, the ages of the passengers match the family. We believe this to be the arrival of Wenzel and his parents. NOTE: Naturalization Record states Sept 1873; 1900 Census indicates he immigrated in 1873. Obituary states he was 8 years old which would be 1865-this is incorrect. [S105] Newspaper - Wisconsin - Two Rivers Reporter, Former Gibson Farmer Dies at Manitowoc Today; obituary; 11 August 1937; vieweed online; 11 August 2018; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/164107259. Former Gibson Farmer Dies at Manitowoc Today MANITOWOC (Special)- A stroke of apoplexy caused the death early this morning of Wenzel Honzik, Sr. 79, at the home of his son, George, North 15th street, where he had been living since he retired from farming ten years ago. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. from the homestead farm in the town of Gibson. The Rev. Frank Junek will officiate. Interment will be in the Mishicot cemetery. The body will lie in state at the Specht funeral home until Thursday evening, when it will be taken to the Gibson homestead. Honzik was born in Bohemia on October 10, 1857, and he came to America with his parents when he was eight years old. The family settled on a farm at Centerville and later moved to Kossuth. With his wife, the former Madeline Eckart who died 17 years ago, he established the homestead farm in the town of Gibson. Ten years ago he came to Manitowoc. Survivors are four daughters and three sons: Mrs. John Blaha of Antigo, Mrs. Emil Kloida of Manitowoc, Mrs. William Chaloupka of Mishicot, Mrs. Frank Kunz of Gibson, Anton and Wenzel on the home farm and George of this city. Edited for living Wenzel was 18 when he immigrated not eight. (His wife Madeline is buried in Tisch Mills Cemetery #66)