Charles JABLONSKY 1 2
- Born: 17 Aug 1860, near Königsberg (Kaliningrad), East Prussia (Russia) 1 2
- Marriage: Martha STUECKEMANN on 18 Jul 1888 in St. Louis, Missouri 1
- Died: 20 Jul 1926, St. Louis, Missouri 1 2 3
- Buried: 22 Jul 1926, Sunset Burial Park, St. Louis, Missouri 1 2
 Another name for Charles was Carl.1 4
Research Notes:
The name of the village on his ship's passenger list is very difficult to read. It looks like Adl Germorschin, but no such village can be found. East Prussia map experts have informed me that it is helpful that the first word appears to be Adl, short for Adlig, because the list of East Prussian villages with that prefix is not very long. The best candidate appears to be Adlig Kermuschienen in Kreis Darkehmen (aka Angerapp), but that assumes the person who wrote its name heard a "K" sound and wrote it as a hard "G" sound and that the final syllable was dropped.
If Adlig Kermuschienen was his village, further research is problematical. Sometime before 1937, the name of the village was shortened to Kermen. While it still appears on the maps, Kermen is now listed as a village that no longer exists. A current day map of the Russian territory comprising Koenigsberg/Kaliningrad shows Kermen to have been located about 100 km east south east of Koenigsberg. More specifically, it was about 30 km south of Insterburg and was situated between highway A197 (about 10 km to the west), highway P508 (a few km to the north), and the Polish border (a few km to the south). Compounding the difficulty of further research is the fact the Protestant parish records would have been located in Gross Karpowen (aka Karpauen), another small village a few kilometers north of highway P508, and those parish records have not been filmed, nor are they in the collection of Evangelisches Zentral Archiv in Berlin, which houses about 7000 parish registers from Protestant parishes which belonged to the former eastern provinces of the Protestant Church of the Old Prussian Union. Although the church in Gross Karpowen appears to still exist, I do not know whether any of its early records still exist. All I have been able to find out is that the church was established in 1847 and is reputed to have had a royal patronage. It also maintained a school at Adlig Kermuschienen. Note that Adlig means royal. Note also that August Jablonsky named one of his sons, Royal.
Death Notes:
Per Death Certificate:
Resided at 3015 Wyoming, St. Louis, Missouri at death. Cause of death was hemiphlegia, which is a paralysis on one side of the body, probably due to a stroke. Hypertension was also mentioned, with Arteriosclerosis listed as a contributory cause.
Per Obituary:
"JABLONSKY -- Entered into rest on Tuesday, July 20, 1926 at 6 a. m., Charles Jablonsky of 3015 Wyoming street, beloved husband of Martha Jablonsky (nee Stueckemann), dear father of Charles H. Jablonsky, Mrs. H. E. Strong of Albuquerque, N. M., and Ruth Jablonsky, brother of the late August Jablonsky of Clayton, Mo., and our dear father-in-law and grandfather, in his sixty-sixth year.
Funeral from Wacker-Helderle, 3634 Gravois avenue, Thursday, July 22 at 3 p. m., thence to Sunset Burial Park."
Noted events in his life were:
1. Immigration: 22 Mar 1886, New York. 4 5
Ship: California
Captain: Winckler
From: Hamburg
To: New York
Departed: 3 Mar 1886
Arrived: 22 Mar 1886
Per Hamburg Passenger List dated 21 Feb 1886:
No. 319, Jablonsky, Carl, male, age 25, resided in ___ __________, East Prussia, saddler.
[The name of his village is very difficult to read. See discussion at Research Note.]
Per Germans to America source:
Jablonsky, Hedrman, age 25, male, saddler, from Prussia, village unknown, to unknown. [Unless Karl Jablonsky was also known by another name, the name Hedram would appear to be a transcribing error. Note the previous passenger was named Herman and the succeeding passenger was named Carl. The Hamburg Passenger List clearly identifies the Jablonsky on this ship as Carl.]
2. City Directory: 1890, St. Louis, Missouri. 6
Charles Jablonsky, harness, r. 3520 N. 2Second, St. Louis, MO, 1890
3. Naturalization: 1894-1900, St. Louis, Missouri. 7
Declaration of Intention to become a Citizen of the United States and to renounce alliegiance to the Emperor of Germany on 9 Oct 1894 in the St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction.
Admitted as a Citizen of the United States on 12 Sep 1900 by the St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction.
[Aunt Geraldine has the original naturalization papers; the author has copies.]
4. Census: 1900, St. Louis, Missouri. 8
Dwelling 104, Family 174 at 2510 Salisbury Street
Jablonsky, Charles; head; white; male; born Aug 1860; age 39; married 11 years; born in Germany; father and mother born in Germany; immigrated 1886; 14 years in U. S.; papers pending for naturalization; harness maker; reads, writes and speaks English; rents home.
Jablonsky, Martha; wife; white; female; born Jun 1867; age 32; married 11 years; 3 children, all still living; born in Germany; father and mother born in Germany; immigrated 1883; 17 years in U. S.; no entry for naturalization; reads, writes and speaks English.
Jablonsky, Charles H. A.; son; white; male; born Jan 1890, age 10, single, born in Missouri; father and mother born in Germany; at school; reads, writes and speaks English.
Jablonsky, Alice; daughter; white; female; born Dec 1891; age 8; single; born in Missouri; father and mother born in Germany; at school.
Jablonsky, Ruth D.; daughter; white; female; born Dec 1899; age 6/12; single; born in Missouri; father and mother born in Germany.
5. Census: 1910, St. Louis, Missouri. 9
Dwelling 192, Family 339 at 2510 Salisbury Street
Jablonsky, Charley; head; male; white; age 50; married 22 years; born in Germany; father and mother born in Germany; speaks English; saddler in harness shop; self-employed; can read and write; owns home with mortgage.
Jablonsky, Martha; wife; female; white; age 53; married 22 years; 3 children, all living; born in Germany; father and mother born in Germany; speaks English; none for occupation; can read and write.
Jablonsky, Charles H.; son; male; white; age 20; single; born in Missouri; father and mother born in Germany; speaks English; fitter at radiator co.; an employee; can read and write.
Jablonsky, Helen; daughter; female; white; age 19; single; born in Missouri; father and mother born in Germany; speaks English; piano teacher; self-employed; can read and write.
Jablonsky, Ruth; daughter; female; white; age 11; single; born in Missouri; father and mother born in Germany; speaks English; no occupation; can read and write; attended school.
6. Census: 1920, St. Louis, Missouri. 10
Dwelling 50, Family 82 at 2510-2512 Salibury Street
Jablonsky, Charles; head; owns home with mortgage; male; white; age 60; married; immigrated 1889; naturalized 1891; can read and write; born in Germany; father and mother born in Germany; speaks English; harness maker for leather co.; wage earner.
Jablonsky, Martha; wife; female; white; married; immigrated 1883; naturalized 1895; can read and write; born in Germany; father and mother born in Germany; speaks English; none for occupation.
Jablonsky, Charles H.; son; male; white; age 30; single; can read and write; born in Missouri; father and mother born in Germany; waiter in cafe for wages.
Jablonsky, Ruth D.; daughter; female; white; age 20; single; can read and write; born in Missouri; father and mother born in Germany; occupation listed as comptometer(?) in railroad office for wages.
Charles married Martha STUECKEMANN, daughter of Henry C. STUECKEMANN and Wilhelmina BLOSEN, on 18 Jul 1888 in St. Louis, Missouri.1 (Martha STUECKEMANN was born on 2 Jun 1867 in Elberfeld (Wuppertal), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany,1 died on 15 Nov 1941 in St. Louis, Missouri 1 11 and was buried on 18 Nov 1941 in Sunset Burial Park, St. Louis, Missouri 1.)
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