Agatha Fasching

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Per Frann Bonomo, who was Agata's granddaughter, Agata remained very Austrian to the day she died. She spoke broken English, wore a babushka, raised Franz Knopf's children, made their clothes. She was very old country. She hung laundry on lines outside and would not use a dryer. She lived to be 92. She went for her first airplane ride in 1965 to Florida.

1904 passenger list: Agata Fasching entered the US through Ellis Island on Feb 21 1904 sailing aboard the SS L Zouraine out of Havre on Feb 13 1904. She was 17, single, a servant, traveling from Deutsch-Schutzen to New York to her sister Scholastika Fasching, 236 W 11th, New York City. She traveled with 3 other young women from Nemet Lo: Agnes Schlaffer, 19, single, servant traveling to her friend Anna Weber % Mr y Burger; Agnes Taschler, 16, single, a servant, traveling to her sister Marie Taschler, 608 9th Ave, NY; Marie Pehr, 19, single, a servant, traveling to her friend Cecilia Knopf, 356 W 11th St, NY. Source: Ellis Island ship manifest. As shown by the 1920 census and by the 1922 passenger record of her husband, John Andrew Windisch, Agata returned to Deutsch Schuetzen more than once after first entering the US.

1912 passenger list: SS Finland, sailing from Antwerp, Mar 25 1912, : Agata Windisch, 23, female, housewife, able to read and write, citizen of Hungary, race German, last residence Nemetlovo Hungary, family in Hungary parents Josef Fasching, Nemetlovo 85, destination St Louis MO, passage paid by self, previously in St Louis MO 1905-1910, traveling to husband Johan Windisch, 3919 N 9th, St Louis MO, 5'3", fair, place of birth Nemetlovo Hungary. Source: Ship or Roll Number : Roll 1653. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897. Microfilm Publication M237, 675 rolls. Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 36. National Archives at Washington, D.C. Online ancestry.com : accessed Mar 4 2015.

1920 census: Missouri, City of St Louis, 3917 rear N 9th: Johann Windisch, head, male, white, 37, married, immigration 1905, alien, born Austria-Hungary German, parents Austria-Hungary German; Agatha Windisch, wife, female, white, 32, married, immigrated 1905, alien, born Austria-Hungary German, parents Austria-Hungary German; Anna Windisch, daughter, female, white, 12, single, Missouri, parents Austria-Hungary German; Johann Windisch, son, male, white 11, single, Missouri, parents Austria-Hungary German; Joseph Windisch, son, male, white, 9, single, immigrated ?, alien, born Austria-Hungary, parents Austria-Hungary; Maria Windisch, daughter, female, white, 6, single, born Missouri, parents Austria-Hungary; Edward Windisch, son, male, white, 6/12, single, born Missouri, parents Austria-Hungary; Johann Fasching, brother-in-law, male, white, 37, single, immigrated 1905, alien, born Austria-Hungary German, parents Austria-Hungary German, laborer, rolling mill. Source: Year: 1920; Census Place: St Louis Ward 2, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri; Roll: T625_948; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 30; Image: 257. Enumeration District : 0030; Description: St Louis City, Ward 2, Tract B-3 (part) Precincts 3 (part), 4 (part) bounded by Angelica, 9th, Salisbury, Blair Ave, Farrar, 11th. Online ancestry.com : accessed Mar 1 2015. The Windisch family lived next door to the Joseph Oswald family. Agatha Fasching Windisch and Anna Sclaffer Oswald were first cousins.

1923 passenger list: SS Resolute, sailing from Hamburg Jul 24 1923, arriving Port of New York, 1923 - Agatha Windisch, 35, femaile, married, housewife, able to read and write German, citizen of Austria, race German, last residence Deutsch Schuetzen Austria, closest relative in Austria parent Josef Fasching Deutsch Schuetzen 85 Austria, destination St Louis MO, passage paid by husband, $100 on hand, previously in the St Louis MO 1904-1921, joining husband John Windisch St Louis MO 3917 North [9th] Str, planning to remain permanently in the US, never in prison, 5'4", fair, brown hair and eyes, born Deutsch Schuetzen. Traveling with Agatha were her children: Johann Windisch, 15, child, male, single, able to read and write German, citizen of USA, race German, previously in St Louis MO 1904-1921 [sic]; Josef Windisch, 12, child, male, single, able to read and write German, citizen of Austria, race German, previously in St Louis MO 1915-1921; Maria Windisch, 9, child, female, single, not able to read and write, citizen of USA, race German, previously in St Louis MO 1920-1921; Edward Windisch, 3, child, male, single, not able to read and write, citizen of USA, race German, not previously in US [discrepancy with census records]. Source: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897. Microfilm Publication M237, 675 rolls. Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 36. National Archives at Washington, D.C.Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957. Microfilm Publication T715, 8892 rolls. Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; National Archives at Washington, D.C.Supplemental Manifests of Alien Passengers and Crew Members Who Arrived on Vessels at New York, New York, Who Were Inspected for Admission, and Related Index, compiled 1887-1952. Microfilm Publication A3461, 21 rolls. ARC ID: 3887372. RG 85, Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Index to Alien Crewmen Who Were Discharged or Who Deserted at New York, New York, May 1917-Nov. 1957. Microfilm Publication A3417. ARC ID: 4497925. National Archives at Washington, D.C.Passenger Lists, 1962-1972, and Crew Lists, 1943-1972, of Vessels Arriving at Oswego, New York. Microfilm Publication A3426. ARC ID: 4441521. National Archives at Washington, D.C. Online ancestry.com : accessed Mar 2 2015. Agatha and John Andrew Windisch's oldest daughter, Anna, is not listed on this record. She would have been about 16. Either she did not survive childhood, or she remained in the US or in Austria with relatives/others.

1930 census: Missouri, City of St Louis, ward 2, block 2418, 2110 Penrose Ave: John Windisch, head, own home worth $8000, no farm, male, white, 48, married at age of 25, reads and writes, born Austria, parents born Austria, mother tongue German, immigrated 1922, papers files, speaks English, laborer, brick yard; Agatha Windisch, female, white, 43, married at age 20, able to read write, born Austria, parents born Austria, mother tongue German, immigrated 1922, alien, does not speak English, no occupation; Edward Windisch, son, male, white, 11, single, attending school, able to read and write, born Missouri, parents born Austria. Source: Year: 1930; Census Place: St Louis, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri; Roll: 1228; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0260; Image: 84.0; FHL microfilm: 2340963. Enumeration District : 260; Description: ST. LOUIS CITY, WARD 2 (PART), BOUNDED BY (N) GRAND AVE.; (E) BROADWAY, BELLEFONTAINE RD., 11TH; (S) ANGELICA; (W) FLORISSANT AVE., FERRY, 19TH, BISSEL, BLAIR AVE.Online ancestry.com : accessed Mar 1 2015.

1940 census: Bronx, New York City, New York, 410 E 157th St: John Windisch, head, male, white, 57, married completed 8th grade, born Austria, parents Austria, same house in 1935, porter, wholesale electric supply company; Agatha Windisch, wife, female, white, 53, married, completed 8th grade, born Austria, same house in 1935, superintendent, apartment house; Mary Windisch, daughter, female, white, 26, single, completed 8th grade, born Missouri, same house 1935, cleaner, wholesale electric supply company; Edward Windisch, son, male, white, 20, single, completed H-2, born Missouri, same house 1935, clerk, retail bakery store. Source: Year: 1940; Census Place: New York, Bronx, New York; Roll: T627_2460; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 3-26. Online ancestry.com : accessed Mar 1 2015.

Social Security death index: Agatha Windisch, 068-52-4804, last residence East meadow, Nassau, NY 11554, born 19 Apr 1887, died Apr 1979, SSN issued New York (1973). Source: Number: 068-52-4804; Issue State: New York; Issue Date: 1973. Online ancestry.com : accessed Mar 5 2015.

Burial: Calvary Cemetery, interment #423367, Agatha Windisch, female, burial May 3 1979, age 92, section 026, lot 2516. Also buried in the same section/lot were Frank A Vanost and Marie Vanost. I am not sure if these are related to the Agatha and John Windish or not. Source: Original data: Archdiocese of Saint Louis. Cemeteries. Archdiocese of Saint Louis. http://archstl.org/app/cemeteries/burial_search: accessed June 2010. Online Calvary Cemetery: h t t p : / / a r c h s t l . o r g / a p p /cemeteries/burial_search/lot?cemeteries=4&lot=2516&page=1&section=026 : accessed Mar 1 2015.

Find a Grave: Agatha Windisch, birth unknown, death May 1979, burial Calvary Cemetery, St Louis City, MO. Source: Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi. Online ancestry.com : accessed Mar 4 2015.