Karel Joseph BREZNY

1883 - 1939  (55 years)

• Name	Karel Joseph BREZNY  [1, 2]
  Birth	19 Mar 1883	Zabreh, Czechoslovakia   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%A1b%C5%99eh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%A1b%C5%99eh_%28disambiguation%29
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	Charles Joseph BREZNY, Charley Joseph BREZNY  [1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
  Immigration	26 May 1894	New York, New York, New York, USA   [2, 13]
  Census	22 Jun 1900	Lavaca, Texas, USA   [4]
  Naturalization	12 Dec 1917	Prague, Lincoln, Oklahoma, USA   [10]
  Census	3 Jan 1920	South Creek, Lincoln, Oklahoma, USA   [7]
  Census	1 Apr 1930	Dent, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, USA   [5]
  Death	26 Feb 1939	Prague, Lincoln, Oklahoma, USA   [8, 14, 15]
  Burial	Prague Catholic Cemetery/Prague, Lincoln, Oklahoma, USA   [16]
  Person ID	I971	Rivera Family Tree
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	Frantisek BREZNY,   b. UNKNOWN   d. Abt Dec 1889
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Johanna SASSIN,   b. 13 Dec 1852, Czechoslovakia d. 26 Dec 1930 (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1878	Zabreh, Mistek District, Moravia   [1]
  	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%A1b%C5%99eh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%A1b%C5%99eh_%28disambiguation%29
  Family ID	F291	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rosie M. RUZICKA,   b. 25 Aug 1883, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA d. 5 May 1971, Prague, Lincoln, Oklahoma, USA (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	30 Oct 1905	Prague, Lincoln, Oklahoma Territory, USA
  Notes	Rosie and her sister Bessie had a double wedding.
  Children	+ 1. Frank Pete BREZNY,   b. 8 Aug 1906, Collinsville, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA d. 19 Jul 1981, Enid, Garfield, Oklahoma, USA (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Mary Agnes BREZNY,   b. 12 Sep 1908, Collinsville, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA d. 28 Jan 1983 (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. Josephine Rose BREZNY,   b. 1 Mar 1911, Hugoton, Stevens, Kansas, USA d. 2 Oct 1975 (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Charles Joseph BREZNY, Jr.,   b. 2 May 1913, Oklahoma, USA d. 28 Jul 1997, Prague, Lincoln, Oklahoma, USA (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Henry R. BREZNY,   b. 27 Feb 1916, Oklahoma, USA d. 20 Nov 1988, Prague, Lincoln, Oklahoma, USA (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 6. Helen Irene BREZNY,   b. 18 May 1927, Prague, Lincoln, Oklahoma, USA d. 19 Mar 2015, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA (Age 87 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F284	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S82] History of Lincoln County, Lincoln County Families, Page 535, The BREZNY Family, By Jerry and Ann SUVA. [S1033] New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1957, This record lists a previously undocumented family member (son?) named Alfonso who is 10 years older than Hermina and 16 years younger than Johanna. Departure Port: Bremen Arrival Date: 26 May 1894 Arrival Port: New York, New York, USA Ship Name: Braunschweig [S75] CROSSON, Kathy, Email of 18 Mar 2000. born March 19, 1883 ... He was born in Zabreh Czech [S558] 1900 U.S. Census, Texas, Lavaca, Justice Precinct No. 3, Twelfth Census of the United States Schedule; Online Images, District No. 89, Sheet No. 14B, Lines 83 through 90. [S934] 1930 U.S. Census, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie, Dent, Fifteenth Census of the United States Schedule; Online Images, Enumeration District 63-20, Supervisor's District No. 20, Sheet 1A. Lines 1 thru 8 [S471] U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Name: Charley Brezny Race: White Birth Date: 17 Mar 1883 Residence Date: 1917-1918 Street Address: 31 4 Residence Place: Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA Physical Build: Medium Height: 5-10 Medium Hair Color: Black Eye Color: Brown Relative: Rosie Brezny [S565] 1920 U.S. Census, Oklahoma, Lincoln, South Creek, Fourteenth Census of the United States Schedule; Online Images, Supervisor's District No. 4, Enumeration District No. 127, Sheet No. 1B. Lines 51 thru 57 [S514] Prague Catholic Cemetery (Prague, Lincoln, Oklahoma), Grave Markers. BREZNY Charles J. 1884 - 1939 Rose M. 1884 - 1971 [S919] Obituary of Helen Irene GREGORY, https://www.okcemeteries.net/lincoln/miscobit/gregoryhib.html. HELEN IRENE GREGORY 1927 - 2015 Helen Irene Brezny Gregory was born on May 18, 1927, in Prague, Oklahoma, and departed this life on Thursday, March 19, 2015, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at the age of 87. Helen, the daughter of Charles Joseph and Rose Mary Ruzicka Brezny, Sr., was a resident of Prague. She married Johnnie Phillip Gregory, Sr. on May 23, 1948, in Prague, and they remained married until his death in 1995. She was a member of St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church. Helen enjoyed reading, crocheting, doll making and baking Kolaches. Helen’s parents, husband and three brothers and two sisters preceded her in death. Survivors include her sons and daughters-in-law, Johnnie and Sandra Gregory, Jr., of Choctaw and Tommy and Debra Gregory of Claremore; daughters and son-in-law, Kathy Crosson of Prague and Mary and Don Conner of Meeker; grandchildren, Jillian Michelle Gregory, Michael Joseph Gregory, Kyle Gregory, Kristy Birchfield, Jerry Orr, Jennifer Messer, Christopher Crosson, Erin Brown and Jeremy Coleman; great grandchildren, Zack Coleman, Zoie Coleman, Benjamin Brown, Dustin Orr, Gregory Orr, Dalton Messer, Kylie Messer and Paisley Crosson; great great grandchildren, Channin Orr and Grayson Orr; other family and friends. A wake service will be held on Monday, March 23, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. at Parks Brothers Funeral Chapel in Prague. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, March 24, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Prague with Father Long Phan officiating. Interment will follow at the Catholic Cemetery in Prague. Services are under the direction of Parks Brothers Funeral Service in Prague. [S935] Oklahoma, U.S., Naturalization Records, 1889-1991. Name: Charles Joseph Brezny Certificate Age: 34 Record Type: Declaration Birth Date: 17 Mar 1883 Birth Place: Mistek, Austria Hungary Certificate Date: 12 Dec 1917 Certificate Place: Guthrie, Oklahoma, USA Spouse: Rosa Declaration Number: 108 Court District: Western District of Oklahoma [S941] Obituary of Joseph RUZICKA. RUZICKA - Joseph, 3008 S. 20th St., age 66 years. Survived by 5 sisters, Mrs. Charles Brezny, Mrs. Ernest Brezny, Mrs. Louis Brezny, Mrs. John Kripal, Mrs. Anton Lieberman. Funeral services Saturday, 8:30 a.m., at the Dworak Mortuary, to St. Wenceslaus Church, 9 a.m. Interment St. Mary's Cemetery. rosary Friday, 8 p.m., at mortuary. [S1030] Obituary of Frank P BREZNY, Oklahoma, Garfield County, Obituaries, 1963-1986 (familysearch.org). FRANK P. BREZNY GARBER - Recitation of the Rosary for Frank P. Brezny, 74, will be at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Parks Funeral Home Chapel in Prague. Funeral Mass will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church. The Rev. Louis Vander Ley, OSB, will officiate at the rites. Burial will be in the Paradise Cemetery at Breckinridge at 3 p.m., under the direction of the Anderson Funeral Home of Garber. Brezny died late Sunday afternoon in an Enid hospital. He was born Aug. 8, 1906, in Collinsville, the son of Rose and Charles Brezny, and spent most of his life in Prague. He and Helen Seftak [sic] were married there Feb. 24, 1945. They lived on a farm east of Prague until moving to Yukon in 1966. The Breznys moved to Garber in 1974 where he worked for Mid-Continent Co-Op. Brezny was a member of the Catholic Church at Billings. He is survived by his wife Helen of the home; a daughter, Mrs. Paul Eldon (Georgena) Maly and her children, Joan, Chris and Matthew, Garber; two sisters, Mary Grimes of Pauls Valley and Mrs. Johnnie (Helen) Gregory, Prague; two brothers, Charley Brezny and Henry Brezny, both of Prague. Another sister died earlier. This who wish may make contributions to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Heart Fund in memory of Brezny. Anderson's will serve as custodian of the memorial fund. [S559] Passenger Manifest of the S.S. Braunschweig, Ship: BRAUNSCHWEIG Departure Port: Bremen, Germany Port of Arrival: New York, New York. [S75] CROSSON, Kathy, Email of 18 Mar 2000. He died Feb. 26, 1938 or 39 I still need to look at his headstone to be sure of the correct date. [S75] CROSSON, Kathy, Email of 31 May 2000. I finally went to the cemetary and looked at my grandfather Charles Breznys' headstone. The date of his death is Feb 26,1939. [S75] CROSSON, Kathy, Email of 18 Mar 2000. Both of my grandparents are buried in the Catholic Cemetery here in Prague Okla.