Cook County IL Archives Biographies.....Blaha, Joseph C 1877 - 
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Author: Goodspeed, W.A., & Healy, D.D. (Eds.)

Joseph C. Blaha, operator in real estate, loans and insurance, at 3824 West 
Twelfth street, was born in Chicago on August 15, 1877, and is a son of Joseph 
and Mary (Foertsch) Blaha. At the age of 14 years his father immigrated from 
Bohemia to the United States m 1863, located in Chicago, and entered the 
employ of the Oliver-Packing company, and in the end became foreman of the 
retail department. In 1875 he embarked in the grocery business on West Twelfth 
street and has been thus occupied ever since. Here he has lived and labored 
and reared his large family to lives of usefulness and honor. His father was 
Joseph who came to this country in 1875 and settled in Chicago where he and 
wife passed the remainder of their days. They were the parents of three sons 
and three daughters: George, deceased; Joseph; Matthias, deceased; Mary, wife 
of Michael Foertsch; Annie, wife of Fred Nave; and Theresa, wife of Charles 
Gore. Of this family Joseph, father of subject, has now a family of ten living 
children: Joseph C, Theresa, John, Anthony, Mary, Victor, Cecelia, Sophia, 
William and Rose.

Joseph C. was reared in this city and educated at the public schools, St. 
Francis school, and St. Ignatius college. At the age of 16 he began steady 
work with his father and thus remained occupied until 1905, when he embarked 
in his present business. He has been successful and is well known in the 
community and has the confidence of the public generally. He is one of the 
most progressive of the younger business men of the city. He is a member of 
St. Mary's Roman Catholic church, Catholic Order of Foresters and Knights of 
Columbus. In politics he is independent. He married Susie, daughter of Thomas 
and Annie (Hansel) Dale, natives of Norway, on November 18, 1908.


Additional Comments:
Goodspeed, W.A., & Healy, D.D. (Eds.). (1909). History of Cook County, 
Illinois. Chicago: The Goodspeed Historical Association.

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