Zahorany is about 5-6 kilometers east of Vystrkov and on the east side of the Vlatava River.

CERTIFICATE OF ARRIVAL:
#5 48498 issued by the US Dept of Labor's Immigration and Naturalization Service. Port of Baltimore, Maryland on Sep 12, 1907 on the SS Rhein North German Lloyd Line from Bremen, Germany. Destination was his friend, Karl Bures.

IMMIGRATION:
12 Sep 1907 in Baltimore, MD on the SS Rhein of the North German Lloyd Line out of Bremen.

NATURALIZATION:
24 Sep 1937.

MARRIAGE:
LICENSE APPLICATION Vol 67 Pg 351 HANUS, MARY and ROZHON, CHARLES
(Cuyahoga County Marriage License Index)

MARRIAGE:
Married at OUR LADY OF LOURDES CHURCH, Cleveland, Ohio

OCCUPATION:
Cabinetmaker.

RESIDENCES:
1908 - 3007 Nursery Ave., Cleveland
1910 - not at Nursery Ave address in 1910 census -- could not find him
1911 - 3275 East 49th St., Cleveland
1912 - 3471 East 52nd St., Cleveland
1913 - 13206 Bartlett Ave., Bedford
1914 - 13206 Bartlett Ave., Bedford (per death certificate for his daughter Karolina)
1924 - 13310 S. Parkway, Garfield Hts.,
1939 - 13206 Bartlett Ave., Bedford

DEATH:
Death Cert. #3944-CC, age 59 yrs 5 mos., Informant Mary Pivonka, Funeral home - Bican Brothers.

CAUSE OF DEATH: Coronary Thrombosis.

BURIAL: Harvard Grove Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio

1. 2. Henry Charles (Corky) ROZHON   b. 6 Dec 1908, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 24 May 1968, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
2. 3. Charleta (Helen) ROZHON, [child]   b. 22 Jan 1909, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 20 Dec 1918, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
3. 4. Karolina ROZHON, [infant]   b. 14 May 1912, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 12 Oct 1914, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
4. 5. Mary Ann ROZHON   b. 8 Dec 1913, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. May 1979, Chagrin Falls, , Ohio, USA.
5. 6. Charles Louis ROZHON, Jr   b. 11 Dec 1916, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 1974, Sandusky, , Ohio, USA.
6. 7. Florence (Flossie) Marie ROZHON   b. 20 Jul 1921, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 21 Sep 1992, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
7. 8. Joseph ROZHON   b. 14 Sep 1923, Garfield Hts., Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 19 Jun 1965, , Guernsey, Ohio, USA.

OBIT:
Name: Rozhon, Henry C.
Date: May 27 1968
Source: Plain Dealer; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #151.
Notes: Rozhon. Henry C. Rozhon of Bedford Heights, O., beloved husband of Venna (Bradshaw), dear father of Rosemary Galdfuss, William, Henry Jr. and Jay E. and grandfather, brother of Mary Seith, Florence Zele and Charles. Services Tuesday, May 28, 1968 at 1:30 p.m. at The Donald B. Johnson Funeral Home, 521 Broadway, Bedford, O., where friends will be received 3-5, 7-9 P.M. Monday.

1. 9. William C. ROZHON  
2. 10. Henry Wayne ROZHON  
3. 11. Jay Earl ROZHON  
4. 12. Rosemary ROZHON  

DEATH:
Pneumonia
Volume #2816, Certificate #87667

DEATH: Volume #1472, Certificate #54229

BURIAL:
Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.

Worked at Windsor Hospital in Chagrin Falls, OH.

DEATH: Approximate death date of 1988 furnished by Venna (Bradshaw) Rozhon. SSDI has a Mary Seith of Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga, OH death as May 1979. Is it the same person?

Never married.

MILITARY: Injured at Pearl Harbor.

DEATH: Ohio Veterans Home (See microfilm #18-337) Injured at Pearl Harbor.
Lived in Texas around 1932 per his father's Petition for Naturalization.

OBIT: ZELEI, FLORENCE M : Wife of Steve (Obit.).Plain Dealer 22 Sep, 1992, pg. 14 sec. F


BIRTH: Parents lived at 13206 Bartlett Ave. in 1921

1. 13. Michael ZELEI  
2. 14. Caroline ZELEI  

Never married

1. 15. Bobbie Jo ROZHON  
2. 16. Ronald H. ROZHON   b. Abt Apr 1962; d. Abt 25 Sep 1990.
3. 17. Billie Earlyn ROZHON  
4. 18. Andrew Tyson ROZHON  
5. 19. Earl Thomas ROZHON  

1. 20. Henry Wayne ROZHON, Jr.  
2. 21. male ROZHON  

1. 22. Jay ROZHON  

1. 23. Gregory L. GOLDFUSS, Jr.   b. 1968, , Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
2. 24. Theresa C. GOLDFUSS   b. , Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
3. 25. Charles H. GOLDFUSS  

1. 26. Diana OSLEJSEK  

OBIT:
ROZHON, RONALD H : Son of William (Obit.).Plain Dealer 26 Sep, 1990, pg. 11 sec. F
dearly beloved son of William and Mary (nee Palo), dearest brother of Bobbie Oslejsek, Billie Cantrell (deceased), Andrew and Earl, dear grandson of Henry (deceased) and Venna Rozhon and Edwin Palo and Margaret Curtiss (deceased), dear uncle of Michael, Christina, Bryan, Diana and Jeffrey. Services Wednesday Sept 26 at 1 pm at the B IONDO-VITO-NERO Funeral Home, corner of Rockside and Bartlett Rd., Bedford Hts (two blocks w of I-271), where family will recieve friends Tuesday 2-4 and 7-9 pm.

1. 27. Zachary Andre ROZHON  
2. 28. ROZHON  

1. 29. Amber ROZHON  
2. 30. Danyelle ROZHON  

Died at age of 22. He was in a circus in Florida when he fell and hurt himself. Did not seek medical treatment and died shortly thereafter. Married and had at least one child.

1. 31. ROZHON  

Died at age of 22. Shot while walking through someone else's yard.

DEATH:
Akron Beacon Journal (OH)
May 30, 1990
SUSPECTED INTRUDER IS SHOT, KILLED
Author: Andrea Louie, Beacon Journal staff writer
Edition: 3 STAR
Section: METRO
Page: A1

A Portage County man who was firing shots to warn suspected intruders killed one of them early Tuesday, officials said.

Gregory Goldfuss, 23, of Windham was found fatally shot shortly after midnight by sheriff's deputies.

Gene Davidson, 50, of state Route 88 in Freedom Township was telephoned by neighbors who thought they heard someone trying to break into his storage barn, said Sheriff P. Ken Howe.

Davidson went out on his porch and yelled at two men on his property, Howe said. When the men didn't move, Davidson randomly fired three or four warning shots with his .38-caliber handgun, Howe said. The barn is about 75 feet from Davidson's home.

Sheriff's deputies were summoned by telephone, and they found Goldfuss' body in the front yard; the other man had fled, Howe said. Davidson apparently didn't know someone had been shot, Howe said. The bullet entered the back of Goldfuss' right arm and was lodged in his right lung.

Portage County Coroner Robert Sybert pronounced Goldfuss dead at 1:45 a.m. `I really don't think he (Davidson) meant to kill him,' Howe said. No charges have been filed against Davidson.

Davidson declined to comment on the incident until after the sheriff's investigation is complete.

Sheriff's deputies interviewed the man who had been with Goldfuss, as well as other acquaintances, but Howe wouldn't release more details.

Funeral arrangements for Goldfuss are pending. slb

Copyright (c) 1990 Akron Beacon Journal
Record Number: 9001310750

Akron Beacon Journal (OH)
May 31, 1990
CHARGES UNLIKELY IN DEATH GUNSHOT KILLS PORTAGE MAN
Author: Andrea Louie, Beacon Journal staff writer
Edition: 3 STAR
Section: METRO
Page: B1
Portage County Sheriff P. Ken Howe said Wednesday, that no charges are likely to be filed against Gene Davidson, the Freedom Township man who shot and killed a suspected intruder.

Gregory Goldfuss, 23, was killed early Tuesday, morning in the front yard of Davidson's home. Davidson thought Goldfuss and another man, whom Howe wouldn't name, were trying to break into a storage barn and randomly fired shots to warn the men, Howe said.

In most cities, it is illegal to discharge a firearm, Howe said. But no such law applies in the township where the incident occurred, he said.

After the sheriff's deputies complete the investigation, the case will be turned over to the Portage County prosecutor's office for a grand jury to consider, said Assistant Prosecutor James Aylward.

Mr. Goldfuss, a drywall installer from Windham, is survived by his wife, Candy, and 16-month-old son, Gregory.

Calling hours for Mr. Goldfuss will be from 3 to 5 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. today, at the Johnson-Romito funeral home in Bedford. The funeral will be Friday. Call the funeral home at 232-1441 for the time of the service. ds

Copyright (c) 1990 Akron Beacon Journal
Record Number: 9002010068

Plain Dealer, The (Cleveland, OH)
June 26, 1997
SLAIN TRESPASSER'S FAMILY OWED $150,000 IN DAMAGES
Author: KARIN SCHOLZ PLAIN DEALER REPORTER
Edition: FINAL / ALL
Section: METRO
Page: 1B
The family of a trespasser killed by a Portage County homeowner has the right to collect damages, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled yesterday.

DEATH: The reason was not so much that the family was entitled to the money requested in the civil suit. Rather, the high court said the lawyers for Freedom Township resident Gene A. Davidson failed to instruct the jury that Davidson was liable only if he willfully shot the trespasser.

DEATH: The decision reversed a court of appeals ruling, which said Davidson should get a new trial to prevent a miscarriage of justice.

DEATH: "Parties in civil litigation choose their own counsel, who in turn, choose their theories of prosecuting and defending," Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer wrote. "An unsuccessful civil litigant may not obtain a new trial based upon the bare assumption that his or her attorney was ineffective."

DEATH: In May 1990, Davidson awoke to find two men in his yard near his pole barn. Davidson called police, ran outside and yelled at the men. As they tried to run away, Davidson fired four shots with a .38-caliber gun and fatally wounded Gregory G. Goldfuss, 22.

DEATH: The survivor later said he and Goldfuss were trying to break into Davidson's barn to steal tools.

DEATH: Davidson said he fired the shots to warn the men. A grand jury declined to charge Davidson, but Goldfuss' family sued.

DEATH: A Portage County jury awarded the Goldfusses $150,000, but an appeals court reversed the decision. The Goldfusses appealed to the Ohio Supreme Court.

DEATH: Akron lawyer David Bertsch, who argued the case for Davidson in front of the Supreme Court in January, did not return a phone message yesterday. His partner David Hilkert declined to comment, saying, "I haven't digested it yet."

DEATH: The Goldfusses' lawyer, Don Iler, said, "Unless you propose what you think the law is [in instructions to the jury] you cannot complain afterward. That's what happened in this case."

DEATH: Six of the seven justices agreed with the decision. Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton dissented in a part regarding the right to recover money for injuries suffered during a criminal act.

DEATH: The case prompted new legislation, by State Rep. Ann Womer Benjamin, an Aurora Republican, which gives homeowners immunity from trespassers who are harmed if the property owners or renters feel their lives are threatened.

DEATH: Copyright 1997, 2002 The Plain Dealer. All Rights Reserved. Used by NewsBank with Permission.
Record Number: 09177117

OBIT: GOLDFUSS, GREGORY L : Husband of Candy (Obit.). Plain Dealer 31 May, 1990, pg. 06 sec. C

1. 32. Gregory GOLDFUSS