Genealogy Record For
Charles Russell - (Mary Stickels' Father)
Charles Russell (1872-After 1930)
  • Spouse: Julia Unknown? (Russell) (1874 - After 1930) B:Mähren, Moravia, Austria D:Maryland)
  • Children:
    1. Daughter: Adele Russell (Abt. 1896 - ?) B:Mahren (Moravia), Austria)
    2. Daughter: (Mary) Marie Catherine Russell (Stickels) (08/15/1897-04/10/1956)
    3. Daughter: Emilia Russell (Abt. 1898 - ) B:Mahren (Moravia), Austria)
    4. Son: Joseph Russell (Abt. 1901 - ) B:Mahren (Moravia), Austria)
    5. Daughter: (Stephanie) Stephanja J Russell (Bean) (09/27/1903-09/16/1976)
  • Parents
    1. Father: Unknown? (?)
    2. Mother: Unknown? (?)
Charles's Personal Information
Born in Mähren, Moravia, Austria in 1872
Died in Unknown City/Co., Maryland (MD), USA after 1930 (Age 58)
Marriage to:
    Julia Unknown? (Russell) (1874 - After 1930) B:Mähren, Moravia, Austria D:Maryland) on January 1, 1895 (Age 23)
     - in Unknown City, Austria
     - Married about 1895 - Based on 1910 Census
Comments: Birth name "Karl Hruschka (Kruschka)".

Immigrated to the US circa 1906.

Child 1 - Adele Russell - last appears in the census in 1910 with her family. They were still using HRUSCHKA as a surname at that time. I have been unable to locate her by any means in the 1920 or 1930 census'. Child 3 - Emilia Russell - Emilia does not appear in the 1930 census with her parents, but does appear with them in 1910 &1920.

Child 4 - Joseph Russell - In the 1917 Baltimore City Directory, Joseph Hruschka is listed as a machinist living with his parents at 114 E.Clement Street. According to family lore, Joseph "Ran away to join the circus and was never heard from again."

Age 38 - 1910 Census - Baltimore City, MD, Ward 24, ED 396, Page 29B, dated May 5 - family resided at 1825 Light Street.Listed are Karl Kruschka, age 38, married for 15 years, one marriage, born in Austria, parents born in Austria,Immigration 1906, naturalization pending. Occupation: machinist for railroad. Also listed is wife Julia, age 35, married for 15 years, first marriage, 6 children born and 5 living, born in Austria, parents born in Austria,immigration 1907, no occupation. Daughter Adele, age 14, born in Austria, immigration 1907. Occupation: spool& wire factory. Daughter Marie, 13, born in Austria, immigration 1907. Occupation: packer, shirt factory. Daughter Emilia, age 12, born in Austria, immigration 1907. Son Josef, age 9, born in Austria, immigration 1907. Daughter Stephanie, age 6, born in Austria, immigration 1907.

[NOTE: NAME LISTED IN CENSUS INDEX UNDER "HRUSCHKA," BUT APPEARS TO READ "KRUSCHKA." HOWEVER, THE FORMER APPEARS TO BE MORE COMMON IN AUSTRIA AND IS FOUND IN THE TOWN OF TREBITSCH. THE NAME MAY BE BOTH CHRISITAN AND JEWISH.]

Age 48 - 1920 Census - Baltimore City, MD, Ward (?), ED (?), Supervisors District 3, Page 3B, dated January 5 - familyresided at 14 Clement Street. Listed are Charles Russell, age 48, owns the home, born in Austria, immigration1906, naturalization 1912. Occupation: machinist in machine shop. Also listed are wife Julia, age 46, nooccupation; Emmie, age 22. Occupation: clerk (the rest illegible); Josef, age 18. Occupation: appears to readmachinist in machine shop; Stephanja, age 16. Occupation: largely illegible but may read "secretary." Julia andthe children all show 1906 as date of immigration and Austria as their birthplace. Marie and Adele are not listed.
Residence History: Immigrated to the US circa 1906, In 1910 to 1920 living in Baltimore, Maryland, In 1930 they moved to Brooklyn Park, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Source: Virginia Renz Higgens



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 Age 58 - 1930 Census - Anne Arundel County, MD, Brooklyn Park Village, 5th District, ED 225, page 45A, dated May 22 -family resided on Light Street Road. Listed are Charles, owns his own home valued at $4000, owns a radio, age 59, he was 23 when he married, born in Austria, immigration 1906. Occupation: machinist for steam railroad. Also listed is wife Julia, age 56, she was 21 when she married. Same birth and immigration data. No occupation.As per grandson David Bean, he is reputed to have invented a coupling device for the railroad which earned he andhis family free travel.

About Julia and immigration
Arrived with her 5 children on April 6, 1907 in Baltimore on the SS Wittekind, which sailed out of Bremen,Germany. Previous residence is listed as "AUT:MAE" for "Austria-Moravia" (Maehren). Source for abbreviations: Austrian Genealogy Page. Note: Surname indexed as "KRUSCHKA."On manifest, last town or city resided in is listed as what appears to be "SWIADNO." No town found with that name it is assumed that this represents "SWIADNOW" which accoring to the Ausgewiesene aus dem DeutschenReich 1910, was indeed a town in Mähren at that time. Listing found at http://home.foni.net/~herumstreifer/ausweis10.htm. Alternate spelling: SVIADNOV. This town lies in what isreferred to as the Sudetenland. The following link to the town is only offered in Czech: http://www.sviadnov.cz/

"David Bean [Grandson] remembers his Grandmother (Julia) visiting and that she was very stern and strict. She could visit because she had a lifetime pass on the railroad/train as her husband (Charles) invented some kind of coupling thing that saved lots of money for the railroad. She always wore a long black wool coat and a fancy dress—navy with white polkadots and a man’s straw boater hat."
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