• Born: 5.3.1862 in Komorau near Troppau (CZE)
• Died: 2.2.1947 in Zell/Ziller (Tyrol)

Parents:

• Father: Anton JAROSCH b. 1833
• Mother: Johanna HUMHAL 1841-1909

Marriage:

• on 10.6.1902 in Braunsdorf (CZE) with Antonia E. ROSNER b. 19.11.1869 in Braunsdorf

Children:

• Wilhelmine JAROSCH b. 25.3.1909 in Troppau
• Willi JAROSCH b. 1907 (died as a child)

(Author's note: my great-grandfather: my father's mother's father)

Wilhelm Jarosch, born on 5.3.1862 in Komorau near Troppau, as the eldest had to stand on his own feet at an early age, since his parents Anton and Johanna Jarosch had to provide for five other siblings. This was not always easy, because as inn leaseholders there were often relocations for his parents.

Wilhelm's wish for a longer education was not fulfilled, so at the age of 17 he went to the imperial city of Vienna and completed an apprenticeship as a cellar master. After several years of dependence, he leased the buffet of the Ministry of Finance in the former city palace of Prince Eugene on Himmelpfortgasse. He greatly enjoyed these years in Vienna; they encouraged his open-mindedness and his later often praised prudence. His brother Heinrich also came to Vienna to train as a baker. We see them together in a photo of the 1st Vienna Bicycle Club, which both belonged to as enthusiastic athletes. In this way he was able to fulfill his longing for distant places and traveled, among other things, by bicycle from Vienna to Venice, from there via Merano to Vorarlberg and across the Austrian lands back to Vienna.

Double wedding on 10.6.1902 in Braunsdorf

Antonia Elisabeth Rosner, widow Schneider, married Wilhelm Jarosch. Theresia Rosner married Albert Krause, journeyman baker at the Rosner bakery. The dowries of the brides enabled Theresia to buy the Krause farm, which is mentioned several times later, and for Antonia Elisabeth to co-purchase the inn „zur Piltscher Brücke” in Troppau, which until then had been leased by her father-in-law.

In the wedding party (second picture on the right) we can still recognize the following relatives today:

• From left to right, children's row: Alfred Proksch, Milli Rosner, Josef Krause, Fini, Hans Rosner.
• 1st seated row: Aunt Mali (née Rosner), her sister Clara standing behind her, bride's father and brother Anton Rosner, bridal couple Jarosch, bridal couple Krause, bride's mother Theresia Rosner, father Krause.
• Lady with hat behind Wilhelm Jarosch: his sister Antonie Proksch. Behind the bride Theresia: Mrs. Böhnel, née Rosner, mother of Max Böhnel, Vienna, and the two identically dressed girls to the right of her; in between Mrs. Rosalia Rosner from Aubeln, mother of Fritz, Max, Hans and Milli Rosner; her husband Josef is in the back row behind the Böhnel daughter on the left.

After Wilhelm and Antonia Jarosch were able to purchase the inn „zur Piltscherbrücke” in Troppau partly with Wilhelm's own funds but also with the bride's dowry, Anton Jarosch, who had previously been the leaseholder, retired.

The couple Jarosch had to work hard together, but with diligence and business acumen they succeeded in turning the inn into a popular meeting place; partly to enjoy good local cuisine, partly to cultivate sociability, whether at large feasts or cozy meetings of local associations.

In the courtyard of their own property there were stables and coach houses. Here, the fiacre Pfluger kept his horses and carriages. In the adjacent picture you can imagine the situation at that time, in the background the couple Jarosch with their first-born son Willi. Despite all their successes, there were also severe strokes of fate, for the joy over Willi, born in 1907, did not last long: at the age of 10 months he died of the then so dangerous whooping cough.

In 1914 the First World War began. My parents leased their inn and moved to Braunsdorf. My father had agreed to manage the Krause farm because Uncle Albert was immediately drafted into the Austrian army. My father took on this task with his characteristic enthusiasm, carefully accompanied various groups of Russian prisoners of war to work in the fields, and both they and the rural population paid him, the city dweller, honest respect. Among other things, he was awarded honorary membership in the Braunsdorf volunteer fire department. In Braunsdorf I started elementary school in 1915, and despite the war and restrictions I enjoyed those years very much; I always had playmates and life in the countryside suited my nature very well.

In 1916 we returned to Troppau. My father had to run his inn himself again because his tenant also had to enlist. It was a difficult time; there was hardly any food. When a barrel of beer was laboriously organized somewhere, my father and I had to bring it home through the city on a handcart, because the usual means of transport, horse and wagon, were in use for the war effort. The business was literally stormed – for a mug of beer!

End of excerpt from the chronicle by Wilhelmine Jarosch-Patscheider-Kniely

The parents Jarosch missed their only daughter very much. After they had retired, they bought a small house in nearby Grulich, a small town just on the border of the Glatz basin, located in German Silesia.

End of excerpt from the chronicle by Mag.^a Giselheid Patscheider-Riedmann

Sources (italicized passages are original content):

• "Ahnenpass" (ancestry certificate) Irimbert Patscheider page 11, No. 6:
  Jarosch Wilhelm geboren am 5.3.1862 in Komorau
  als Sohn des Jarosch Anton und der Johanna geb. Humhal
  Tauftag: 6.3.1862, Pfarramt Komorau Tauf-Reg.-Nr. V/19
• "Ahnenpass" (ancestry certificate) Irimbert Patscheider page 11, No. 6/7:
  Die Eheschließung des Jarosch Wilhelm, Beruf Gastwirt
  und der Antonia Elisabeth Rosner erfolgte am 10.6.1902 in Mokrolasetz
  Pfarramt Braunsdorf Reg.-Nr. V/72
-en

Comment:

The date of death of 2.2.1947 comes from the "Ahnenpass" (ancestry certificate) of Giselheid Patscheider.

The former Komorau is today Komárov, which is now a district of Opava in the Czech Republic.