Melsha, Emma B

1875 - 1935  (60 years)

• Name	Melsha, Emma B
  Birth	30 Mar 1875	Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	Housewife  [1]
  Religion	Congregational Church, Belle Plaine, Benton, Iowa, USA   [4]
  Death	19 Oct 1935	Blairstown, Benton, Iowa, USA   [1, 3, 4]
  	Cause: Heart Attack
  	Family Home 1 Mile South
  Burial	21 Oct 1935	Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Blairstown, Benton, Iowa, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I6569	The Thoma Family
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Melsha, John,   b. Abt 1839   d. 4 Feb 1912, Iowa, USA (Age 73 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Late, Francis,   b. 31 Mar 1837, Czech Republic d. 16 Jan 1925, Blairstown, Benton, Iowa, USA (Age 87 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F819	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Kouba, Frank,   b. 25 Nov 1868, Radlice, South Bohemia, Czech Republic d. 5 Mar 1944, Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	1897	Iowa, USA   [1]
  Children	1. Kouba, Leo Frank,   b. 13 Nov 1898, Leroy Township, Benton, Iowa, USA d. 1 Feb 1899, Blairstown, Benton, Iowa, USA (Age 0 years)  [natural]   2. Kouba, Helen Emma,   b. 29 Oct 1899, Blairstown, Benton, Iowa, USA d. 27 Feb 1991, Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA (Age 91 years)  [natural]   3. Kouba, Theodore Frank,   b. 1 Jul 1902, Blairstown, Benton, Iowa, USA d. 21 Aug 1993, Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, USA (Age 91 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F18	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 30 Mar 1875 - Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA Religion - - Congregational Church, Belle Plaine, Benton, Iowa, USA Marriage - 1897 - Iowa, USA Death - Cause: Heart Attack - 19 Oct 1935 - Blairstown, Benton, Iowa, USA Burial - 21 Oct 1935 - Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Blairstown, Benton, Iowa, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Emil Rosburg Kouba has place of birth as Vinning, Tama County, Iowa. She had two brothers, Charles and John. Charles, a year or so older than Emma, drowned as a teenager in the Iowa River while on a picnic: per data in Ted F. Kouba pocket daybook held by E. Kouba. "Melsha family was from the village of Telice near Praha (now Prague) in Bohemia, Austria Hungary now Czechoslovakia. It split in 1993 and the area is now called the Czech Republic. Emma and Frank lived on the Kouba homestead 4 miles southwest of Blairstown until 1917 when they moved to a farm just 1 mile South of Blairstown. At her death she was also survived by two half sisters, Mrs. Barbara Wilder of Portland, OR and Mrs. Mary Slaby of Cedar Rapids, IA. (from obituary clipping held by E. Kouba.)

  
  

• Sources

  [S418] USA: IA: Newspaper Scrapbook. [S1542] USA: Census 1900. https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1325221 [S433] CONTRIBUTORS:. Kouba, Emil Rosburg: Deceased [S433] CONTRIBUTORS:. Kouba, Laura Marie nee Rosburg: Letters