He came to the United States around 1886 and married Frances Kopietz shortly after. They had six children:
Antoinette Roza born June 1887 in Omaha
Joseph Frank Roza born June 15, 1888 in Omaha
Charles Henry Roza born January 6, 1890 in Omaha
Mary Roza born March 16, 1891 in Omaha
Louis Frank Roza born January 1893 in Omaha
James Roza born June 1895 in Omaha
He married a second time to Frantiska Adamova on August 30, 1898 in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska[2]. They had three children:
Agnes Roza born June 16, 1899 in Omaha
Emme Roza born July 22, 1903 in Omaha
Frances Roza born July 7, 1904 in Omaha
Joseph passed away on December 29, 1935 in Highland, Sarpy, Nebraska at the age of seventy-three[3]. He is buried at Saint Mary's Cemetery in Omaha[4].
Census Records
United States Census, 1900[5]
South Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska
Joseph Roza (age 38), Frances Roza (age 35), Agnes Roza (age 2), James Roza (age 5), Louis Roza (age 9), Mary Roza (age 9), Charles Roza (age 10), Joseph Roza (age 12), John Nemec (age 36), Joseph Adam (age 26)
United States Census, 1910[6]
Highland, Sarpy, Nebraska
Joseph Roza (age 44), Francis Roza (age 42), Joseph Roza (age 22), Charles Roza (age 20), Louis Roza (age 18), James Roza (age 13), Agnes Roza (age 9), Emma Roza (age 7), Francis Roza (age 5), Tony Dayager (age 24), Richard Dayager (age 24), Richard Dayager (age 4mos)
United States Census 1920[7]
Gilmore, Sarpy, Nebraska
Joseph Roze (age 58), Frances Roze (age 55), Charley Roze (age 30), Agnes Roze (age 30), Emelie Roze (age 19), Frances Roze (age 17)
United States Census, 1930[8]
Gilmore, Sarpy, Nebraska
Joseph Roza (age 68), Francis Roza (age 65), Francis Roza (age 26)
↑Ancestry.com. Nebraska, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1855-1908 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017. Original data:Nebraska, Marriage Records, 1855-1908. State Library and Archives, Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, Nebraska.
↑Newspapers.com, Clipping from The Omaha World-Herald, Omaha NE, 30 Dec 1935, Pg 24 Col 5, "In South Omaha"
↑Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 04 March 2023), memorial page for Joseph Roza (1862–1935), Find a Grave Memorial ID 142238390, citing Saint Mary's Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA; Maintained by MrsB (contributor 47910340).
↑United States Census, 1900, database with images, FamilySearch (5 August 2014), Nebraska > Douglas > ED 107 South Omaha city Ward 1 > image 14 of 94; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch (24 June 2017), Nebraska > Sarpy > Highland > ED 126 > image 31 of 32; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑United States Census, 1920, database with images, FamilySearch (12 September 2019), Nebraska > Sarpy > Gilmore > ED 77 > image 10 of 23; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑United States Census, 1930, database with images, FamilySearch (10 December 2015), Nebraska > Sarpy > Gilmore > ED 7 > image 2 of 24; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).
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