Bohy Family History and Genealogy

By Douglas M. Dubrish

This book is a treasure trove of information for anyone interested in the history of the Bohy and Bohey families. It provides a detailed account of the life of John Baptist Bohy, who left his home in Brussels, Belgium, to start a new life in the United States. He settled in Hawk Run, Pennsylvania, where he met and married Ida Dieu. The book also includes a comprehensive list of their known descendants, as well as members of related families. It serves as an excellent starting point for anyone interested in further research, and the historical families photographs help provide a visual representation of the family's past.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Douglas M. Dubrish
• Release date: Mar 2, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215073711

Douglas M. Dubrish

An author, researcher, and biographer, Douglas M. Dubrish was born in Michigan, U.S.A. He graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science from The U of NY Excelsior College. He is a veteran Air Traffic Controller of the U.S. Air Force; and the U.S. Department of Commerce, N.O.A.A., National Weather Service where he issued media warnings and statements, briefed pilots, and provided weather observations. As a historian, culture writer, and biographer he has authored many family histories and an increasing number of New Age books with compelling subjects.

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Bohy Family

History and Genealogy

Including the families of:

Bour, Dieu, Duprey, Hockridge, Kock,

Rostucher, Scheele and Jennings.

1st Published 2005

Revised Version 2020

Copyright © 2005 by Douglas M. Dubrish

Edited by Victor H. Bohy

Printed in the U.S.A.

Chapter 1

John Baptist Bohy

August Bohy Senior

August Bohy Junior

Chapter 2 Descendants of August Bohy

Generation 1

Generation 2

Generation 3

Generation 4

Generation 5

Generation 6

Generation 7

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Chapter 1

Bohy Family

John Baptist Bohy

John Baptist Bohy was born in Brussels, Belgium on August 8th of 1850. He immigrated to the United States about 1889, at the age of 39. This is according to a letter from Olive Meisel and the fact that Olives mother, Helen A. Bohy, daughter of John, was born in Hawk Run, Pennsylvania, on the 15th of August in 1889.

For anyone to leave their homeland there must be compelling reasons. To find the reasons why John left Belgium it is important to look back at Belgian history, the history that was taking place during the 39 years that he lived there.

History tells us that under the Dutch King, William the 1st of the Netherlands, the Belgian people increasingly resented measures that discriminated against them in favor of the Dutch since the lands at the time were combined and one country. The resentment was especially true in the areas of language and religion. A rebellion broke out in Brussels in 1830, and Belgian independence was declared. The Belgian independence was approved by the European powers at the London Conference of 1830-1. In 1831, Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha was chosen king of the Belgians and became Leopold the 1st. William the 1st, the Dutch King, tried a number of times to invaded Belgium from his thrown in