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| ~Welcome~ Zbytovsky Vital Records |
| Frances Zbytovsky was born, according to her baptism record, on January 30, 1865. She was the youngest daughter of Joseph and Antonia Dolezal Zbytovsky. When she was a small child, somewhere between the age of two and five, Frances lost her hearing and the ability to speak. She became out of touch with her surroundings and was at times more than her parents could handle. Her father, Joseph was not well and I am sure most of the burden of Frances' care fell on Antonia. Frances often became violent and noisy, throwing chairs and other things. <><><><><><> Joseph died in 1883, leaving Antonia to care for Frances by herself. I'm sure the other children helped when they could but most of them were married and had families of their own by this time. <><><><><><> In September 1889, Antonia admitted Frances to the School for the Feeble Minded at Faribault, Minnesota. According to her admittance papers, she had dark hair, brown eyes, and was very small for her age. She was excitable and irritable, could read, write, count and knew forms but not colors. They list her mental age as 2 years old and was in fairly good health. If she didn't get her way she would turn on members of her family with violent outbursts and temper tantrums. She was enumerated with the hosptial on the 1900 Census On June 18, 1918 she was transferred to St. Peter State Hospital in St. Peter, Minnesota Her admittance paper claimed her age to be 48*, weight: 82.5 pounds, 4 ft. 9 inches tall. It does not list the reason she was transferred to St. Peter from Faribault. Frances lived the rest of her life at St. Peter Hospital. She died on March 27, 1942 and is buried in the hospital cemetery. I visited the cemetery on July 3, 2001. It is at the top of a hill at the back of the hosptial. Most of the graves there have simple headstones marked with the grave number. Frances' reads #1518. It is a peaceful setting among many trees and the caretaker told me that often times deer are seen roaming through the area. <><><><><><> There is an update to the cemetery information: On June 13, 2003 Kare 11 News had a story about the headstones at the State Hospitals in Minnesota being replaced. A transcript of the story reads: "It took more than a century, but the State of Minnesota is making amends for the past. A ceremony was held this evening in an old cemetery at the St. Peter Reginal Treatment Center. Nearly 2000 graves of former residents once marked with only numbers--are now getting headstones with names. Former resident Roger Filzen was among those attending. Roger is happy to know they're going to have names instead of numbers. He can come out and find some of his friends out here. "-Yeah, everyone deserves to have a name on them." There were an estimated 10 thousand graves with no names at Minnesota State Hosptials. A quarter of them have now been marked, with funds being sought to complete the job." Story copyright Kare11 News. <><><><><><> *There are several discrepancies about Frances' age on the admittance papers. Faribault admittance papers have her year of birth as 1870 but her age in 1889 as 31. Her actual birth year was 1865, so she would have be 24 in 1889. <><><><><><> St. Peter admittance papers have her age at admittance as being 48 years old in 1918, she would have been 53. Her death certificate has an incorrect date as well. They list her as being 72 years old, when in fact she was 77. |
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| Joseph & Antonia Dolezal Zbytovsky married in 1850/1851. Antonia was the daughter of Thomas & Mariana Horvas Dolezal. Joseph, Antonia and their childen immigrated to the United States on June 15, 1875. Their children: Josephine Joseph John Anna Frances |
| Josephine was born February 20, 1853. She married Joseph Krusina. Joseph was the son of Joseph & Theresia Ceska Krusina. They had four children: Joseph Annie Emily Frank Joseph died March 25, 1932 Josephine died February 9, 1909 |
| Joseph was born January 28, 1856. I can find no record that Joseph ever married. On May 24, 1887 he was admitted to St. Peter State Hospital. On January 20, 1904 he was transferred to Hastings State Hospital; his admittance papers say he was suffering from a congenital defect. He remained in the hospital for the rest of his life, and is buried in the hospital cemetery. Joseph died October 20, 1920 |
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| John was born November 27, 1857. He married Mary Marsh on June 2, 1885. Mary was the daughter of Francis & Anna Bily Mares. They had ten children: John Frank Delphine Mary Benjamin William Emil Emily James Edward John died January 23, 1928 Mary died June 15, 1939 |
| Anna was born April 13, 1862.. She married Frank Zeman on January 1, 1882. Frank was the son of Joseph & Dorothea Berlash Zeman.. They had twleve children: Anna John Frank Arnold Anna Edward William Louis Henry Henry Martha Alfred Frank died May 29, 1909 Anna died July 2, 1941 |
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| Krusina headstone photos from the collection of Emily Pippin. All other photos are from my collection. |