Ottokar Bocz

     Ottokar Norbert Bocz was born on 11 May 1898 in Radautz, Romania.  Ottokar bid farewell to his mother, Veronica, and arrived in the United States on 15 August 1923.  He traveled from Romania with his older brother Franz Eugen Bocz.  Another brother, Louis, was already established in New York.  

Ottokar's brother, Louis, lived in Islip, Long Island, until his death in 1950.  He left behind a wife and 3 children.  Franz, or Frank, died in New York in 1989.    

Not much is known about Ottokar's life in America; there is no record of him marrying or having children and he can't be found on any census records to date.  He lived for a time in Miami, Florida but at some point returned to New York where he died.

His WWII Draft Registration Card in 1942 describes a man who is 5 feet 7 inches tall with a dark complexion and brown eyes.  His stated occupation is "iron worker" though he is unemployed at that time.

Ottokar died on the 1st of October 1983, and was buried on Har Island on the 18th of November 1983.

Name: Ottokar Norberg Bosz [Ottokar Norberg Botsch] Gender: Male Declaration Age: 43 Record Type: Declaration Birth Date: 11 May 1898 Birth Place: Raudautz, Romania Arrival Date: 15 Aug 1923 Arrival Place: New York, New York, USA Declaration Date: 30 Apr 1942 Declaration Place: New York Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Declaration Number: 521173 Box Number: 396

Ottokar Norbert Bocz was born May 11, 1898, in Raudautz, Romania. He emigrated to the United States in 1923, traveling from Hamburg, Germany to England on the Accrington, and from Southhampton, England to the U.S. on the SS Oympic.

He applied for citizenship on April 30, 1942 in New York City. His petition was granted in the District Court of Miami, Florida, on April 29, 1949. He gave his occupation as "metalworker."

Ottokar Bocz died October 1, 1983, and was buried on Hart Island.

Sources: U.S. Social Security Death Index; Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934; Florida Naturalization Records, 1847-1995.