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1823 - Ján OchodnickýJán Ochodnický was born about 1823 in the town of Bošáca, located in the center of the Bošáca valley in Slovakia, Hungary. We currently have no record of his parents. The meaning of the name Ochodnický is unknown, but perhaps it is a dirivative of "obchodnick" which means a tradesman, from "obchod" meaning business, commerce, or trade. 1827 - Alžbeta BeňovičAlžbeta Beňovič was born about 1827 in Slovakia, Hungary. We have no record of her exact birthplace or of her parents. But because people rarely traveled far from their home town in the early 19th century, she may have also been born in Bošáca. BošácaToday, Bošáca is a village and municipality in Nové Mesto nad Váhom District in the Trenčín Region of north-western Slovakia. SlovakiaThe region had been settled first by Celtic tribes around 400 BCE, then by Germanic tribes, and finally by Slavic tribes over the course of several centuries. The major political regions that emerged consisted of three historic lands: Bohemia and Moravia in the west (often called the Czech Lands) and Slovakia in the east. Slovakia had been ruled by Hungary for almost 1,000 years and was known in Slovak as Horné Uhorsko (Upper Hungary). From 1526 to 1918, the Kingdom of Hungary came under the control of the Habsburg monarchy, which had ruled areas around Austria since 1276. In the sixteenth century, Hungary served as a buffer between the Ottoman Empire of the Turks and the Holy Roman Empire to the west and the Kingdom of Poland to the north. As the Turks encroached on Hungarian soil, they captured the area that is today the modern nation of Hungary, while another Hungarian region, Transylvania, became a Turkish protectorate. Only Slovakia was left as the remaining independent piece of the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1536 it became known as "Royal Hungary" with Bratislava, as the capital. From 1526 to 1830, nineteen Habsburg sovereigns were crowned "Kings and Queens of Hungary" in the St. Martin's Cathedral in Bratislava. At the time, Bratislava was known as Prešporok (in Slovak), Pressburg (in German), and Pozsony (in Hungarian). Bratislava remained the capital of Hungary until the Turks were finally ousted from Central Europe in 1786 and Buda became the capital city. marriage and childrenJán Ochodnický and Alžbeta Beňovič were married in Slovakia, most likely in Bošáca, but we have no record of the date. However, if our speculation on their birth dates are correct (Ján in 1823 and Alžbeta in 1827) they must have married very young, since their first child was born in May 1840. That would make Ján about 17 and Alžbeta about 13, perhaps younger. According to the birth records of their children, Ján was a miller in village of Bošáca. Their children were born at House #232 in Bošáca.
Their son Andrej Ochodnický married Alžbeta Káš on November 4, 1873 in Bošáca. Andrej then moved to the nearby town of Moravské Lieskové, which was Alžbeta's birthplace. (See Andrej Ochodnický and Alžbeta Káš) deathsJán Ochodnický and Alžbeta Beňovič died at House #232 in Bošáca, Slovakia, Hungary. All of their children lived and died in Slovakia.
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