GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L Archives

Archiver > GERMAN-BOHEMIAN > 1998-09 > 0906700737


From: "Dave Proper" <>
Subject: Re: Means of Travel
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 22:18:57 -0700


Interesting indeed! I believe my Bohemian ancestors, Joseph and Antonette
(SARNEK) TRINKA, came to the U.S. via New York and a large number seemed to
have settled in New York City. Three of the daughters, Louise, Emily, and
Barbara married men in Hillsdale and Rome (New York). My grandmother Louise
married Floyd Wilson PROPER and Emily married Floyds brother Russell.
As to the earlier post in this thread about leaving everything behind and
never seeing their homeland again...my father told me that his mother
returned to Bohemia for a visit. I don't know where or when (1920
something?) but I have a series of "collection cups" that she brought back.
The only Czech that I can decipher on two of them is "Pozdrav z", that is
"Greetings from..." I have yet to puzzle out the rest of the inscription
"...Kulne' Hory" and "Hoozdan". Do these names mean anything to anyone?
As an aside to the immigration question and about my Russian relatives -
according to my mother, her parents came to North America via Nova Scotia.
My mother was born in Saginaw, MI and the family then moved to Flint, MI. I
have only started investigating this line but have yet to see any mention of
an immigration path to the U.S. via Canada. Most puzzeling!
Dave Proper

This thread: