Re: Antonin Dvorak/composer/Bohemia/Iowa
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Re: Antonin Dvorak/composer/Bohemia/Iowa
10/27/00
Hi,
My great great great grandfather was Antonin Dvorak's first cousin.Anton's father Frantisek was my great great great grandfather Josef's brother.Their father was Jan Dvorak, who was a butcher in the small village of Nelehoveses, which is in Central Bohemia.Jan and wife apparently had some 10-12 children.Josef's son, Josef F. Dvorak came to the US in 1880 with a brother, Frank and a sister Anna.All were forced to change their names.Josef became Joseph F. Dork, settled in Bay City Michigan and opened a grocery store as a butcher.
Jodi