Please help me with a problem I am having tracing my husband's mother's family. I will tell you what I know. Her name was Josepha Dvorakova.Her fathers name was Frank Dvorak, Mother unknown Somr. She arrived here on the 19th of May,1921 on the New Rochelle from Bremen. She was 20 years old. On the Ellis Island records I printed off she was sponsored by an uncle named Anton Somr of Verdigree,NE., really a cousin, whom she was to marry. Instead she came to Omaha, found a job and eventually married my father-in-law Vaclav (James) Vacek who had emigrated earlier from Milcin, Bohemia. The records show she was from Buciny, Podmokly. When I looked it up on a site about Eastern European Political Geography it said it is or the area any way is called Decin. or Tetschen in German. It is in the Czech Republic, in Bohemia on the Elbe River. It includes since 1950 the city of Podmokly or in German Bodenbach. She had other relatives I found in Verdigree, her mothers sister, Anna Somr Tomasek and husband Joe and several children. They sponsored Anton Somr. All leads in Verdigree went nowhere. Now I have hit a brick wall. I know in the 70's she still had family alive in the area of Buciny Podmokly.Where do I go from here? She died in the 1950s and we know little about her or her family. Who do I contact short of going there? Someone who has done this before please help me. Is there a book on this town? Thank you for your time. Tymna Vacek My E-mail is TymnaV@aol.com

Tymna, I found Anton Somr in the book History of Czechs in Nebraska pg 111. I dont have the book so I dont know what it says. Do you know of this information? Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: <TymnaV@aol.com> To: <CZECH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 9:02 AM Subject: [CZ] Re: CZECH-D Digest V04 #163 > Please help me with a problem I am having tracing my husband's mother's > family. I will tell you what I know. Her name was Josepha Dvorakova.Her fathers > name was Frank Dvorak, Mother unknown Somr. > She arrived here on the 19th of May,1921 on the New Rochelle from Bremen. She > was 20 years old. > On the Ellis Island records I printed off she was sponsored by an uncle named > Anton Somr of Verdigree,NE., really a cousin, whom she was to marry. Instead > she came to Omaha, found a job and eventually married my father-in-law Vaclav > (James) Vacek who had emigrated earlier from Milcin, Bohemia. The records show > she was from Buciny, Podmokly. When I looked it up on a site about Eastern > European Political Geography it said it is or the area any way is called > Decin. or Tetschen in German. It is in the Czech Republic, in Bohemia on the Elbe > River. It includes since 1950 the city of Podmokly or in German Bodenbach. She > had other relatives I found in Verdigree, her mothers sister, > Anna Somr Tomasek and husband Joe and several children. They sponsored Anton > Somr. All leads in Verdigree went nowhere. Now I have hit a brick wall. I know > in the 70's she still had family alive in > the area of Buciny Podmokly.Where do I go from here? She died in the 1950s > and we know little about her or her family. Who do I contact short of going > there? Someone who has done this before > please help me. Is there a book on this town? > Thank you for your time. Tymna Vacek My E-mail is TymnaV@aol.com > > > ==== CZECH Mailing List ==== > Czech-L's webpage is at > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~elainetmaddox/index.htm > > >

Tymna & Judy, History of Czechs in Nebraska (great resource!) is online at http://www.rootsweb.com/~neethnic/czechs/czechs.html Referenced page relating to Somr is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~neethnic/czechs/cz-pg97a.html All it says is that Anton Somr "removed to Beemer, Nebr." Have you seen the Verdigre Centennial Book (1887-1987), Tymna? There is a listing for Somr with a Dvorak & Podmolka connection... Here are the first two paragraphs. If you would like more, just let me know & I'll send you the whole section offline. "Stepan Somr was born on May 16, 1872 , in the village of Podmolka, county of Zbirov, Bohemia, to Frank and Ann Jelinek Somr. He had four brothers, Frank and Joseph of Verdigre, Vac and Anton of Czechoslovakia, and three sisters, Rose (Mrs. Joe TOMASEK )Anna (Mrs. Joe TOMASEK) and Mary Dvorak of Czechoslovakia {maybe a misprint?, the book says Mrs. Joe Tomasek for both Rose & Anna}. In 1889, at the age of 17 years, he came to America and settled in Saunders county, Nebraska, at Morse Bluffs. Here he worked as a farm laborer for about three years." My tie to Verdigre is through Frank HOLAN (also spelled HOLLAN) who immigrated in 1867 with his wife Katherina CHADIMOVA and children. They lived in Chicago for a few years. Katherina's parents were John Chadim and Anna PARISEK of Velky Jiren. Catherina died in Chicago in 1873. Frank HOLAN then married Clara PAVELKA who was from Kalave. They moved to Verdigre around 1877. Related surnames in this immediate family are KONICEK, ONDRACEK, STOURAL, and RUDA. Maggie ----- Original Message ----- From: Judy Vondra <vonward@txucom.net> To: <CZECH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 9:58 AM Subject: Re: [CZ] Re: CZECH-D Digest V04 #163 > Tymna, > I found Anton Somr in the book History of Czechs in Nebraska pg 111. I dont > have the book so I dont know what it says. Do you know of this information? > Judy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <TymnaV@aol.com> > To: <CZECH-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 9:02 AM > Subject: [CZ] Re: CZECH-D Digest V04 #163 > > > > Please help me with a problem I am having tracing my husband's mother's > > family. I will tell you what I know. Her name was Josepha Dvorakova.Her > fathers > > name was Frank Dvorak, Mother unknown Somr. > > She arrived here on the 19th of May,1921 on the New Rochelle from Bremen. > She > > was 20 years old. > > On the Ellis Island records I printed off she was sponsored by an uncle > named > > Anton Somr of Verdigree,NE., really a cousin, whom she was to marry. > Instead > > she came to Omaha, found a job and eventually married my father-in-law > Vaclav > > (James) Vacek who had emigrated earlier from Milcin, Bohemia. The records > show > > she was from Buciny, Podmokly. When I looked it up on a site about > Eastern > > European Political Geography it said it is or the area any way is called > > Decin. or Tetschen in German. It is in the Czech Republic, in Bohemia on > the Elbe > > River. It includes since 1950 the city of Podmokly or in German Bodenbach. > She > > had other relatives I found in Verdigree, her mothers sister, > > Anna Somr Tomasek and husband Joe and several children. They sponsored > Anton > > Somr. All leads in Verdigree went nowhere. Now I have hit a brick wall. I > know > > in the 70's she still had family alive in > > the area of Buciny Podmokly.Where do I go from here? She died in the 1950s > > and we know little about her or her family. Who do I contact short of > going > > there? Someone who has done this before > > please help me. Is there a book on this town? > > Thank you for your time. Tymna Vacek My E-mail is TymnaV@aol.com > > > > > > ==== CZECH Mailing List ==== > > Czech-L's webpage is at > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~elainetmaddox/index.htm > > > > > > > > ______________________________