Tressa (Dvorak) Dopkins, Frantiska & Josef Dvorak Family Mysteries

Location: Central Bohemia, Austria, Czech
Surnames/tags: Dvorak Devorak Dvorakova

My GG Grandmother, Tressa (Dvorak) Dopkins died when my G Grandfather was only 2 years old and he was adopted by his paternal Aunt and Uncle. Because of this, we have no family history beyond Tressa's parents. We have spent years trying to figure out this important part of our lost family history. Here's what we know:

Josef (Jozef, Jozeph, Joseph) Dvorak (multiple spellings) (1828-1912) and Frantiska (Franciska, Frances) Josepha Nachazel (1836-1900) had 2 daughters, Katerina (Katherine) Josephine (1856-1944) and Anna (1859) in Central Bohemia, Austria. They immigrated to Wisconsin, had children and then my GG Grandmother, Tressa Dvorak was born in 1878 in River Falls, Wisconsin. She married George H Dopkins and had 1 son, my G Grandfather, Charles Michael Dopkins (1898-1933) After adopted, they added McCue surname as 2nd last name) George was of a different religion/nationality and this caused the Dvorak family to disown her. Tressa was a few months pregnant when she died in 1899, in Pierce County, Wisconsin. We still can not confirm where she is buried, which is our other family goal, to ensure she is given a proper headstone so she won't be forgotten.

We still can not discover Joseph or Frantiska's parents or anyone in this lineage line above them, but we haven't stopped searching, despite years of effort without resolution.

Thanks.

Amber Phelps Pargman Northern Minnesota amberpargman@gmail.com