Melissa - My Paternal great grandfather Franz (or Frank as he was known over here) Chvala with his wife, Maria(sometimes called Mary or Marie and their son Domonic(known as Nick) immigrated from Tabor, Czechoslovakia on May 29th, 1868 on the four masted bark, the Magdalene. I believe my grandmother Anna Chvala was born here, and they settled in the Cedar Rapids, Iowa area. Maybe their's a link somewhere there.
Sincerely Ross Beal