Czech or Bohemian Tolar/Tollar
I am looking for relatives, descendants, & anyone researching the Bohemian surnames Tolar/Tollar. My great grandparents Petr & Anna (Silhanek) Tollar (often Tolar in Czech records) emigrated from the Plzen area of Czech Republic to Chicago in 1882. I am especially looking for extended family of their siblings from those areas, & I am willing to share info on the ancestors in Czech Republic. Thanks for any info/contacts. Judy
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Re: Czech or Bohemian Tolar/Tollar
My grandmother was a Tolar who grew up in Chicago. Her father was John Tolar whose parents Josef and Francis Tolar. John, sibs and parents were Czech/Boh who came over late 1800's to USA.
Would be very interested if this is connected to the folks you are looking for.
Hope to hear from you (or others) about this.
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Re: Czech or Bohemian Tolar/Tollar
I don't think your family is related to mine. As far as I know, my gr grandfather Peter did not have a brother named Josef. Could have been a distant cousin, esp. if your family was from the tiny villages near Plzen.
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Re: Czech or Bohemian Tolar/Tollar
The name of the village/town sounded familiar, so I was looking through the family info and found that another family member doing family history had him listed as: Franz Joseph Tolar Birth 1843 in Pilsen, Bohemia
And found that Plzen is also known as Pilsen.
Does this info fit?
Thanks! Jenny
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Re: Czech or Bohemian Tolar/Tollar
Jenny, I did not find Franz Josef 1843 in my genealogy. The only Frantisek/Franz Tollar was b. 1829 Vesela, which is a small village near Plzen. However, the Czech researcher I used a couple years ago said that usually all people named Tollar/Tolar in the same area of Bohemia are probably related somehow. The 30 yrs war in the 1600s wiped out so many men & families along with the church records that it's hard to find those relationships in the late 1600s to early 1700s. Hope this helps. Judy
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Re: Czech or Bohemian Tolar/Tollar
Still researching Tolar family. Came across an index of people who have obits in the chicago based czech language newspaper. Found the name Peter,Tollar,18,Sep,1925 is he related to you? Do you have his czech language obit. If this is him and you would ths obit, I can put it on my list to look up when I go to do that research. Let me know. ---Jenny
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