Carol,
I went back to your previous post and we seem to be talking about the same Trnkas. My father's mother was Louise Trnka. She was the fourth child of Joseph Trnka and Antonia Sarnek - I think. This is the way I have mapped out the family:
Joseph, b. 1851 Hungary/Bohemia
married
Antonia Sarnek
they had four children - all born in Bohemia
Barbara, b. 1882
mar. Charles Smith
5 children - John. Lewis, Charles, Robert, and Dorothy
Mary, b. 1884
mar. Frank Schnider
1 child - Marie
Louis, b. 1885
Louisa, b. 03 Apr 1886
mar. Floyd Wilson Proper - 11 Jun 1910, Hillsdale, NY
2 children - Anthony Floyd and Cora Grace
In 1889 they immigrated to New York
Joseph marries next - Anna ______ about 1891
they had 3 children
Anton, b. 06 Sep 1892, Hillsdale, NY
mar. Antonetta Slezak
1 child - Lawrence Frank
Emily, b 1896, Hillsdale, NY
mar. Russel Edward Proper in NY
(Russel is Floyd Wilson's younger brother)
7 children: Matilda, Evelyn, Martin, Joseph, Russel,
Emily, and Lawrence
Edward, b. 1899 in Hillsdale, Ny
mar. Julia _____
1 child - Evelyn
Then there are four more children who show up on the 1910 Census, Barney, Otto, Hellen, and Lottie. All born between 1904 and 1909 in Bohemia. I can only guess that they were actually the children of a relative back in Bohemia???
I have not done much more research than this but this does seem to be one confusing family.
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