Antonia and Karl seemed to find fate just as magically as Emilie and her Karl. Before 1888, these Bohemian immigrants traveled across the ocean to start over. However, this couple appears to have been ethnically Slavic given the family names attached to their branches. Although no information seems to be available to indicate exactly where either Karl (or Karel) or Antonia specifically left, we can assume they lived in Central Bohemia based on those surnames.
Karel and Antonia married in 1888 in Manhattan, raising eight children in The City. Great-grandpa Rudolph was the third-born — my Nanny Bunny’s father. Eventually, the family relocated to Flushing, which was blossoming back in the 1930s thanks to early Hollywood, the World’s Fair, and booming infrastructure. (I could cite sources here, but the Internet is ripe with source material; all one needs to do is type “Flushing NY 1930s” into a search engine, and the results will be overwhelming.) Though Rudolph was Bohemian, we’ll find out on Friday how he and my lovely Austrian great-grandmother connected in that beautiful multi-cultural hub I call home.
Because I’m easy come, easy goLittle high, little lowAny way the wind blows doesn’t really matter to me, to me (Queen, lines 6-8)
Queen. “Bohemian Rhapsody.” A Night at the Opera, EMI Records, 1975.
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