From what I hear the first member of the Langr family in America was "Teta Berounska. What her first name is I don't
know. Who her husband was, other than Mr. Berounska I do not know. How they are related is not clear, perhaps and
Aunt of Barbora -- and that's the important part because Barbora is my great grandmother. She died when I was ten,
so I have some pretty clear memories of her. Which is odd enough in America. To know one's great grand mother is
quite a mile stone of life I'd suppose. She arrived some time about 1903. On the SS Hohenzollern. The reason she
came is, I'm told, because Teta -- which means 'aunt' -- Berounska could have no children. Something about still born
kids due to the RH factor, which they didn't know about at the time. So she asked for her oldest niece to come to
America. Apparently that woman did not want to leave Kutna Hora because she was engaged to someone. So Barbora
said she would go. And then that's why I'm here.
Though her brother Frank also came -- which strikes me that there is more to the story than we know. For either Teta
asked for all the kids, or at least more than one, or he agreed to accompany his sister as the male chaperone, or he
just decided to take the trip to get out of the clutches of the draft board of the Austrian Emperor.
In any event, there's a whole branch of Langrs up in Gloversville NY, way upstate, and they have been active in that
community, and we have had contact with them, but the relationship is distant, and more distant with each passing
generation. And I don't know much about that side of the family, though we do have a lot of information about them.
know. Who her husband was, other than Mr. Berounska I do not know. How they are related is not clear, perhaps and
Aunt of Barbora -- and that's the important part because Barbora is my great grandmother. She died when I was ten,
so I have some pretty clear memories of her. Which is odd enough in America. To know one's great grand mother is
quite a mile stone of life I'd suppose. She arrived some time about 1903. On the SS Hohenzollern. The reason she
came is, I'm told, because Teta -- which means 'aunt' -- Berounska could have no children. Something about still born
kids due to the RH factor, which they didn't know about at the time. So she asked for her oldest niece to come to
America. Apparently that woman did not want to leave Kutna Hora because she was engaged to someone. So Barbora
said she would go. And then that's why I'm here.
Though her brother Frank also came -- which strikes me that there is more to the story than we know. For either Teta
asked for all the kids, or at least more than one, or he agreed to accompany his sister as the male chaperone, or he
just decided to take the trip to get out of the clutches of the draft board of the Austrian Emperor.
In any event, there's a whole branch of Langrs up in Gloversville NY, way upstate, and they have been active in that
community, and we have had contact with them, but the relationship is distant, and more distant with each passing
generation. And I don't know much about that side of the family, though we do have a lot of information about them.