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Family reunion coming in August, 2007 with Guy Kopriva in Washington

Karel (Karl) "Charles" Andrew Kopriva
 

Karel Andrew Kopriva
Born: 4 NOV 1826
Lomnice above Luznice No. 82, Bohemia
Baptized: 5 NOV 1826
Died: 24 JAN 1895
Burried: Calvary Cemetery, St. Paul, MN
St. Paul, Ramsey, MN
Occupation: Townsman, leather/furrier

Theresie Novak Kopriva
Wife

Theresie (Theresa) Novak
Born: 7 MAR 1836
Nepomuk No. 7 Bohemia
Baptized: 8 MAR 1836
Died: 7 JUL 1909
St. Paul, Ramsey, MN
Burried: Calvary Cemetery, St. Paul, MN

karel theresie koprivaTheresie Kopriva
Both immigrated to America in 1860
on the ship, George Washington
from Bremen, manifest

Children
Johanna Kopriva
Mary J. Kopriva
Rose Kopriva
Peter Paul Kopriva
Frank Kopriva
Kajetan "Guy" Andrew Kopriva
Charles Kopriva
Joseph Kopriva
Christina "Tina" Kopriva
Emma Kopriva

   
 
Ancestors
 

Origins in Czechoslovakia 64 mi. (103 Km) SSEast of Prague in an area formerly known as Lomnice and Nepomuk. It is now called Lomnice nad Luzicí. Bohemian or Moravian descent.

township

   
 

Children of Karel Kopriva

Johanna Kopriva


Johanna Kopriva
Birth: 24 MAY 1859
Lomnice Above Luznice No 84, , Boehmen Koenigreich, Austria
Death: 11 JUL 1891
Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota
Burial: 13 JUL 1891
Calvary Cemetery, Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota

Husband: Konrad Wurm
Born: 5 FEB 1856
Belleville, Wayne, Michigan
Died: 10 JAN 1877
Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota
Buried in Calvary Cemetery, Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota
Occupation: Brewery in St. Paul and Saloon owner

Children
Mathilda Wurm 8 OCT 1879 - 27 OCT 1919 Married to David Hartung
Johanna Wurm
12 May 1881 - 8 NOV 1975 Married to Andrew Lauer
Laura Rosalie Wurm
1 JAN 1884 - 16 JAN 1948 Married to Michael Ulmen
Conrad Wurm
20 MAY 1886 - 15 NOV 1886
Mary Evelyn Wurm
30 DEC 1887 - 13 NOV 1974 Married to William Henry Wheeler
Charles Wurm
1 JUL 1891 - 16 OCT 1953 Married to Helen Burns


 


Mary J. Kopriva


Birth: 13 AUG 1860
New Prague, Le Sueur, Minnesota
Death: 02 JUL 1951
Burial: Calvary Cemetery, Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota

Husband: Frank F. Machovec
Born: 6 MAR 1860
Died: 13 AUG 1938
Burial: Calvary Cemetery, Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota

Children
George Joseph Machovec 26 JUL 1884 - 14 JUL 1899, Burial: Calvary Cemetery, Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota
Theresa Rose Machovec 14 MAR 1888 - 6 FEB 1973 Married to Harry Schario
Beatrice Helen Machovec 29 JUL 1891 - 21 OCT 1946
Burial: Calvary Cemetery, Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota
Emily Amelia Machovec 26 JUL 1894 - 17 JAN 1938 Married to Henry George Wegner
Frank C. Machovec 30 MAY 1900 - 22 FEB 1973 Marriede Marie Low
J. Stanley Machovec
5 FEB 1904 - 13 JAN 1967 Married Sophie Bruzek


 


Rose Kopriva


Birth: 06 JUN 1862
New Prague, Le Sueur, Minnesota
Death: 17 JUL 1934

Husband: Gustav Rohland
Born: 28 FEB 1858
Died: NOV 1937

Children
Loretta J. Rohland 1883 - 1939 Marriend to Edward P. Ode
Paul G. Rohland
13 AUG 1888 - 29 DEC 1959 Married to Elizabeth A. Krochak
Genevieve Christina Rohland
7 APR 1898 - 26 SEP 1983 Married to Joseph Andrew Engel
Thodore J. Rohland
2 JUL 1903 - 14 JAN 1957 Married to Gertrude Lawson


 


Peter Paul Kopriva
 


Birth: 29 JUL 1864 in New Prague, LeSueur, MN
Death: 15 DEC 1941
Saint Paul, Ramsey, MN
Burial: Calvary Cemetery, Saint Paul, Ramsey, MN
Occupation: Mercant
Lived in Landon ND and Faribault MN

Wife: Susie Redig
Born: 5 AUG 1870 in Savanna, Carroll, Illinois
Died: 6 JAN 1928 in Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota
Burial: Calvary Cemetery, Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota

Children
Frank Joseph Kopriva 2 APR 1889 - 10 FEB 1962 Married to Frances Marie McCarthy
John Charles Kopriva
10 OCT 1890 - 27 NOV 1959 Married to Hilda Louise Kropp
Florence Antoinette Kopriva
14 FEB 1894 - 22 MAY 1930 Married to Walter Carrol Sawyer
Lillian Kathrine Kopriva
4 APR 1896 - 18 JUL 1982 Married to Charles Chapin, widowed, Married William J. Franklin
George Kopriva 29 JAN 1898 - 21 FEB 1898
Paul Martin Kopriva 21 AUG - 1900 - 12 SEP 1961 Married Edith M. Harris
Agnes Christine Kopriva
9 JAN 1903 - 12 FEB 1998 Married William J. Wondra
Clarence Leonard Kopriva
23 FEB 1905 - 25 JAN 1990 Married Camille Albertine Christiansen
Andrew Gilbert Kopriva
11 MAY 1907 - 14 APR 1971 Married Mary Marguerite Phelan
Ethel Blanche Mary Kopriva
30 APR 1910 - 23 DEC 1993 Married Kendall Bigelow Priester

Peter Paul Widowed and Married Beulah Maher in 1929

 

 
Frank Kopriva
 


Birth: 4 JUN 1867 New Prague, LeSueur, Minnesota
Death: 02 DEC 1956 caused by tuberculosis
never married

 

 
Guy Andrew Kopriva
 


Guy Kopriva
Born: May 24, 1869
New Prague, Le Sueur, Minnesota

Died:
May 21, 1954
Bowbells, Burke, N. Dakota
Buried in Bowbells, Burke, N. Dakota

Guy Kopriva Wedding
Married on Aug 29, 1899
New Prague, Le Sueur, Minnesota
Mary Isabelle Sykora
Born: 19 APR 1879
Owatonna, Steele, Minnesota
Died: 11 AUG 1947
Minot, Ward, North Dakota
Buried in Bowbells, Burke, N. Dakota

Children:
Loretta Emily Kovpriva
Helen Mary Kovpriva
Irene Rose Kovpriva
Eugene Karel Kovpriva
Genevieve Rita Kovpriva
Guy Frank Kovpriva
Mary Claire Kovpriva

Guy Kopriva Family Photo
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Charles Kopriva


Birth: 01 NOV 1872
Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota
Death: 26 FEB 1957
Hot Springs, Fall River, South Dakota
Burial: Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota

Wife: Katherine Frances Jindra
Born: 13 MAY 1874
Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota
Died: 1927 in Minnesota

Children
Alice Kopriva
Lawrence Kopriva

Richard James Kopriva 10 OCT 1900 - 25 SEP 1989, buried in Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, Califronia
Marcus Gregory Kopriva 18 NOV 1903 - DEC 1972 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Ruth Katherine Kopriva
Charles Joseph Kopriva Jr.


 


Joseph Kopriva
 


Birth: 1875 Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota
Death: 1879

 

 
Christina "Tina" Kopriva
 


Birth: 15 MAR 1877 Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota
Death: 2 DEC 1956 Miles City, Custer, Montana
Burial: Calvary Cemetery, Miles City, , Custer, Montana

Husband: Frank J. Jelinek
Born: 15 OCT 1876 New Prague, LeSueur, Minnesota
Died: 24 MAY 1959 Miles City, Custer, Montana
Burial: Calvary Cemetery, Miles City, , Custer, Montana

Children
Slvia Catherine Jelinek 5 MAY 1903 - 3 MAR 1970 Married Edward George Cosens
Paul Jelinek
31 AUG 1905 - 7 NOV 1997 Married Vivian Holdgrafer
Dorothy Jelinek
31 AUG 1910 Married Lester Nelson, widowed, Married Clark Israel
Gilbert Jelinek
19 SEP 1912 Married Frances Reynolds
Charles Jelinek
6 FEB 1917 Married Maria Soma
Christine Jelinek
29 MAR 1921 Married Wilford Johnson

 

 
Emma Kopriva
 


Birth: 1879 Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota
Death: 13 AUG 1894

 

 
Meaning of Name

Czech (Kopriva) and Slovenian: from kopriva ‘nettle’, either a topographic name for someone who lived at a place overgrown with nettles or a nickname for someone who was unapproachable.

Crest

Bohemian or Moravian

 

Origin

Czechlosavakia, Moravia

 
 


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