Immigration ship manifest on the same ship as Josef and Antonína Zimola (FILOVA)
Josef Fila and his wife Frantiska (KOURKOVA) immigrated with their daughter, Antonína and her husaband, Joesf Zimola. They came to the United States on April 20, 1904. They arrived at Ellis Island on the fastest ship of its time, the SS KAISER WILHELM DER GROSSE. You can see that Josef and Frantiska had in their care a niece, 18-year-old Frantiska “Fanny” Cihal, who joined them on their journey.
Go to the Zimola “A Family History” page for more info on the massive ship and its sad ending.
The main branch of Fila’s seems to hail from Radonín. House #8 seems to have been in the family for centuries. House #2 and #20 were all part of the branch by way of marriages. The Fila’s also had a branch in the town of Malé, Panská Lhota and Nová Brtnice. I guess they got around.
From House #8 Radonín, Moravia to
Bremen, Germany to
New York City, New York to
Wahoo, Nebraska