My great-grandparents Pavel Dolinsky and Anna Kristofik c. 1907. Interestingly, his last name was actually Chodur. Because of all the Chodurs in Vrbovce, the village in Slovakia from where he came, his name was given as Chodur Dolinae (the Chodur who lived in the valley). Thanks to an Ellis Island bureaucrat, the name was re-christened Dolinsky in this country. Luckily my grandmother knew this and searching for the real surname was never a problem for me.
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