Kuzelka Family

Village of origin:  Czech villages in Romania

Moved to Virginia from: North Dakota in 1888

Purchased land:  in Chesterfield, Virginia

 Burials:  St. John's Nepomeceme Catholic Church, Dinwiddie County, Virginia  (formerly named St. Mary's)

Mentioned in th church history, "Your Foot is Standing on Holy Places": :  “There was lots of unrest along the borders of Romania and Siberia and there wasn’t enough for families to live on, so the people started to migrate.  They usually were in the hands of agents and were sent to North Dakota where there were many hardships.  In the year of 1888, the families who came were Joseph Blaha, Hocova, and Kuzelka.  Hocova and Kuzelka bought a small farm in Chesterfield, Blaha worked for an unknown farmer for 4 years and then bought a 50 year farm in Dinwiddie.  He was the first Czech in this community and was the first to help start our church, being the second Czech parish St. Mary’s. After the year 1900 came families of Piecek, Cizler, Alois Blaha and the rest. Cizler died within a year.  Alois Blaha and Piecek died within then and 1918, when Joseph Blaha died, which all departed and are resting in the little cemetery at St. Mary’s parish.  They all had a very hard beginning.  There is now a nice small community of Czechs around our community of Czechs around our parish of St. Mary’s.“

The family name Krzepolka is listed in the 1861 census of Gernik, Romania.   Since St. John's church was founded by immigrants from Gernik and Eibenthal, there is a strong possibility that Kuzelka originates in Gernik, Romania.