{geni:about_me} Theresa (Smetana) Zerkowitz was born in Opatova, Trencin Co., Hungary on 18 September 1867, and died in Springfield, Massachusetts USA in 1957, age 90 years. On 2 November 1938, "Therese Czerkowitz", age 70, widow,Slovak, born in Opatova, CZ, of Vienna, Austria, arrived in New York Harbor on the ship "Paris" (out of Havre, France). She was accompanied by her eldest daughter, Franziska (Zerkowitz) Weiniger. The ship manifest indicates thatTherese's destination was the home of her daughter, "Mrs. Bach, New York, U.S." When her daughter Zerlina Bach moved to Springfield, Massachusetts, Theresa went with her. She died in Springfield in 1957, age 90, and Zerlina died about a year later.

Agawam, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, 1940 BACH, Edward M., age 40, b. Germany
wife, Zerlina, age 47, b. Austria
mother-in-law, ZERKOWITZ, Therese, age 72, b. Czech.