Uncovering Names of Grandfather's Relatives in Russia

By studying a couple of official documents on-line and Grandfather's returned letter to Russia, I've decided that there are a few names that I can try to track down. An important name shows up on Ellis Island documents and US Census documents: Jan and Waclav's father's name was recorded a few times as Jan Zvolanek (senior.)

Just the other day, while writing about the Returned Letter, I said that there were no Zvolaneks on the address, other than the name of my Grandpa to whom the letter was being returned. I thought Grandfather's name was written on the front and on the back as the "Returnee."

But now that I realize that my Grandfather and his father were both named Jan. It's entirely possible that Grandfather John addressed the envelope to his father Jan Zvolanek in addition to someone named Kijevshoy (sp?) Huberni. The Elder Jan Zvolanek's name has been hiding in plain sight all along -- underneath the SERVICE SUSPENDED rubber stamp.

According to Reverend Jan Dus' translation of this letter, other people and names appear in my grandfather's letter:
Parents and brothers: the plural seems significant. Grandpa's mother is apparently still alive and he's writing to more than one brother. (By this time, his brother Waclav (Jim) is already living in Nebraska...

Antonie Kopernicka, Antonin (friend or cousin?) and brother Ivanovi Zvolanek.
As I find more names on documents, I will post them for follow-up.

I'm enjoying how handy this blog is for organizing, adding and sharing information!