Sorry I must correct this: The name of the settlement did not derive from the one of the German brothers names. It was name after the region they came from. Mala Frankova, in the 16th century called Kleinfrankenau (small franconia), and that is because they came from Franconia, part of Bavaria. From around towns like Erlangen, Nuremberg, Bamberg...And another correction the Gemse surname was adapted to today's Gemza mostly during and after 1st World War. 80% of Gemza's in America, Australia and England were emigrants from the Slavic countries - Slovakia, Czech Republic and Poland. Emigrating around 1870 up to 1940.
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