Parents unknown. Born in 1882 in or near the
village of Tychyj [R]/Tiha [H], Uzh [R]/Ung [U] County, Subcarpthain Rus', Austria-Hungary (present day Ukraine).
He married Mary Brenzovich, date unknown. They had no children. Charles is buried in St
Nicholas Greek Catholic Church Cemetery, Brownsville, Fayette County Pennsylvania.
It is believed that Charles immigrated to the United
States sometime in the early 1900's, probably circa 1907. At the 1920 Census was taken, Charles and his wife were
living as renters with his brother-in-law Alex in Fredericktown, Washington County Pennsylvania. He was employed as a
coal miner. At some point, the spelling of the Dorkod surname changed to DURKAT. It was also spelled DURKET.
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