Tim’s grandfather Timothy J. Kovar with his sisters in Canada, 1908. The family was waiting for permission to enter the U.S. ‹ Previous Matej Kovar was a professor at Charles University in Prague in the mid-1850s. He was Tim’s great-great-great grandfather. Next › Timothy J. Kovar, Tim’s grandfather, enlisted in the United States Army during World War 1. Tim’s grandfather Timothy J. Kovar with his sisters in Canada, 1908. The family was waiting for permission to enter the U.S.