It appears I didn't reply to this, my apologies if that's the case.
I'm quite sure of the spelling, or at least that's how it's been spelled in a number of handwritten documents. I suppose the name could have been written by someone else but I'm led to believe that's not the case.
As far as birthplace it's noted as either Bohemia/Czechoslovakia or Germany. Not much help I know.

Dwayne