THOMAS MALCIK

Thomas Malcik, b September 7, 1856 in Hostalkova, Moravian‑Austrian Empire, d August 30, 1928 in Rosebud, Falls County, Texas ‑ a son of Jerry and Rosina (Cesek) Malcik. On July 23, 1882 in Nelsonville, Austin County, Texas, Thomas married Marie Stastny, b October 27, 1859 at Ratibor, Moravia‑Austria, d March 5, 1929 in Rosebud, Falls County, Texas.

Marie Stastny came to the United States of America via Galveston, Texas to Austin County in 1878. It was on November 15, 1880 when Thomas Malcik and his older brother, Stephen, arrived in the United States. Two years later, Thomas and Marie were married by the pastor of the Wesley Moravian Brethern Church, Henry Juren. They had both been baptized and confirmed in that faith in Moravia.

Thomas Malcik was a farmer all his adult life, and he and Marie lived in Nelsonville for eight years, where five of their eleven children were born. Thomas filed for citizenship in Austin County on November 1, 1886, and it was finalized in Falls County on August 25, 1894, where they had moved in 1891 ‑settling in the Barclay Community. Their last six children were born in Falls County. They worshipped in the Czech Moravian Brethern Church which met in the Hamilton School, near Barclay.

The eleven children of Thomas and Marie (Stastny) Malcik were:

Joseph Malcik, b March 25, 1883 at Nelsonville, Texas, d November 7, 1971married Fannie Antonio Surovik.

Mary Malcik, b July 4, 1884 at Nelsonville, Texas, d November 5, 1979 ‑ married John Marecek, b November 27, 1881, d November 15, 1958. They had no children, and resided in the now extinct community of Briary. After John's death, Mary moved to Rosebud.

John Malcik, b April 24, 1887 at Nelsonville, Texas, d January 27, 1974 ‑ married first on October 31, 1909 to Rosa Bubela, b July 14, 1886, d March 11, 1934, and had six children: Roland Oswald Malcik, Milton Frank Malcik, Georgia Ann Malcik, Wilson John Malcik, Ola Del Malcik, and John Malcik, Jr. Rosa died when John, Jr. was born; and John Malcik married second to Theresa Michalak, b September 5, 1895, d April 7, 1978.

Teresa Malcik, b December 1, 1888 at Nelsonville, Texas, d March 23, 1928 ‑married John Slovacek.

Thomas A Malcik, b October 27, 1890 at Nelsonville, Texas, d August 17, 1966 ‑married Anna Pomykal.

William Malcik, b March 23, 1892 at Barclay, Texas, d 1951 ‑ married Rosa Marecek, and had four children: John William Malcik, b May 17, 1914, d January 6, 1916; Jerome Thelston Malcik, b April 17, 1917, d November 12, 1933; Willie Mae Malcik, b December 18, 1919 ‑ married January 20, 1951 to William G. Krause; and Evelyn Dorothy Malcik, b May 2, 1926 ‑ married July 16, 1949 to Phillip W. Roberts, and had Dawn Roberts and Daryl Trent Roberts.

Edward Malcik, b April 18, 1894 at Barclay, Texas, d September 25, 1973 ‑ married Mathilda Tracy Schiller ‑ daughter of Frank and Mary (Plasek) Schiller, Sr.

Anna Malcik, b April 10, 1896 in Rosebud, d December 20, 1978 ‑ married first to Adolph J. Pomykal, and married second to Frank Schiller, Sr.

Albina Malcik, b March 24, 1898 in Rosebud, d April 3, 1969 ‑ was not married. She worked as a Practical Nurse in Rosebud, Temple, and Waco.

Frank Malcik, b April 12, 1900 at Rosebud, d May 3, 1927 ‑ married Vlasta Belinda Schiller, b March 7, 1901, d October 26, 1934. They had one daughter, Ellen Malcik, b February 15, 1920 at Rosebud, who married Edward Bartlett.

Antone Malcik, b June 9, 1903 at Rosebud, d January 16, 1904.

In addition to their children, the descendants of Thomas and Marie (Stastny) Malcik number thirty two grandchildren, fifty‑two great grandchildren, seventy‑four great, great grandchildren, and several great, great, great grandchildren. The family has an annual reunion in Rosebud Texas after Easter.

Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart and her volunteers for printing the biographies of these Falls County Families to this web page. “Families of Falls County”, compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Department, p. 297-298