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
