Oral History Interview with Adolph Krchnak, May 23, 2015 Page: 3

                                
Mr. Zambrano:
Mr. Krchnak:
Mr. Zambrano:
Mr. Krchnak:
Mr. Zambrano:
Mr. Krchnak:
Mrs. Krchnak:
Mr. Krchnak:

Sealy, Texas. And when were you born?
8/16/26.
8/16/26. What were your parents' names?
I was junior, Adolph, and Caroline. (Unclear), she was--the same
part of Czechoslovakia (laughs), her parents and my parents, my
Dad's parents came from.
Really.
Well, they were separated; they didn't know each other back there,
the two names. The funny thing about it, I didn't find this out until
my Uncle Frank on my Mother's side passed away. We helped
them to stop to visit when we were coming through Sealy. We
were living in Austin already. Well, maybe it was still Taylor, I
don't know.
I'm not sure.
My Uncle Frank died and they were having a get-together at the
house after the funeral, and we drove up. I says, "Oh, good. Aunt
Polly will have some good kolaches (laughs)." They were
rummaging through two suitcases that he wound up with after his

parents died. I think Uncle Martin had one of them and then he
must have turned it over to Uncle Frank. But I don't know just
exactly how--I was off working everywhere and I didn't know
them. And in those documents--in those suitcases--were the birth
certificates of the older brothers and sisters that were born in

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