Volcik Name Study - North America

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Location: North America
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United States Research

The first recorded instance in the United States was in 1800 on the US Census, for a John Volcik in Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States, where the trail ends for several years.

By 1880 in Texas - with a total of 6 occurrences - the next Volcik names appear; all of which are members of the same family.

The eldest Volcik from the 1880 census, Josef (Joseph) Volcik was born in Vsetín, Moravia in 1828, which at that time was under the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to a father known only as Jiří (~ George).

Through further research of Josef, it was noted that the spelling used by himself and his peers was that of an Eastern Moravian Dialect (a Czech language style similar to Slovak, Polish and Russian), Volčík.^[1] The Czech language was not an officially recognized until 1877 (7 years after Josef's immigration to the United States), and until the late 19th century, it was seldom used as written language, and except for records of the early 20th century, records were mostly written in Latin and German, or sometimes in Old Church Slavonic, Polish, Hebrew and Yiddish - so it is interesting to note that Czech alphabet was being in used in Texas during that time period (early 20th century).

Volcik Surname Distribution United States (Texas), 1880

Volcik Surname Distribution Texas (Fayette County), 1880

The 1880 US Census is the first time we find the surname Volcik used in the United States. The family of Josef (Joseph) Volcik was listed in Precinct 2, Fayette, Texas, United States: ^[2]

Full Name	Gender	Birth Date	Relation
Joseph Volcik	M	1830	Head
Anna Volcik	F	1834	Wife
John Volcik	M	1859	Son
Stephin Volcik	M	1861	Son
Joseph Volcik	M	1876	Son
Frank Volcik	M	1879	Son

Due to The Fate of the 1890 Population Census, the next time we can check in on the Volcik surname is 20 years later, during the 1900 Census. Amazingly enough, the Volcik surname is still only found at Texas at this point. The family of the original Josef (Joseph) Volcik from the 1880 Census is still listed in Justice Precinct 2 Ellinger town, Fayette, Texas, United States - now a thriving Immigrant community.

Full Name	Gender	Birth Date	Relation
Frank Volcik	M	Jul 1877	Head
Mary Volcik	F	Jun 1884	Wife
Frank Volcik	M	Sep 1899	Son
Joseph Volcik	M	Mar 1828	Father
Anna Volcik	F	Jul 1834	Mother
John Volcik	M	Jun 1859	Head
Veronika Volcik	F	Dec 1859	Wife
Anna Volcik	F	Jun 1885	Daughter
Frances Volcik	F	Feb 1888	Daughter
Rosalie Volcik	F	Jan 1891	Daughter
John Volcik	M	Apr 1892	Son
Frank Volcik	M	May 1894	Son
Adolph Volcik	M	Jul 1897	Son
Stephin Volcik	M	May 1861	Head
Anna Volcik	F	Sep 1868	Wife
Charles Volcik	M	Aug 1888	Son
Alois Volcik	M	Mar 1891	Son
Louise Volcik	F	Feb 1893	Daughter
Stepan Volcik	M	Sep 1895	Son
Anna Volcik	F	Sep 1895	Daughter
Hermina Volcik	F	Jul 1898	Daughter

Marriage Records

Groom	Bride	Date
Bastrop County[3]
John Barcak	Anna Volcik	22 Oct 1893
Paul Lastovica	Mary Volcik	7 Feb 1899
Frank V. Maduna	Francis Volcik	1 Mar 1897
Tom Malina	Rose Volcik	22 Oct 1893

Sources

1. ↑ (Obzor hospodǎrsky) a Czech publication out of Hallettsville, Lavaca, Texas (Vol. 16, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 1, 1906)
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFNH-ZRJ : 15 July 2017), Joseph Volcik, Precinct 2, Fayette, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 56, sheet 47D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1303; FHL microfilm 1,255,303.
3. ↑ Wolf, Evelyn, Loretta Leonhardt, and Valerie Johnson. 1991. Bastrop County Marriage Records 1881-1900; Volume 2. Bastrop, Texas: Baron de Bastrop Chapter, Daughters of the Republic of Texas.