Grandmother-Mary Malherek, born 1891 in Fairmont, MN. Her parents - John Malherek & Angeline Mazel Malherek both born in Germany or Poland. Looking for any information.

Hi Virginia,
I am the corresponding secretary for the Martin County Genelaogical Society. If you don't get a response please contact me and I'll see what I can do. Thanks, Dona Paris Cor-Sec

Never got a reply. I did send for and receive my grandmother's birth certificate - Mary Malherek born 1/28/1891. However, I didn't receive a photocopy, but a typewritten copy (?) from the Recorder's office in Fairmont. She typed the name as MalCherek, not Malherek. I am trying to find my great-grandparents, John and Angeline (Mazel) Malherek. I've checked the 1900, 1910 and 1920 census for Fairmont and found nothing.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

I am married to a "Malherek". We are pretty sure that the name was originally "Malcherek" in Poland.

There has been quite a bit of research done on the Malherek family from the Blue Earth, MN by my wife's cousins. I am trying to determine whether your John Malcherek is the brother of a Martin Malherek (b.1855 Poland, d. 1938 Minnesota). I believe this to be the case but do not have genealogical proof.

At one time the families seemed to have lived in the same part of Minnesota but did not seem to interact with one another. Some even are buried in the same cemetery in Blue Earth, MN.

I think John became divorced from Angeline and moved to Colorado....some of the data that suggests this include the following:

* 1900 - John/Angeline & Family show up in Fed Census in Pilot Grove, Faribault MN


* 1910 - Angeline & Family are alone in Fed Census in MN


* 1910 - A Divorced John Malcharak appears in Pueblo Colorado in the Fed Census about the same age as the one from MN in 1900


* 1920 - A Divorced John Malcherek appears in Pueblo Colorado during the Fed Census about the same age as the one from MN in 1900

Would like very much to compare notes. Best Regards.