Dear Mr. Plack,
My family is from Johnstown Pa., but my surname is Plachy. My grandfather was William (Bela) plachy and his wife was Irene(Garlothy) Plachy. William was b. 1 Nov 1897 in Czechoslovakia probably in Nitra (or some similar spelling) He married Irene (Garlothy). They both first resided in Windber, Somerset co Pa. and later in Johnstown Cambria County Pa until they went into Nursing homes in Ebensburg Pa. They are buried in Cambia Co. Pa. I know very little about their backgrounds. I believe my grandmother was from a town called Lucenec(sp). I have been told that someone in her family was a cook for one of the royal familys in Europe. My grandfather's father's name was Stephen. Stephen married Mary (Czmiko) and Mary (Faux). William and Irene's children were and are: Irene, never married, eldest child b. 1 Apr 1918, deceasaed. William, Chicago, Richard (my father), Alice Gardner, Mary Jane Stephens,widowed, Livonia Michigan,David, Texas (I think). Does this sound anything like the family your are searhing for? Should you wish to reply to this please E-mail me at
oyler1776@aol.com.
Sincerely,
Phylis Oyler