I am a Christian, Conservative, Nationalist, proud American, and lifetime Texan. Born and bred in Texas. There is no where on the earth that I would rather be than in Texas and America. I am so proud to be born in a nation where we are free to worship God, and have all of our liberties and freedoms.

My philosophy is to take care of Americans first! We the People, have no where to escape to if we allow the Demon-Rat/Socialists to destroy our nation. All of my ancestors emigrated legally to escape tyranny from the socialists and communists; and for freedom of religion. My ancestors helped to build these United States of America, and they worked to care for their families. They did not ask for hand outs.

In the Bible, we are taught to take care of your family first, then if you can, you are to help others. It is like the people in an airplane going to crash, you are told to put on your oxygen mask first. If you don’t then you will not be able to help others put on their oxygen masks. God, self, and then others.

I am the daughter of a Moravian and Bohemian Father and a German and Norwegian Mother. I am our family historian for the Frederick, Linderman, Mazac, Dudik, Christ, Konecny, and so many more of my Moravian and Bohemian families. Through thirty four years of research, I have learned that I am also Scottish, Irish, and English.

My Paternal 1st. Great Moravian Grandmother, Daughter of Tomas “Tom” Dudik & Evy “Eve” (Chlevestanove) Dudik of Mala Bystrici, Novy Jiovin, Moravia.
Wife of Jan “John” Mazac, Mother of 20 children.
Emigrated on 19 January 1892 from Moravia to Ellis Island, New York, New York, then by ship to Galveston, Galveston County, Texas. They traveled by wagon train to settle in the Williamson County, Texas area with her husband, Jan “John” Mazac.

[LEO BACA’S BOOK ON CZECH IMMIGRATION: MARIE MAZAC, AGE 29, ARRIVED ON JAN. 19, 1892 IN NEW YORK ON THE SHIP EIDER FROM MORAVIA, WITH ROZALIE AGE 8, ROBERT AGE 2, AND JOSEF AGE 1/2 [6 MONTHS] BOUND FOR TEXAS. IMMIGRATION PAPERS SHOW MAZAC, MARIE, DCERA TOMASE DUDIKA, DOMKARE V MALE BYSTRICI A JEHO MANZELKY EVY CHLEVESTANOVE.]

Resided in Granger, Taylor, and Corn Hill, Williamson County, Texas areas.
Children: Rosalie, Albert, Anton, Andrew, Joe #1, Steve, Johnnie, Robert Albert, Frank, Johnny #2, Marie, Elizabeth Annie (Bessie), Emma, Effie, Eva, John Joseph, Alberta “Bertha”, Olga, Frank Joseph, and Vlasta Mary Mazac.

Loving wife, Mother, Grandmother, and Great Grandmother.
Hardworking Czech-Moravian, farmer’s wife, and a devout Catholic. Member of the St.Cyril & Methodius Catholic Church in Granger, Williamson County, Texas. Mary & John Mazac helped build the St. Cyril & Methodius Catholic Church, in Granger, Williamson County, Texas.

I wish that I could have known her. I cannot fathom how horrible it would be to have five of your sons die so young. They died before they left Moravia. My poor great grandmother survived six weeks aboard a ship as “steerage passengers” in the bottom of the ship; with the crowded, hot, and unsanitary conditions aboard a ship with your four little children, from Moravia. They were very poor, so I don’t know how they came up with the money for passage to America. I would have been terrified.

They left to come to America for a “new life” where they had freedom from the cold winters, and to fulfill the American dream of owning their own property. “Krasna Amerika”. Land was everything to them. They were good, hard working Catholics, and worked for everything that they had. They grew their own food in their garden, and were farmers.
source: Sally Frederick Johnson, May 3, 2019, Mazac Reunion Notebook, Houston, Harris, Texas

I have worked on my family history since 1987, when I took Texas History in college. I chose to write my essay about my family. I have always loved to write and read. I think that I got my love for reading and writing from my mother who pressed me to read books.

I dreamed of becoming a writer like Louisa Mae Alcott. I lived through my books and my journals. I dreamed through my romance novels and learned so much about the world through my books. My reading sometimes helped me to escape the harsh realities of life. My thirty four years of recovery taught me follow God, to take care of self first, and then others. Because then you will have something to share with others. Share recovery instead of the disease.

Footnote: TRANSCRIBED BY SALLY FREDERICK JOHNSON, President MAZAC FAMILY REUNION-1995-1998, 1995 MAZAC FAMILY REUNION LIST NOTEBOOK, CIRCLEVILLE, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS. HANDWRITTEN BY VARIOUS MORAVIAN/BOHEMIAN ANCESTORS.
(GRANGER, WILLIAMSON, TEXAS, MAZAC ANCESTORS, 1995)
(note: book was flooded with Tropical Storm Allison in 2001, at 11039 Lafferty Oaks St. in Houston, Harris, Texas- not in very good condition but couldn’t make myself throw it away-still held by Sally Tudor-2016), most of the old timers are all dead now, so I hope to finish a book about my Texas Czech Ancestors before I go to meet my maker. The Book made it through Hurricane Harvey in August 2017. It is not in very good condition, it was under water, but it has sentimental value to me.
I spent many hours and many years transcribing all of the information into the FamilyGrave, FamilySearch, and my RootsMagic4 program on my computer, and my many family blogs. So, I have the information saved, even if I lost the Notebook. I have spent 34 years gathering all of the data and sources for my book.