Jan Benes, Church Superintendent of Moravia, in Vanovice from time to time. It is here, that
Rev. Adolph Chlumsky would have met Julie Rosa Kun, daughter of Karolina Opocensky
Kun Benes, and stepdaughter of Rev. Jan Benes.
abt. 1868
abt. 1868
Brno, Moravia, where Adolph and Julie were married.
Krabcice, Bohemia, about 20 miles north of Prague, near Roudnice. He served as
superintendent of a girls school near Krabcice.
at Krabcice, Bohemia
and Julie attended this school.
first church was built in 1866 in Wesley. Rev. Josef Opocensky died July 17th, 1870. There is
a family connection between Rev. Josef Opocensky and Rev. Adolph Chlumsky. Rev. Josef
Opocensky was the maternal uncle of Julie Kun Chlumsky, the wife of Rev. Adolph Chlumsky.
Julie was the daughter of Karolina Opocensky Kun Benes, sister of Rev. Josef Opocensky.
Another family member in Texas, was Marie Opocensky Schurerer, member of the Wesley
church. She was the niece of Rev. Josef Opocensky, and daughter of Rev. Karel Opocensky,
brother of Josef. Julie Chlumsky, wife of Rev. Adolph Chlumsky, spent much time with her
uncle Karel Opocensky as a teenager, this, good friends of first cousin Marie Opocensky
Schurerer.
After the death of Rev. Josef Opocensky, Rev. Adolph Chlumsky was asked to come to Texas.
He could not, at that time, and asked his brother, Rev. Ludvik Jaroslav Chlumsky to go to
(Wahington Co. marriage records) He and his family returned to Bohemia in 1881.
In September, 1889, Rev. Adolph Chlumsky, wife Julie Rosa Kun Chlumsky, and children,
Libuse (La bush a), Jan, Julie and Hermina, immigrated to Brenham, Texas. At his farm, he
planted a vineyard and made wine, often used in the church services in the early days. His
grandson, John Chlumsky said that he enjoyed his wine!