Virtually no records of the Schallick family have been found outside of the United States. A majority of the family history and stories regarding the Schallick family were chronicled by the family patriarch, August Schallick, who immigrated to the United States in 1869 with his parents and sister. The limited records that are available prior to 1869 confirm that August Schallick was the son of Heinrich (Henry) and Amelia Schallick and he was born on the 29th of March, 1858 in Paderborn, Germany. He had a sister, Annie, who was born a year later in 1859. According to 1870 U.S census records, August's parents were born during the 1830's in the Nordrhein-Westfalen region of Germany. The family lived on a small sustenance farm during the 1860's. During that time, August and his sister attended a local confessional school.

Due to increasingly bad harvests during the 1860's, the Schallick family could not afford even the basic necessities. The family made the hard decision leave their homeland in hopes of finding better elsewhere. After a two week voyage across the Atlantic,  the family arrived in the Boston harbor along with thousands of other's seeking refuge in the new world. The passage to the United States also included train tickets to several Midwestern cities. By train, they traveled westward until they reached Cincinnati, Ohio. Here, the family rented an apartment on the 4th floor of the building at 396 E. Front St. which was nearby a raucous railyard and ironworks on the Ohio river. The apartment was previously rented by another Schallick who was already living in Cincinnati by 1869. It has been suggested that this Schalllick was the son of Henry Schallick from a previous marriage who was sent to the United States to help secure passage for the rest of the family. No records of this Schallick have been found after 1870, however. 

As German immigrants, the Schallick’s were not native English speakers which made it challenging to assimilate. While the family had previously lived on a farm, their move to Cincinnati required a change in occupation for Henry Schallick. Luckily, the large German-speaking population in neighborhoods such as Over-the-Rhine meant that there were jobs available even to those who did not speak English. Henry worked as a physical laborer on jobsites which required minimal skills and limited conversations. The work was difficult and often required many hours of labor a day just to bring enough money home to his family. However, there was always work to be found here and that was still better than the uncertainty of the harvests as a farmer.

After six years in Cincinnati, tragedy struck the Schallick family. In early February of 1876, Henry, began showing signs of a tuberculosis infection. In less than a month, Henry succumbed to the infection leaving behind his two children and wife. Without Henry’s income, his son, August, was forced to quite school and find a job to support the family. August's mother, Amelia, was grief-stricken for many months by the loss of her husband. According to August, she rarely left the house for the rest of the year, choosing instead to stay inside and imbibe. The true tragedy came on Christmas day of that year when Amelia passed away after a day of drinking. The official coroner’s report specified that the cause of death was ‘intemperance’ which was often used as a general term for alcohol-related deaths.

With the lost of both of this parents, August had no choice but to continue on with his life. He soon married Flora Zimmerman of Louisiana, and began playing local baseball as a pitcher. August would gain notoriety as a pitcher and play for almost two seasons with the Cincinnati Reds in 1884 and 1885. However, arm troubles would eventually forced him out of the league. He went on to raise eight children with his wife in Camp Washington, where he was employed as a patrol officer for the local police department for 29 years. 

The descendant of August and Flora Schallick have continued living in the Cincinnati area for several generation. The pair were blessed with fourteen grandchildren and thirty-four great grandchildren.