The following story was taken from the book Dubina, A Place of Freedom and Hope by Ed and Margie Janecka.
Frantisek (Frank) Sugarek was born on January 22, 1819 in house #22 in Kuncicky Ubasky, Moravia. He married Barbora Simicek. Barbora was born on November 30, 1831 in house #36 in Hajov, Moravia. They emigrated to Texas on the Anna Elise in 1856 along with two children from a previous marriage - Marianna and Karel.
In 1859, Sugarek purchased 35 acres in the Content community south of Weimar in Colorado County. That same year, he and Barbora had their first daughter, Veronica. In 1861, they had another daughter, Amalie, who died in early childhood before 1863.
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