Helen Sluka

Notes:

After graduating from eighth grade, Helen stayed home to help her dad with all the farm work, which included working with the livestock as well as field work during the wheat and corn harvest. In the winters, when the outside work slowed, she did beautiful handwork, both crocheting and embroidering pillowcases, tableclothes and other items. (Milligan, p 275).

Helen married Emil E. Fujan on 26 Sep 1933 in Nebraska. Emil (son of Frank Fujan, Jr. and Anna Pribyl) was born on 5 Nov 1902 in Fillmore County, Nebraska; died in May 1978 in Nebraska; was buried in Bohemian National Cemetery (Milligan South), Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Emil and Helen farmed in the Exeter and Milligan area. The retired from farming in September, 1977 and purchased a home in Friend.

1. Living

Edward married Marie Simacek on 10 Feb 1902. Marie (daughter of Matej "Mike" Simacek, Jr. and Marie Polak) was born on 31 Dec 1883 in Fillmore County, Nebraska; died on 25 Aug 1974 in Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska; was buried in Bohemian National Cemetery (Milligan South), Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Matej married Marie Polak. Marie was born on 15 Aug 1850 in Vzarckavricich, Bohemia; died on 4 Mar 1927. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1900 census, she was living in Liberty Township, Fillmore County, Nebraska with her six youngest children, ans shown as a widow, born in August 1852 in Bohemia. The 1910 census showed her to be the mother of 13 children, eight of whom were still living.

Notes:

Mike and Mary Simacek came by boat to the United States from their native land of Bohemia in June of 1886, docking in Baltimore, Maryland. From there, they took a train to Nebraska and on the the home of their daughter, Mrs. John KASAK, northeast of Milligan, living near there the rest of their lives. They had two children, Mike, Jr. born in 1846, who married Mary POLAK and a daughter, Marie Simacek, born January 28, 1840 [note this dates is thought to be erroneous], married John A. KASAK, Sr. Mike and his wife Marie are presumed to be buried in unmarked graves in the Kasak Cemetery. (Milligan, p. 481).

Matej married Marie ???. Marie was born before 1820 in Bohemia; died in in Fillmore County, Nebraska; was buried in Kasak Cemetery, Fillmore County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]