Very little is known about the Martin ŠAGÁNEK family, residents of Hrubá Vrbka, Moravia when their daughter, Kateřina ŠAGÁNKOVÁ MLEJNEK came to the United States in 1907.   It is believed that Kateřina might have had at least nine siblings.  All attempts to locate surviving family members have been unsuccessful.  By all accounts, there were no surviving family members in Hrubá Vrbka after 1925.

Anna ŠAGÁNKOVÁ was married to Pavel MICKA and they lived in Hrubá Vrbka. According to their son, John MICKA, Pavel MICKA came to the US from 1910 to 1914 and lived for a while with Bedřich and Katherine MLEJNEK in Plattsmouth, NE. He went back to Moravia in May 1914. Two months later, Pavel was drafted and sent to Eastern (Russian) Front where he was killed, age, 35 years old.

Eva ŠAGÁNKOVÁ was listed as Ewa ŠAGÁNEK on Ellis Island records. She immigrated at age 18 and arrived in New York, NY on 02 June 1905 on the S.S. Barbarossa and she was listed as single. Her nationality was listed as "Austrian, Bohemian" and her last residence was Malá Vrbka. Eva married Martin KRCHAK on March 02, 1907 in Chicago, Illinois. The KRCHAK family moved from Chicago to Charlevoix County, Michigan and finally settled in Robertsdale, Alabama. They had approximately 15 children.

Kateřina ŠAGÁNKOVÁ arrived in New York, NY on 07 Aug 1907 traveling on the S.S Barbarossa and she was listed as married. Her nationality was listed as "Austrian, Bohemian, Moravian" and her last residence was Kuželov. Her name and origination is badly transcribed in the Ellis Island on-line records, but clearly identified on the original ship's manifest. She apparently was traveling alone.

Kateřina, already married to Bedřich MLEJNEK in Kuželov, met him in Chicago, Illinois. Their family MLEJNEK is described elsewhere. As for the male members of this family, very little substantive information is known. Several immigrated to the US and the other apparently stayed in Moravia. By 1970, when this research quest began, there was no one named ŠAGÁNEK living in Hrubá Vrbka, Moravia. The only place where the name is commonly recognized today is Poland.