Sámuel Fábry

From the autobiography of Jan Alexander Fabry, published by Jan Ormis:

    "Vavrišovo je dedina v Liptovskej stolici, v súsedstve dedín Pribyliny, Dovalova a Svatého Petra.  Ako evanjelická filia patrí ku Svatému Petru, ale mala ku škole pristavenú drevenú modlitebnicu, na ktorú sa trochu pamatám. 

    "Moj otec bol učiteľom a obecným notárom.  Bol muž vzdelaný; vybavil filozofiu, počúval aj juridické študia, iste aj bohoslovecké.  Reč jeho materinská bola slovenská, ale hovoril dobre a písal aj nemecky; v Rožňave učil sa maďarsky a vedel aj latinsky.  

    Vavrišovo is a village on Liptovská foothills, next to the villages of Pribylina, Dovalovo and St. Peter. [As evangelical filia belongs to St. Peter's, but the school had wooden PARKED prayers, to which a little memory.]

    My father was a teacher and general notary. He was an educated man, equipped with a knowledge of philosophy and had studied law, and he also knew theology.  His native language was Slovak, but he spoke and wrote German well; at Rožňava he learned Hungarian and also knew Latin."