Researching VAJDA of "Cari Hungary"
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Re: SOMOLANYI
| kozlay (View posts) | Posted: 22 Jan 2007 2:01PM GMT |
Classification: Query
I may have found some more relevant information, though still nothing yet on immigration information on Stephen (Stefan/Istvan) and Anna. Knowing where they lived in the U.S. might be helpful, as I do not find them in the Census reports either.
In addition to names beginning with Somol, you may also find the family listed under names beginning with Szomol. The “s” sound is written as SZ in the Hungarian alphabet.
Relevant entries I found in the immigration records are as follows:
Eva Somolan(i), 15, arrived 1897 from “Kuklo” to Johnstown, New York.
Theresia Somolanyi, 15, arrived 1897. No further information given.
Therez Szomolanyi, 10, arrived 1904 from “Kukló.” She is traveling with a cousin, Albina Mraz, to Johnstown, New York.
Antal Szomolanije, 44, arrived 1906 from “Kukev.” This is a misreading of “Kukló.”
Michal Somolany, 37, arrived 1913 from “Koglo” to Piermount, New York.
Alois Somolani, 30, arrived 1913 from “Bursa” to Schenectady, New York. This is probably Burszentgyorgy, Burszentmiklos, or Burszentpeter in Pozsony megye, near Kuklo.
Alois Somolanyi, 12, arrived 1924 from “B. Sr. Juv.” to Erie, PA. This stands for Borsky Svaty Jur, Slovakia, and is probably the same as “Bursa,” above.
Two people named Szomolanyi are listed in the 1891 Industry and Trade Directory for Kuklo: Jozsef, a bootmaker, and Stephen (Istvan), a tailor.
In 1904, Johan Szamolani, 18, arrived from “B. Szl. Gyorag” to Hazleton, PA. All of these variations appear to refer to present-day Borsky Svaty Jur, old Burszentgyorgy.
In 1909, Alois (25) and Josef (19) appear on a ship list under the spelling Samolani, from “Bursangeorg,” which is certainly Burszentgyorgy. This is most likely the same Alois listed above from “Bursa.” It is not unusual to find people going back and forth.
In 1912, Lujza Szomalany (misread as Szamalany), 18, arrived from Kuklo (mistranscribed as Kiklo), Austria. Her closest relative was her father, Imre, from Kuklo, and her destination was Union Hill, NJ.
The beautiful old map at http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/maps/1910/nyitra.jpg shows Csari in the upper left yellow region, with Bur.-Szt.-Gyorgy across the border into Pozsony megye. Conversely, the map at http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/maps/1910/pozsony.jpg shows the location of Kuklo at the very top. Here you can also see how close it is to Csari and Burszentgyorgy.
There should certainly be much information about this family from the church records, and how they are all related. It would be interesting to see if others in the family were tailors (szabo) or bootmakers (csizmadia), or another profession that involved a trade. Trades tended to be handed down in families. They may even marry into other families in the same trade. But of course this is all dependent on gaining access to those records, either by waiting for their release by LDS or hiring a researcher.
Janet
In addition to names beginning with Somol, you may also find the family listed under names beginning with Szomol. The “s” sound is written as SZ in the Hungarian alphabet.
Relevant entries I found in the immigration records are as follows:
Eva Somolan(i), 15, arrived 1897 from “Kuklo” to Johnstown, New York.
Theresia Somolanyi, 15, arrived 1897. No further information given.
Therez Szomolanyi, 10, arrived 1904 from “Kukló.” She is traveling with a cousin, Albina Mraz, to Johnstown, New York.
Antal Szomolanije, 44, arrived 1906 from “Kukev.” This is a misreading of “Kukló.”
Michal Somolany, 37, arrived 1913 from “Koglo” to Piermount, New York.
Alois Somolani, 30, arrived 1913 from “Bursa” to Schenectady, New York. This is probably Burszentgyorgy, Burszentmiklos, or Burszentpeter in Pozsony megye, near Kuklo.
Alois Somolanyi, 12, arrived 1924 from “B. Sr. Juv.” to Erie, PA. This stands for Borsky Svaty Jur, Slovakia, and is probably the same as “Bursa,” above.
Two people named Szomolanyi are listed in the 1891 Industry and Trade Directory for Kuklo: Jozsef, a bootmaker, and Stephen (Istvan), a tailor.
In 1904, Johan Szamolani, 18, arrived from “B. Szl. Gyorag” to Hazleton, PA. All of these variations appear to refer to present-day Borsky Svaty Jur, old Burszentgyorgy.
In 1909, Alois (25) and Josef (19) appear on a ship list under the spelling Samolani, from “Bursangeorg,” which is certainly Burszentgyorgy. This is most likely the same Alois listed above from “Bursa.” It is not unusual to find people going back and forth.
In 1912, Lujza Szomalany (misread as Szamalany), 18, arrived from Kuklo (mistranscribed as Kiklo), Austria. Her closest relative was her father, Imre, from Kuklo, and her destination was Union Hill, NJ.
The beautiful old map at http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/maps/1910/nyitra.jpg shows Csari in the upper left yellow region, with Bur.-Szt.-Gyorgy across the border into Pozsony megye. Conversely, the map at http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/maps/1910/pozsony.jpg shows the location of Kuklo at the very top. Here you can also see how close it is to Csari and Burszentgyorgy.
There should certainly be much information about this family from the church records, and how they are all related. It would be interesting to see if others in the family were tailors (szabo) or bootmakers (csizmadia), or another profession that involved a trade. Trades tended to be handed down in families. They may even marry into other families in the same trade. But of course this is all dependent on gaining access to those records, either by waiting for their release by LDS or hiring a researcher.
Janet