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Fuzy/Fuzi Family

Fuzy/Fuzi Family

Edie (View posts)
Posted: 10 Aug 2004 6:04PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 18 Oct 2005 1:02PM GMT
Surnames: Fuzy
My great grandfather, Geza Fuzy emmigrated to the U.S. late 1800's or early 1900's. My great great grandfather's name was Istvan (Stephen) Fuzy & my great great great grandfather's name was Jonas (John) At some point my ancesters were enobled and given land due to their military service which is why the spelling of the name changed from Fuzi to Fuzy and Baron Von Fuzy came into play. It is rumored that they had land in Transylvania & Budapest and that a five star pointed insignia ring was in the family. Also, there were 19 children in there some where. Magyar was the spoken language. Thanks for any info.

Re: Fuzy/Fuzi Family

Lajos Reich (View posts)
Posted: 23 Aug 2004 9:03AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edith,
I answered to your letter, what you sent to my own e-address.
More infos are:
it looks like, the Transylvanian Füzys and the Sopronian Füzys are not the same family, but I am not absolutely sure. The Transylvanian Füzys were relatives of the Báthory family, too, and have been nobles earlier, like the Sopronians. The line in Sopron got the noble-certificate later.
You asked, how the Füzi have been Füzy?
The case is, that in the Hungarian, by the namegiving habits are a lot of names, what are named after a town, with the suffix " i ", what in English is "from".
The noblemen, taking differency, changed that " i " to " y ", what possible to translate like "of".
The fűz in Hungarian means sallow. There are a lot of places, which have in their name the word sallow, because the towns are named many times about some speciality in their area. As you can see:
http://www.radixindex.com/cgi-bin/hn1913.cgi?place=fuz
Probably your Füzys originally from any place, what named by the same way: "sallow+adjective". The Hungarians are using many times only the noun of a name of a town......
The other case is the nobleman's prename. I do not know this phrase in English. The Hungarian writes the surname at first, only after that(your) firstname. Let we think, your ancestor's name, who have been declarated to be nobleman, was named Kovács (Smith). He lived (or got property of the king) in a town, named a variation of fűz. So, to separate him he got a prename, a nobleman's prename, and that was written "füzi Kovács". But, later he left the "real" name, and used only the name Füzi(y).
I think, they are quite dificult habits.Could I explain well?
Lajos

Re: Fuzy/Fuzi Family

Gail (View posts)
Posted: 22 Oct 2004 7:24AM GMT
Classification: Query
I too have Fuzi/Fuzy family from Transylvania. Andras Fuzi from Homorod and wife Anna Antal from Szekelyzsombor. I recently found information in a book of Hungarian noble families in Transylvania printed in 1900. "Udvarhely Varmegye Nemes Csaladjai" by Palmay Jozsef. Language is Hungarian so it needs to be translated.
Sample: FUZI (homorod-karacsonfalvi). Mar a fejedelmek korszakaban jonnek elo - majd besenyei, majd csapoi elonevvel, de, hogy van e osszekottetes az irt csaladok es a homorod-karavsonfalvi Fuziek kozott, az adatok hianyaban teljes bizonysaggal nem allithato. Can you help with translating Lajos?
Gail

Re: Fuzy/Fuzi Family

Lajos Reich (View posts)
Posted: 15 Nov 2004 12:03PM GMT
Classification: Query
I was in hospital, can answer only now. The translation is:
FUZI (homorod-karacsonfalvi). (of Homorod-Karácsonyfalva)
Mar a fejedelmek korszakaban jonnek elo
they came out already in the age of the princeps (the 16-17th Centuries)
- majd besenyei, majd csapoi elonevvel,
sometimes with prenames besenyei then csapói
de,
but
hogy van e osszekottetes az irt csaladok es a homorod-karavsonfalvi Fuziek kozott
is there any contact among the written families and the Füzis
, az adatok hianyaban teljes bizonysaggal nem allithato. Because the whole data are missed, we can tell.
The homorod-karácsonyfalvi Füzi family was a Secler/Székely family (the Seclers are a Hungarian group, not a special nation)
Lajos

Re: Fuzy/Fuzi Family

Peter Fuzessery (View posts)
Posted: 11 May 2005 11:29PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Fuzessery Tovisi
My familys last name is Fuzessery...was a very large family...any idea if there is a relation. I know our family has nobility but i really dont know all the details. I wish I knew.

Peter

Re: Fuzy/Fuzi Family

Janet Kozlay (View posts)
Posted: 12 May 2005 1:59AM GMT
Classification: Query
The Fuzessery and Fuzy families were not related. The Fuzesserys were from old Zemplen megye. I can send you more information privately.
Janet

Re: Fuzy/Fuzi Family

Peter (View posts)
Posted: 12 May 2005 2:10AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: fuzessery Tovisi
Im looking for my family history...im told that I have some form of royalty or such in my name...i dont know alot as my father and mother knew it all....

would appreciate all that you know..

Peter

Re: Fuzy/Fuzi Family

Janet Kozlay (View posts)
Posted: 12 May 2005 3:14AM GMT
Classification: Query
I have sent you the coat of arms as well as some of the information on the history of the family. You might want to note that there is a big difference between nobility and royalty. Royalty refers only to the ruling family. Approximately five percent of the Hungarian population were noble.
Janet

Re: Fuzy/Fuzi Family

Beth Fuzy (View posts)
Posted: 30 Aug 2005 2:19PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hey Edie,
I spoke to your dad last night. I will be down on Sept 14th. Just wanted you to know that I have the Fuzy pages out of Ivan Nagy's book of Hungarian Nobles. They were in Hungarian but I had them translated several years ago. I'm going to bring all my paperwork with me so make sure you have some time for me. Geza and Ida were married on January 11th, 1903 in Manhattan, New York. Ida immigrated from Radna Hungary and was born in Cosina Hungary. Radna was in Arad county which is now part of Romania. I'm not sure where Cosina was??? Ida's parents names were Victor Levay and Amalia Galanskey. I am going to send for a copy of Geza and Ida's marriage certificate. Also.....if you go to www.ellisisland.org you can look up Fuzy immigrants. You can look at Geza's passenger record, the ship manifest (you can even enlarge and read it), and they show a picture of the the ship that Geza came over on he arrived from Giralt on April 11th, 1901. Congrats on all you have found. I look forward to seeing you......love ya cous!!!!!

Re: Fuzy/Fuzi Family

Edith F Durbin (View posts)
Posted: 30 Aug 2005 2:33PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Fuzi/Fuzy Family
Hi, Beth!!
I had great grandpa's name corrected thru Ellis Island. It was originally listed as Yeza & I had his name inscribe on the Wall of Honor(the # is 791) Website is wallofhonor.com I also have the report from the geneologist that I hired to do the research in Budapest & Slovakia. I can email it to you, so you can read & see our family crest. I am now trying to find where in Transylvania the family originally came from. So I am still digging! Look forward to seeing you in Sept.
Much Love, Edie
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