Hello, This is my 2nd Expo, I’m located in Florida. I was married for 30 years to a Hungarian man. From 1991-2016 we made about 6-7 trips to Hungary. Our children are dual citizens, one of my children took two semesters of Hungarian in college. I have a vast Hungarian vocabulary and often could provide Hungarian words to my ex husband when he forgot them, but can not really speak the language. I could fend for myself I’m sure. My mother in law used to visit us for 3 months at a time and she spoke no English-our common language was cooking. I miss visiting Hungary and the wonderful food and so on. I cook gulyas, palacsinta, Szekely gulyas, beigli, csirke paprikas, and more. Also of interest is that my 2nd great grandparents (not Hungarian), took in a girl Bessie with Hungarian roots back in about 1914 in Wisconsin. One of my hobbies is genealogy and it was my pleasure to solve some family mysteries and locate the grave of her mother who died in 1914 in Brillion, Wisconsin when Bessie was young. Bessie’s father was a coal miner and he worked in Brillion, Wisconsin and in Pennsylvania. There were about 9 children listed in John’s naturalization documents. John Hubicsak relocated to Pennsylvania after his wife’s death, taking some of his children with him. Some of the children were older and remained in Hungary-never coming to the US with their parents. I am in contact with Bessie’s daughter and was able to share with her much information she did not know about her biological family, along with some photographs.
Bessie’s father John Hubicsak
B:08 Sep 1877 Vajdacska, Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen, Hungary and died 23 April 1969 in New York City, New York USA
