[Gail Somodi]

Another note, I was interested to see Brownsville and Daisytown PA on the map of cemeteries visited/documented. My 2nd great grandparents who were not Hungarian adopted/took in a Hungarian girl in Wisconsin after her mother died in the early 1900s-the bio mother is buried in Brillion, WI. Her bio father John Hubicsak had about 9 children, with several from the second marriage. He could not manage/afford them all. The first born Liza Hubicsak was born 3/12/1902 in Youngstown, Ohio but on the father’s naturalization paperwork it is shown that she lived in Hungary. They were from Vajdacska, Borsad-Abany-Zemplen. The second marriage of John was in 1918 in Brownsville, PA and at least one of their children was born in Daisytown.

[Gail Somodi]

The Fortepan site is a gem, thank you….so many photos of the hometown of my ex husband……with groups of very identifiable people. So fun to search for cities, surnames, Balaton etc. Have not even gotten to the Proud and Torn website yet.

[Gail Somodi]

This was an interesting presentation, beautiful photos of sweets and family and what a story. The presenter has such clear enunciation and good speaking speed. I greatly enjoyed it.

[Gail Somodi]

Great presentation and information. Anna, one question I have is the following. When you were wondering about the origin for example Slav or Hungarian of a person named Kish did you use resources to look up the person to determine that? One example you gave was Nicolas Kish, on his death certificate available on Ancestry his birthplace is given as Hungary and his birth name as Miklos Kiss. Mother’s last name was Marie Ferku. Of course I suppose he could be of Slav origin born in Hungary.

[Gail Somodi]

Hello Amy, I’ve been to Szeged and absolutely love Kecskemet. I’ve been to Kecskemet many times as it is near the town where my ex-husband was born and raised.

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[Gail Somodi]

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

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