[Patricia Soltesz]

Yes, I grew up in Detroit the village of Delray 1943-57. Then we moved to another area of Detroit,Michigan. My Grandparents who were born in various villages in Hungary, immigrated to various other towns in Zielnople, Pennsylvania and Granite City,ILL in the US. Finally they settled in Delray – where my Grandfathers were core steelmill workers and worked close to the Ford Assembly line plant. The area is pretty deserted now around Holy Cross Hungarian Roman Catholic Church. Two Hungarian Franciscan priests live there and keep the Church going. On Sept. 14th, 2025 we are celebrating !00 years since the building of the present Church and 120 years of the parish.

[Patricia Soltesz]

All 4 of my grandparents and my parents spoke Hungarian.They did not teach it to me.I was told when they went to school in Detroit they had a hard time learning English. When they did not want us to hear what they were talking about they spoke Hungarian. We took Hungarian in a summer class in the basement hall of the Hungarian Reformed church in a large group of many aged chilren. So not much was learned. One of my Grandmothers never learned English so I could not communicate well with her.

[Patricia Soltesz]

My name is Patricia Lipchik Soltesz. All four of my grandparents were born in Hungary and each in their teens came to the US separately in the early 1900s. They met and married in the US- Mary Zsizsik and Andrew Soltesz, Etel Karacsony and Imre Lipscik Lipchik is what Ellis Island put on his paper even though his name was tatooed on his arm.) I grew up in the Hungarian industrial area of Detroit, the village of Delray, Mi. We were a part of Holy Cross Hungarian Roman Catholic Church that is celebrating 120 years as a parish and 100 years of the Church this Sept. 14, 2025 the Feast of the Holy Cross. I enjoy doing geneology and visited 3 of my grandparents villages in Hungary and Slovakia. We were not able to go into Temeshvara, Romania with our Hungarian name in 1986.

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