| fericzobor: Re: Czobor | Dear Igor,
Thank you very much for your reply.
My first language is Romanian, despite my Hungarian name, because my mother is Romanian (whereas my father is half Hungarian, half German), I was born and live in Romania, and always spoke Romanian with my parents at home. But anyway, I have learned also some Hungarian and am proud of my Hungarian origin.
Indeed, Arad is not far from the Serbian border. As far as I know, the origins of the Czobor family are to be sought in the southern part of historic Hungary, which includes also parts of todays Serbia (namely, Vojevodina). In fact, the main residence of the barons and counts of the Czobor of Czoborszentmihály family was the town called at that time Czobor-Szent-Mihály and now Sombor, in Vojevodina. This branch of the Czobor family, attested since the 14th century, died out in 1771, when its last representative, count József Czobor de Czoborszentmihály, died in poverty and childless, after squandering completely the huge wealth of his family. But, as one can see also in the genealogy of this family (http://genealogy.euweb.cz/hung/czobor.html), it has also collateral branches that never became noblemen or eventually lost this status. The present-day bearers of the name Czobor are in part descendants of such collateral branches, others are from families that originally had other names, but after the extinction of the noble Czobor of Czoborszentmihály family, when the protection on this name was abolished, have change their original names in Czobor, in order to sound more Hungarian.
Some 2 years ago I was contacted by a person called Czobor Ferenc (the same name like me), who lives in Budapest and is very interested in the Czobor family history. Since he works at the Hungarian State Agency of Statistics, he has access to much valuable information. Recently, he was able to identify the locality of origin of the ancient Czobor family. As one can see in the genealogy, the first known ancestor was an individual named Czobor Jánosi, Jánosi being the name of the locality where he lived. Czobor Ferenc, after much research, succeeded in identifying this place: its present name is Jánoshalma, a small town situated in southern Hungary, close to the border with Serbia (and fairly close to Sombor, the former Czoborszentmihály).
Regarding the spelling Chobor: I have found in some old books that the name Czobor was originally (in the 14th and 15th centuries) spelt Chubor.
Regarding Czobor in Canada: I was recently contacted by a Canadian person having the last name Cobor, but originally it was Czobor (it was changed to Cobor by the Canadian authorities when her father imigrated in Canada). But her family is originating not from Serbia, but from Slovakia, from the town of Nitra (in Hungarian: Nyitra). In the proximity of this town there is a village now called Mocidlany, but until 1920 it was called Czoborfalva (Czobor-village, in Hungarian), and probaly there is to be found the ancestry of her family.
Indeed, there are quite many persons with the name Czobor, some in the historic Hungary (including parts of present-day Romania, Serbia and Slovakia), some emigrated in USA or Canada. Im trying to find out of these persons those who are related to my family (the Czobor originating from Kispereg = Peregu Mic), and eventually to know more about my direct ancestry.
Best regards,
Feri Czobor
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