| Peter Forintos (- Pauncz): Re: PAUNCZ | Hi Etienne, István and János,
WIth János we are keeping contacts, our "second-great-grandfather" was Mor (Moritz) Pauncz born in 1830.
The story I heard from my grandpa Miklos Pauncz was, when
he was to marry during numerus clausus in 1940, he had to prove his (great?)grandfather was born in Hungary.
I am not sure it is to apply to Moritz or his father Izhak, but it was not true, since he was born in Éger ( today Cheb in Czech Republic). At that time their name was Paunz.
The name has been changed to match the Hungarian standard reading later, and part of the family kept the original Paunz until today. If you follow the map from Pecs to Matra (their are the most Pauncz in the 19th century), up northwest to Cheb ( about 750 km), not too far from there to the South ( about 250km) you will find Paunzhausen. As you know many Jewish names come from the place we come from.
Peter |
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