| Norm: Tatz Family Research | I am researching my Tatz family roots. My gGrandfather, Antal Tacz, was born in Bustyahaza, Maramaros County, Hungary in 1846. He married Etalka Marzso, also from Bustyahaza and had eight children: Maria (April 4, 1880), Lajos (January 3, 1882), Anna (February 18, 1883) Julianna (October 7, 1884), Sandor (February 7 - March 15, 1885), Laszlo (June 4, 1888), Ilona (March 20, 1890) and Kalman (April 30, 1893). Antal worked for the Royal Hungarian Railways until he retired on December 1, 1907. We have no records of where Antal or Etalka come from. There are no Tatz's in modern Hungary that we know of or in the old Hungarian territories which are now in Romania. Antal spelled his surname Tacz, but the family now spells it Tatz. I do not know why the spelling was changed. I am beginning to suspect that the family origin is German and with all of the turmoil in central Europe at the time, the name was changed for some reason.
Antal had at least one sister, Teresa, that we know of.
My Grandfather is Kalman Tatz. He travelled to China when he was a young man (Harbin, Peking, Canton and Hong Kong) and died in Hong Kong from tuberculosis. He was well known artist in Hong Kong where he made his living creating sculptures of the local politicians and gentry. Both Kalman and his wife, Antonina, died when their family was young, leaving the children in care of godparents. The Japanese invasion of Hong Kong resulted in the loss of most family records.
Kalman's brother Laszlo was also an artist who traveled to China and, we believe he settled in the Philippines. We have no record of his whereabouts except that he traveled widely to sell the portraits he painted.
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