| Ken Forbes: Janos Bajor Laraspdek?? | Thank you for the help.
This is what my uncle has to say as far as their language is concerned. I don't know if it helps much.
-- "Speaking about Austria, my Grandmother came from Austria/Hungary. Her first language was Hungarian and Austrian was second - English came in as a poor third. I had to understand German (Austrian) and Hungarian when I visited her as a kid." --
ME? Tessie died in 1954. I was born in 1955. I never knew my great-grandparents.
Theresa was naturalized in either 1906 or 1916. There's a smudge where the "0" or "1" should be.
I did go back and read Stephen Bogar's SSN application (135-07-3223). He lived at 83 Lang Street, Newark in 1936. This is just a few blocks away from my great-grandmother's place at 79 Van Buren Street. Stephen reported his place of birth was Otovci, Jugo-Slavia. His parents were Gyergy Bogar and Zsuzsa Kovacs. I've associated (guess) this Ellis Island Record with him:
Bogar, Stefan
Magyar Hungarian
Otohasa, Hungary
April 19, 1913
30y
M
M
Vaderland
Antwerp, Belgium
Johann's death certificate shows Bojar and Bogar as his surname. His father's birthplace and name were "unknown" on the cert., but his mother is shown as "Daisy" born in "Hungary."
Theresa shows her name as "Tessie Kirchmeyer" on her SSN app. It also shows "Washmay, Hungary" as the place of birth. [No doubt this is because the record taker was phonetically spelling her answers] Her son recorded "Kercmar" as her maiden name on her death cert., along with "Austria-Hungary" as the place of birth. My mother tells me that her maiden name was "Kreczmar." My uncle also recorded "Kreczmar" on her death cert. A Hungarian national tells me it may have been spelled "Krecsmár."
Perhaps, associating Stephen Bogar with my Bogars is premature.
THe best match, so far, for Johann Bajor is as follows:
First Name: Janos
Last Name: Bajor
Ethnicity: Hungary
Last Place of Residence: Laraspdek
Date of Arrival: December 07, 1906
Age at Arrival: 25y
Gender: M
Marital Status: M
Ship of Travel: Graf Waldersee
Port of Departure: Hamburg
Manifest Line Number: 0006
There are two Janos Bogars who come close to mine, but their DOB is off by a few years:
Bogar, Janos
Hungary, Slovak
Te...Vakarvar, Hungary
September 03, 1907
24y
M
M
Ultonia
Carnaro, Triest, Austria
Bogar, Janos
Hungary, Magyar
Ottohaza, Hungary
February 20, 1911
28y
M
M
Lapland
Antwerp, Belgium |
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