FamilySearch Find Of The Day: The 1908 Marriage of József Majoros & Anna Tóth in Ó-Fehértó

While doing some work on my Gombash line today, I was looking at the spouses of my great-grandfather's siblings; one of them being Michael Mayors. I know he was married to my great-grandfather's sister, Julia, on 09 Sep 1939 in Guernsey county, Ohio. Thanks to their marriage record, I knew Michael's exact birth date and the name of his parents: 18 Jun 1912 and Joseph Mayors (Majoros) & Anna Toth. Using that information, I tracked down their passenger manifest records via Ellis Island and located where they originally came from in Hungary: Ó-Fehértó, Szabolcs, Hungary. Below is the marriage record for Michael's parents:

Entry Number: 22
Place of Marriage: Ó-Fehértó
Date of Marriage: 05 Dec 1908

Groom: Majoros József
Occupation: carter/teamster
Religion: Greek Catholic
Born: 03 Apr 1885
Residence: Ó-Fehértó
Father: Majoros János
Mother: Kocsán Anna

Bride: Tóth Anna
Religion: Greek Catholic
Born: 12 Dec 1890
Residence: Ó-Fehértó
Father: n/a
Mother: Tóth Mária

Witness: Gebri Mihály
Witness: Gerzten Dániel, Ó-Fehértó

Genealogy Time Machine

If you're like myself, you're constantly wishing you could speak to a long-deceased ancestor. Even just for a minute or two. This happened to me tonight and it got me to thinking.. why not blog about it? So here are my absolute top three choices of who, when, where and why I would go back in time.

#1

Who: My 2nd-great-grandmother, Eszter Tóth Gombás

When: October 1909

Where: Ellis Island

Why: According to family stories, she brought along with her while immigrating from Hungary to America, documents on her noble heritage and family tree. Within these documents was information detailing a family connection to a king from about 600 years ago. I know much of her ancestry, but I would do anything to know what details she knew on her noble Hungarian heritage.

#2

Who: Hiram Howell

When: 1853

Where: Tippah County, Mississippi

Why: I want to know all the details of his murder! Why did his son-in-law, Lindsey Slaughter, shoot and kill him? And why wasn't he convicted of murder?

#3

Who: My 3rd-great-grandmother, Ellen Hovis Martin

When: Late 1830's

Where: Lincoln County, North Carolina

Why: She was an illegitimate daughter of first cousins. She lived in a house with her mother and two other illegitimate children, on land that her paternal grandfather had specifically given to her mother.. to provide for her. Ellen's biological father died when she was only 5 years old. It would be amazing to peak into the life of Ellen in her pre-teen years, to see what kind of hardships she was going through and what life was like for her, her mother and her siblings.

I would love to hear your top three choices! Share them in the comments or post the link from the blog post!

Surname Saturday #10: Stec

Amelia Stec is my 2nd-great-grandmother. She immigrated to America via Ellis Island with her daughter, Katarzyna (Catherine) Grządziel on 27 Nov 1908. This is the little I know on her family:

1. Amelia Stec
b. 29 Jun 1887, Barycz, Brzozów, Lwów, Poland
d. 12 Apr 1968, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
m1. Franciszek Grządziel; 23 Nov 1904, Barycz, Brzozów, Lwów, Poland
m2. Franciszek Bogusz; 20 Feb 1922, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
*Catherine Anna Grządziel, b. 05 Nov 1906, Barycz, Brzozów, Lwów, Poland
*Thomas Grządziel, b. abt 1909, Joliet, Will County, Illinois
*Joseph Grządziel, b. 01 Mar 1910, Joliet, Will County, Illinois
*John Grządziel, b. 12 Jun 1912, Joliet, Will County, Illinois
*Mary A. Grządziel, b. 24 Jun 1914, Joliet, Will County, Illinois
*Walter Grządziel, b. abt 1917, Joliet, Will County, Illinois
*Walter Kenneth Grządziel, b. 31 Mar 1919, Joliet, Will County, Illinois

*Frank L. Bogusz, b. 23 Nov 1922, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

*Stanley R. Bogusz, b. 23 Nov 1922, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

*Anna Virginia Bogusz, (information omitted for privacy reasons)

2. Jan Stec

b. unknown

d. unknown

m. Sophie Swiczek? (indexed as Kostancya Snirzek on daughter Mary Stec Karnas death record)

*Amelia Stec, (above)

*Katarzyna Stec, b. 11 Oct 1892, Barycz, Brzozów, Lwów, Poland; m. Franciszek Wojewoda

*Mary Stec, b. 10 Apr 1893, Barycz, Brzozów, Lwów, Poland; m. George Karnas

*Tekla "Tillie" Stec, b. unknown; m. ____ Domaradzki

*Jan Stec, b. unknown