Surname Saturday #17: Gulyás

Gulyás is the surname of my 3rd-great-grandmother on my direct paternal Gombash line. This is the information on her line:

1. Zsuzsánna Gulyás

b. 27 Jul 1850, Büdszentmihály, Szabolcs, Hungary

d. after 1909, Büdszentmihály

m. József Gombás; 15 Dec 1869, Büdszentmihály

*Sándor Gombás, b. 21 Feb 1872, Büdszentmihály

*Balázs Gombás, b. 23 Aug 1877, Büdszentmihály; d. 07 Mar 1878, Büdszentmihály

2. István Gulyás

b. 12 Apr 1817, Büdszentmihály

d. 21 Mar 1895, Büdszentmihály

m. Zsuzsánna Pethe de Kis-Szántó; 05 Dec 1838, Büdszentmihály

*Gábor Gulyás, b. 19 Jul 1841, Büdszentmihály

*Zsuzsánna Gulyás, (above)

*Gábor Gulyás, b. 11 Aug 1853, Büdszentmihály

*Károly Gulyás, b. 10 Oct 1856, Büdszentmihály

3. Márton Gulyás

b. 18 Apr 1773, Büdszentmihály

d. 10 May 1860, Büdszentmihály

m. Erzsébet Kottán; 08 Dec 1802, Büdszentmihály

*István Gulyás, b. 01 May 1804, Büdszentmihály

*Mária Gulyás, b. 07 Sep 1805, Büdszentmihály

*Márton Gulyás, b. 11 Nov 1807, Büdszentmihály

*Zsuzsánna Gulyás, b. 04 Aug 1811, Büdszentmihály

*Sára Gulyás, b. 24 Mar 1814, Büdszentmihály

*István Gulyás, (above)

*Sára Gulyás, b. 18 Oct 1820, Büdszentmihály

4. György Gulyás

b. bef. 1737, Büdszentmihály

d. unknown

m. Erzsébet Pethe de Kis-Szántó; 30 Jan 1754, Büdszentmihály

*Sámuel Gulyás, b. 09 Aug 1755, Büdszentmihály

*Judit Gulyás, b. 16 Oct 1756, Büdszentmihály

*Erzsébet Gulyás, b. 16 Sep 1757, Büdszentmihály

*Judit Gulyás, b. 10 Aug 1759, Büdszentmihály

*Márton Gulyás, (above)

*Sára Gulyás, b. 18 Jun 1780, Büdszentmihály

*Katalin Gulyás, b. abt 1781, Büdszentmihály

5. Sámuel Gulyás

b. abt 1676, Hungary

d. 07 Jul 1743, 

m. Sámuelné; unknown date

*Sámuel Gulyás, b. bef. 1719, 

*Mária Gulyás, b. bef. 1722, 

*Ilona Gulyás, b. bef. 1722, 

*Márton Gulyás, b. bef. 1725,

*Zsuzsánna Gulyás, b. bef. 1728, 

*György Gulyás, (above)

*István Gulyás, b. unknown

The Hajdu-Pethe Marriage

Back about 5 years ago, I discovered a newspaper article from the late 1910's that stated an Emma Gombash was divorcing an Alex Gombash. This Alex Gombash was my great-grandfather. Not many in my family knew about a first wife, but those who did knew nothing about children from this marriage. They had a daughter, who died in infancy, and a son who I later found out lived to be 79 years old. My grandfather had an older brother!


This marriage record is for the parents of Emma Gombash, who was born Irma Hajdu on 21 Oct 1899 in Büdszentmihály, Szabolcs county, Hungary. Ironically, the Hajdu family and my own Gombash family were from the same town in Hungary. And even more, they immigrated together on the same ship and were listed next to one another on the passenger manifest. Quite an astonishing find, when I finally realized who this family was! Irma Hajdu's parents are András Hajdu and Zsófia Pethe, and this is the extract of their marriage:

Entry Number: 4
Date of Marriage: 14 Jan 1891

Groom: Hajdu András, farmer
Residence: 1051
Religion: Evangelical Reformed
Age: 23; born 21 Nov 1867
Marital Status: Single
Father: Hajdu Bálint, farmer
Mother: Balogh Zsuzsánna

Bride: Pethe Zsófia
Residence: 842
Religion: Evangelical Reformed
Age: 16; born 01 July 1874
Marital Status: Single
Father: Pethe József, farmer
Mother: Dancs Juliánna

Witness: Gombás Miklós, farmer (coincidentally, my great-grandfather's great-uncle)
Witness: D. Gál Balázs, farmer
Priest: Nyakas Balázs, Reformed parish priest
Marriage Banns: Jan 01, 04, 11
Notes: The groom was a soldier in the 15th Huszár Regiment, Company 3 and was discharged 31 Dec 1890.