Surname Saturday #28: Szük

I've been interested in this family for quite some time now, mainly because of how rare and unique the surname is. I love when I'm working with a rare and uncommon surname in Hungary, it makes the records for that family "pop" out, and it makes the research just that much more exciting. Especially when no one has ever researched them before. The Szük family were of nobility, and here is their line:

1. Juliánna Szük
b. 25 Oct 1810, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary
d. 21 Mar 1837, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
m. József Tóth; 29 Jan 1834, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary

*Eszter Tóth, b. 19 Dec 1834, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
*Mária Tóth, 22 Sep 1836, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary

2. Pál Szük
b. 21 Nov 1777, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary
d. 15 May 1832, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary
m. Éva Marjai; 02 Feb 1803, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary
*Pál Szük, b. 29 Mar 1804, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary
*István Szük, b. 14 May 1806, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary
*Rebekáh Szük, b. 01 Sep 1808, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary
*Juliánna Szük, (above)
*Demeter Szük, b. 19 Mar 1813, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary
*Erzsébet Szük, 02 Feb 1816, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary
*József Szük, b. 11 Apr 1819, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary

3. István Szük
b. unknown (prior to creation of the parish's church registers), Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary
d. no death entry ever found
m1. Zsuzsánna Fekete; 06 Feb 1771, Megyaszó, Zemplén, Hungary
m2. Mária Nyakó; 08 Feb 1796, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary
*István Szük, b. 27 Dec 1771, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary

*István Szük, b. 17 May 1772, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary
*Erzsébet Szük, b. 15 Jun 1775, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary

*Pál Szük, (above)

*Mária Szük, b. 23 Oct 1779, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary

*Mária Szük, b. 28 Oct 1781, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary
*Zsuzsánna Szük, b. 20 Mar 1784, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary

*András Szük, b. 27 Jul 1787, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary

*István Szük, b. 28 Aug 1790, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary

4. András Szük

b. before 1704

d. after 1750, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary

m. Erzsébet Miskolczy

*Erzsébet Szük, b. before 1738, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary

*András Szük, b. about 1738, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary

*Pál Szük, b. abt 1746, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary

*István Szük, b. before 1751, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary (above)

*Zsuzsánna Szük, b. 1753/1758, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary

5. Demeter Szük

b. before 1670

d. between 1725/1755, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary

m. unknown

*András Szük, (above)

Surname Saturday #18: Tóth (2nd one!)

My 2nd-great-grandmother on my direct-paternal side, Eszter Tóth, was born to parents who shared the same surname: Tóth. Eszter's parents were actually 4th cousins. You can find the information on Eszter's paternal Tóth line here. Below, you'll find Eszter's maternal Tóth line:

1. Mária Tóth (noble)
b. 22 Sep 1836, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary
d. 13 Dec 1894, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
m. Károly Á. Tóth (noble); 09 Jan 1856, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary

*Károly Tóth, b. 22 Nov 1856, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
*Lajos Tóth, b. 17 Oct 1860, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
*László Tóth, b. 01 Mar 1863, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
*Zsuzsánna Tóth, b. 04 Oct 1865, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
*Mária Tóth, b. 03 Oct 1871, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
*Eszter Tóth, b. 22 Sep 1874, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary

2. József Tóth (noble)
b. 03 May 1808, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
d. 04 Aug 1839, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
m. Juliánna Szük (noble); 29 Jan 1834, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary
*Eszter Tóth, b. 19 Dec 1834, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
*Mária Tóth, (above)

3. Mihály Tóth (noble)
b. 1777/1778, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
d. 26 Jul 1831, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
m. Zsuzsánna Szabó; 03 Feb 1802, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
*Klára Tóth, b. 18 Dec 1802, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
*Borbála Tóth, b. 12 Sep 1805, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
*József Tóth, (above)
*Mária Tóth, b. 26 Apr 1811, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
*Zsuzsánna Tóth, b. 30 Aug 1816, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
*Sándor Tóth, b. 28 Feb 1821, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary

4. István Tóth (noble)
b. abt 1736, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
d. 19 Feb 1798, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
m. Erzsébet Porkoláb (noble); after 1757, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
*István Tóth, b. abt 1767, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
*Márton Tóth, b. 1773/1776, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
*József "Gaef" Tóth, b. abt 1775, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
*Mihály Tóth, (above)

5. Mihály Tóth (noble)
b. abt 1716, Hungary
d. 30 Aug 1794, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
m. unknown
*István Tóth, (above)

6. Mihály Tóth (noble)
b. bef 1689, Hungary
d. aft 11 Jul 1755, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
m. unknown
*István Tóth, b. abt 1709, Hungary
*Mihály Tóth, (above)

The Nobility of Demeter Szük in 1690

Yesterday, I was able to obtain a written transcription from the 1730's of the 1690 patent of nobility that was issued to my 8th-great-grandfather, Demeter Szük. He was granted the nobility on 09 Jun 1690 by King Lipót I of Hungary, and was later recorded in Nagy-Ida, Abaúj county, Hungary on 11 Jan 1691. The four following images are copies of the transcription written in the 1730's. It has some great information on it! :)

What's Been Going On Lately

I've been doing a lot more Hungarian research lately, in several new towns.  And i've been doing some new nobility research in Zemplén megye as well.  I'm finding that our great-great-grandmother Eszter (Tóth) Gombash's family is much more complex and diverse than I originally thought.

Only a week or two ago, I found the death record for her 2nd great-grandmother, Zsuzsánna (Fekete) Szük.  She died in 1791 at the young age of 38.  What I found in her death record was what I had been hoping for, the mention of 'nemes'.. which of course means 'noble' in Hungarian.  There was another noble Fekete family in the same village, and I have a feeling it might be her nephew's family.  I'm going to have to track this noble Fekete family down.  Just a fun fact; 'Fekete' means 'Black' when translated into English.

As of right now for Eszter (Tóth) Gombash, I have her descending from 6 distinct noble families: Tóth (in 1580), Bódogh (in 1611), Porkoláb (in 1635), Szük (in 1690, possibly previously in 1638), Fekete (unknown date) and Miskolczy (unknown date).

The Miskolczy family comes through Erzsébet Miskolczy.  She was  Eszter (Tóth) Gombash's 3rd great-grandmother.  Erzsébet was born about 1710 and married to András Szük.. they lived in Taktaszada.  There was a very well-to-do land owning Miskolczy family in the neighboring town Mád.  A Péter Miskolczy held possessions in Mád from at least 1670 to 1689.  I believe him to be Erzsébet's grandfather.  This Miskolczy family that resided in Mád was the korponai Miskolczy family, or otherwise known as Miskolczy de Korpona.  This family was a branch of the pávai Miskolczy family (Miskolczy de Páva).  This was a Transylvanian family.  Their coat of arms was recorded in Count Teleki's family archives in Marosvásárhely, Transylvania.  I have ordered the receords for this coat of arms; they should be arriving at my local FHC any day now.  Hopefully there will be some kind of nobility information along with the coat of arms.

I'll have more to write in the next few days.

Tiszadob, Hungary: Eszter Tóth's Ancestry & Family; March 08, 2008

It's been a while since I last wrote, so I decided to write a new entry.  I've done an extensive amount of research in the Tiszadob church parish registers.  In my first entry I mentioned how I had 1,255 individuals from Tiszadob in my database.  After just under a month's worth of research, I now have 1,602.. that's 347 new individuals!

I've also received an email from a wonderful woman named Linda (Toki) Walters, who is a distant relative of ours through the Bódogh family.  Her contacting me with information has added a whole new line of descendancy information to the family tree!

I've recently been thinking about adding a section to the website devoted to the nobility of Tiszadob, which involves our family.. and those that tie into our family.  Of the 1,602 individuals in my database, 699 of them are of noble birth.. so far.  I'm sure I've skipped a few that I need to find.  They're mostly from these families:

Balogh Dancs Péchy Tóth

Baráth Jánossy Porkoláb Zákány

Bódogh Lakatos Szük .