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

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)

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

Surname Saturday #9: Tóth

This is one of my favorite families in my family tree; the first one being Bódogh (a future post!). Tóth is the surname of my direct-paternal line second-great-grandmother. Her name was Eszter Tóth, and I've been fascinated with her and her family tree ever since I started all my research over a decade ago. Here is her information:

1. Eszter Tóth (noble)
b. 22 Sep 1874, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
d. 04 Apr 1950, Lore City, Guernsey, Ohio
m. Sándor Gombás; 13 Mar 1895, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
*Children can be found on the Gombash post.


2. Károly Á. Tóth (noble)
b. 09 Dec 1835, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
d. aft 1895, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
m. Mária 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, (above)


3. László Tóth (noble), a judge
b. 09 Feb 1814, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
d. 23 Nov 1870, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
m. Zsuzsánna Bódogh (noble); 15 Jan 1834, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
*Zsuzsánna Tóth, b. 11 Nov 1834, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
*Károly Á. Tóth, (above)
*Terézia Tóth, b. 29 Nov 1838, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary


4. Mihály Boros Tóth "junior" (noble), a vineyard grower/winemaker
b. abt 1781, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
d. 09 Jan 1846, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
m1. Mária Tóth; 06 Feb 1805, Kesznyéten, Zemplén, Hungary
m2. Sára Gorzás; 29 Jun 1823, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
*László Tóth, (above)
*Zsuzsánna Tóth, b. 04 Dec 1816, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
*Juliánna Tóth, b. 24 Jul 1820, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
*Károly Tóth, b. 03 May 1824, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
*Károly Boros Tóth, b. 04 Jun 1826, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
*Juliánna Tóth, b. 15 Jul 1829, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
*Juliánna Tóth, b. 13 Aug 1830, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
*Zsuzsánna Tóth, b. 18 Sep 1833, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
*Sándor Boros Tóth, b. 04 Jan 1839, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary


5. Mihály Boros Tóth "senior" (noble), a vineyard grower/winemaker
b. abt 1752, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
d. 17 Apr 1818, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
m. Erzsébet Handa; bef 1772, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
*István Tóth, b. abt 1772
*Mihály Boros Tóth, (above)


6. István Tóth (noble)
b. abt 1709, Hungary
d. 04 Jul 1786, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
m. Erzsébet Csetneki
*Mihály Boros Tóth, (above)


7. Mihály Tóth (noble)
b. bef 1689, Hungary
d. aft 11 Jul 1755, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
m. unknown
*István Tóth, (above)
*Mihály Tóth, b. abt 1716


Some information regarding their nobility:


*A document dated 05 July 1775 from the Szabolcs county nobility investigation papers, lists a nobleman named "Michaël Tóth" living in Tiszadob. It mentions that his family received nobility from King Rudolf I and that the nobility as well as a genealogy was recorded in Szolnok county. No date of when the nobility was received was given.

*In the publication, "Magyarország vármegyéi és városai", by Sámuel Borovszky, it states the following:
Tóth family, entry 4. Nobility received from King Rudolf. Recorded in Külsõ-Szolnok county. Tóth Mihály a resident of Tiszadob in 1725.


*In the publication, "Turul 1883-1950", by the Hungarian Heraldry and Genealogy Society, it states in the 1895-3 issue the following:
The brothers "Tóth Imre, Benedek, Jakab és Ambrus" received nobility from Rudolf in 1580. It was recorded in Lelesz, by Tóth István, son of Mihály and Tóth Mihály, son of István.


*In the publication, "Siebmacher's Wappenbuch", it gives a full detailed description (in German) of the coat of arms of the Tóth family. It also states that the family received nobility from King Rudolf, in Prague, on 26 Feb 1580. It was later recorded in 1583 in Eger, Heves county. It was issued to the brothers "Emerich, Benedikt, Jacob u. Ambrosius Tóth".

My Paternal Lineage

I liked the idea of doing my maternal line so much, I thought it'd be fun to do my paternal line. Here it is:

1) Nick M. Gombash

2) John E. Gombash, Jr.

3) John E. Gombash, Sr.
Born 02 Oct 1935, Caretta, McDowell County, West Virginia
Died 02 Jun 2005, Joliet, Will County, Illinois
Married Mary Louise Adas, 30 Nov 1957, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

4) Alex Gombash
Born 07 Dec 1896, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
Died 04 Jan 1968, Wheaton, DuPage County, Illinois
Married 1st Emma Hido (Irma Hajdú), 19 Aug 1916, Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Married 2nd Catherine Anna Grządziel, abt 1920-1922

5) Sándor Gombás
Born 21 Feb 1872, Büdszentmihály, Szabolcs, Hungary
Died 02 May 1931, Goff, Butler County, Pennsylvania
Married Eszter Tóth, 13 Mar 1895, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary

6) József Gombás
Born 19 May 1845, Büdszentmihály, Szabolcs, Hungary
Died 10 Nov 1886, Büdszentmihály, Szabolcs, Hungary
Married Zsuzsánna Gulyás, 15 Dec 1869, Büdszentmihály, Szabolcs, Hungary

7) Sándor Gombás
Born 27 Aug 1814, Büdszentmihály, Szabolcs, Hungary
Died 04 Jan 1856, Büdszentmihály, Szabolcs, Hungary
Married Erzsébet Sajti, 01 Dec 1835, Büdszentmihály, Szabolcs, Hungary

8) József Gombás
Born before 1793, Büdszentmihály, Szabolcs, Hungary
Died unknown
Married Katalin Mezei, 06 Jan 1813, Büdszentmihály, Szabolcs, Hungary

9) Péter Gombás
Born before 1737, Büdszentmihály, Szabolcs, Hungary
Died unknown
Married Erzsébet Balogh, before 1771, Büdszentmihály, Szabolcs, Hungary

10) György Gombás
Born abt 1696, Büdszentmihály, Szabolcs, Hungary
Died 19 Apr 1776, Büdszentmihály, Szabolcs, Hungary
Married Mrs. György Gombás, Born abt 1703 and Died 17 Feb 1771, Büdszentmihály, Szabolcs, Hungary

The Baksa Genus - Baksa Nemzetség

The Baksa genus (also sometimes written as Boksa, Boxa and Baxa), is a Hungarian clan dating itself back to the era of the Árpád dynasty. The Baksa genus held large amounts of land possessions primarily in Heves, Szabolcs and Zemplén counties. Their largest possesions were Bodrog-Szerdahely, Dorogháza, Gyüre, Homoki, Kövesd, Lagmócz, Nagy-Halász, Szöllőske and Zemplén.

It wasn't until the 13th century that the Baksa genus reached significant political roles in Hungary. Important figures of the Baksa genus at that time were the Ispán named György and also Tamás and László. György was a general in the Hungarian army during the Battle on the Marchfield allied with Habsburgs, which involved the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian lands and the Kingdom of Hungary. The opponent of the Habsburgs and Hungarians of the battle were the Bohemian army led by King Ottokar II of Bohemia. Oddly enough, King Ottokar II's paternal grandmother was of the Árpád family.. the ruling dynasty of Hungary.

Tamás and László fought along-side king Károly I of Hungary against the rising oligarchs after the end of the Árpád dynasty. They then participated in King Lajos I of Hungary's Italian wars, for his claim on the throne of Naples.

There are numerous branches of the Baksa genus that took on their own independent names and are still thriving today. The known Hungarian families that can trace their origins to the Baksa genus are the following:

Agóczy de Agócz (agóczi Agóczy)

Bacskay de Bacska (bacskai Bacskay)

Bocskay de Bocskó és Kis-Maria (bocskói és kis-mariai Bocskay)

Csapy de Csap (csapi Csapy)

Eszenyi de Eszeny (eszenyi Eszeny)

Gálszéchy de Gálszéch (gálszéchi Gálszéchy)

Kellemessy

Kendy de Kende (kendei Kendy)

Kövesdy de Kövesd (kövesdi Kövesdy)

Pósváraljai de Pósváralja (pósváraljai Pósváraljai)

Soós de Sóvár (sóvári Soós)

Széchy de Gálszéch (gálszéchi Széchy)

Szerdahelyi de Szerdahely (szerdahelyi Szerdahelyi)

Szürtey de Szürte (szürtei Szürtey)

Zrittey de Zritte (zrittei Zrittey)

Treasure Chest Thursday - Newly-Found Noble Family!

On Tuesday night, I discovered a new noble branch for my family tree. This branch comes through the Gombás family.. not the Tóth's from Tiszadob. They were the Szabó family, who also had an alias: Soltész or Solticz. They were a family from Tiszalök in Szabolcs megye. In the 1725-1726 nobility investigation, I find a "Szabó aliter Solvicz Stephan" in Tiszalök. Solvicz is obviously a misspelling. He stated his family received their nobility on 22 Oct 1714 in Pozsony by King Károly III, and that it was recorded on 06 Jul 1715 in Eszlár, Szabolcs megye.

The family is listed in Béla Kempelen's work "Magyar nemes családok": Szabó (másképen Solticz) cimereslevelet 1714. okt. 22. siebm. 611.

I then found in Siebmacher's Wappenbuch on page 611, a coat of arms that was listed for a György and Krisztián Szabó in 1714.

New Website!!!

I've finally moved my website from rootsweb onto a server hosted by my friend Cathy Napolitan, and i'm able to use the Gombash domain name. (THANK YOU, CATHY!!) From now on, please use:

http://www.gombash.com/

I've been thinking and i've done quite a bit in the past few months already. I've created indexes to several more of the Naturalization records for Langlade County (which you can find here: http://www.gombash.com/rodgers/langlade/)

I've also created two indexes related to Hungarian nobility research. They are the Hungarian Nobility Investigations 1725-1726 for Szabolcs megye (county) and Zemplén megye (county). It's a listing of all the nobles living in specific towns through-out then entire counties. You can find them here: http://www.gombash.com/gombash/hungary.html

I've also been doing research in the Catholic parish records for Kravare in Bohemia. RecordSearch recently updated the database and the records for this town are now available. Kravare.. which was called Graber before all the World Wars happened, was the birthplace of 2nd-great-grandmother Anna Weishaupt. I've come across some pretty interesting and different surnames I've never seen before: Grundmann, Heller, Kasper, Matzken, Paschant, Reichenbach, Sandrich, Schicketantz, Schneller, Seeman, Tietze/Tieze, Vogel, Weishaupt, Wenzel. If you're researching any of these names from the Bohemia area, PLEASE contact me! They include the towns Graber, Bleiswedel, Johnsdorf, Schönau, Schönborn and Sterndorf. They are in the county of Leitmeritz in Northern Bohemia, roughly 40 miles North of Prague.