Meszaros.When Emery came to America in 1905, his arrival record at Ellis Island shows that he was going to join at his final destination his cousin Franz Meszaros (see note 7 on the TothBarko page). Had that relationship been recorded as
uncle, then connecting the dots would have been simple. But
cousinleaves the relationship possibly much more distant. The story gets even more complicated.
Through 1910 at least eight distinct Meszaros men emigrated to southwest Pennsylvania from the village of Szürte (present-day Strumkivka, Ukraine). Some of them made the trip to America two or three times. They could not have all been brothers to each other since three of them had the same name: Ferencz(Franz)--English Frank. They must have been representatives of at least three distinct Meszaros families back in Szürte (whose total population in 1877 the Gazetteer put at just a little over 1,000: 289 Roman Catholic, 198 Greek Catholic, 467 Reformed, 182 Jewish, and 2 Lutheran).
I've used information from the Ellis Island website to try to piece together the actual brothers, their birth years and their movements. Although the Ellis Island index goes back to 1892, records from the 1890's have only vague information about departure and destination (
left Hungary, going to New York), so it's difficult if not impossible to identify specific Meszaros departures from Szürte in the early years. The details about those early years are estimated based on later records. The brothers are listed in order of their estimated year of birth, which for two of them is calculated from their ages in the 1920 census. The other six are calculated from their stated ages on their multiple arrival records, with the first year listed being the one I think most likely correct.
Name | Born | Arrived NY | Ship | From | Stated Destination | Inferred Final Destination |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
András | 1865 (1867) | 1893 | ? | Duquesne, PA | ||
5 Apr 1901 | Rhein | Bremen | Duquesne, PA | Layton, PA | ||
returned to Szürte from Star Junction 1909; left wife in Szürte May 1910 | ||||||
10 May 1910 | Grosser Kurfurst | Bremen | Star Junction, PA | |||
János | 1866 (1861) | 22 Apr 1905 | Pennsylvania | Hamburg | Layton, PA | Star Junction, PA |
returned to Szürte 1907; left wife in Szürte Dec 1909 | ||||||
3 Dec 1909 | Carpathia | Fiume | Helvetica, PA | |||
Ferencz | 1868 | 1893 | ? | Duquesne, PA | ||
Moved to Layton, PA (near Perryopolis) 1899; to Szürte early/mid 1904 | ||||||
23 Oct 1904 | Slavonia | Fiume | Layton, PA | Star Junction, PA | ||
wife, Mária | 28 Dec 1904 | Pannonia | Fiume | Star Junction, PA | ||
returned to Szürte 1909; left wife in Szürte Mar 1910 | ||||||
26 Mar 1910 | Carpathia | Fiume | Helvetica, PA | |||
Sándor | 1877 | 22 Apr 1905 | Pennsylvania | Hamburg | Layton, PA | Star Junction, PA |
returned to Szürte from Star Junction 1908; left wife in Szürte May 1910 | ||||||
10 May 1910 | Grosser Kurfurst | Bremen | Star Junction, PA |
Name | Born | Arrived NY | Ship | From | Stated Destination | Inferred Final Destination |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frank | 1873 | 1895 | ? | Brownsville, PA | ||
Sándor --> Alex Butcher | 1875 | 1902 | ? | Brownsville, PA | ||
Lajos | 1881 | 22 Apr 1905 | Pennsylvania | Hamburg | Brownsville, PA | |
moved to Lemont [Furnace], PA 1906; returned to Szürte 1908; left wife Julia in Szürte Oct 1911 | ||||||
3 Oct 1911 | Kronprinz Wilhelm | Bremen | Uniontown/Lemont Furnace, PA |
Name | Born | Arrived NY | Ship | From | Stated Destination | Inferred Final Destination |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ferencz | 1860 (1866) | 1903 ? | ? | Brownsville, PA | ||
22 Apr 1905 | Pennsylvania | Hamburg | Brownsville, PA | |||
back to Szürte 1908; left wife in Szürte Oct 1909 | ||||||
2 Oct 1909 | Pannonia | Fiume | Lemont [Furnace], PA |
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