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Lajos PRINCZ, |
Note from Madeleine: LDS
records in LDS 642960, Vol. 4, indicate Lipot (or Lajos) PRINTZ, son of
Salomon PRINTZ and Hani HOROVITS (from Olaszliszka) was born 2 February
1887. Sometimes the civil names for Salomon are noted as Samuel,
and for Hani as Johanna. 
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 "Died a martyr, unforgettable husband, dear good father." àøéä áï ùìåí Aryeh, son of Shalom, and his mother's name was Chaya |
ROTH, ROTHMAN, and GROSZ
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 and her daughter Katalin ("Kati") taken around 1885, dressed in the style of middle-class Jews (contributed by Julie KIRSH.) |
Julie's additional family names associated with Tolcsva are: The following was extracted and edited from e-mails from Julie KIRSH, 11 June 2017: The POLLAK family is on my father's side. My
paternal grandmother, for whom I was named was Julia STRAUSZ. She
was born Julia POLLAK, in Tolcsva, Hungary and she married Sandor (Shmuel) STRAUSZ. They moved to
Miskolc, Hungary to raise their family of two sons, Imre and Tibor (my
father). Imre became a pharmacist in Debrecen.
Tibor, a survivor of Auschwitz and Buchenwald, having lost his first
wife Anna NAGY and son, Sandor, eventually remarried to Magda KATZ and
became a proud
Canadian citizen. Julie and her sister are descended from this second wife.
I don't know much about the POLLAK / PROPPER family, other than names and dates of births and deaths. Notes: Eszter (née SILBERMANN) POLLAK died, 3 May 1886, in Tolcsva, 60 years old. Her widower Her widower husband, Mihaly POLLAK, died 80 years old, 18 August 1891, according to records in LDS 642960, Vol. 7. Thanks to Larry KOHN, who is connected to both Julia KIRSH (via the SILBERMANN family) and Madeleine ISENBERG (via the KOHN family), for his clarifications and genealogical information. |
E-mails from Mark REICHARD, April - June, 2017, (extracted and modified here.)
My great-great grandfather, Israel REICHARD, was born in Satoraljaujhely in 13 April 1815 and died in Tolcsva in
1891. His wife, Sara Szali GROSZ was born in 14 June 1817 and died in Tolcsva
in 1860. They had 10 children, all born in Tolcsva, starting in 1860.
They are identified as family #132/3 and lived in house #39 in
the 1869 Hungarian Census, although not all 10 children are listed there.
He had a second wife, Rachel Rosie SPITZ, b. 1838 and died after 1871, with whom he had 2 more children born in Tolcsva.
My great-grandfather, Marton REICHARD, (son of Israel and Sara) was born in Tolcsva in 12 May 1837 and died there in 1919. His wife (my great-grandmother) was Hani PROPPER (b. 1837 in Tolcsva) and together they had 7 children, all born in Tolcsva. They are identified as family #328/2 in the 1869 Census (only 4 shown on census).
Hani PROPPER's parents were Chaim PROPPER, (1787 - 1871, in Tolcsva) who was married to Slate (unknown maiden name, b. 1810; 1851 census says b. 1800). Together they had a total of 10 children, all born in Tolcsva. One of his children was Ignatz Bernat PROPPER who was married to Eszter ROTH and they had 10 children in Tolcsva (two are listed in the 1869 census).
A number of my (REICHARD?) grandfather’s siblings also came individually to NY from Tolcsva prior to 1900.
My grandfather, Bernard/Bernath REICHARD (son of Marton and Hani), b. 15 April 1873 in
Tolcsva, came to the US on the SS Suevia from Hamburg, arriving on
8-21-1891. He married Emma KLEIN, in 1898 in New York, and had their first child in
1900. They lived in the “Hell’s Kitchen” area of NY.
The death certificates of two of my uncles who died before 1910 and
under the age of 1 year identified that they lived in the “tenements”. I
have a number of addresses where they lived in NY, before moving to New
Jersey. My parents left New Jersey for California in
1947.
In the 1869 Census there were three Reichard households in Tolcsva:
I hadn’t heard of any MARKOVITZ
relatives until I found them in this Census. I hadn’t found any
connection until I mentioned the name to my father, who was in his 80’s
at the time and he stared at me. He told me that Markovitz was the
name of his father’s cousin and that he lived in Philadelphia and
identified his address from memory, even though they hadn’t been in
contact since the 1930’s. I checked the address through the Census
Records and found the family living at the address on McLean St. that
my father had identified. It turned out that my grandfather had
bought a car but never learned how to drive. My father, who was a
young teen-ager at the time, would drive him to Philadelphia from NJ,
where we lived, numerous times to visit his father’s cousin. My
father could not remember the first name of this Markovitz but knew that
he had a number of daughters and one
son, Harry who was a dentist and had a dental office in the
home. I later made contact with a descendant of this family and
confirmed the information. This descendant had inherited his
uncle’s (?) dental equipment cabinet. The uncle had never married.
JewishGen's Jewish On-line Burial Registry (JOWBR) has a link to the gravestone of Jeno, Jermiyahu PROPPER, son of Izack Ber (Yitzchak Dov), the Cohen, b. 4 April 1874, d. 23 February 1940, buried in Tolcsva.
Mike GROSSMAN wrote, 26 April 2017:
I am a GROSZMANN/GROSSMAN. My g-father Moritz/Mor/Morris (Josef) was b.
1868 in Tolcsva d. 1938 in NYC. His parents were Samuel and Cilli.
I believe he had a sister Hannah (Hani?) who married Jacob WEISS. When
Moritz arrived in NYC (sailing from Hamburg 17 April 1898), his
destination was his brother-in-law Jacob Weiss. Does any of this sound
familiar?
I live in Urbana, Illinois.
The photo of the soldier is that of Louis KOHN (aka: Lajos, Ludwig, Lebi, Leibish). He was born in Tolcsva in 1877, immigrated to the USA in 1903 and died in Los Angeles in 1951. The photo shows him in the uniform of the Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal (“K. und k.”) Army, Railroad and Telegraph Regiment, 4th Company. |
As a side note, when I found this passport among family artifacts, it allowed me to establish for certain that the Louis KOHN, his wife Margaret (née GRÜN), and oldest son David, were all born in Tolcsva. |
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Miksa GRÜN was the brother of Louis KOHN's wife, Margaret, born GRÜN. Miksa, 1883-1944, was a master baker (Pékmester) in Tolcsva. The fate of this family is as follows:
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22 May 2017, Larry KOHN wrote: "...In the list of “Heroic Dead” at the bottom of the page (see World War I Soldiers, below) is Jeno GRÜN. (I recently found out he died battle of Isonzo which was fought between the armies of Austro-Hungary and Italy. So, I suspect his grave will not be in the Tolcsva cemetery.) I believe this is the only page in the book for Tolcsva. I don’t know how many copies of the book exist or the location of them. Possibly one of the other members of our Tolcsva project has additional information." |
 Larry and his wife traveled to Tolcsva in 2001. At right is the tombstone of Salomon GRÜN His Hebrew name was éåàì áï öáé
(Yoel, son of Tzvi) who died 2 Elul 5672 (15 August 1912) Curiously, the date on the photo, 14 August 2001, is almost exactly the secular anniversary of his death! |
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25 January 2018, Madeleine Isenberg: Found this obituary of 20 June 1924, in the B'nai Brith Messenger, the Jewsih weekly newspaper at the time, in Los Angeles. It is for Margaret Cohen, who died very young, aged 43, in Los Angeles, California, 11 June 1924. She was the wife of Louis COHEN (a change to the spelling of KOHN). It clearly indicates her mother Malka GREEN (i.e. GRÜN) still living in Tolcsva as well as her three brothers, one of whom, Max, was still iving in Tolcsva. |
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GOLDSTEIN and KOHN |
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| 27 June 2017, Madeleine ISENBERG:
My connection to Tolcsva maybe minimal -- or not. After years of
research there are still many unresolved issues. This is
added at the end of Larry KOHN's sections, it goes back to the grandparents of Louis KOHN because that couple was also my great-great-grandparents, Heinrich (or Joachim or
Chaim) KOHN (b. ~1810) and Rechel (Rozalia) née GOLDSTEIN, (b. ~ 1813).
Louis KOHN's father, was their son Mayer (Miksa, b. 1840) KOHN while my great-grandmother was their daughter Miriam (Mary, b. 1857), 17 years younger than Mayer. (There were other children.) Miriam married Josef GOLDSTEIN in Tolcsva, 31 August 1871, in what was a second marriage for both of them. Like somany others, the marriage was performed by he marriage was conducted by Rabbi Abraham Yitzchak GLÜCK. We have yet to determine if Rechel GOLDSTEIN was related to her son-in-law Josef GOLDSTEIN. There are other GOLDSTEINs in Tolcsva also, and how they might or might not be related; those who were Cohanim, would not have been related. The only photo we have of Miriam KOHN GOLDSTEIN when she is about 65 years old, is from a group wedding photo, of her son Israel (later Isidore) GOLDSTEIN to Bella HOCHHAUSER, that took place in Kosice, Slovakia. At that time, husband Josef GOLDSTEIN had died just after WW I, November 1918. Both are buried in Kosice, Slovakia. Miriam died in 1932, age 75. |  Miriam KOHN GOLDSTEIN is
the shorter, older woman sitting next to the bride. The groom Israel GOLDSTEIN stands behind the bride.
On the other side of the bride is Gisella GOLDMAN GOLDSTEIN and behind her, her husband Leopold GOLDSTEIN (b. 1882) These were my grandparents who were martyred during the Holocaust. Leopold was the first of nine births to Josef and Miriam. At the far right, seated, is Roze, daughter of the latter couple. Of the 13 people in the photo, only four were alive after World War II, mostly because they managed to leave before the war began. |
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22 October 2018, Madeleine ISENBERG
FRegarding the long standing puzzles in the GOLDSTEIN and KOHN families, by this report we learned something new. We know that Rechil (that name is, NOT Rachel!) GOLDSTEIN married a Chaim (his Hebrew name) KOHN. From some census records, we understand Rechil was born about 1813 or 1815. But we did not know when she died and where she was buried. Likewise, we still don't know when her this Chaim died. Tombstones are often the best way to help solve these puzzles. Some visitors--Larry KOHN (in 2001) and Larry BRIGGS (June 2017)--had visited Tolcvsa and photographed what they could amid the wild undergrowth. In 2017, a group of Tolcsva-connected people pooled resources to have the cemetery cleaned up, trying to cut away all the hedges and bushes, but it was not successful. However, with the intercession of Rabbi David JUNGREIS, who travels from Brooklyn, New York, to Tolcsva a few times a year, and thus serves as their temporary rabbi, arrangements were made with HFPJC (Heritage Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Cemeteries) (see https://hfpjc.com/news for updates) to do a better job of cleaning and restoring tombstones. But the process is time-consuming and very expensive. While the HFPJC indicates that with the restoration of 200 stones, the project is complete, this does not account for possibly a few hundred more. This project is dependent on raising additional donations. However, Rabbi JUNGREIS has documented what he could and has offered to help if people make inquiries directly to him. For example, I thought I had seen a possible tombstone for that ancestor, Rechil, but the one I saw was wrong. Rabbi JUNGREIS was able to send me the one that "fits" my criteria and even discloses her father's name, that was also unknown. Rabbi JUNGREIS also sent me photos of two of the KOHN children, also buried there. These were all very welcome after decades of not knowing. To Contact Rabbi Jungreis, click on his name here: Rabbi David JUNGREIS and an e-mail will begin with the subject line automatically filled with "Tolcsva Questions." Modify as needed.
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This figure shows the generations between the time that Rabbi Avraham Yizchak GLÜCK perfomed the marriage ceremony in Tolcsva for my geat-grandparents until Rabbi David JUNGREIS provided me with the information about my great-great-grandmother. You can see that David JUNGREIS is descended from several rabbinic families of note.
Below are the three tombstones (matzevot) that Rabbi JUNGREIS provided of my family members. My deep appreciaiton for finding these.
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On Apr 24, 2017, Diana Wiener wrote:
"Tolcsva Names: FRIED, ROSENBERG, GRUNVELD, KLEIN, GANZ, BLUMENFELD, show up as maiden names in my family research.
In 1869 Census, my GGG Jakob FRIED, b.1819 married Amalia ROSENBERG, b. 1820. 7 children born between 1851-1864 are counted in that Tolscva Census. ...
Larry BRIGGS, 25 April - 28 June 2017; updated 23 Oct. 2018:
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In 1886, Mor Gottfried died, and is
buried in the Tolcsva Cemetery.
The Transcription reads: A man ... precious and exalted Faultless and honest, to man and G-d Educator and administrator of Jewish youth Our rabbi and teacher, Moshe Dov GOTTFRIED Son of Mr. Gershon Manes Died the third of the intermediate days of Passover 5646 May his soul be bound up in the bonds of life |
My Great Grandfather, Moritz Bernat (Moshe Dov) GOTTFRIED was born
Varano, Zemplen County (now Vranov nad Topl'ou, Slovakia), in 1829. He was the son of Gershon Manes GOTTFRIED (name of mother not known.)
Moritz Bernat GOTTFRIED’s first wife, Hani GRUNBERGER, was from Tiba, Ung County (Now Tibava, Slovakia). Their first children, Sandor (Alexander) and Rebekah, were born in Tiba and Banyacska respectively. David Gottfried was born in Erdohorvthi in 1868. There are conflicting reports as to whether there was a fourth child, Rose. Hani apparently died before 1874. In the 1869 Census, Mor Gottfried and family lived in Erdőhorváthi at N. Tolcsva 306. Mor was listed in the Census as a Jewish Teacher. He subsequently moved to Tolcsva. According to the family he taught in a school in Tolcsva. There were conflicting stories as to whether it was the Jewish school, a non-denominational one, or a Catholic school. In about 1874, Mor Gottfried married my great-grandmother, Jennie (Zsani/Sali) ROTHBART of Végh-ardó (now part of Sarospatak) in an arranged marriage. My Great Grandmother was Jennie (or Zsani) ROTHBART(D). Mor was then 45 and Jennie, 18. They had three children who survived their early years, Esther (Eszter/Estie) – b. 1875; Bella – b. 1877; and Manes (later George Max) – b. 1884. Manes/George Max was my Grandfather. In his business career in the United States, he was known more by George.
In 1886, Mor Gottfried died. After struggling to make ends meet, in 1891 Jennie, with children Estie, Bella and Manes immigrated to the United States, via the ship SS Werkendam from Rotterdam. Arrived in New York on 6 August 1891. They settled in Newark, New Jersey.
Jennie’s step-brother, Alexander GOTTFRIED, had already immigrated to the US
and he helped arrange for the family to come. When they arrived, they first stayed with
Jennie’s sister Ethel Rothbard ABRAHOMOVICS in New York City until they found
an apartment in Newark. (Ethel was also born in Végh-ardó and her husband,
Nathan ABRAHOMOVICS was from Sátoraljaújhely.) Jennie died in 1900 and is buried in Union Field Cemetery in Newark. Note: Names
of six children born to them in Tolcsva, between 1875 and 1884,
including a pair of twin girls, appear in the Hungarian Birth
Records, (LDS 642960, Vol. 7). |
21 June 2017, from Sandra SCHON KIFERBAUM wrote:
"My paternal grandmother Katti METH was born in Tolcsva in 1883 to her parents, Mor METH and Cilli (née WEISZ). Cilli was also born in Tolscva in 1859 to Ignatz (Yitzchak) WEISZ (b. KovasVagas) and Sari or Sali FRIEDMAN.
Sali Friedmann was Born in Stropkov, but after marriage to Isak Weisz
moved to Tolscva and they had all of their children there.
I do know that my great grandfather, Mor METH, became a wine cellar master in Tolscva.
Was she related to the book publisher,
Binyamin Friedman? I don’t know, but I’d love to find out. If any of our
group have Friedman family from Tolscva and/or Stropkov, I’d love to be
in touch."
Kornelia GALGOVICS sent a page from “The Golden Album of Hungarian
Jewish Soldiers: In Memory of the World War 1914-1918” (“A magyar
hadviselt zsidók aranyalbuma…”).
Note from Madeleine: Agnes Szego e-mailed that she has a copy of the book for those who have questions,
The list of 35 names at the top appears to be of soldiers from Tolcsva who served in the Austro-Hungarian Army and lived through the war. (Title was chopped off.) The shorter list of seven are those who fell in battle (16.6%)
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From the aforementioned book about the World War I soldiers, |
Zoltán GLÜCK, Szerencs, Master tailor. In 1911, joined the 65th gy. E. offer (infantry regiment?). Demobilized in the month of October 1918. Was in the Russian front and was taken prisoner for 42 months? He suffered a heart attack.? Achievements: Charles, Emperor & King (Cross), and what? promoted to Sergeant? |
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From Agnes Szegő, 25 Apr 2017: |
Created 30 June 2017
Updated 15 February 2022
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