THE BURGENLAND BUNCH NEWS - No. 93
DEDICATED TO AUSTRIAN-HUNGARIAN BURGENLAND FAMILY HISTORY
(now issued monthly by Gerald Berghold)
February 28, 2001
(all rights reserved)


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This first section of the 4 section newsletter contains:

* Immigrant New World Addresses In Allentown, PA
* Schachendorf History Question

ETHNIC LANGUAGE PUBLICATION HAS IMMIGRANT NEW WORLD ADDRESSES
(Hundreds of surnames with villages of origin and subsequent Pennsylvania
addresses. We are very pleaased to bring you this series courtesy of Phyllis
Sauerzopf and Bob Strauch.)

ED. Note:In addition to proper spelling of surnames and Burgenland villages
of origin, the name and address of new world (US) settlement place is of
equal importance. If you have this data, you have a tool to search other
genealogical sources. Census records, city directories, court house files,
local church records, cemeteries etc. can then all yield up more data.

Those of us born where immigrant ancestors settled frequently have this
information; however, later generations may have only vague recollections or
family tradition. One source of US origin can be ethnic publications, printed
here in the United States, to which immigrants subscribed.

Most of our "Auswanderung period" immigrant ancestors could read and write,
although their schooling was limited. The Empire believed in literacy and
most children of the "Auswanderung" period attended school through the
equivalent of our sixth grade. This was my grandmother Sorger's level of
formal schooling in Güssing. She read German novels and cook books, a few
German language newspapers and also a German weekly dedicated to
Austro/Hungarian immigrants. This was in addition to reading books, magazines
and newspapers written in English. Her ability to write English was limited,
but she wrote well using German script.

For immigrants, reading ethnic publications was and is a link to the "Heimat"
and they were eagerly shared among friends and relatives. I remember my
retired "Uncle Louie" (great-uncle Louis Hadle, born Vas Megye, Hungary 1878,
to US 1902) visiting weekly and exchanging his German language newspaper for
his sister-in-law's German magazine. He was always served a glass of whiskey
and I'm sure this had something to do with the regularity of his visits.

While not certain, I believe the traded magazine was published by National
Weeklies, Inc. Winona, Minnesota and printed in the US. This same
organization also published the German-Hungarian Family Yearbook or
Deutsch-Ungarischer Familien Kalendar- Ein Jahrbuch der Deutschen aus Banat,
Batscha, Burgenland, Slavonien, Ungarn und Oesterreich (We mentioned this
publication in previous newsletters. Chicago correspondent Tom Glatz sent me
some pages showing Chicago area immigrants. The Kalendar was an annual
publication listing subscribers' names and addresses and the name of their
European village, a way to locate and keep track of former family, neighbors
and friends.

BB member Phyllis Sauerzopf contacted Bob Strauch, our
Allentown BG correspondent (Bob has no email address) for tickets to an
Allentown Austro/Hungarian Vets Club affair and Bob showed her a 1951 copy of
the Kalendar. They thought it would be of interest to the BB membership and
Phyllis agreed to key the data and send it to me.

Phyllis writes: "I would be happy to copy all of the names from all of these
towns and email them to you. Bob Strauch graciously told me if I have any
questions to call him. The front cover of the Calendar is in German type
script: (aus Oesterreich on one line), then für das Jahr 1951. There is a
large picture of a church on a hill with mountains behind it. It also shows:

Zwanzigster Jahrgang
Preis $1.00
N A T I O N A L W E E K L I E S, I N C.
WINONA, MINNESOTA
Printed in U.S.A.

(ED Note: I've searched the net, but I've not been able to determine if this
organization is still extant. If anyone has further information, please let
me know.)

SUBSCRIBERS FROM THE 1951 "Deutsch-Ungarischer Familien Kalendar"(courtesy
Phyllis Sauerzopf and Bob Strauch)

Phyllis writes: "There are some misspellings of villages and surnames (and
street names) but I will print them as spelled. There are some that are not
from Burgenland, but from other parts of Hungary, and Romania and elsewhere."
(ED.-we have added some suggested spellings in parens where appropriate. Data
includes name, village of origin, spouse name, village of origin, house
number and Allentown street. "Aus" means "out of" or "from." Majority of the
villages are from southern Burgenland. Allentown street names are in the 1st,
6th, 9th, and 10th wards. These wards (contiguous) almost comprised a
Burgenland village although they were also home to other ethnic groups
including Italian, Ukrainian, Syrian, Russians and earlier Palatinate
Germans. Allentown does have "1/2" addresses.)

FROM ALLENTOWN, PA:

*ALBRECHT, Elise, 640 Whitehall Street.
*AUGUSTIN, Franz und Julianna KOTER, aus Konigsdorf. 720 Mohr St.
*BENDEHOVITS, Stephan, aus Harmich (Harmisch), und Johanna KISS, aus
Gross-Ernstdorf (Gross Ehrendorf). 455 Whitehall St.
*BAUER, Charles, aus Konigsdorf, und Fannie GROLLER, aus Kohfidisch. 162 Oak
St.
*BAUER, Frank, aus Gukenmirn (Kukmirn), und Karolina KLOIBER, aus Raks (Rax).
811 St. John St.
*BLAUKOVITCH, Gustave, aus Konigsdorf. 327 N. 2 Street.
*BLAUKOVITCH, Rudolf, aus Konigsdorf, und Mary WESCHLER, aus Neustift. 215
Chew St.
*BRANDL, Anton, und Rose PERI, aus Zaling (Zahling), Burgenland. 147 Chestnut
St.
*BRUNNER, Julius, aus Ober-Neusiedl, und Theresia HEILMAN, aus Urlersdorf.
433 Ridge Ave.
*DALKNER, John, und Grence DOLHNER, beide aus Dobersdorf. 540 N. 4 St.
*DAPLER, Gustave, aus Altendorf (NÖ?), und Katherina DAPLER, aus
Chechaslavark (Czechoslovakia?). 415 N. 2 St.
*DECKER, Franz, aus Konigsdorf, und Bertha PANNER, aus Limbach. 170 Chew St.
*DECKER, Theresia, aus Zahling. 4221/2 East Court Street.
*DEUTSCH, Charles, aus Deutsch-Kaltenbrunn, und Theresia PIMMPERI, aus
Wolfau. 228 Liberty St.
*DEUTSCH, Ernst, aus Krobotek, und Emilia WEBER. 621 N. Penn St.
*DEUTSCH, Johann und Anna WUSCHER, aus Mogersdorf. 415 Washington St.
*DEX, John, aus Zahling. 420 Greenleaf Street.
*DOBITSCH, Stella, geb. Trausch (Drauch?), aus Poppendorf. 170 Gordon St.
*EBNER, Anton, aus Kohfidisch, und Maria JUSITS, aus Deutsch Ehrensdorf.
3801/2 Washington St.
*EBNER, Stephan, und Anna WELFER, aus Kohfidisch, Burgenland. 742 Meadow St.
*EHRITZ, Jos., aus Konigsdorf, und Loici (Lucy?)HRITENFELDER, aus Hendorf
(Henndorf, Styria?). 433 Railroad St.
*EHRITZ, Rudolf, aus Krobotek. und Anna BARTOWITS, aus Weichselbaum. 730 N. 4
St.
*ERITZ, Raimond, aus Krobotek, und Bertha ZENS, aus Wallendorf. 903 N. 4th St.
*ERNST, Frank, aus Kukmirn, und Johanna PREINIGER, aus Minnifof-Libau
(Minihof-Liebau). 229 Bryan St.
*FRANZ, Karl, aus Konigsdorf, und Theresia RESLER (Rössler?), aus Eltendorf.
931 Cedar St.
*FREISMUTH, Joseph. und Rosina FREISMUTH, aus Kukmirn. 214 Gordon St.
*FRITZ, Mrs., aus Neumarkt. 433 N. Oswego St.
*FRITZ, Cilli, geb. MIRTH, aus Eltendorf. 542 N. 4 St.
*FRUHWIRTH, Josef - Heating and Plumbing - aus Güssing, und Katherine
MIKOVITS, aus Hosendorf (Hasendorf). 1624 Tilghman St.
*FUCHS, Johann, aus Linbach (Limbach), und Mary STROBL, aus
Rudarsdorf(Rudersdorf). 525 Cedar St.
*GARGER, Johann, aus Elitz, Oesterreich, und Josephine SCHIMENEK, aus
Konigsdorf. 160 Turner St.
*GERGER, Stella, aus Stegersbach. 165 Gordon St.
*GIBISER, Johann. aus Zahling, und Theresia JOST, aus Zahling. 515 Tilgham
(Tilghman) St.
*GILLY, Johann, aus Neustift, und Maria SCHUBITS, aus Klein-Petersdorf.934
Penn St.
*GLOIBER (Kloiber?), Catherina, aus Raks. 811 St. John St.
*GRANITZ, Frank, aus Deutsch-Minihof, und Theresia HODL, aus Wallendorf.
527 N. 4th St.
*GRANITZ, Julius, aus Mogersdorf, und Julianna WILFINGER, aus Heiligenkreuz.
986 N.6 St.
*GRANITZ, Louis, aus Deutsch-Minihof, und Maria HOLLER, aus Steingraben. 539
N.4 St.
*GROLLER, Josef, aus Neustift, und Theresia SCHARNITZ, aus Eltendorf. 909 N.
Penn St.
*GROFF, Anastasia, aus Olbendorf, Oesterreich. 820 N. 4 Street.
*HAAS, Joseph, aus Kothezichen, und Maria KLEPEIS, aus Strem. 6161/2 Jordan
St.
*HAAS, Karl und Hermina KLEE, aus Güssng. 824 N. Penn St.
*HARDNER, Ignatz. 325 Railroad St.
*JOST, Edmund. aus Inzenhof, und Theresia JOST, aus Inzenhof. R. 2
Coopersburg, Pa.
*JOST, Johann und Anna BARTOLEVITS, aus Mogersdorf. 4151/2 Cedar St.
*HEBENSTREIT, Josef, aus Wien, Oesterreich. 864 Penn St.
*KEGLOVITS, Michael und Anna FRISCH, aus Sulz. 324 N. Law St.
*KISS, Josef, aus Kroat. Ehrensdorf, und Anna ROSENKRANTZ, aus Boksdorf. 2019
Union Blvd.
*KLOBOSITS, Josef, aus Steingraben, und Theresia DRAXLER, aus Neustift. 940 N
6th St.
*KEBER, Josef und Theresia JOST, aus Jennersdorf. 313 Railroad St.
*KONIGSHOFER, Emerich, aus Poppendorf, und Julia STOBL, aus Kaltenbrunn.
100 N. 2nd St.
*KUDER, Johann, aus Allentown, Pa. und Catherina HOFFMAN aus Northampton, Pa.
918 S. 10th St.
*KURNIG, Johann, aus Steiermark, Oesterreich. 550 N. 4 St.
*KURTZ, Adolf, aus Rabfidisch, Ungarn, und Julia ZOTTER, aus Kukmirn. 149
Chestnut St.
*LEGATH, Albert, aus Deutsch Ehrensdorf, und Anna GRAZL, aus Moschendorf. 940
N. 4th St.
*KEGLOWITSCH, John, aus Sulz, und Mary SCHLEDER, aus Sulz.
318 N. Jordan St.
*LORENZ, Franz und Julianna VENUS, aus Dobersdorf. 325 N. Law St.
*LORENZ, Josef, aus Dobersdorf, und Louisa FIEDLER, aus Raks (Rax).
407 N. 4. St.
*MARX, Joseph, aus Poppendorf, und Anna GLOBUSITS, aus Steineacher (?).
829 Greenleaf St.
*MAYER, Adolf, aus Mogersdorf. 316 Railroad St.
*MAYER, Adolf, und Mutter Theresia, geb. Deutsch, aus Mogersdorf.
316 Railroad St.
*MAYER, John, aus Mogersdorf, und Rosei LERDERER, aus Mogersdorf. 547 Park St.
*MIRTH, Alexander, und Julia ROSSLER, aus Eltendorf. 622 E.
Lusgnehana(Susquehanna) St.
*MITARA, Johann, aus Bosaro, und Mary MITARA aus Stara Bistrica, Slavonien.
512 N. Meadow St.
*MULZET, Albert, aus Inzenhof, und Maria GOSSY, aus Woppendorf. 903 N.Penn St.
*MULZET, Frank. und Anna SCHOBER, aus Deutsch-Kaltenbrunn. 762 N. 10 St.
*MULZET, Joseph, aus Inzenhof, und Hedwig HAMMERL. aus Caropolis, Pa. 628 S.
Carldon St.
*NIKLES, Johann, aus Neustift, und Julia JOST, aus Zahling. 909 N. 4 St.
*OSWALD, Frank. aus Deutsch-Schutzen, und Hilda POSCH, aus Coplay, Pa.
748 Meadow St.
*PANDL, Julius, aus Neustift. 4181/2 Liberty St.
*POANDL, August, aus Zahling, und Rosa WIRTH, aus Eltendorf.
428 Front St.
*POANDL, Herr und Frau. 309 Ridge St.
*POANDL, Anton, und Rose PERL, aus Zaling (Zahling). 147 Chestnut St.
*POLTZER, Michael, aus Kirchfidisch, und Cecelia KNAUTZ, aus Raabfidisch. 160
Oak St.
*PRANDL, August, aus Zahling, und Rosa WIRTH aus Eltendorf. 239 Railroad St.
*REITER, Chas., aus Boksdorf, und Karolina KLEMENT, aus St. Michael.
1037 Hanover Ave.
*ROESCH, Alfred, aus Munchen, Deutschland, und Cecilia GRANITZ, aus
Allentown, Pa.1020 Green St.
*ROSNER, Johann, aus Kirchfidisch. 919 N. Penn Street.
*RUISZ, Franz, aus Kukmirn. 202 Ridge Ave.
*SARKA, Ferdinand, aus Siget a. d. Wart, und Louise NEUBAUER, aus Neuhaus.
905 N. Penn St.
*SAUERZOPF, John, aus Strem, und Maria TALIAN, aus Oberpatgoria. 428 Allen St.
*SCHANDL, Adolph, aus Kothenzicken (Kotezicken), und Maria JANISCH, aus
Litzelsdorf. 453 N. 5th St.
*SCHIMEK, Franz, aus Krobotek, und Maria GRANITZ, aus Minihof. 628 Mohr St.
*SCHIMENEK, Josef und Hedwig STRINI, aus Krobotek. 5391/2 N. 4th St.
*SCHIMENEK, Paul, aus Maria Bild., und Rosa KESTL, aus Lindbach (Limbach?).
448 Allen St.
*SCHEINER, Andreas, aus Zaling, und Ida LIEBEZEIT, aus Grossmurbisch. 525 N.
4 St.
*SCHLACHTER, Joseph, aus Engeischwand, Baden, Deutschland. 109 E. Ellsworth
St.
*SCHMALL, Karl, aus Moschendorf, und Francis EBERHARDT, aus Kroat. Ehrensdorf.
907 Penn St.
*SCHNEEMANN, Franz, aus Rudersdorf, und Theresia BODISCH, aus Kaltenbrunn.
502 N. Front St.
*SCHRAMPF, Frank. aus Limbach. und Rosa KRENN. 904 N. Penn St.
*SCHUSTER, Otto, aus Bucovina, Oesterreich, und Hermina STEINHOFER, aus St.
Neit a. d. Triesting, Oesterreich. 626 N. 4 St.
*SIMON, Josef und Julia HOLZER, aus Kohfidisch. 917 Coege(?) St.
*SPISSZAK, Fred Sr, aus Unter-Radling, und Mary TRAGOSITS, aus Sulz. 304 N. 2
St.
*STABER, Ludwig, aus Kaltenbrunn, und Amalia KOGELMANN, aus Furstenfeld.
415 Greenleaf St.
*STEINER, Johann, aus Neustift, und Theresia TAPLER, aus ELtendorf. 346 2nd
St.
*STROBL, Frank, aus Deutsch-Kaltenbrunn, und Anna HIMLER, aus Burgenland. 221
Chew St.
*TAPLER, Alois, aus Neustift, und Justina BEMERL, aus Spielburg, Waldmuchen,
Oberfalz, Bayern. 451 Whitehall.
*WAGNER, Rudolf, aus Kohfidisch, und Katharina PREISLER, aus Gaas. 421 Cedar
St.
*WERL, Johann, aus KÃ¥rnten, und Josefine WERL, aus Allentown. Pa., 442 Grant
St.
*WERNER, Frank, aus Krobotek. und Mary WEBER, No. 5 aus Krobotek. 6221/2 N. 4
St.
*WIND, A., aus Güssing, und Theresia WAGNER, aus Limbach. 840 N. 4 St.
*WOLF, Karl, 522 Law St. Allentown, Pa.
*WUNDERLER, Johann, aus Gerersdorf, und Mary WEINHOFER, aus Limbach.
-Painting and Decorating- 836 1/2 N. 4 St.



SCHACHENDORF HISTORY QUESTION (from Charles Stuparits)

Dear Mr. Berghold: Thanks to your help I was able to get my dual citizenship,
after 8 months of research for various records that you were able to direct
me to. When I went to the Austrian Consulate office in Chicago to finalize
all the qualification, I was told by the Consul General that Schachendorf was
famous because of the murders of citizens either pre-WWI or right after. He
didn't elaborate, and was called away. I was wondering if anyone could fill
me with the facts, as I never heard about this.

(newsletter continues as no. 93A)


THE BURGENLAND BUNCH NEWS - No. 93A
DEDICATED TO AUSTRIAN-HUNGARIAN BURGENLAND FAMILY HISTORY
(now issued monthly by Gerald Berghold)
February 28, 2001
(all rights reserved)

This second section of the 4 section newsletter contains:

* Burgenland Pioneers-First Emigrant From Each Village
* Continuation of Immigrant New World Pennsylvania Addresses In Bethlehem,
Coplay, Stiles (West Coplay), Mixed Locales, Nazareth, PA
* Szt. Peterfa Records To Be Donated To LDS
* BB Web Site Statisitics

READ FIRST!-BURGENLAND PIONEERS-FIRST EMIGRANT FROM EACH VILLAGE-READ FIRST!

In the Jan/Feb 2001 issue of the Burgenländische Gemeinschaft News, Dr.
Walter Dujmovits has initiated a series featuring the first Burgenland
emigrant from each village. While we are aware of some, we can never be sure
that someone didn't precede them. We'd like your help. If you have a
Burgenland immigrant ancestor who emigrated before 1870, please let us know.
We'd like name, village, year of birth, date of emigration, where settled and
source of data (census, naturalization, tax record, ship list, etc.) Later we
will ask for later periods. Send me what you have. If you can add more data
to those we publish, let us know. We absolutely needthe source of your data.
Some early emigrants follow (from the BG News):

1777-Neutal-Lorenz Schönbacher-1752-North Carolina
1845-Unterschützen-Grabenhofer
1849-Oberschützen-Josef Mücke-Tennessee
1853-Eisenstadt-Franz Walter
1854-Purbach-Kloiber, Reimer, Trummer-Texas



CONTINUATION OF IMMIGRANT NEW WORLD ADDRESSES (from Phyllis Sauerzopf and Bob
Strauch)

BETHLEHEM, PA:

*BLIER, August, aus Gissing (Güssing), und Irene JAGER, aus Bethlehem, Pa.
604 Sioux St.
*DAMANDL, Louis, aus P(B)ocksdorf, und Anna SCHWARTZ, aus Rohr. 616 Mushlitz
St.
*DAMHOSL, John, aus Konigsdorf, und Theresia ANTONI, aus Geresdorf. 939
Wyandotte St.
*EIHNER, John, aus Rudersdorf, und Caroline SHANTA, aus Coplay, Pa. 711
Ontario St.
*GRAF, Simon, und Anna TELL, aus Porva, Kom. Veszp. Ung. 833 Evans St.
*GILLY, Josef, aus Oberradling, und Julia ZIEGER, aus Heiligenkreuz. 1607 E.
2nd St.
*GROGLER, Ignatz, aus Lindabrun, Oesterreich, und Leopoldine YOST, aus
Oberradling, Ungarn. 716 Herzog Ave.
*HALLEMAN, Johann, aus Eld(t)endorf, und Theresia MUHR, aus
Heiligen-Kreuz.619 Sioux Street.
*JOST, Julius, aus Inzenhof, und Hermina PETERSOVITSCH, aus Gross-Mürbisch.
605 Sioux St.
*KELLER, Franz, aus Tothvarsony, Veszp. Ung., und Theresia ORTWEIN, aus
Bethlehem, Pa. 317 Adams St.
*KUTOS, Stefan, aus Jugoslawien, und Theresia GMEINDL, aus
Unter-Zaming,Ungarn. 220 5 St.
*LENNARD, Johann, aus Tothvarsony,Veszp. und Minna EBELING, aus Osnabruch,
Deutschl, 746 2 St.
*LENNERT, Johann, aus Tothsvasany, Veszp. und Minna EBELING, aus Osnabruch,
Deutsch. 746 Seed Ave.
*MARTH, Ignatz, aus Kroatisch Ehrensdorf und Anna CSENCSITS, aus Kroatisch
Ehrensdorf. 617 Sioux St.
*MEYER, Alois, aus Poppendorf, und Agnes JOST, aus Inzenhof. 613 Mushlitz St.
*MUHR, Frank, aus Heiligenkreuz. 616 Muschlitz St.
*PFLIEGLER, Frank, aus Deutsch Piling (Bieling), und Julia MEYER, aus
Bethlehem, Pa. 611 Mushlitz St.
*SCHABHUTTL, Josef, und Theresia SPITZEN, aus Poppendorf. 601 Caronee St.
*SCHADL, Frank, aus Rabfidich (Rabfidisch), und Maria HITTER, aus Rabfidich.
1015 Seneca St.
*SCHNEIDER, Albert, 901 Sioux St.
*SPIRK, Herman, aus Ober-Radling, Ungarn, und Carolina NEUHERTZ, aus
Wollendorf. 1315 Broadway.
*WERNER, Frau Mary, aus Rabafuzses, Ungarn. 1037 Jeter Ave., Hawaian Garden.
*WINKELBAUER, Anton, aus Bernau, und Theresia ZIMMERMANN, aus Ober Bildein.
221 Van Buren St.


COPLAY, PA:

*BAUKOVITS, Frank, aus Urbersdorf, und Josephine TACKER, aus Ober-Radling,
Ungarn. 212 4. St.
*BAUKOWITS, Stephen, aus Glossing, und Maria BAUER, aus Northampton, Pa.
49 Front St.
*BAUER, Frank, aus Rabfidich, Ungarn, und Julia REIF, aus Rabfidich. 1021 Oak
St.
*BIEBER, John, aus Güssing, und Julianna SEMLER, aus Klein-Mürbisch. 16 N. 8.
St.
*CSENCSITZ, Alois, aus St. Kathrein, und Theresia EBERHARDT, aus
Kroat-Ehrendorf. 36 2. Street.
*DERKETS, Frank, aus Gross-Murbisch, und Angela JANDRASITS, aus
Gross-Murbisch. 40 S. 2. St.
*DRAGOVITS, Julius, aus Tudersdorf, und Iuliana LEGATH, aus
Deutsch-Ehrensdorf, No. 28. 106 N. Front St.
*FEICHTL, Rudolph, aus Gross-Mürbisch, und Hedwig THOMAS, aus Klein-Mürbisch.
101 S. Front St.
*GESSITZ, George, aus Rehgraben, und Theresia WUNDERLY, aus Sulz. 1106
Chestnut St.
*GOLLATZ, Julius, aus Kirchfidich, und Katharina STEINER, aus Kolom. 252 S.
Front St.
*GRELLER, Josef, aus Neustift,Burgenland,und Rosia MILL, aus Stiles,PA 1009
Oak St.
*GROLLER, Ambros, aus Glossing, und Paulia KLEMENT, aus Glossing. 119 S. 2nd
St.
*GROLLER, Louis, aus Neustift, und Theresia FAILER, aus Zumendorf. 228 S. 4.
St.
*HACKER, Florian, und Julia BREITFELLER, aus Gerersdorf. 47 N. 8. St.
*HALPER, Christof, aus Ulbendorf, und Agnes ZWETOLICH, aus Ungarn. RD1,
Coplay, Pa.
*HANZL, Jacob, aus Rauchwarth, und Bertha KNARR, aus Rauchwarth. 107 Chestnut
St.
*JANDERSCHITSCH, Frank, aus Gross-Mirbich, und Hermina BUZALICH, aus
Gross-Mirbich. 5th St.
*JANDRASITS, Stefan, aus Gross-Mirbisch, und Antonia KLUCEARITS, aus Coplay,
Pa. 141 N. 2. St.
*KALCH, Johann - Paperhanger and Painter - aus Neustift, und Anna LAMM, aus
Limbach. 116 Front St.
*KROBOTH, Karl, aus Krottendorf, und Angela KUCLAERITS, aus Coplay. Pa.
18 N. 6. St.
*LEDER, Alfred, aus Ober-Radling, Ungarn. 145 Cherry St.
*LEINHAPPET, Johann, aus Lassnitzhoh, Steiermark, und Mary SICKAR, aus
Kirchberg in der Raab, Steiermark. 15 S. 3rd St.
*MALITSCH, Charles, aus Tobaj, und Maria SOLDERITSCH, aus Inzenhof. 53 S. 2.
St.
*MAYER, Johann, aus Neustift, und Theresia KANABEUS, aus Steingraben. Box 273.
*MAYER, John, aus Neustift, und Cecilia SCHMIDT, aus Heiligenkreuz. 20 N. 5.
St.
*MULITS, Frank, aus Northampton, Pa. und Paulina UNGER, aus Strem No.
95. 102 Coplay St.
*NIKLES, Witwe Johanna, geb. HAMMERL, aus Deutsch-Ehrensdorf, No. 20. 17 2.
St.
*POANDL, Vincent, aus Gerersdorf, und Mary DRAGERSITS, aus Rechtgraben.
Box 136.
*POLZER, Joseph, aus Eberau, Oesterreich, und Theresia WUKICH, aus
Langzell. 26 S. Front St.
*PREUSCHOFF, Fritz, aus Ostpreussen, Deutschland, und Johanna NIKLES,
aus Northampton, Pa. 126 Front Street.
*RAMBECK, Karl, aus Rauhwart, und Jusina BODISCH, aus Glasing. 131 S. 5. St.
*RECKER, Ignatz, aus Brebensdorf bei Geisdorf, Steiermark, und Johanna KURDA,
aus Rabfidich, Ungarn. Box 441, Coplay, Pa.
*SCHRAPITS, Frank, Schuhmacher, aus Prostrum, und Anna SCHMOLZL, aus
Unter-Bildein. 101 Front St.
*SEMLER, Johann, und Emilia GANSTER, beide aus Klein-Mürbisch. 129 Cherry St.
*SOMMER, Herman, aus Gross-Mirbisch, und Anna GUTTMAN, aus Langzell.132
Cherry Street.
*SOMMER, Ludwig - Schuhmacher- aus Gross-Mürbisch, und Theresia KOINTZ, aus
Dobersdorf. 4. N. 7. St.
*STANGEL, Johann, aus St. Nikolaus, Burgenland, und Theresia SPANITZ, aus
Gerersdorf. 6. St. Coplay. Postoffice Stiles, Pa.
*STEURER, Alois, aus Tullnat, Donau, Niederosterreich, und Anna JAGERHOFFER,
aus Eisenhüttel. 12 South Front St.
*STIPKOVITS, Ludwig, aus Gross-Mirbich, und Rossi GROHOTOLSKY, aus Kr.
Reinersdorf. 210 Front St.
*TACKER, Gottfried, aus Inzenhof, Burgenland, und Gisela PAMER, aus
Stiles, Pa. 1115 Oak St.
*TANSEOS, Johann, aus Kroat.-Chancsandorf. 143 Cherry St.
*UNGER, Stephen, aus Strem, und Theresia GOBER, aus Strem. 28 S. 3. St.
*WALAKOVITS, Charles, aus Gross-Mirbisch, und Catharina BUSCALITS, aus
Gross-Mirbisch. 8. S. 3. Street.
*WEBER, Adolf, Witwer, aus Eisenburg. Coplay, Pennsylvania.
*WEINNER, Stefan, aus Deutsch-Schützen, und Josefina PIKL, aus
Ginersdorf, Ungarn. 112 Chestnut St.
*YANDRISEVITS, Alois, aus Tudersdorf, und Teresia SCHATZ, aus Glasing.
No. 5 S. 3. St.

STILES (West Coplay), PA:

*BREM, Paul, aus Gerersdorf, und Johanna SCHRETTNER, aus Rabfidisch. Box 244.
*FEICHTEL, Frank, aus Ober-Radling, und Theresia SAMMER, aus Litzeldorf.
4 Third St. Stiles, Pa.
*GROLLER, Joseph, aus Neustift, und Johanna BREITFELLER, aus Geresdorf. 8 N.
4. St.
*HERCH, Johann, aus Raks. und Anna FIEDLER, aus Raks. box 174.
*JOST, Johann, aus Geresdorf, und Christina PAMMER, aus Inzenhof, Haus No.
28. Stiles, Pa.
*KEPPEL, Frank, aus Chanigraben, und Justina HAMERL, aus Klein-Mürbisch. Box
153.
*KLEMENT, Johann, aus Glossing, und Hedwig FRISCH, aus Inzenhof, Burgenland.
Stiles, Pa. Box 193.
*KNAUSS, Adolf, aus Tauka, und Josephine SCHREINER, aus Welten. 47 Oak St.
*MARX, Karl, und Theresia SCHADL, aus Rabfidisch, Ungarn. Box 287.
*NIECKLIES, Josef, aus Gattin. geb. Nithman, aus Neustift. Box 36, Stiles,Pal
*PAMER, Frank, aus Chanigraben, und Irma BINDER, aus Inzenhof. Box 195.
*PENNER, Johann, aus St. Nikolaus, und Rosina JUDT, aus Stiles, Pa. Box 225.
*SCHADL, Joseph, aus Chanigraben, und Josephine SOLDERITS, Inzenhof. 3 Hobson
St.
*STRAUCH, Anton, aus Ober-Radling, Ungarn, und Cecelia ECKER, aus
Klein-Mürbisch 32
*SOMMER, Stephen, und Hermina SOMMER, aus Inzenhof. Box 278, Stiles Pa.
*YMP, Josef, aus Heugraben, und Anna DALK, aus Gross-Estergar. Box 257.


MIXED PENNSYLVANIA

CATASAUQUA, PA:
*KONRATH, Joseph. R. und Helen HASELBACHER, aus Rotenturn, Pinka. 812 Bath
Ave.

NESHAMINY, PA: (Bucks County)
*LAKITS, Rudolf, aus Schlaning, und Stella LAKITS, aus Stegersbach.
*MANDLER, Frau Marie.

HOKENDAUQUA, PA:
*MALITS, Frank, aus Gross-Mirbisch, und Johanna STELZMAN, aus Güssing, 302
Hokendauqua, Pa.
*STANGLE, Ignatz, aus St. Nikolaus, und Agnes HACKER, aus Geresdorf,
Gasthaus, Front St.

FULLERTON, PA:
*MIRTH, Frau Theresia, geb. WAGNER, aus Heiligenkreuz. 317 Fullerton Ave.

MILLVALE, PA:
*PUM, Karl, aus Neumarkt, und Julia ADELMANN, a Markthodis. P.O. Box 5807.

CENTER VALLEY, PA:
*SCHABHIITTL, Frank, aus Poppendorf, und Angela JANTRASITZ, aus
Gross-Mürbisch.

EGYPT, PA:
*EBERHARDT, Frank, aus Rauhnorth, und Gisella BAUER, aus Gamisdorf. Box 71.
*MAGELITS, Louis, aus Punitz, und Julia SOLDERRITCH, aus Egypt, Pa. Box 13.



NAZARETH, PA:

*BENDL, Frank, aus Sulz, Bgld., R. 1
*CENSITZ, Louis, aus Urbersdorf, und Mary KEGLOWITSCH, aus Urbersdorf.
163 Heckman Avenue.
*DEUTSCH, Kosmas, aus Deutsch-Bieling, und Francisca HOFER, aus Strem.
348 Madison Street.
*DEUTSCH, Stephanna, 24 Heckman Ave.
*DITOVITSCH, Johann, aus Sulz, und Helen LON , aus Nazareth, Pa. 9 Dexter
*FRICH, Witwe (widow) Angela, aus Langzall bei Güssing. 16 Dexter.
*DOMITROVITSCH, Stefan, aus Billing. und Gisella KARLOVITZ, aus Strem.
413 Mauch-Chunk Street.
*ENBERGER, Johann, aus St. Marechten, und Mary HENDLER, aus St. Marechten.
R. 2 Heigh Street.
*GERENSER, Frank, aus Strem, und Marie GRANITZ, aus Mogersdorf. 7 Dexter.
*GOSITZ, John, und Anna NOOCK, beide aus Steingraben. 142 Spring St.
*HACKER, John. aus Geriesdorf, und Mary KLEINSCHUSTER, aus Geriesdorf.
R. D. F. 1 Nazareth.
*HADL, Louis, aus Urbersdorf, und Mary STRANZEL, aus Urbersdorf. 127
Heckman Ave.
*HANNER, Louis, aus Neuhaus, und Julia OBOGKOVTS, 196 Heckman Ave.
*HOFER, Frank, und KLEPEIS, Senevieve, beide aus Strem. 835 Lincoln Ave.
*KEMMETLER, Frank, und Theresia, aus Sulz No. 47, bei Güssing. Heckman Ave.
*KOLLER, Witwe Elizabeth, geb. Remsing, aus Soltur(Gilat), B.J.R. F.D. No. 2
Box 139, Nazareth.
*KOSITZ, Mathias, aus Steingraben, und Gisella STELTZMANN, aus Moschendorf.
Mauch-Chunk St.
*KRANTZ, Johann, aus Geresdorf, und Martha POLLICH, aus Ulbendorf. R. 1
*OSWALD, Michael, aus Gaas, und Rosina LEGATH, aus Deutsch- Ehrensdorf. 114
Spring St.
*PAUKOVITS, Julianna, aus Strem. 176 Heckman Ave.
*RECKER, Anna, aus Strem No. 62, bei Güssing, Oesterreich. Heckman Ave.
*SAUERZOFF, Gustav, aus Steingraben, und Theresia SCHALLER, aus St. Michael.
Seip Ave.
*SCHRANTZ, Rudolf, aus Luising No. 14, Post Strem, Oesterreich. 376 E. Walnut
St.
*TRAUPMAN, John, aus Eberau, und Mary STRANZEL, aus Güssing. Heckman Ave.
*TRINKEL, Frank. aus Heiligenbrunn, und Maria BETZMAN, aus Wien. 343 Lincoln
Ave.
*WUKOVITZ, Frank, aus Strem, und Catherina WIND, aus Sulz. 409 Mauch-Chunk St.
*YANDRISEVITS, Frank, aus Sulz, und Rose STRANZEL, Heckman Ave.
*YANDERSITZ, Johann, aus Kroat-Tschantschendorf, und Anna JANDERSITZ aus
Kroat-Tschantschendorf. No. 13 Dexter.



SZT. PETERFA RECORDS TO BE DONATED TO LDS (Frank Teklits)

Portions of an email forwarded to the LDS Library on 1/16/01:

"Thanks to the LDS, & its Family History Centers, we were able to trace our
lineage back to the 1790's using FHC microfilms 0602026/2027 among others. We
have continued tracing our lineage by digitizing older available
Szentpeterfa, Hungary Church records dating from 1681 to 1796. It is our
desire to donate these digitized church records, births & marriages, to the
LDS, providing the LDS Library with a CD containing the digital images, & a
CD containing the digitized records thereby preserving this information for
future generations. We have taken no action on digitizing death records as of
this date.

This project began in mid- 1999, & as of this date, we have progressed
through a complete 2nd review of the marriage records (approximately 1450+
entries) dating from 1683 - 1796. Birth records dating from 1681 - 1796 are
in process of a 2nd review, & it is estimated that an additional 6 to 9
months is required to individually review the 6600+ births contained in
these records.

The experience we have gained dictates another round of taking more digital
photographs (on site) of specific periods, followed by a 3rd review. We are
willing to donate these marriage & birth records using the outcome of the 2nd
review, & will forward the outcome of the 3rd when it is completed.

It is not too soon to begin discussions with the LDS as to the process
required to donate these digitized church records to your library, & we would
appreciate your recommendations as to how best to proceed."

Part of any agreement made to proceed is our plan to make these same church
records available to members of our genealogical group known as the
"Burgenland Bunch". Your requirement that in order for the LDS to accept
these digitized church records, a written statement (of permission) from the
priest (at Szt. Peterfa)is being passed on to my partner in this endeavor,
Mr. John Lavendoski.

With your concurrence, I'll provide periodic progress reports to whomever the
LDS assigns as the project coordinator. Please see that appropriate levels of
the LDS are informed of our intentions, & that a complete understanding of
what the LDS requires for these church records to be donated is forwarded as
soon as possible.


BB WEB SITE STATISTICS

You may wish to know who sees your family history data. The following is from
Hap Anderson: Here's the latest (08 Feb 02) numbers for the BB web site:
49530 hits since Jan 97.
We averaged 75 hits per day for the last ten days (Jan 30 to Feb 8, 2001).

Where Our Visitors Came From: Country (source), Number of Hits

Network/ISP 18223, USA Commercial 16289, Austria 3656, Canada 908, USA
Educational 773, United States 525, Australia 520, USA Military 425,
Non-Profit Organizations 351, Germany 335, United Kingdom 164, Netherlands
143, USA Government 140, Switzerland 116, Hungary 110, New Zealand 86,
Brazil 79, Sweden 73, Belgium 54, France 46, Italy 42, Old style Arpanet
27, Argentina 27, Israel 24, Croatia 24, Japan 23, Finland 18, Norway 18,
Poland 17, South Africa 16, Denmark 15, Czech Republic 15, Slovak
Republic 15, Slovenia 12, etc.

(newsletter continues as no. 93B)


THE BURGENLAND BUNCH NEWS - No. 93B
DEDICATED TO AUSTRIAN-HUNGARIAN BURGENLAND FAMILY HISTORY
(now issued monthly by Gerald Berghold)
February 28, 2001
(all rights reserved)

This third section of the 4 section newsletter contains:

* Notes On The Genealogy Of Franz Liszt (Ed. Note: this is the second in a
series which addresses the genealogy of composers with Burgenland roots. The
first, concerning Franz Josef Haydn, appeared in BB Newsletter No.89B. Due to
the length of this article, it will be serialized in two parts-the second
will appear in newsletters nos. 94B & C.)


NOTES ON THE GENEALOGY OF COMPOSER FRANZ LISZT (by Fritz Königshofer)

Franz Liszt, born on October 22, 1811 in Raiding, Burgenland as the son of
the overseer of an Esterhäzy sheep-farming estate, is one of the true giants
of music. He earned worldwide fame as the greatest virtuoso on the piano
ever. The term "recital" was coined by him. As a composer, he was the
inventor of the symphonic poem. As a conductor and "Kapellmeister" at the
court of Weimar, he taught many brilliant students and worked ceaselessly in
fostering the development and spread of new music. Nobody did more for
Richard Wagner. Liszt not only actively helped Wagner escape from Germany
when the latter was sought for his involvement on the side of the
revolutionaries in the 1848 uprising in Dresden and had to fear for his life,
but he provided financial support during Wagner's exile in Switzerland,
staged his operas in Weimar when Wagner was still defamed, including the
world premiere of Lohengrin in 1850, and worked behind the scenes to obtain a
pardon and the invitation of King Ludwig for Wagner to work in Bavaria which
assured Wagner's livelihood and status. Liszt did much for other composers
too. For instance, in 1877 in Weimar, he staged and conducted the world
premiere of the opera Samson and Delila by Camille Saint-Saëns (who had been
one of his students), while the first performance of this opera in Paris, in
Saint-Saëns' home country, had to wait till 1892. Liszt usually gets credit
as being one of the inventors of the Romantic era of music and was the leader
of the so-called "Neo-Germans" who, among others, included Berlioz, Wagner,
Cornelius, von Bülow and Goldmark. When Liszt died from pneumonia on July
31, 1886 in Bayreuth, Anton Bruckner played the organ at his memorial
service. Saint-Saëns dedicated his already premiered Organ Symphony to the
memory of Liszt.

As a child, Franz Liszt grew up in a simple country home, but his father,
Adam Liszt, had had a good education and was an accomplished amateur
musician. Adam had lived in Eisenstadt and had personally known Haydn (for
whom he played the cello in the summer orchestra and with whom, he later
claimed, he had often played cards). At his cottage in Raiding (Hungarian
name Doborjän), today preserved as Liszt's birth house, Adam staged chamber
concerts in which, it is said, occasionally Kapellmeister Fuchs, one of the
later successors of Haydn in Eisenstadt, took part. While Franz was a weak
child who had his bouts with death, he avidly listened to the concerts,
showed an early uncanny ability to memorize the melodies, and expressed his
eagerness for playing the piano of his father at age 5. Adam then taught son
Franz with his reasonable, yet naturally limited, skills. After a
performance by the 8-years old child in Sopron (Ödenburg), young Franz was
given the opportunity to play, at age 9, in Bratislava (Pozsony, Pressburg,
then still the seat of the Hungarian Parliament) in front of Hungarian
magnates. The concert was such a success that the aristocrats decided to
finance a formal education for the boy in Vienna, where he was taught by Karl
Czerny, a famed pianist and composer who himself had been a student of Ludwig
van Beethoven. Czerny took no money for teaching the incredibly gifted young
Liszt.

From Vienna, Liszt moved on to the Conservatoire of Paris and into a
spectacular career in Europe's concert halls. However, in 1847, at only age
35, he abruptly decided to give up his life as a concert pianist and from
then on never again performed on the piano for any personal compensation
(Liszt did occasionally return to the stage, but only for free or for
charity). Liszt had already accepted an offer by Prince (soon to be Grand
Duke) Karl Alexander of Saxony-Weimar to serve as director of music at the
court in Weimar. Liszt lived in Weimar for more then ten years. However, in
1860 Liszt left Weimar, and from then on divided his time between Rome,
Budapest and Germany. He was ennobled by the Austrian Emperor Franz Josef in
1859. Attempts to obtain a legal annulment of the first marriage of his
mistress since 1848, Princess Sayn-Wittgenstein (so that Liszt could legally
marry her) failed and he joined the Franciscan Order in Rome, receiving lower
ordainment in the 1860's, making Liszt an abbé.

Much of the detail in this article is owed to the three-volume biography
written by Prof. Alan Walker titled "Franz Liszt," and published by Alfred A.
Knopf, New York (first volume "The Virtuoso Years, 1811-1847" was published
in 1983). Since it is hard to improve on Walker's work, I ask for
forgiveness in often staying with his text, occasionally too close for
comfort. However, interested readers will nevertheless find much additional
material in Walker's books, besides a truly captivating prose. My wife and I
were unable to stop reading Walker's biography of Liszt until we both were
through all three volumes. I am thankful to Burgenland Bunch member Edward
Drimmel for copies from Walker's first volume which came in handy for this
article. As a good source of material on the family's history, Walker refers
to a book by Istvän Csekey published by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in
Budapest in 1937, titled "Liszt Ferenc szärmazäsa és hazafisäga" (The Descent
and National Identity of Franz Liszt), but it is evident from his book that
Walker also did his own research of original parish records.

Family history

The earliest known ancestor in the paternal line is the composer's
great-grandfather Sebastian List [sic]. Sebastian was a cotter ("Söllner"),
said to be born in Rajka, Moson county, in about 1703, where he died on
January 7, 1793. Rajka lies a few kilometers east of Deutsch Jahrndorf,
practically at today's intersection of Hungary, Slovakia and Austria. The
German name of this market town was Ragendorf. In the Hungarian census of
1910, the population declared itself as 2,200 ethnic Germans, 400 Magyars and
a few Slovaks, by religion about half/half Roman-catholic and Lutheran, with
a strong Jewish minority of 170. From all that is known, the List family was
catholic (other religions were suppressed until the tolerance edict of 1781).
Strangely, in his biography, Prof. Walker writes that Sebastian List had
come to Rajka/Ragendorf in, apparently, one of the Swabian settlement treks
under Empress Maria Theresia. In this case, he obviously could not have been
born in Rajka. Since the Salt Lake City Library of the LDS has copies of the
roman-catholic church records of Rajka for which baptisms go back to 1685, I
have decided to review these records myself and will let the readers of the
Burgenland Bunch newsletter know of the results.

Sebastian List first married Anna Maria Roth, born about 1713, who died
in Rajka, house no. 120, on October 17, 1786. On January 9, 1787, Sebastian
married a second time, a widow with name Christina Sändor, born in 1731.
(For the marriage date, I am indebted to Mr. Bruno List of Switzerland who,
while not related to the composer, has compiled his own family's history and,
in doing so, has kept an active interest in other List lines including a
special interest in the composer.) Christina List, born or widowed Sändor,
died in Rajka on March 9, 1791.

Children appear to exist only from Sebastian's first marriage. The Liszt
tree in Walker's book mentions an Ursula List, born on October 30, 1748 in
Rajka, who on January 25, 1767 married Franz Liebenwein. A brother of
Ursula, Johann Christoph List, was born in Rajka on August 26, 1851, but died
a few days later on September 2. The third and apparently last child of
Sebastian and Anna Maria List was Georg Adam List (Liszt), Franz Liszt's
grandfather.


Franz Liszt's paternal grandparents

As stated, Liszt's paternal grandfather was Georg Adam List/Liszt, born
on October 14, 1755 in Rajka. Georg was an exceptionally unbending,
controversial character with a checkered career. He served as cantor-teacher
and local notary in Edelstal (Hungarian name Nemesvölgy), Kittsee (Köpcsény),
Pottersdorf (see the discussion below), and Sankt Georgen (Lajtaszentgyörgy),
today almost a suburb of Eisenstadt. He must have made enemies of at least
part of the population of St. Georgen. After he had taught there for seven
years, the school's principal laid charges against him and Georg was
dismissed from his job. A reconciliation attempt by Superintendent Siess of
Eisenstadt ended in failure. In October 1801, at age 46 and after 25 years as
a teacher, Georg was forced to leave his profession, and never managed to
return to it.

Perhaps with the help of son Adam (Franz Liszt's father-to-be), who had
started to work for the Esterhäzys in Forchtenau, and may have pointed his
father to a job vacancy in Marz, the Eszterhäzy family now gave Georg an
administrative job at one of their lumberyards in Marz (Märczfalva). Soon
new suspicions, probably related to careless bookkeeping, fell on him. Son
Adam perhaps once again intervened behind the scenes, and is believed to have
helped secure yet another assignment for his father, this time at the
Esterhäzy lumberyards in Mattersdorf (today's Mattersburg, Hungarian name
Nagymärton). After his third marriage in 1807 with a wife 25 years his
junior, Georg engaged in diversions such as day-trips to Vienna's Prater
amusement park (at least 60 kilometers away) using his official coach,
exploits which tended to fatigue him for his duties. After two more
investigations by the authorities, Georg Adam finally lost his job with the
Esterhäzys for good. It was the year 1812, and his soon to be famous
grandson Franz had just been born. A poorly documented period of desperation
for Georg's family followed. Among others, it appears that he first (in
1812) moved in, together with wife and eight underage children, with son Adam
in Raiding in Adam's rather small cottage, and the family stayed there for at
least a full year. It must have been an unbearable situation. In about
1819, the family ended up in Pottendorf (Lower Austria), not far from
Eisenstadt, where Georg, already over 60, sought a job in a clothing factory.
The factory had been founded around 1801 and was partly owned by the
Esterhäzys (who had also acquired the estate/possession of Pottendorf).

Only after the stunning performance of his genius grandson Franz in Pressburg
in 1820, did Prince Nikolaus II Esterhäzy start to look more favorably at
Georg, and granted him an appointment as organist and choirmaster in
Pottendorf. Georg faced poverty once more in 1838 and Prince Paul Esterhäzy,
who by then had taken over as head of his family, stepped in and granted
Georg an appointment and salary for life. Georg died on August 8, 1844 in
Pottendorf. (I thank Burgenland Bunch member and co-editor Albert Schuch for
providing the time-line for the reign of Nikolaus II and the facts about the
foundation of the clothing factory in Pottendorf.)

Walker's research suggests that there is a question mark about the identity
of "Pottersdorf," the third station in Georg's career as a teacher. It may
have been the village of Pottendorf in Lower Austria, but other options might
be Podersdorf in the Lake Corner (Pätfalu), or Pöttelsdorf (near
Mattersburg, Hungarian Petöfalva). Indeed, as we shall see, the birthplace
of one of Georg's children, Theresia, born in about 1792/93, just between the
tenures in Kittsee and St. Georgen, appears to be still unidentified.

Georg List/Liszt first married at age 19. His wife was Barbara Schlesak,
born on November 28, 1753 in Rusovce, northwest of Rajka. The marriage of
the couple took place on January 17, 1775 in Rusovce. The Hungarian name of
Rusovce was Oroszvär, its German name Karlburg. In the census of 1910,
Rusovce's ethnic composition was about 1,250 Germans, 450 Magyars, and 30
Slovaks, of which 1,450 were Roman-catholic and 300 Lutheran. Today, Rusovce
is part of the Slovak Republic, located on the only tiny sliver of land of
Slovakia that is on the right bank of the Danube, to the south of Bratislava.
Barbara's parents were Johann Schlesak, a cotter ("Söllner"), born likely in
Rusovce at an unknown date, and Maria nee Düring, born on February 28, 1733
in Rusovce. Barbara's parents had married on September 16, 1749 in Rusovce.

Until her death on March 31, 1798 in St. Georgen, Barbara bore Georg 13
children (for details see next section). Her second child, Adam, was Franz
Liszt's father. Only six weeks after her death, Georg remarried, this time
Barbara Weniger, born April 29, 1778 in St. Georgen. With her, Georg had 5
more offspring. Soon after the birth of her fifth child, Barbara nee Weniger
died, on December 21, 1806 in Mattersburg. Barely seven weeks after her
death, Georg, at age 52, was married for the third time, in February 1807
with Magdalena Richter, born 1780. Magdalena bore Georg seven more children.
She died on March 17, 1856 in Vienna, probably under the care of her most
famous child, Eduard Liszt, the last of Georg's children, a half-brother of
Adam, who became K&K Public Prosecutor in Vienna.

There is an interesting anecdote connected with the third marriage of
Georg Adam List. He was severely reprimanded for not informing his superiors
about this marriage beforehand, and asked for an explanation. Georg replied
that he had 12 small children who were without proper care while he was at
work, and that these children needed a mother more than he needed another
wife. However, there might be a subliminal alternative reason for Georg's
action of telling nobody of the planned marriage. Since 1794, Nikolaus II
had been at the helm of the Esterhäzy family which, at these times, still
ruled as overlords over their possessions and subjects. Nicholas became one
of the most avid collectors of rare objects and art, and the collection of
excellent paintings he gathered together for his family by canvassing all of
Europe, later formed the basis of the collection of the Fine Arts Museum in
Budapest. However, Nikolaus II also became notorious for his ruthless
chasing of young women. He apparently had a team of scouts engaged who had
to tour his possessions on the lookout for young maidens. It is quite
possible, I believe, that considering his peculiar character, informing his
superiors about the planned marriage was quite an unpalatable thought for
Georg.

Finally, it is noteworthy in connection with Georg that he was the first
generation of his line who changed the writing of the family name from List
to the "Hungarian" spelling Liszt (which will be discussed later). However,
he may have taken a cue from his son Adam (Franz Liszt's father) who appears
to have been the first in time who had switched to the new spelling. Georg
used the new spelling only in his late years.(to be continued next issue).

Newsletter continues as no. 93C.


THE BURGENLAND BUNCH NEWS - No. 93C
DEDICATED TO AUSTRIAN-HUNGARIAN BURGENLAND FAMILY HISTORY
(now issued monthly by gerald Berghold)
February 28, 2001
(all rights reserved)

This fourth section of the 4 section newsletter contains:

* More Immigrant New World Addresses- Northampton, PA
* Member Correspondence-Frauenkirchen
* Member Correspondence-Fuller Park, IL
* Bob Unger Comments On Fuller Park Book
* Eisenberg-Eisenburg Confusion
* It Pays To List Your Data In OZ
* To Order Book- "Burgenland Panorama"
* Austrian Museum Update
* Staff Masthead and BB URL Addresses
*See BB Homepage for Member & URL Changes*

MORE IMMIGRANT NEW WORLD ADDRESSES

NORTHAMPTON, PA:

*AUGUSTIN, Anna, (probably Königsdorf). 1666 Railroad St.
*BAUER, Floria, aus Rauchwart, und Mary HATTLER, aus Ginisdorf. 482 E.10th St.
*BUGNITS, Joseph, aus Pernau, und Catherina LAGITCH, aus Schilting. 834 Main
St.
*CSAR, Karl, aus Ulersdorf, und Mary GASPAR, aus Moschendorf. 806
Washington Ave.
*CSENESITS, Paul, aus St. Kathrein, und Mary FRUHWIRT, aus Edlitz. 132 W. 14
St.
*DEUTSCH, Alois, aus Reinersdorf, und Theresia KISS, aus Kathrein. 1386
Newport Ave.
*DEUTSCH, Eugene, aus Northampton, Pa., und Juliana SZERENCSIS, aus
Reinersdorf, No. 9 East 8. St., Wind Block
*DRAGOSITS, Joseph, aus Kroat.-Chancsendorf, und Theresia MARTH, aus
Kathrein. 1362 Newport Ave.
*GOOL, Frank, und Maria DEUTSCH, beide aus Reinersdorf. 9 E. 8. St.
*GROHOTOLSKY, Josef, und Anna STOISITS, aus Reinersdorf. 11 E. 8. St.,
Northampton, Pa.
*GROF, Joseph, aus Schalendorf, Burgenland, und Theresia SCHNEIDER, aus
Eberau. 1642 Poplar St.
*GROHOTOLSKY, Frank, aus Reinersdorf, und Hermina WAGNER, aus USA. 939
Main St.
*HAMEL, Rudolph, aus Deutsch-Erensdorf, und Anna PELZMANN, aus Bocksdorf. 730
Main St.
*HEIDL, Leonhard, aus Northampton, Pa. und Lena REINICH, aus Moschendorf. 312
E. 9. St.
*JANDRIS, Martin, aus Deutsch-Csancsandorf, und Anna KARNER, aus
Ober-Neusiedl. 138 Canal St.
*JANDRISEVITS, John, aus Kroat. Chancsdorf, und Agnes KLUSCARITS, aus Kroat.
Chancsendorf. 128 Star St.
*JANDRISOVITZ, Joseph, aus Reinersdorf, und Agnes GRODOLSKY, aus Reinersdorf.
1337 Canal St.
*JOST, Frank Sr., aus Ynzenhof, und Julianna KROBOTH, aus Gerersdorf. 204 E.
21. St.
*KERBACHER, Joseph, aus Deutsch-Chancsandorf. 7 E. 8. St.
*KISS, Stephen, aus Deutsch-Ernsdorf, und Rosia GESCHEL, aus Gaas. 339 E. 8.
St.
*KOPFER, Robert, aus Deutsch-Ehrensdorf, und Theresia TITZ, aus
Kroat.-Ehrensdorf. 320 E. 9. St.
*LAKY, Stefan, aus Moschendorf, und Mary STUBITS, aus Harmisch. 842
Washington Ave.
*LANG, Fritz, aus Eisenberg, und Theresia KRATZL, aus Moschendorf. 727
Lincoln Ave.
*LEGATH, Robert, und Maria KOPFER, aus Deutsch-Ehrensdorf. 552 Washington St.
*MAIKITSCH, Jos., aus Gross-Mirbisch, und Anna GRINWALD, aus Gaas. 565
Washington Ave.
*MARAKOVITS, Edward, aus Poniz, und Mary DRAGOVITS, aus Kroat. Chancsendorf.
1364 Newport Ave.
*MARAKOVITS, Johann, aus Winten, und Mary STUBITS, aus Harmisch. 467 E. 10th
St.
*MARSCH, Charles, aus Mochendorf, und Emma GROHOTULSKY, aus Reinersdorf. 952
Washington Ave.
*MARTH, Alex, aus Gissing, und Mary KERN, aus Strem. 2127 Siegfried Ave.
*MARTH, Frank, aus Moschendorf, und Theresia POLZER, aus Eberau. 1067 Main St.
*MARTH, Joseph, aus Moschendorf, und Elisabeth PELZMANN, aus Bocksdorf. 353
E. 11. St.
*MARTH, Louis, aus Glossing, und Rose PELZMANN, aus Pokstorf. 1284 Newport
Ave.
*MARX, Mike, aus Hasendorf, und Josephine DERKITS, aus Gross-Mürbisch. 137 W.
14. Street.
*MORTH, Alois, aus Moschendorf, und Katharina MATTIS, aus Moschendorf. R. 2.
Northampton, Pa.
*OBERADARTS, aus Reinersdorf, und Emma LAIMAN, aus Bocksdorf. No. 2 Wind
Block.
*PANY, Ignatz, aus Dudersdorf, und Elizabeth GARGER, aus Elitz. 561
Washington Ave.
*PELTZMANN, Michael, aus Boksdorf, Burgenland, und Maria PELTZMANN. 1397
Stewart St.
*PFLIGLER, Georg, aus Steinfurt, und Theresa FRICH, aus Inzenhof. 812 Main St.
*PINTER, Franz und Theresia SCHWAB, aus Moschendorf. 950 Lincoln Ave.
*PRICKLER, Frank, aus Unterbildein, und Mary KOGER, aus Unterbildein. 803
Lincoln Ave.
*PUSKOVITZ, Felix, aus Reinersdorf, und Hedwig GRATZL, aus Moschendorf. 565
Washington Ave.
*RECHER, S. Johann, aus Gaas, und Rose A. TOTH, aus Moschendorf. 816 Main St.
*RADAKOVITZ, Paul, aus Scholidorf, und Cecilia SCHRAMMEL, aus Güssing. 351 E.
9. St., Northampthon, Pa.
*RECKER, Johann. 337 E. 9. St.
*REINICH, Frank, und Kate SEIER, beide aus Moschendorf. 470 E. 12. St.
*REITER, Franz, aus Unter Bildein, und Theresia GRAFF, aus Schalidorf. 1504
Newport Ave.
*SCHADL, Rudolf, aus Rabfiditsch, und Anna SCHADL, aus Gerersdorf. 702 Main
St.--- Gasthaus und Restaurant.
*SCHMIDT, Balthasar, und Margreth TOTH, aus Gaas. 1340 Vienna St.
*SCHMIDT, Stephen, aus Pernau, Ungarn, und Julia KORNHEISL, aus Oberlaa bei
Wien. 411 E. 8. St.
*SCHLAFFER, Franz, aus M. Nabrdje, Slav., und Josefine, aus Eberau. 448 E.
10th St. aus Eberau,. 457 E. 11th St.
*SCHOCK, Joseph, aus Grosspetersdorf - Bricklayer and Plasterer - und
Josephine SCHOCK. 304 E. 10. Street.
*STUBITSCH, Louis, aus Hamich, und Ida KEGLOWITSCH, aus Kroat. Chanscendorf.
1382 Newport Ave.
*SCHUH, Louis, aus Kroat.-Ehrensdorf, und Mary JANDRISOVITZ, aus
Kroat.-Chancsandorf. 164 Star St., Northampton, Pa.
*SERENCSITS, August, aus Kroat.-Chancsandor, und Anna MALITSCH, aus
Kroat.-Chancsandorf. 1362 Stewart St.
*SEIER, Anton, aus Moshendorf, und Julia MULZERT, aus Neustift, Burgenland.
R. 2, Northampton, Pa.
*STELTZMANN, Paul. aus Gross-Mirbisch, und Maria LEIGEB, aus Langzall. 474 E.
10. St.
*STRANZL, Alois, aus Urbersdorf, und Mary STUBITS, aus Scharkor. 814 Main St.
*SZABARA, Michael, aus Edlitz, und Rosina KARNER, aus
Deutsch-Ehrendsorf. 349 E. 9th Street.
*SZERENSITS, John, aus Kroat.-Chancsandorf, und Caroline LEGATH, aus
Deutsch-Ehrensdorf. 459 E. 11. St.
*TRINKL, Adolf, aus Heiligenbrunn, und Anna DRAGOWITHS, aus Tohbeiy. 334 E.
9. St.
*WOLFER, Frank, aus Kirchfidich, und Maria PANNY, aus Tutersdorf. 832 Main St.
*WOLFER, George, aus Kohfidisch, und Magdalena SCHLOFFER, aus Steinfurt. 1666
Newport Ave.
*YFSITS, Joseph. 445 E. 10. St., Phone 3898, Northampton, Pennsylvania.


MEMBER CORRESPONDENCE

FRAUENKIRCHEN RESEARCH
Since joining the BB, I have read with great enthusiasm your newsletters and
am amazed at the detailed research you have done. Acting on your advice, I
was able though LDS records to document the birth records of my
greatgrandfather Wolf Rechnitzer b.1838 and grandfather Ignatz Rechnitzer
b.1872 in Frauenkirchen. Thankyou so much for your help and keep up the good
work. Sincerely, Dr. Bob Rene


FULLER PARK, IL
Just a minor correction in this last newsletter. I know how careful you are
to be accurate. Fuller Park is a neighborhood on the near south side of
Chicago. It is not a suburb. My parents took me there many, many years ago.
Keep up the good work, so many of us appreciate all that you do so we may
learn and enjoy our Burgenlander Heritage Sincerely, Edward Wolf, Frankfort,
IL


MORE ON FULLER PARK BOOK (from Bob Unger)

Yesterday I received a copy of Rudolph Unger's book entitled "The Community
of Fuller Park - Those Were the days My Friend." What a great book! Reading
it brings back many, many fond memories of my earlier days. I also received
a letter from Rudolph, in which he told me that his Unger ancestors came from
Kohfidisch, which lies due north of Güssing. His grandfather was born in
1869 in Neumarkt on Tauchental where his father was born in 1897. So, there
is a good possibility that we are all part of a large Unger clan.

Rudolph also informed me that his dad published his early years memoirs-
"Twenty-Five Years of My Life on My Homeland" - at age 83 in 1980. He said
it was a fascinating, insightful book of life in Burgenland, which
unfortunately is out of print. Thus I asked him if I could get a copy, also
asked if he would consider having that book republished. I'll keep you
informed of my progress in getting a copy of that book.


EISENBERG-EISENBURG CONFUSION (FROM WGW-BURGENLAND)

Burgenland Province Austria Queries. A new message, "New info," was posted by
Susan on Wed, 17 Jan 2001. It is a response to "Strem, Austria and Eisenberg,
Hungary," posted by Susan on Fri, 29 Dec 2000; Surname: MONDSCHEIN,
GROLLER. The message reads as follows: Since posting my last query, I found
from the Aug 13, 1901 Zeeland passenger list on microfilm that Michael "Mike"
and Johanna "Jennie" Gröller were from Strém, Hungary. They were married
before emigrating. On the Naturalization paper, it stated they were both born
in Eisenberg, Hungary. I am going to back-track by ordering the marriages
from Strem, Austria on microfilm in the civil records and hope to find
something new.

Another message, "Eisenberg," was posted by Susan Chimento on Sun, 21 Jan
2001. It is a response to "New info," posted by Susan on Wed, 17 Jan
2001; Surname: Graf, Fassel. The message reads as follows: It was with great
interest that I read the queries and responses about Eisenberg or Eisenburg.
My grandfather, Leonard Graf, emigrated from Austria in 1910. I never heard of
Eisenberg until I sent away for his naturalization papers. On the petition
for naturalization, with the information typed, it stated he was from
Litzelsdorf, Eisenberg, Hungary. The declaration of intent, which is a poor
copy, has the information written (in script). There it appears as though
Eisenburg is spelled with a u. Years ago, I had asked my Uncle Joe where he
was from in Austria and he said Eisenberg. Even though I've collected much
information about my family, these are the only times I've run across the
place name Eisenberg.

A new message, "Litzelsdorf," was posted by Fritz Königshofer on Sun, 21 Jan
2001. It is a response to "Eisenberg," posted by Susan Chimento on Sun, 21 Jan
2001. The message reads as follows: Susan: While there is a little hamlet
Eisenberg just to the east of Litzelsdorf, I believe that, from the context
you are citing, it is evident that the meaning there is Eisenburg, which was
the German name of the county. "Litzelsdorf, Eisenburg, Hungary" would have
been the normal, ascending sequence of defining the village of your
grandfather.

(ED. NOTE: Village of Eisenberg was called Schauka and Cseke in Hungarian, it
was in the district of Szombathely, Hungary and is now in the district of
Oberwart as the Gemeinde (community) of Deutsch-Eisenberg, which includes the
villages of Edlitz i. B., Eisenberg an d. Pinka, Höll and St. Kathrein i.B. I
agree with Fritz that, when you see Eisenburg shown on documents, they probaly
mean Komitat (county) Eisenburg (Hungarian Vas Megye) and not the village. I
have seen Eisenburg and Eisenberg shown as the place of origin in the US
Census for 1910-1920, Lehigh-Northampton Counties, PA. Village of Eisenberg
only had 473 inhabitants in 1873. Be aware of this when considering an
Eisenberg place of origin.)


IT PAYS TO LIST YOUR DATA IN OZ

For some time, Burgenland Editor Albert Schuch has been sending German
language immigrant queries to the Oberwart Zeitung (OZ). All you have to do
is contact him. (See previous newsletter articles concerning OZ listings.)
They frequently result in contacts like this:

Subj: Re: Verwandtensuche
(From: Susan Stahley to Albert Schuch)

Thank you very much for sending me the addresses and for posting my query! In
less than a month, I was able to send letters to the two relatives in
Moschendorf, and I heard from one of them today. Emma was able to send me
pictures of the family gravestones, a picture of herself, and sent me family
group sheets filled out with more information! I just want you to know that
you have helped me find relatives, and I know that you have probably helped
hundreds of others!

----- Original Message -----
From: Albert Schuch
To: Susan Stahley

Susan, Your Verwandtensuche-inquiry has been printed in yesterday's edition
of The OZ. Also yesterday, I received an email from Ms. Renate Dolmanits in
Güssing who is the secretary of the "Burgenländische Gemeinschaft" in
Güssing.(If you are not familiar with this organisation, see http://go.to/bg)
Ms Dolmanits told me that she had read the article and talked to it about a
visitor from Moschendorf, who happened to stop by at the office later that
day. The visitor was a lady with good knowledge about the old families of
Moschendorf who herself has spent several years in the USA. Now according to
this lady your relatives in Moschendorf are:

Ms. Emma Seier nee Schrammel (her father's name was Peter Schrammel)postal
address: A-7540 Moschendorf 163 and

Ms. Katharina Adam postal address: 7540 Moschendorf 166

Ms. Dolmanits suggested that you write for further details.


BOOK ORDER- "BURGENLAND PANORAMA"

This informative illustrated book (reviewed by Burgenland editor Albert
Schuch in BB Newsletter No. 92A) may be ordered from the following (be sure
to specify English language edition):

Dr. Günter Stefanits
Landesschulrat für Burgenland
Kernausteig 3
A-7000 Eisenstadt

Price is $38 plus $18 (book is quite heavy) for surface shipping (28 days
delivery) or $26.50 airmail (8 days delivery).


AUSTRIAN MUSEUM UPDATE from Kitty Sauber

Just an update on the Austrian Museum being completed on Fifth Avenue at 86th
St, New York City. It is turning into a most beautiful building with
adaptations that have revived a historic mansion. One can look within,
through layers of glass entrance doors, in the evening, as it is often "lit"
(despite not yet open). No official announcement has been given, but opening
date had been slated for Spring 2001.

END OF NEWSLETTER

BURGENLAND BUNCH STAFF
Coordinator & Editor Newsletter (Gerald J. Berghold; Winchester, VA)
Burgenland Editor (Albert Schuch; Vienna & Kleinpetersdorf, Austria)
Home Page Editor (Hap Anderson)
Internet/URL Editor (Anna Tanczos Kresh; Butler, PA)

Contributing Editors:
Austro/Hungarian Research (Fritz Königshofer)
Burgenland Co-Editor (Klaus Gerger, Austria)
Burgenland Lake Corner Research (Dale Knebel)
Chicago Burgenland Enclave (Tom Glatz)
Croatian Burgenland (Frank Teklits)
Home Page village lists (Bill Rudy)
Home Page surname lists (Tom Steichen)
Judaic Burgenland (Maureen Tighe-Brown)
Western Hungary-Bakony Region (Ernest Chrisbacher)
Western US BB Members-Research (Bob Unger)
WorldGenWeb-Austria, RootsWeb Liason-Burgenland (Charles Wardell, Austria)


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