I found a plat book from Antwerp Township, Michigan in 1930. It was one of those moments when the world just seems still and your heart races and you just know that it’s all going to come together…. Only, It didn’t. My Great-Grandparent’s names weren’t listed anywhere on the map, and as many hours, yes…
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Marton Hevezi Sr. & Family
A few years back my family got in touch with a brilliant artist, Endre Hevezi. The theory was that Endre’s father and my Great-Grandfather were brothers, but It took me some time to confirm exactly how we were related. Turns out, Endre’s Grandfather, Andreas and My 2nd great-grandfather, Marton Hevezi Sr. were 1/2 brothers….
Szillagyi Family
My Hevezi/Szillagyi family is amazingly big! – Here’s a bit of an explanation of where everyone falls in. I hope this helps a little. For anyone who is still living, I left off dates out of privacy and didn’t add anyone from the 4th generation. Joseph and Elizabeth Szillagyi Margaret Szillagyi(1894-1981)/Martin Hevezi Joseph Szillagyi…
Martin and Margaret Hevezi-The Beginning
My Great-Grandparents both immigrated to the United States from Hungary. According to immigration records, Martin Hevezi arrived in the U.S. in 1906 at the age of 28. He first settled in The Miner’s Village in Cornwall, Pennsylvania, about 80 miles west of Philadelphia. He worked as an iron mill laborer. At the time, many immigrants…
How common is your last name?….just for fun.
I came across an article on “Newsday” about the commonality of last names according to the most recent census in 2010. The Census says that about 6.3 million surnames were recorded (according to Newsday), with about 62% of them recorded just once. I thought these statistics were pretty interesting. …
Szillagyi – The Name
My Great-Great-Grandparents came to the United States in the early 1900’s from Hungary. I always found it fascinating that names were misspelled, or changed when coming through Ellis Island, either by error or as a way to “Americanize”. When I was researching my great-grandma her last name kept coming up with different spellings and…
My Story & Theirs 