Some of the other ethnic German names in Jablonca recorded in the 1869 census were Gretzmeyer, Keller, Herczog, Beller, Krisoff and Zeman.
Showing posts with label 1869 Hungarian Census. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1869 Hungarian Census. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
German Settlers in Jablonca
Keiser is a German name, ethnically. There was a period in the history of the Jablonca when many German settlers settled along with Goral Poles, Ruthenians, Jewish and Slovakian families in Jablonca. Of course, many intermarried into Magyar families. Colonization of abandoned villages in Northern Hungary was very popular as many Germans were invited to settle there by the Empress of Austria, Maria Theresia. After many years, they were not considered foreigners. There is one Keiser family that settled in Jablonca many years before they were recorded in the 1869 census. There was no Lutheran church so they went to the Catholic church or converted to the Calvinist church eventually.
Some of the other ethnic German names in Jablonca recorded in the 1869 census were Gretzmeyer, Keller, Herczog, Beller, Krisoff and Zeman.
Some of the other ethnic German names in Jablonca recorded in the 1869 census were Gretzmeyer, Keller, Herczog, Beller, Krisoff and Zeman.
Monday, September 3, 2018
The social strata of farmers in Eastern European villages
It's hard to visualize the concept of serfdom. The people in Slovakia, Hungary and many other countries in Eastern Europe were under serfdom till 1848 (Bosnia was the last country to abolish serfdom in 1918). Jabloncza was in the process of freeing itself from this model of economics after so many centuries. The changes must have rippled through the landowners as well as the former serfs, eventually setting the stage for immigration to America .
Written in the Jablonca census and church records, there are people listed with the occupation of ZSELLER which translates to " tenant farmer" or cotter. It can mean one of two things if one finds an ancestor listed as a "zseller". I quote from Felix Game's treatise on social classes of the farmer in Austria - Hungary: "The cotter was not part of the first wave of settlers, and had to take smaller, and less well-located acreage, but had the same obligations as the tenant farmer, although in proportion to his smaller holding. Usually occupied a small building on a small parcel of land, on which he grew little beyond his family's personal use. The zseller worked for others as day laborers, or tradesmen. " The other occurance is when they are zsellers but not on their own land, or sharing a small building with another family while working as day laborers . Sometimes this happens with extra members of a family who have no inherited land or a newer immigrant to the village looking to work in a vineyard or farm.
In example below, The Keller family listed below not only had a "katona" - soldier - living with the second family in the same house at Jablonca house number 77 but they worked as day laborers. Sometimes day laborers or tenant farmer is written in latin as " inquilineus ".
NOTE: For anyone interested in Felix Game's research or his great genealogy articles, they are still posted at http://www.felix-game.ca/index.html#toc
| House No. | Family No. | Individual No. | Surname | Name | M | F | Birthyear | Rel. | Status | Occupation | work | Birthplace | Native | absence | Literacy | Notes |
| 77 | 1 | 1 | Keller | Janos | M | 1828 | REF | Married | Zseller | dayworker | Jablonca | Native | reads/write | |||
| 2 | Rakai | Erzsebet | F | 1833 | REF | Married | Housewife | dayworker | Jablonca | Native | reads | |||||
| 3 | Keller | Janos | M | 1856 | REF | single | Zseller | dayworker | Jablonca | Native | reads | |||||
| 4 | Keller | Maria | F | 1860 | REF | single | Jablonca | Native | reads | |||||||
| 5 | Keller | Julianna | F | 1869 | REF | single | Jablonca | Native | ||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Bazin | Istvan | M | 1845 | REF | Married | Zseller | dayworker | Jablonca | Native | none | Military Soldier | |||
| Matyus | Julianna | F | 1845 | REF | Married | Housewife | dayworker | Jablonca | Native | reads | ||||||
| Rakai | Istvan | M | 1866 | REF | Married |
About the 1869 Hungarian census
The 1869 Hungarian census was a population census conducted by the Kingdom of Hungary and it's stored in the Hungarian National Archives. It was also the first census done after feudalism ended and the peasants were emancipated. For research purposes, it provides a great framework to finding other records in doing family history in Hungary. This website was basically inspired by the transcriptions I did of many villages in the 1869 Hungarian census. It would only hold interest to people who are related to the surnames from these villages and probably great amusement to the people who actually live there. I have never traveled to Hungary; only researched the records for my families first, and now, do research for others. I can also help you locate the census you need to search for your family if you want to try reading the census yourself. I also have an index of many villages in the Abauj~Torna regions.
Here is the link for some of the 1869 Hungarian Censuses free online if you want to read them yourself. This website is labeled Slovakia 1869 Census because many parts of Hungary are now located in Slovakia. The census forms are written in the Hungarian language (or sometimes German).
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Hungarian and Slovakian Record Searchers Update
For those of us who have been diligently ordering our films and reading them when the library is open or patiently scrolling through the mostly unindexed records online for the past two years when Family Search started uploading the records digitally, you are in for a real surprise !
On June 15th , the LDS people did something nice! They indexed many records. Of course, as a volunteer indexer for these records, the spelling can vary so use wildcards in your queries. Also remember that not records have been indexed but it's a start.
If you go to the Continental Europe collections , scroll on down to the Slovakia, Churches and Synagogue Books, 1598 - 1910 link , it will give you two options :
On June 15th , the LDS people did something nice! They indexed many records. Of course, as a volunteer indexer for these records, the spelling can vary so use wildcards in your queries. Also remember that not records have been indexed but it's a start.
If you go to the Continental Europe collections , scroll on down to the Slovakia, Churches and Synagogue Books, 1598 - 1910 link , it will give you two options :
You can go direct to your usual marked spot in "View Images in this Collection" and browse through1,853,592 images ( at last report ) in this collection .In my case , I am in the middle of the early 18th century in Kobyly and always praying that I properly cited my last location to resume my searches .
Or you can search through these images in an indexed search fields .
Here's the link :
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