The Gonda Family Ties

Samuel Gonda pictured with Wife Sofia Szegedi

Born:                         June 8, 1880 in Tokaj, Zemplen Hungary

Parents:              George Gonda      Rebekka Eles

Spouse:               Sophia Szegedi

Siblings

Children:               Julia Jean Gonda     Samuel Gonda       Elizabeth Gonda     George Gonda         Albert Gonda             Ethel Gonda              David William Gonda James Gonda    Unknown            Unknown

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Samuel Gonda was born June 8, 1880 in Tokaj, Zemplen Hungary. This has been proven on a Church Register from Hungary found by me (on file).

Parents of Samuel Gonda - George Gonda and Rebekka Eles.
I show a Rebekka Eles being born to Istvan Eles and Maria Szabo on September 7,1820 in Tarcal.

Samuel Gonda died October 23, 1915 in Youngstown, Ohio at the age of 36.  He was a Tailor in Hungary and here in the USA he was a Mill Worker. He died as a result of falling into a hot vat in the mill that he worked at. No one knows how this terrible accident happened. Samuel is buried at Belmont Cemetery in Youngstown, Ohio.  Buried: October 25,1915 Section A, Range 38, Grave 17. (picture to be added later)

Samuel was NOT naturalized.  He died before he could be granted his citizenship.  His Declaration of Intention is  # 1523 he filed in Youngstown, Ohio.

Sophia Szegedi was born December 25, 1879  Supposedly in Bodrogkeresztu'r Hungary. This fact has not been proven by me as of yet. Still looking.
Parents of Sophia Szegedi - John Szegedi and Sophia Olah. Sophia Szegedi Gonda Died Sept. 17, 1974. Cleveland, Ohio. She died of complications of old age. Sophia is buried at Highland Park Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio.
I do have evidence that the family names I have been researching have lived in and have had children in: The 1820's in Tarcal then moved to Tokaj in late 1879 early 1880. The Bodrogkeresztur fact is there as well as I have found a Sister Erzsebet Szegedi of my G-Grandmother born there June 19, 1895

It appears that the Gonda and Szegedi families were prolific. They seem to have married into allot of surnames as well. I always seem to see the following names affiliated with them when I start finding them on the films. They are usually Godparents to one another's children and so on. I am sure they are related, those details are still being worked on by me at the present time.

There are other's to be added shortly. I am working out the relationship data as the present.

Samuel Gonda and Sofia Szegedi emigrated to the United States on the Princess Alice From Bremen Germany on May 24,1904. They Arrived in the Port of New York on June 4, 1904. They are on page 16 line 25 of the passenger list.

They took up residence in Youngstown, Ohio.  The Following are the addresses they lived at in Youngstown, Ohio.

They had Eight children that we have names for. They did have more children, we are still researching the names:

Later Sophia Szegedi Gonda Moved to Cleveland, Ohio with her Family. We have the noted the following addresses she and the Family lived at.

I am currently extracting birth, marriage records of the Gonda, Szegedi families from a film of the Reformatus Church in Tokaj, Zemplen Hungary.

Sophia Szegedi Gonda

William David Gonda (Billy) Son of Sophia and Samuel Gonda