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From: "cheryl BALOG wenberg" <>
Subject: FUZI-FUZY-MESZAROS-KOPCSO-TOTH
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 15:41:22 -0500


Thanks to Joseph Jarfas....he was kind enough to send me this info a while back regarding Hungarians
to Chicago.

Andras and Pal FUZY were distinguished as the first Hungarian settlers in South Chicago
(Andras was there first) and became successful businessmen and church leaders, founders and
supporters.

He immigrated as a 26 year old in 1887 to Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. In 1888 his wife came
with his two year old daughter and three year old son, who later became the first Hungarian
Judge in East Chicago, Indiana. Andras then moved to South Chicago in 1889. We don't know
where Pal was living at that time, but fact is he emigrated in 1883 - and as such he was the
first emigrant from the family (supposedly an engineer per 1900 census).

Andras bought a house and opened a "saloon" or pub. A few years later two of their sisters
also came and settled, and later numerous other relatives as well.

According to the book, others from Goncruszka included Daniel MESZAROS, Daniel KOPCSO,
Janos TOTH.

Andras moved to East Chicago in 1901 and soon after most of the people of Goncruszka also
disappeared from South Chicago.

They also endured some calamities : fires, illnesses and deaths; according to the book one family
lost six children one after the other and soon after the breadwinner also died.

In one of the footnotes he registers the death of Andras and his wife: died in 1936 a few
months apart.


cheryl BALOG wenberg

Please contact me if connected to any of these families.

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