Mari Bauman of B.Oszlop, Hungary

Below is the baptism record of Mari Bauman,

daughter of Pal Bauman and Maria Ambrosz

sister of our G-grandfather, Ferenc Bauman

Date of baptism: 21 August 1870 

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Found on FamilySearch.org in record collection:

Hungary, Catholic Church Records, 1636-1895

Mari married Fulop Bittman 14 Sept 1895 in Newark, New Jersey.

Philip and Mary Bittman had four children:

Mary, Gertrude, Andrew, & Elizabeth 

Philip died in 1904 and Mary is seen listed as Widow and Head of Household in the 1905 New Jersey state census with their children including two from Philip's first marriage.

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Mary Bauman Bittman died 4 Feb 1939 in Irvington, Essex, New Jersey.

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Surname Saturday: Hegedus

Ancestor: Maria Ana Hegedus

found in FamilySearch.org

Collection:
Hungary Catholic Church Records, 1636-1895              

Name: Mar Ana Hegedüs
Event: Baptism
Event Date: 15 Mar 1791
Event Place: Oszlop, Veszprém, Hungary
Father: Joseph Hegedüs
Mother: Maria Vollff

Film Number: 699518
Digital Folder Number: 4660099
Image Number: 427

Once again FamilySearch.org amazes ...

Years ago I ordered the microfilmed church records for Oszlop, Veszprem, Hungary, from the Family History library and laboriously went through them trying to locate records related to our Bauman ancestors & associated family.
Now, much to my excitement, they are transcribing these microfilms making the information available at familysearch.org.  Woohoo!

With 309 initial search results based just on Bauman's in the town of Oszlop, it looks like I have some fun times ahead!

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Hungary Catholic Church Records, 1636-1895

Index of baptisms of the Roman Catholic Church in Hungary. Church records are the property of the state and are stored in the archives of the various Hungarian counties under direction of the National Archives of Hungary [Országos Leveltár] in Budapest. Included in this collection are some baptism records from localities which historically belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary, but because of changing political borders now belong to other countries. Records may appear in Hungarian, Latin and German.

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Military Mystery

For the 5th edition of A Festival of Postcards Carnival - Quadrupeds, I have submitted a photo postcard of my Grandfather, Andrew Bauman. The son of Ferenc Bauman & Zsuzsanna Grosz, he was born 29 Jan 1901, in B. Oszlop, Veszprem, Hungary. This picture postcard was taken in Budapest sometime prior to his immigration to Canada in Apr 1926 aboard the RMS Ausonia. We do not know anything regarding the history of this photo, and he never spoke of any military service.

On Ships They Came - RMS Ausonia

RMS Ausonia was built in 1921 by Armstrong Whitworth & Co in Newcastle, as the third of Cunard's six post-World War I "A Liners". Launched on 22 March 1921, she made her maiden voyage on 31 August 1921 from Liverpool to Montreal, and the following season went into service on the London-Canada route.

Built: 1921, Armstrong Whitworth & Co, Newcastle. Yard No: 970
Funnels: 1 Masts: 2
Tonnage: 13,912 GRT
Dimensions: 164.0 x 19.9 m / 538 x 65.3 ft
Engines: Geared turbines from builders.
Twin Screw; 8,500 SHP; 15 kn.

Hull: Steel, 2 Decks and shelter deck, 7 hatches, 20 derricks, fcsle & bridge-426 ft.
Passengers: 510-Cabin Class, 1,178-3rd Class
Crew: 270

On 16 Apr 1926 RMS Ausonia departed Cherbourg (a city in northwest France on the English Channel). On board was our ancestor, Andrew Bauman (b.29 Jan 1901 in B. Oszlop, Hungary) son of Ferenc Bauman & Zsuzsanna Grosz.
The Ausonia arrived in Quebec, Canada on 25 Apr 1926.

In 1927 she was refitted for the new cabin-, tourist- and third-class configuration.

On 2 September 1939 she was requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted into an armed merchant cruiser; then in 1942 she was converted into a heavy repair ship.


She was scrapped in Castellon, Spain in 1965.

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From Just a Name to a Whole Family

When I first began researching our family history my first brick wall was my own grandfather. Both my mother and her brother knew nothing about him other than he came from Hungary and had a least one brother. They did not know their grandparents names or the names of his siblings. Andrew Bauman came to the United States in 1929 through Canada, started his family here, and never talked of his past to his children. My first bit of success came when I received a copy of his marriage application from New York City. On it he revealed his parents. This was the first time my mother heard the names of her paternal grandparents:
Frank Bauman and Susanna Grosz.
The second bit of luck came when I located a copy of his Passport application. Here he discloses the town of his birth.

B. Oszlop, Hungary, also known as Bakonyoszlop in the county of Veszprem, Hungary.
Bakonyoszlop is a village located in the Bakony Mountains in Hungary.

Being fairly new to genealogy I can tell you I was quite excited.
It was at this time that I made my first visit to a local Family History Center. There I found a volunteer who was familiar with Hungary and the records available. It was also there that I learned the ways of the microfilm reader, practiced patience, developed a sore shoulder, and learned to decipher what I thought was unreadable handwriting. It all paid off. The LDS had microfilmed the church records for Bakonyoszlop, and a I was able to put together Andrew Bauman's whole family and then some. This was my first big project in researching my family history and the feeling I got when accomplishing this was indescribable. I've have had many other aha moments since then, but the first is always the most memorable ;-)