Bauman, Bittman, Grosz, & Reinhardt of Bakonyozslop, Veszprem, Hungary

       
These are unidentified family photos from Bakonyoszlop, Veszprém county, Hungary.  We know from the writing that the first one is of the Bauman family, but that is all we know.  Other related family names are  Grosz, Bittman, & Reinhardt.

 

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I am hoping (fingers crossed) that someone will find this post and help identify these lovely people who we strongly suspect are related to us.

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Bakonyoszlop, Veszprem, Hungary - Village of my Ancestors

Bakonyoszlop is a small village located in the Bakony Mountains of Veszprém county, Hungary.
This is the birthplace of Andrew Bauman, b.29 Jan 1901, son of Ferenc Bauman & Zsuzsanna Grosz.

 

The town's Roman Catholic Church was built between 1726 and 1746 by Ferenc Eszterhazy.

Photograph by George 

Using the Family History Library > Place Search  I located 4 microfilms available for this church covering events from 1726 to 1895, which I used extensively to trace our Bauman family history.

Posted as part of  the 27th Edition Carnival of Central and Eastern European Genealogy

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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Tombstone Tuesday - Andrew & Anna Bauman

Andrew Bauman b.29 Jan 1901 B. Oszlop, Veszprem, Hungary;
Son of Ferenc Bauman & Zsuzsanna Grosz

m. 16 Oct 1937 in Manhattan, NYC, NY

Anna Stosz b. 16 Nov. 1910 Segenthau, Temes, Romania;
Daughter of Anton Stosz & Maria Rauner

Buried in St. Peters Cemetery in New Brunswick, Middlesex, NJ

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 ;-)