1781 Marriage Record of Johann Stoss & Maria Anna Balthasar

Johann Stoss, 

son of Philipp & Maria Stoss 

b. 1762 in  Valmont, Lorraine, France

Married Maria Anna Balthasar

 on 20 Sept 1781 in Segenthau, Arad (now Romania)

 

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Our 5th Great Grandparents

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Romanian records on Ancestry

New Romanian records on Ancestry

Romania, Vital Records from Selected Regions, 1607-1914

This collection includes a combination of civil and church records from Transylvania, focusing on German populations. It contains extensive family history information from areas in Romania that formerly belonged to the historic Hungarian Habsburg Monarchy (excepting Bukovina).

This set includes records from Șagu, Arad, România, also known as Segenthau. 

Below is the death record for our 3rd G-Grandfather, János Stoss

d. 20 May 1875; age 69

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Naturalization Certificate of Anton Stosz

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We were very pleased to find this certificate in our papers.

The Naturalization Certificate for our ancestor, Anton Stosz.

Dated 09 Feb 1927 Certificate # 189088, Chicago, Cook, Ilinois

Anton was born 25 Oct 1886 in Segenthau, Hungary 

 (Now known as Sagul/Sugal or Dreispitz, Romania)

Son of Michael Stoss &  Anna Wild

Married Maria Rauner 25 Jan 1910 in Segenthau, Austria-Hungary

Immigrated 03 Aug 1914 Port of NY on the SS George Washington of the North German Lloyd line.

d: 16 Feb 1954 in East Brunswick, New Jersey

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Documents: Declaration of Passenger to Canada

Filed in 1924, the above is a copy of Nikolaus Lakatos's

 Declaration of Passenger to Canada

Written in on the side margin appears to be a date in reference to Naturalization.

Below is a form completed in 1936 by his son, George (a citizen of Canada), to allow for a 2 week stay in the United States to visit his Uncle, Wendel Lakatos, who resided in Cleveland, OH.

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Nikolaus & Anna (Stoss) Lakatos

Nikolaus LAKATOS

b: 20 APR 1881 in Segenthau, Austria-Hungary

d. 1942

•Married: ABT 1910 in Segenthau

Wife: Anna (Stoss) Lakatos

b: 25 NOV 1881 in Segenthau, Austria-Hungary

(Daughter of Michael Stoss b: 08 JUL 1851 in Segenthau

& Anna Wild b: 09 JAN 1852 in Segenthau)

d: 23 OCT 1957 in Montreal, Canada

•Residence: 1910 - neighbors to Anton (Anna's brother) & Mary (Rauner) Stosz; house #71, Segenthau, Austria-Hungary (now Romania)

Children:
1. John LAKATOS b: 23 JAN 1911 in Segenthau, Austria-Hungary
2. Ida LAKATOS b: ABT 1914 in Segenthau, Austria-Hungary
3. George LAKATOS b: 28 DEC 1919 in Segenthau, Romania

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On Ships They Came: SS Cleveland

SS Cleveland

Built in 1908, the SS Cleveland had twin-screw propellers and quadruple-expansion steam engines with a maximum speed of 16 knots. With a passenger capacity of 239 first-class, 224 second-class, 496 third-class, and 1,882 steerage, she mainly provided passage between Hamburg and New York.  Service was suspended during World War I, during which Cleveland was kept at Hamburg.

On 12 January 1912 in Honolulu, Hawaii, harbor pilot Milton P. Sanders suddenly dropped dead as the Cleveland was being moved. Control of the ship was not maintained and she collided with the Colorado causing moderate damage. No one was injured.

The News-Palladium  25 Jan 1912 viewed on NewspaperArchive.com

It was on the SS Cleveland of the Hamburg-American Line that Maria (Rauner) Stoss immigrated with her daughter, Theresa Stosz, departing from Hamburg on Jan 3, 1930, and arriving in NYC on 14 Jan 1930.

SS Cleveland was retired in 1931 and disassembled for scrap in 1933.

Nearly Wordless Wednesday - Immigrant Identification Card

Issued in 1929 in Bucharest, Romania, this is our Great-Grandmother Maria Stoss's Immigrant Identification Card. 

 Her signature appears in two places - once on the card and again on the photo which is stapled to the card.

After 1928, all immigrants admitted with a visa were issued an Immigrant Identification Card with a photograph of the immigrant. The scan of the reverse side more closely captured the true color of the card.

The Village Church of Segenthau

Established in 1771, this Roman Catholic Church in the Banat village of Segenthau, located in Romania, 15km S of Arad, is the place where the majority of my maternal grandmother’s ancestors worshipped.

Some of the Family Surnames from Segenthau that we are related to are:  Stoss, Rauner, Ballner, Menrath, Wild, Leilech, Dissler, Balthasar, Czimerin, Mayer, Bernath, Kraft, Brunner, Brischler, Welsch, Kottig, Matz , Krebs, Morgenthaler, Tenzler , Lambert

For genealogical records:
· Village name in FHL records: Segenthau, Sagu, Nemetsag
· Church records available at FHL: Christenings 1772-1812, Marriages 1772-1849, Deaths 1771-1848
· FHL Microfilm Nr. 0858425, 1271607
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Anton & Maria Stosz

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Great-Grandparents: Anton Stosz b. 25 Oct 1886 in Segethau, Austria-Hungary (now Sagul, Romania), son of Michael Stoss & Anna Wild, married Maria Rauner, daughter of George Rauner and Theresa Ballner, on 25 Jan 1910, and had two daughters, Anna and Theresa.

Maria and Anton Stosz are buried in St. Peter's Cemetery, New Brunswick, Middlesex, NJ