Mary Stermenszky (1875 - 1955)

Born 1 Oct 1875 in Jablonca, Abaúj-Torna, Magyarország

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Nagy — married 18 Sep 1899 in Delray, Wayne, Michigan, United States

Descendants

Died 28 Jun 1955 at age 79 in Oregon City, Lucas, Ohio, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Stermenszky Name Study.

Mary Stermenszky was born on October 1, 1875 in Jablonca, Abaúj-Torna, Magyarország, daughter of Karol Stermenszky (1838–1878) and Susanna Haluska (1835–>1907).^[1][2]

Christening

GODPARENTS: John Beka, Julianna Beka

Date: 2 Oct 1875

Place: Jablonca, Abauj, Hungary^[1]

Immigration

Mary immigrated to New York (Ellis Island) on June 1 1898 on the ship "Bremen" which departed from Bremen (page 0514). She lived in Manhattan, New York City on Attorney Street and worked as a domestic maid for the Klein family (the same Klein family from Jablonca) before she moved to Michigan by 1899 to marry Joseph Nagy.

When Joseph and Mary lived in Toledo, their name was spelled NAGGE in earlier records. Joseph also always reported that he was from Austria in many American records (as in the Austria-Hungary Dual Monarchy). However, records show that they both were born in the same village in Hungary which has changed borders twice since they left Hungary (once located in Czechoslovakia, presently located in Slovakia since 1993).

Mary (23) married Joseph Nagy (25) (born on July 19, 1874 in Jablonca, Hungary; son of Istvan Nagy and Susanna (Sebő) Nagy) on September 18, 1899 in Del Ray, Wayne Co., Michigan. Their children were:

• Louis Nagy
• E. Ferdinand Nagy
• Ellen Julia Nagy
• Marie V Nagy (1900–1976)
• Goldie Pearl Nagy (1902–1979)
• Joseph Nagy (~1904–1911)
• Susan Nagy (1908–1954)
• Elizabeth Nagy (1908– )

They lived in Del Ray (Detroit), Wayne, Michigan, eventually settling in the Birmingham section of Toledo, Ohio where their children were baptized/christened at St. Stephen's Church (the girls) or the Hungarian Reformed Church (the boys) at Birmingham.

By 1908, they moved out to Clay Center in Ottawa county where Joseph Nagy worked at the Lime Quarry.

Then they moved back to the city of Toledo:

1927 Jos W Nagge,(Marie) lab.,h1403 Ironwood

Lewis, lab h1403 Ironwood Ave

Susie N clerk Woolworth's h1403 Ironwood^[3]

When their son, Louis, bought land in East Toledo (which eventually became Northwood, Ohio), they also (or their children) bought plots nearby on Anderson Street. Their daughter, Marie Nagy, also moved there in her own home with her husband and children, to 909 Gould St. by 1950.

Mary died on June 28, 1955 in Oregon City, Lucas, Ohio, United States, aged 79. There were complications after a leg amputation. She was buried in Willow Cemetery, Oregon, Ohio.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Source: Catholic Records of Jablonca Film# 924887 Item 4 - Rec # 14, Page 19 Date: Filmed 1994
2. ↑ "Slovakia Church and Synagogue Books, 1592-1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHCP-32Y : 24 February 2015), Maria Hisminsk, 02 Oct 1875; citing Silická Jablonica, Rožňava, Slovakia, line 14, reference ID 14, state regional archives, Slovakia; FHL microfilm 1,924,887.
3. ↑ U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989

• Source: Catholic Records of Jablonca Film# 924887 Item 4 - Rec # 14, Page 19 Date: Filmed 1994
• "Slovakia Church and Synagogue Books, 1592-1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHCP-32Y : 24 February 2015), Maria Hisminsk, 02 Oct 1875; citing Silická Jablonica, Rožňava, Slovakia, line 14, reference ID 14, state regional archives, Slovakia; FHL microfilm 1,924,887.
• U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
• Naturalization Records of Joseph Nagy. Joe Nagy gave this date in his Petition for Naturalization in 1942.
• This marriage date was located in a Nagy Family Hungarian Bible that was possessed by the original family. This marriage date was copied down by various members of the family, however, no certificate has been located for this marriage in the general Michigan Civil Records database. The first child, who would be Maria Nagy, born to them in the United States was baptized in All Saints Catholic Church in Detroit. It seems the priest would have to verify a marriage with the strict rules of the Catholic church to process child's baptism. All Saints church office reported negative on marriage record. Maria Sterman was born Catholic; Nagy was Protestant so other types of churches in Detroit should be persued

DNA Confirmations

Relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Maggie and her second cousins, KN and TM. Their most-recent common ancestors are their great grandparents, Joe Nagy and Maria Sterman. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd Cousins, based on sharing with KM, 237 cM across 9 segments;Confidence: Extremely High and based on sharing with TM, 220 cM across 11 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.