My Gosztonyi Cousins

1. Charles, born July 1888 in Pennsylvania. He got married after the 1910 Census (census date: 15 April) to Mary ?. She died before the 1930 Census. He served as godfather for two nephews born on February 19, 1908, and October 31, 1909, at Sacred Heart Church, Palmerton, Pennsylvania. He re-entered the United States at Ellis Island in 1924. Why was he abroad?
   His family:
   1. John, born 15 April 1911 in Pennsylvania. He died in May 1985, while residing in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
   2. Marie, born about 1912 in Pennsylvania.
   3. (Private)
2. John, born December 2, 1889 in Pennsylvania. He married Dorothy ? about 1911. She was born March 15, 1888 in Pennsylvania. They were godparents to a nephew in early 1915 at Sacred Heart Church, Palmerton, Pennsylvania. It appears they moved out to Denver, Colorado, where each is residing at the time of death: hers in January 1968, his in May 1969. Somewhat unusually, Dorothy's Social Security was issued in Florida.
3. Rudolph, born September 1891 in Pennsylvania. He married Olga Payer, daughter of Stephen Francis Payer and Erszebet Fuchs. The marriage date is in question. She was born June 22, 1895 in McAdoo, Pennsylvania. She died in July 1987, while residing at Waterford, Pennsylvania.
4. Rose, born September 1894 in Pennsylvania. She served as godmother for a niece born March 7, 1913, at Sacred Heart Church, Palmerton, Pennsylvania. She re-entered the United States at Ellis Island with her mother in 1914.
5. Julius, born May 22, 1899 in Pennsylvania. He died in March 1984, while residing in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

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Other Gosztonyis

• Joseph and Mary Gosztonyi are living at 219 New Street, South Bethlehem, in the 1910 U.S. Census. Joseph was born about 1877. Mary was born about 1884. They were married about 1902. They have a child, Steve, born about October 1908 in Pennsylvania.
• Mike and Mary Gosztonyi are also living at 219 New Street, and are enumerated as a separate family or tenement. Mike was born about 1875. Mary was born about 1880. The census reports they have been married 8 years and have 3 children, who are living, but no children were recorded by the census taker. The birth places for all of these people are recorded as Hungarian Wendish.
• George "Gostonyi," age 24, is boarding with the family of Frank and Rose Haletz at 925 Buttonwood Street, South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Unknown Goszontyis who were living in Bethlehem at time of death:

• MARY GOSZTONYI, born 01 Dec 1895, died Nov 1974.
• FLORENCE E GOSZTONYI born 27 May 1901, died 29 Nov 1993.
• GEORGE F GOSZTONYI, born 11 Apr 1933, died 22 Oct 1999.
• WILLIAM GOSZTONYI, born 27 Jun 1930, died 26 Jan 1996.

• ELSA GOSZTONYI, born 20 Dec 1895, probably in PA, died Sep 1974 in Berkeley, CA
• JOHN GOSZTONYI, born 15 Apr 1911, died May 1985 in Bethlehem, PA
• GERALDINE GOSZTONYI, born 29 Jun 1924, died Jan 1970. She is Geraldine Lewis, daughter-in-law of Rudolph above (circa 1946).
• DOROTHY D GOSZTONYI, born 12 May 1908, died Feb 1990.

A Maria Gasztony re-entered the United States in 1908, stating that her residence was Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and her age was 20. It is impossible for me to determine if she might be connected with the Gosztonyis mentioned on these pages.

Sources

Family information

From family sources, I know that Ruzena (Rose) Tachovsky, daughter of Jan Evangeline Tachovsky and Theresie Sekerka, was born May 7, 1870 in Cerekvice, Bohemia. She married a Gosztonyi.

Also, Ruzena (Rose)'s brother Otokar (Otto) married Irene Gosztonyi. According to a cousin on this side, Irene was born December 15, 1875 in Ternye, Austria-Hungary. It seems likely that these two Gosztonyis were from the same family or were somehow related.

• John and Dorothea Gosztonyi (either "o" could be an "a") were godparents to a nephew in early 1915 at Sacred Heart Church, Palmerton, Pennsylvania.
• Charles Gosztonyi was godfather to two nephews born on February 19, 1908, and October 31, 1909 at Sacred Heart Church, Palmerton, Pennsylvania.
• Miss Rosa Gosztonyi was godmother to a niece born March 7, 1913 at Sacred Heart Church, Palmerton, Pennsylvania.

Research Done

• The U.S. Census, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 (some information from 1930 omitted). Obtained access by personal visit to the National Archives in Washington, D.C., as well as by utilizing HeritageQuest.
• The Social Security Death Index, available at rootsweb and other places: http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/
• Bethlehem newspapers and history online (for John's date of death; also mentions John, citizen of Bethlehem).
• Ellis Island Database. Follow this link for a list of the Gosztonyi immigrants I found in the Ellis Island Database. Note that the particular Gosztonyis here are generally absent because they immigrated before the start of this database.

Notes

I have now been able to determine the location of Ternye, Austria-Hungary. It is in Saros Megye (county). It is now Terna, Slovakia. Source: RadixIndex.

Meaning of Ternye: