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Kunai,
Karl
- Born:
2 Aug 1896
Contact:
Kris
Kunai
My
grandfather's name was Carl
Kunai in the US. My father told
me that my grandmother always
called him Charlie, the German
variant is Carl/Karl. He came to
the US in 1914, at age 17.
When my father was in high
school, he read letters from his
sister written in German.
I believe he had a 3rd grade
education. On his Ellis
Island manifest he stated he was
from Orczifalva. My father also told me he was running
away from the Kaiser army. Records also indicate his
father was also Carl or Charles or Karl (depending on if he
changed it or not.) The name Kunai does not sound
German-Hungarian. So I would have to believe he changed it
at point of departure which was Bremen and he was joining a
cousin "N. Pifelos" at 218 East 124th St. in Manhattan NY.
This
intrigues me so much because of lost family in Romania. I'm
hitting brick walls because of the name. I wrote the married
name of my grandfather's sister somewhere and have misplaced it
in a recent move. My grandfather married an Irish woman at a
young age and had no children. She relocated back to Ireland and
He then met my grandmother and they were never officially
married. I guess you would call that the common law marriage.
They had 6 children and my father was the youngest Martin Frank
Kunai. His brother was also Carl Kunai. I'm new at all this, but
very determined to find relatives out there. Thanks for all your
help. Kris Kunai
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Kunai
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Frederich (Frederick), Rollinger,
Urban (Orban), and Pleshette and by
marriage they are Wagner, Hirt,
Fisher, Koppi (Kopi) and Sabo (Sabu),
Rump - probably others too.
Contact:
Diana Halas
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Kraus Church Records
Extracted by Mary Lindemann -
14 Dec 2005
Kraus appears in
the records. Unfortunately the baptismal records stop long
before the marriages do. I did find a Phillipus Kraus son of
the deceased Petri Kraus and Barbara Hild, a soldier from Orsidorf
marrying Anna Tengl daughter of Carolus Tengl and Elisabetha Guth a
commoner from Orsidorf on July 23, 1871. That may be a
possibility for your Miklos Kraus born in 1878. I haven't gone
back much beyond 1871 yet so there may be other possibilities.
If Phillip rings a bell for you, let me know and I'll see if I can
find Peter & Barbara's wedding. Otherwise I will be checking back a few more years on the
weddings before I give up the chase.
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