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Aloysius Martin Thesz was born 24
April 1916 in Banat,
Michigan, to immigrant parents
Martin
Thesz from Modosch, in the Banat region
of Hungary
and Katherine (unk) b. 2 Sep 1892
in Hungary. The family started
in St. Louis Mo, where two daughters
were born, Anna b. [abt. 1913]
Mo., Helen b.[abt.1915] Mo.
Then they moved to Holmes
Township, Menominee, Michigan
where Louis was b. 1916 Mi. and
younger sister Emma b. [abt. 1918].
Sometime after Feb 1920 they moved
back to Mo, where his parents would
live the rest of their lives.
1920
US Census | Holmes
Township, Menominee, Michigan
Martin Thery
[Martin
Thesz] age b. 31
(b.1889) Hungary, imm 1907.
Martin married in 1913
to Katherine (unk) b. [abt 1893], in
Hungary, imm 1906. Children listed.
In St. Louis, Thesz started
wrestling at age 8, using the name
Lou Thesz.
Thesz wrestled his last match in
Japan on 12/26/1990 at the age of
74, losing to Japanese superstar
Masa Chono.
The Ring Chronicle honors the
record-holding champion, statesman,
teacher, and pro wrestling legend
Lou Thesz with his deserved place in
The Ring Chronicle's Hall of Fame.
His
father's owned a shoe repair shop.
His grandnephew attends an all boys
private school - Chaminade, in St.
Louis. Lou, his wife, Charlie
and their dog, Herr Schultz, left
Chesapeake Bay for Winter Garden,
Florida. His wife went to work
at the Peninsula Fine Arts Center,
she retired 29 Jan 2000.
Lou Thesz died
28
April 2002 in Orlando, Fl.
Father
Martin Thesz, b. 10 Aug 1888 in
Modosch, Hungary (source: WW1
draft card, St. Louis., Mo).
Died Nov 1970, Saint Louis, Saint
Louis, Missouri.
SSI:
495-36-9291
Mother
Katherine
Thesz, b. 2 Sep
1892
in Hungary - died 28 Sep
1989, Saint Louis, Saint Louis,
Missouri. SSI: 490-68-0549.
1930
US Census, Saint Louis, Saint Louis,
Missouri: Martin is still a
shoemaker. Sister Anna is a
stenographer at a Steel Co.
| Name: |
Jeffrey Martin Thesz |
| Date of Birth: |
7 Apr 1952 |
| Gender: |
Male
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| Birth County: |
Harris
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| Father's Name: |
Louis Martin
Thesz |
| Mother's Name: |
Fredda Nell Huddleston |
| Roll Number: |
1952_0014
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1906 |
Phess, Adam [Thesz] age 43, b.
joining Karoly Graf in St Louis
Mo. |
Noda [Modos] |
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1907 |
Thesz, Ferencz age 23 b1884 &
wife Thesz, Juli b1883 age 24 & ,
father Fulop Thesz in Modosch.
Joining Uncle Anton Christ in
Braddock Pa. |
Modos, Hungary |
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1907 |
Thesz, Marton, age 18,
b1889 single, shoemaker.
Joining father Adam Thesz in St.
Louis Mo. |
Modos, |
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1913 |
Thesz,Adam age 51, b1862 m, wife
Julia in Modosch. Prev in US
1905/06, joining friend Peter
Kirsch in NYNY. |
Modos |
German:
Modosch, Hungarian: Módós,
Variants: Deutsch Modosch,
Serbisch Modosch, Németmódós, Official:
Jasa Tomic, Yugoslavia - 60km SW of
Temeswar,
on river Temesch, at the
Romanian border. Location of a
prisoner camp for Germans held by
Partisans during WW II.
27 Mar
1906 THESS Filip
-Age: 46 From:
Modosch,
To: St
Louis, MO -Via: Fiu/NY Ship: Slavonia.
1: Michigan Place
Names: The History
of the Founding and
the Naming of More
Than Five Thousand
Past and Present
Michigan Communities
By Walter Romig;
Contributor Larry B.
Massie
Published by Wayne
State University
Press, 1986; 673
pages
ISBN 081431838X,
9780814318386
2:
Wrestling Museum
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Thesz wrestled his last match in Japan on 12/26/1990
at age 74!
Holmes,
Menominee County: this settlement around the
iron mine of Iron Cliffs Company was given a
post office on March 14, 1884, with Nels G.
Nickelson as its first postmaster, the office
operating until June 19, 1886 (Hatcher; PO
Archives)
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