Elizabeth, New
Jersey (NJ)
Archivist:
Mary Regan
Local Genealogical Research Aids
Elizabeth,
Union Co., &
New Jersey State Records
When did they
first arrive and if possible identify some of
the individuals and families and where they came
from. How large a concentration of them
settled there?
David Dryer's
extraction database contains 515 entries for
Banat emigrants heading to Elizabeth, NJ,
between 1902 and 1923. The heaviest
concentration of these emigrants arrived in 1906
(114 entries) and 1907 (131 entries). For the
other years, anywhere from 5 to 46 entries are
noted. Some entries signify a single traveler,
but many were traveling with other family
members. In many instances, the husband arrived
first and then in a year or two the wife
followed with the children. They came from
Warjasch (133), Perjamosch (132) and St. Peter
(36), with smaller numbers from Alexanderhausen, Apfeldorf, Billed, Bobda, Bogarosch, Engelsbrun,
Ernsthausen, Gr. Betschkerek, Gr. Kikinda,
Grabatz, Guttenbrun, Hatzfeld, Hodon, Ingrisch,
Jahrmarkt, Johannisfeld, Josefsdorf,
Kathereinfeld, Kl. Betschkerek, Kl. Sieel, Klek,
Knees, Koenoigshof, Lazarfeld, Lenauheim, Lowrin,
Lugosch, Mercydorf, Mollydorf, Moritzfeld,
Ostern, Pantschowa, Peszak, Rehasch, Schag,
Setschan, St. Anna, St. Georgeen, St. Hubert, St
Nikolaus, Stefansfeld, Temeswar, Triebswetter,
Tschakowa, Tschestereg, and Wiesenhaid. [All
village names and spellings above are as
recorded on the ship manifest extraction
website.]
This database is
an invaluable and highly recommended resource
for tracking Donauschwaben immigrants to
Elizabeth. Mr. Dreyer has extracted an amazing amount of
information from ship manifests from 1897 onward
concerning German Hungarians who gave a Banat
address as their origin, and he has made the
information available here. The list is
comprehensive for the years from 1903 through
1907 (excepting 1904) for New York arrivals, and
1892 through 1912 for Baltimore. The database
can be searched for surname, town of origin,
destination, and name of the ship.
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Deutsch-Ungarisher Familienkalenders
(German-Hungarian Family Kalenders)
Sorted by City within State (look for
Elizabeth, NJ) Peter
Schmidt and David Dreyer have created this
database from the Deutsche-Ungarische
Familien Kalendar, a cultural publication for
Donauschwaben immigrants in America that was
published by Josef Marx from 1932 to 1954. The
Kalendars included images of the subscription
lists, which contained, in addition to the names
and addresses of subscribers, their villages of
origin and the maiden names of married women.
The online database contains this information
and can be searched by U.S. or Canadian city, or
by surname.
The Kalendar shows 139 separate
family subscribers, 1932-54. Although most of
ElIzabeth’s German-Hungarian immigrants worked at
Singer’s, the group definitely included small
business entrepreneurs. Some of the Donauschwaben
tradesmen who advertised in the Kalendar during
these years are: M. Schneider aus Warjasch, B.R.,
barber; John Decker aus Hatzfeld, B.R., poultry
market; Henry Frank aus Temesvar, ready meats; John
Scheer aus Kistelep, barber; Peter Feiling aus Temes
Schag, bar and grill; P. Rennich aus Perjamosch,
uhrmacher; Nick Sauer aus Ozidorf, men’s and boys
clothing; Carl Gaitsch, lieter d. Fidel haus Kapelle;
Mich. Tussel aus Warjasch, dairy; John Wichner aus
Guttenbrun, feuerversicherungs – agent; Louis
Staubach, homemade bologna, meats & delicatessen;
Theo Hintz, photographer; and John & Mary Kreutzer’s
beauty parlor (Lovrin-Kistelep). [These village
names and spellings are as they appeared in the Kalendar.]
Note: this database is
not a complete listing of Kalendar subscribers.
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Researchers
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DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES >
2006-08
From: Bob
Davids <drrocks@yahoo.com>
Subject: Backhaus/Lambert in Varjas
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006
Dear Mr. Leeb,
Thank you for shedding light on the Lambert
line and your efforts for Backhaus. As
noted, Barbara Lambert and Adam Backhaus
married in Elizabeth, N.J. in the
period 1906. Adam, age 21, sailed on the
Pretoria with his brother Franz(18) for New
York, arriving 23 March, 1903. Their
manifest listed only Hungary as ethnicity,
no place of residence. The possible identity
for his origins in Varjas come from a later
sailing by his sisters, Ferencz(19) and
Barbara(15) Backhaus, on the Pannonia
arriving New York 28 Oct 1905 who listed
their "brother Adam in Elizabeth, N.J."
as a contact. Barbara Lambert(15), soon to
become Adam's wife, sailed on the Pretoria
with her sister Anna(14) and a sister-in-law? Marya(?)(24)
arriving 2 May, 1903. Their place of
residence was Varjas. Adam and Barbara
raised three children, Jacob, Helen, and
Anna Elizabeth, my mother. Barbara passed in
1930 before my birth and I never knew her,
only through my mother. Adam remarried Mary
Winkler later in life and he passed in 1961.
He was gifted musically, able to play a
number of instruments, and talked of having
been a member of a group that played in
various towns as a young man. Mother had
that gift--where it stopped.
Perhaps you
can offer some observations on the
following: why immigration from the
region was so popular towards the turn of
the century? Political, economic?
From what you describe for just one Backhaus
line there was a lot of movement of people
within the region so how reliable is the
designation of Varjas, for example, as a
place of origin? Was it more of a transport
hub in route to the ports? And are church
records available to trace our people there
or have they been destroyed? As usual, the
more one looks the more questions arise.
Thank you and all for your patience.
Bob Davids
(Publisher
Note:
Warjasch, Hungary
(German)
Várjás / Varjas,
Hungary (Hungarian)
Varias, Romania (Official)
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