Generation Two: Vansacz-Kotanszki

children of DENES VANSACZ and PARASZKA KOTANSZKI

(1)Janos Vansacz

b. 6/1869 Bekescsaba, Hungary

d. before 1874

(2) Mary [Maria] Vanszacs

b. 10/1870 Bekescsaba, Hungary

d. 9/19/1960  Cleveland, OH

married abt. 1901 to John Kmetz (b. 1870)
children: John Metz, Elizabeth {Hrach}, Mary {Mitchell}, Edith {Smet}, Albert
lived in Young, PA (1920)

Mary (Vanszacs) Kmetz's maiden name was listed as "Rusinko" at her death, and her niece Helen wrote that Elizabeth (Vanszacs) Czimbal and her sister "married at the same time:" Nov. 14, 1892, in Bekescsaba. Josef Czimbal, her brother-in-law, stayed with a Janos Ruszinko upon first arriving in America in 1902. It seems likely that Mary may have been married to a Rusinko in Bekescsaba before marrying John Kmetz around 1901.

Mary's obituary:

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<><> <><> <><> Id#: 0580279 Name: Kmetz, Mary Date: Sep 21 1960 Source: Plain Dealer; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #124. Notes: Kmetz, Mary (nee Rusinko), 13314 Cranwood Dr., beloved wife of the late John; mother of John Metz of Detroit, Elizabeth Hrach, Mary Mitchell Edith Smet and the late Albert, grandmother and great-grandmother; sister of the late Elizabeth Czimbal. The family will receive friends at the Louis Ferfolia Funeral Home, 9116 Union Ave. at E. 93rd St. Funeral Thursday, at 8:45 a. m. Services St. Timothy's Church, at 9:30 a. m.

(3) ELIZABETH [ERZSÉBET] M. VANSACZ
b. 9/20/1872 Bekescsaba, Hungary

d. 6/25/1954  Cleveland, OH

married 11/14/1892 to JOSEF J. CZIMBAL in Bekescsaba
children: Margaret {Kiss}, Elizabeth {Szotyk}, Joseph Jr.,
Edith {Knezinek}, Andrew, HELEN E. CZIMBAL {SPRING},
John, Michael

Elizabeth M. Vansacz was baptized in Bekescsaba on October 5, 1872, two weeks after she was born (as was the custom). Her granddaughter remembers that she worked in some capacity with chickens before leaving Hungary. According to her daughter, Helen, she emigrated with her four children aged 12, 10, 8 and 2 (Margaret "Mary," Elizabeth "Lizzie," Joseph, and Edith) in November, 1907, and "was in the ship sick bay the whole trip and didn't see the children until they arrived at Ellis Island, New York."

Elizabeth's obituary: 

Id#: 0468329
Name: Czimbal, Elizabeth
Date: Jun 26 1954
Source: Cleveland Press;  Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #102.
Notes: Czimbal, Elizabeth (nee Vanszacs), residence, 4803 Storer Ave. Beloved wife of Joseph St. (deceased), dear mother of Margaret Kiss, Elizabeth Szotyk, Joseph, Andrew, Helen Spring, John and the deceased Michael and Edith, Sister of Mary Kmetz. Passed away June 24. Friends may call at the Jindra-Holan Funeral Home, 3324 Fulton Rd. (corner Sackett) where services will be held Monday, June 28 at 9 a. m.

(4) Janos Vanzacz

b. 8/1874 Bekescsaba, Hungary

(5) Judit Vansacz

b. 6/1876 Bekescsaba, Hungary

Note about the Vansacz surname: the baptism records I found (indexed) for the five children listed above spell it as "Vansacz;" other records have it as "Vanszacs." In the former case, it would be pronounced [Vanshatch], in the latter, [Vansatch]. I have used the various spellings interchangeably.