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Kisberezna, Hungary
Now called Malyy Berëznyy and is part of Ukraine.
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Name Search The name Szvetlovics was not found. Names that sound similar to Szvetlovics:
CHVÁTAL Czech
http://surnames.behindthename.com/names/search.php?terms=szvetlovics&x=0&y=0&type=
Nothing even close on this website, either using Svetlovics or Chvatal.
http://www.hungaryexchange.com/surname/mindex.html
On this particular website there were some names which came close:
http://www.radixindex.com/en/surnames/alphabetical_index/sv
the one below, for example.
http://www.radixindex.com/en/surnames/surname/svelecz
but none spelled close to the same.
I could not find Svelovics here:
http://www.slovakinstitute.com/SLRP%20Web/SLRP%20Database%20S.htm
This website below is a resource for further study.
http://www.pitt.edu/~votruba/qsonhist/lastnamesslovakiahungary.html
No matter how many websites I have checked, so far I have found the same information regarding the Svetlovics name; none.
In the citizenship application in 1918, of Isfan Svetlovics, Dakota's Great Great Grandfather stated he arrived in in the US in 1907. So I believe the above is the passenger ship and the name of the place where Isfan lived prior to his arrival in the United States.
New York, Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island)
Istvan Szvetlovics
Given Name: Istvan
Surname: Szvetlovics
Last Place of Residence: Kisberezna, Hungary
Event Date: 22 Feb 1907
Age: 25y
Nationality: Hungary, Slovak
Departure Port: Bremen
Arrival Port: New York
Gender: Male
Marital Status: S
Ship Name: Fredrich der Grosse
Citing this Record
"New York, Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JXXZ-DMK : accessed 11 February 2015), Istvan Szvetlovics, 22 Feb 1907; citing departure port Bremen, arrival port New York, ship name Fredrich der Grosse, NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Perhaps Janos Svetlovics, below, who is from Kisbereza as well, is the father of Dakota's GGGrandfather. You can become a father at 19. Perhaps he is a cousin or uncle.
Janos Szvetlovics
New York, Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island)
Given Name: Janos
Surname: Szvetlovics
Last Place of Residence: Kisberezna, Hungary
Event Date: 30 Jul 1909
Age: 44y
Nationality: Hungary, Slovak
Departure Port: Fiume
Arrival Port: New York
Gender: Male
Marital Status: M
Ship Name: Ultonia
Citing this Record
"New York, Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JX1Q-86P : accessed 11 February 2015), Janos Szvetlovics, 30 Jul 1909; citing departure port Fiume, arrival port New York, ship name Ultonia, NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
I am citing the names below just to show that there were Szvetlovics in Slovakia in 1775 and 1825. So it is a family name.
Josephus Szvetlovics
Slovakia, Church and Synagogue Books
Name: Josephus Szvetlovics
Event Type: Baptism
Event Date: 29 Apr 1825
Event Place: Vráble, Vráble, Slovakia
Gender: Male
Mother's Name: Anna Szvetlovics
Reference ID: 128 , Digital Folder Number: 005219635 , Image Number: 00254
Citing this Record
"Slovakia, Church and Synagogue Books, 1592-1910", index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVN4-GKTV : accessed 11 February 2015), Josephus Szvetlovics, 1825.
Elisabetha Szvetlovics
Slovakia, Church and Synagogue Books
Name: Elisabetha Szvetlovics
Event Type: Baptism
Event Date: 1775
Event Place: Nový Život, Dunajská Streda, Slovakia
Gender: Female
Father's Name: Joanis Szvetlovics
Mother's Name: Cathar Farkas
Reference ID: 10 , Affiliate Name: Lifewood , GS Film Number: 1783181 , Digital Folder Number: 004528951 ,Image Number: 00431
Citing this Record
"Slovakia, Church and Synagogue Books, 1592-1910", index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V1JK-P7M : accessed 12 February 2015), Elisabetha Szvetlovics, 1775.
And then there is Gyorgy Szvetlovics who came even earlier than Istvan. And since there are so few Szvetlovics, how could they not somehow be related?
Gyorgy Szvetlovics
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Passenger List Index Cards
Name: Gyorgy Szvetlovics
Event Type: Immigration
Event Date: 1890
Event Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 34
Birthplace: Hungary
Ship Name: Switzerland
Birth Year (Estimated): 1856
Affiliate Publication Title: Index (Soundex) Cards, Ship Arrivals at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Jan. 1, 1883-June28, 1948 , Affiliate Publication Number: T526 , Affiliate Film Number: 47 , GS Film number: 001380303 , Digital Folder Number: 004759426 , Image Number: 15215
Citing this Record
"Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Passenger List Index Cards, 1883-1948," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KFD5-4ZV : accessed 11 February 2015), Gyorgy Szvetlovics, 1890; citing Immigration, NARA microfilm publication T526 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,380,303.
In 1930, Dakota's GGGrandfather lived in Scranton with his children and has become Stephen, not Isfan.
Stephen Svetlovics
United States Census, 1930
Name: Stephen Svetlovics
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1930
Event Place: Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 49
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1881
Birthplace: Czechoslovakia
Immigration Year: 1907
Father's Birthplace: Czechoslovakia
Mother's Birthplace:Czechoslovakia
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Stephen Svetlovics Head M 49 Czechoslovakia
Anna Svetlovics Wife F 45 Czechoslovakia
John Svetlovics Son M 21 Pennsylvania
Stephen Svetlovics Son M 17 Pennsylvania
Joseph Svetlovics Son M 15 Pennsylvania
George Svetlovics Son M 13 Pennsylvania
Sussie Svetlovics Daughter F 9 Pennsylvania
Andrew Svetlovics Son M 7 Pennsylvania
Martin Svetlovics Son M 5 Pennsylvania
District: 0069 , Sheet Number and Letter: 6A , Household ID: 85 , Line Number: 29 ,Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , Affiliate Publication Number: T626 , Affiliate Film Number: 2052 , GS Film number: 2341786 ,Digital Folder Number: 004639383 , Image Number: 00874
Note that Dakota's Great Grandfather, Joseph Svetlovics is 15 years old in 1930.
In 1938, when Dakota's G Grandfather is 24, he marries his GGrandmother, Mary Jason..
Name: Joseph Svetlovics
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 24 Nov 1938
Event Place: Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States
Age: 24
Birth Year (Estimated): 1914
Father's Name: Steve
Mother's Name: Anna Billitz
Spouse's Name: Mary Jason
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1914
Spouse's Father's Name: John
Spouse's Mother's Name: Mary Echan
Reference ID: p110 , GS Film Number: 2313427 , Digital Folder Number: 004480794 , Image Number: 00617
Citing this Record
"Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VF76-Z44 : accessed 11 February 2015), Joseph Svetlovics and Mary Jason, 24 Nov 1938; citing Marriage, Pennsylvania, county courthouses, Pennsylvania; FHL microfilm 2,313,427.
Istvan, Dakota's GGGrandfather in now Steve in the 1940 U S Census.
United States Census, 1940
Name: Steve Svetlovics
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Ward 17, Scranton, Scranton City, Lackawanna, PA
Gender: Male
Age: 59
Marital Status: Married
Race (Original):White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original):Head
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: Austria
Birth Year (Estimated): 1881
Last Place of Residence: Same House
Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KQ6G-7M9 : accessed 11 February 2015), Steve Svetlovics, Ward 17, Scranton, Scranton City, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 71-102, sheet 2B, family 42, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 3685.
Anna Svetlovics
United States Census, 1940
Name: Anna Svetlovics
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Ward 17, Scranton, Scranton City, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United StatesGender: Female
Age: 55
Marital Status: Married
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original) :Wife
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Birthplace: Austria
Birth Year (Estimated): 1885
Last Place of Residence: Same House
District: 71-102 , Family Number: 42 , Sheet Number and Letter: 2B , Line Number: 70 , Affiliate Publication Number: T627 , Affiliate Film Number: 3685 , Digital Folder Number: 005456825 , Image Number: 00322
Dakota's Great Grandfather
Joseph Svetlovics
United States Social Security Death Index
Given Name: Joseph
Surname: Svetlovics
Birth Date: 14 October 1914
Social Security Number: XXX-XX-6538
State: Pennsylvania
Event Date: February 1978
Age: 64
Dakota's Great Grandparents
Mary Jason Svetlovics
Name: Mary Svetlovics
Event Type: Burial
Event Date: 1985
Event Place: Throop, Lackawanna, PA USA
Birth Date: 1913
Death Date: 1985
Joseph Svetlovics
Name:Joseph Svetlovics
Event Type:Burial
Event Date:1978
Event Place:Throop, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Birth Date:1914
Death Date:1978
Affiliate Record Identifier:96229999
Cemetery:Holy Family Cemetery
I have discovered a few bits of new information; the maiden name of Dakota's Great Great Grandmother, Anna Billitz, as validated by the name of the groom's mother on the marriage certificate of Dakota's Great Grandfather, Joseph Svetlovics.
I have three areas to research regarding the origin of the name; Slovakia, Hungary, and Austria. Each of those places was designated as the birth place of both Isfan and Anna. I do not know the history of the region well, but migration, for whatever reason, from one area of that section of Middle Europe happened frequently.
When I queried on the internet for kisberezna, hungary ( his place of origin or birth according to Isfan/ Istvan's immigration records) I was led to this page.
Map of Austria-Hungary http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/austhung.htm
http://www.brainworker.ch/Oesterreich/Austria-hungary.png
where 12 different languages were spoken.
Kisberenzna is now part of Ukraine.
Showing places between 10 and 23 miles of Kisberezna
Vorochevo, Ukraine is 10 miles away
Hamre, Slovakia (Slovak Republic) is 12 miles away
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Nova Sedlica, Slovakia (Slovak Republic) is 13 miles away
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Hungarian Catholic Encyclopedia > R > Kisberezna
Kisberezna v. Ung vm. (Malij Bereznij, Ukraine): 1st . Basilian monastery in 1742: the Homonnai Drugeth family founded by a grant from the Munkács- Csernekhegy mon came from gk Basilian author-s. 1842: It was five contracts to. 1944: Soviet föloszlatták became tp from the gym. 1990 u. was returned to the system. - 2nd gk parish v. Munkács church. Bereznai great esp. ker-in. 1771 u. Tp at St. Peter and Paul, per officer sacred, the present one in 1842. Built. Registrar 1842. 1880 Native speaker of Ruthenian. - Residents of 1940 : 52 rk, gk 890 3 14 107 Jewish, ref total, g.kel....HFL 1066. - **
Schenk. Univ. 1842: 619th (1066: St. Nicholas was a t-a) - Basilian . Budapest, 1993. 22nd
http://lexikon.katolikus.hu/K/Kisberezna.html
The above was translated on the site.
Kisberezna is now called Malyy Berëznyy.
Malyy Berëznyy was part of the Kingdom of Hungary (11th century - 1920 and 1938-1944) with the name of Kisberezna in Ungmegye (county), next part of Czechoslovakia (1920-1938) with the name of Malá Berezná in Podkarpatská Rus (Sub-Carpathia), then part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1945-1991) with the name of Maly Beresny and, since 1991, known as Malyy Berëznyy, in the Velykobereznianskiy rayon (district) of Zakarpats'ka oblast (county) of Ukraine.
Other spellings/names for Malyy Berëznyy are Male Berezne, Malij Bereznij and Malyy Bereznyy.
Malyy Berëznyy is located about 25 mi. NNE of Uzhhorod (Ungvár).
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Malyy_Bereznyy/
Name Search The name Billetz was not found. Names that sound similar to Billetz:
BELTZ German
http://surnames.behindthename.com/names/search.php?terms=billetz&x=23&y=11&type=
And here I go again;0)
Below are pics of Kisberenza today
http://www.meteo-europ.com/en/ua/zakarpats-ka-oblast/kisberezna-pictures.html
http://www.meteo-europ.com/en/ua/zakarpats-ka-oblast/kisberezna-pictures.html