Hungarian Names

 My Grandma's family were Hungarians from Romania. Great-Great Grandpa's name was Irme, Great-Grandpa was Lajos, and Great-Uncle Jim was Emery... Then I found where Uncle Jim baptized most of his kids with Hungarian version of their American names. I was fascinated by the names and looked them up. 

Irme (Hungarian)- Emeric/ Emery (Angelized)- James (Americanized) - Jim (Nickname)

Lajos (Hungarian) - Louis (Americanized)

Zsuzsanna (Hungarian) - Susanna (Americanized) 

Erzebet (Hungarian) - Elizabeth (Americanized) - Betty (Nickname)

Maria (Hungarian) - Mary (Americanized) 

Etelka (Hungarian) - Adela? Though I've seen Ethel listed

Andras (Hungarian) - Andrew (Americanized) - Andy (Nickname)

Jolanda (Hungarian) - Yolanda (Americanized)

Sandor (Hungarian) - Alexander (Americanized)

Poor Cousin John, he was the only one I couldn't find a baptism record for or a Hungarian version of his name that was used.

Map Hunt

I recently connected with a Batiz Cousin which sparked me into going thru my Batiz family research. I've been able to piece together quite a lot of info. Which is great considering my Great-Grandparents immigrated from the then Austro-Hungarian Empire in the early 1900's.

I had some help from a message board on Ancestry.com with translating my Great-Grandparents birth Abstracts (a form of a birth certificate like document) Luckily the person was able to tell me the village names that changed over the years. They also told me the modern day name that I could find on the map.

Great- Grandpa Lajos was from Nagy-Paczal, Szilagy County, Romania. Interestingly enough the family was Hungarian and spoke Hungarian but lived in what is now Romania. Nagy-Paczal, later called Erszollos, was in one of the out-lying areas of Transylvania. Erszollos under went another name change when it melded with Kis-Paczal to become Erkiszollos or Patalusu in Romanian. Now a days it's known as Viisoara, Romania.

I'm able to find Viisoara easy enough on the modern day maps but I wondered about the older maps and counties. I started looking around on the internet to see if I could find old maps for that area.

I found a few interesting things. I looked up old maps for Szilagy County. I found an old map that actually had Nagy Paczal listed on it. It was close to the Bihar County line which was kewl since Great-Grandma was born in Bihar County. They were neighbors of sorts.

Nagy-Paczal (in the Pink area) is NorthEast of Margita (listed in Bihar County). Look next to the I in Bihar. The river just above Margita run right into Nagy-Paczal. Kis-Paczal is just below Nagy-Paczal.

Szilagy County became Salaj County. And the county lines changed. Viisoara is not in Salaj County any more. It's in Bihar County.

Also on the baptism records for the Grey Stone Presbyterian Church in Leechburg, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, I found the birth places for the parents listed. No surprise that Great-Uncle Jim was from Erszollos. It was his wife's place of birth that stumped me. It was hard to make out some of the letters... I thought it was Csomakor or Esomakos in the county Szatm. None of that was correct. Just tonight I played with letters that were similar in looks when written in cursive. I came up with Csomakoz, which is also known as Ciumesti in the county of Szatmar. No wonder I couldn't find anything for the longest time. Interestly Szatmar became Satu Mare County. It wasn't too far from Bihar or Szilagy Counties.

Adele Manier

 Adele/Adelaide Manier

Adele Manier was born November 1, 1846 in Arcola, Allen County, Indiana to Hyppolite Manier and Margarite Poirson.

She married Joseph J. Perrey in September of 1865 in Allen County, Indiana. The marriage license was obtained August 21, 1865. Joseph was born about 1840.

Adele died April 14, 1905. Joseph died in 1890.

Children:

• Francis J. Perrey                            1866 - 1940
• Edward Frank Perrey                    1868 - 1934
• Emma Perrey                                 1871 - 
• Flora Perrey                                   1873 -
• Joseph Perrey                                1876 - 
• Julian John Perrey                         1878 - 1971
• Hippolyte Anthony Perrey            1881 - 1958
• Felix E. Perrey                              1885 - 1947
• Clementine A. Perrey                    1887 -

Ace Manire

I don't know the Manire connection with this person. I came across a marriage license for Ace Manire on Ancestry.com.

Ace Manire was born about 1916 in Renton, King County, Washington. She married Leon Zell Rice at 2pm on November 1, 1955 in Seattle, King County, Washington. They were married by the Justice of the Peace. Their 2 witnesses were Thomas Kakara and Dan Callahan.

Leon Zell Rice was born about 1914 in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. He had been living in Los Angeles, California at the time of the marriage.

Marriage License on Ancestry.com

Manires that start with A

 So once there was a Manire whose names started with... an "A". Here is my list from my Manire Family Database. Those who are living I've left as just initials. I won't show dates or info on someone until they are no longer with us among the living.

I will add some of the Maniers I've come across in my research also. The family name has been seen in many variations ...  McNear, Manear, Manier, Maniere, and Manierre. 

"A" Manires:

A. D. Manire

A. O. Manire

Abraham Manier                             1861 - 1868

Ace Manire  (No family ties)          1916 - ?

Adele Manier                                  1846 - 1905

Addie Lenora Manire                     1848 - ?

Adner E. "Addie" Manire               1861 - ?

A. C. Manire

A. R. Manire

A. M. Manire

Alabama Manier                             1841-1926

Alan Craig Manire                          1952 - 2006  (My Uncle)

Albert Leon "Leaky" Manire          1923 - 1977

A. C. Manire

Alice Mayble Manire                      1876 - 1972

Alice Ruby Manire                          1900 - 1900

Allan Manier                                   1928 -

A. L. Manire

Allen Manier                                   1805 - 1878

Allen Holmes Manier                      1839 - 1922

Allie Mai Manire                             1891 - 1986

Alma Ruth Manire                           1914 - 2007

Alta Louise Manire                          1930 - 2005

Alvin Cozell Manire                        1923 - 2005  (My Grandpa)

Alvin Stephen Manire                      1883 - 1949   Sometimes seen as Stephen A. Manire

Amanda Manire                                1873 - ?

A. J. Manire

Amanda Lou Manier                        1916 - 1999

A. P. Manire

Amandy C. Manire                          1841 - ?

Amasa Webb Manire                        1839 - 1915

Amasa Webb Manire Jr.                  1867 - 1867   ? Supposed child & dates

A. N. Manire

Amon Hale Manier                          1897 - 1977

A. L. Manire

A. N. Manire

Andre Dominique Manire                1990 - 2006

Andrew Emanuel Manire                 1965 - 1992

Andy Manire

Ann Manire                                      possibly born sometime around 1712-1713

Ann Manire                                      1827 - 1910

A. M. Manire

A. B. Manire

Anna Lahoma Manire                      1914 - 1983

Anna Murray Manire                       1909 - 1967

A. D. Manire

Annie (Ammie) Manire                   1873 - 1924

Annie Manire                                   1877 - ?

Annie B/E Manire                              1860 - 1885

Annie Chloe Manire                        1886 - ?

Annie Gertrude Manire                   1898 - 1996

Annie Lee Manire                           1876 - 1879

Arthur Cornelious "Neal" Manire   1870 - 1949  (My Great-Great Grandpa)

Arthur D. Manire                             1878 - 1955

Athlyn Inga Manire                         1911 - 1990

Augusta Marie Manire                    1917 - 2010

Austin Eugene "Doc" Manire          1924 - 2019

Ave V. Manier                                  1927 - 2012

Averil Rosalie Manire                      1922 - 2013

A. D. Manire

The Family Detective

 I like to think of myself as a Family Detective besides being a genealogist. In trying to piece together my Family history I've found I wear many hats...  that of Researcher, Detective, Writer, Mathematician, Analyzer and Historian. I've been researching my family since I was about 16 years old. I'm now in my 40's and have sooo much info that I have trouble organizing it.

My goal started out trying to find out about my Grandpa Manire's family. One of the few times my Sister and I got to talk to him without Grandma nearby, he gave us a starting list of names. He couldn't remember much. He remembered his Grandmas name was Florrie Dozier and that she married a Cavitt. He just barely remembered he had a younger sister named Peggy Marie Manire who was born sometime between his sister Mada and youngest brother Hoople. He remembered the family name Hodges who had a farm. He really couldn't go back too far.

I know I looked for Florrie for years. I tried many different versions of her name. I eventually found her. It's no wonder I couldn't find her... her name was actually Mary Florrie Dozier. She married Richard Andrew Cavitt. 

It took me many more years to find Peggy Marie Manire. I found her birth and death certificates on familysearch.org. She wasn't indexed correctly. She was born in 1930 but only lived for about 21 days. The hole we normally have in our heart in the womb usually closes when we are born. Sometimes it doesn't close. This is what happened in her case. Also add the Flu to that and you have one very sick baby.

I came across the Hodges family connection through a posting by 'Wrazzy" on an Ancestry.com message board. She had my family line all except for my Grandpa. I wrote to her and helped her add him and my line to her research. She was able to help me with the family of Benjamin Franklin Hodges. He was my Great-Grandpa however many generations back. His daughter Willie Mae Hodges married Arthur Cornelius Manire. Arthur was my Grandpa's grandpa.

My goal has changed a bit now... I want to try to connect all the Manire families. I've done a pretty good job so far. Sadly alot of the people who remember the family history are fading away to age and health. Every year we tend to loose a link to the history. We are left trying to piece together what we can from the documents and pictures that have already been preserved.

I really started getting into the Manire family research when I came across Bill Manire and his wife. He shared his research they had done that went back to the early 1700's in Virginia. I have since then added to it and expanded it a bit. He mainly only had his direct line. His family descended from the brother to my ancestor.

I like puzzles and this family is like a big puzzle. I'm currently working on many different family names ... Manire, Dozier, Cavitt, Hodges, Zickafoose, Boling, Renz, Murchison, Waters, Hildebrand, and Batiz to name a few.