> Today I received information taken from the 1900 death certificate of my > gr/grandfather Leopold Silhavy in Sabinov, Slovak Republic.... previous > information from his children's birth records indicated he was born in > Pohor, Bohemia. > He was born in 1853. > > This record is written in Hungarian. > Parents of Leopold are listed as > father: Josef Silhavy > mother : Domina Anna Nagyova-Szkalova > > questions- > > I know why the -ova is added to her surname, but why is it hypenated? > Are those both her parents names (ie. Nagy is her father and Szkal is > her mother??) or was she married twice? > > Domina is not listed in my Hungarian names book as a girls name.. I have > only previously seen Domina listed as a latin term referring to a female > doctor... > So is Domina a female name or is she Anna and Domina some kind of title? > > Any ideas appreciated. > > Maura