Joe, is the name of Nemeth a common one in Hungary? My husband's nagymama came to America before WW I and worked for a banker named John Nemeth and his family to get funds to bring her family to US. He was president of the Nemeth Bank in Manhattan in 1918. Does any of this ring a bell to you? Bette ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph M. Nemeth" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 1:17 PM Subject: Re: [HUNGARY] REMAK SURNAME Marika and Lou, According to Ivan Nagy the Remekházy family owned properties in Gurahoncz (county Arad). Their original name was "Remold" that was changed to Remelházy (meaning: from Remek house) with the grant from the King of a Hungarian citizenship and the rank of Baron in 1821 and was given properties in Gurahoncz. Also were given the right to the prename of "gurahonczi" (meaning: "of Gurahoncz". The letter "i" at the end of a name usually means from or of. But then the nobles usually changed to "y" to distinguish it from the common peoples names. Joseph M. Nemeth Hungarian, German, Spanish, English Coat of Arms at: http://www.nemeth-heraldic-art.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of LOUIS M. BARSI Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 12:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [HUNGARY] REMAK SURNAME Thank you, Marika, for the variant spellings. Lou On 9/29/08, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > > In a message dated 9/28/2008 8:47:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Good Evening, Listers. > > Does anyone know if there is/was a particular part of Hungary in which the > REMAK surname was prevalent? And whether or not is was a common surname or > was unusual? > > Thank you. > Lou Barsi > > > > Lou, > Joe Jarfas's Remak findings would be important to you. Have you ever > seen it > spelled Remek? > > I did a cursory look into my alpha Hungarian surnames lists and didn't find > any Remak. > However, one of my sources listed a Remekházy who died in 1917 and had the > Barok(k) status (Baroque).There wasn't a given name, nor notations as to > how > prevalent the surname is. > The suffix "hazy" is curious. A hazi spelling is "household". Why change > the > "i" to "y"? Anyone know? > You may be interested - when I Googled Remek, Hungary I came up with this > site which also includes Remok. It's long, but an interesting read. It > mentions > how Hungarian names were changed to Slav spellings through assimilation. > Maybe some were done prior to 1920 - (Trianon). > > If you are interested in researching the Remek spelling there are more > related web sites - Google,,,,,, Remek,Hungary. > > > Marika > > The Occurrence of Hungarian (Magyar) Surnames > in the Stropkov [Sztropkó] Area of Upper Zemplén County > In Slovakia since 1920 > by Miles Lambert > > These sources yielded the list of nearly 180 Hungarian surnames > that appears > at the end of this commentary, ...... Remek Romok, Romak, Rumak SN [Remik] > ... > _www.hungarianhistory.com/lib/lambert/lambert.doc_ > (http://www.hungarianhistory.com/lib/lambert/lambert.doc) > > > > > > > **************Looking for simple solutions to your real-life financial > challenges? Check out WalletPop for the latest news and information, tips > and > calculators. (http://www.walletpop.com/?NCID=emlcntuswall00000001) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message