Hello everyone The following 2 headstone inscriptions were found in the Glamorgan Cemetery at Pearless Coal Co. Does anyone know the language and/or the people? I HNYUYSA LAHVISSKA MAREGITKA SZULETE P TT 1909 OKTOBER HO 9 MEGHALT 1911 MABBZIUS HO 29 ELTIEVET SSU? BEKE AHANVARIA IT HYUGSZIK ISTENBEN BODOGUT SZUIE TET 1900 FEBRUARY 27 NEHAIT 1913 OCTOBER 17EN EIT 13 EVET 9 HONAPES 10 NAPOT BEKE PORAIRA Vic

This is Hungarian. "Napot" roughly translates into birthday. The phrase szuletesnapot means Happy Birthday in Hungarian. Beke, as far as I can tell is probably refering to the wedding date as egybekel means to wed. Most other phrases containing this word refer to getting something, winning something, or a union. Or, on a gloomier note, beken means to embalm. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Vickie327@aol.com> To: <VAWISE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 8:45 PM Subject: [VAWISE] can anyone translate > Hello everyone > > The following 2 headstone inscriptions were found in the Glamorgan Cemetery > at Pearless Coal Co. > Does anyone know the language and/or the people? > > I HNYUYSA LAHVISSKA MAREGITKA SZULETE P TT 1909 > OKTOBER HO 9 MEGHALT 1911 MABBZIUS HO 29 ELTIEVET SSU? BEKE > AHANVARIA > > IT HYUGSZIK ISTENBEN BODOGUT SZUIE TET 1900 FEBRUARY 27 > NEHAIT 1913 OCTOBER 17EN EIT 13 EVET 9 HONAPES 10 NAPOT BEKE PORAIRA > > Vic > >

I found one free Hungarian translator (Dictionary) on the Internet at http://dict.sztaki.hu/english-hungarian I found a few words that relate to your headstones: itt nyugzik = here lies szuletett = born meghal = to die; meghalt = she had died evet = (years) honapes = (months napot = (days) beke poraira = peace to her ashes (from a different source) My best guess for the first part of the first inscription: Here lies Lahvisska (name) Maregitka (name) Born the 9th day of October 1909 Died 29th day of ? (could it be August ?) 1911 ..... Best guess for second: Here lies Istenben (English equivalent: Stephen ?) Bodogut (surname) Born 27 February 1900 (Died) 17 October 1913 .. ... 13 years 9 months 10 days Peace to her ashes Hope so of this helps, Pam Kerschner ----- Original Message ----- From: <Vickie327@aol.com> To: <VAWISE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 8:45 PM Subject: [VAWISE] can anyone translate > Hello everyone > > The following 2 headstone inscriptions were found in the Glamorgan Cemetery > at Pearless Coal Co. > Does anyone know the language and/or the people? > > I HNYUYSA LAHVISSKA MAREGITKA SZULETE P TT 1909 > OKTOBER HO 9 MEGHALT 1911 MABBZIUS HO 29 ELTIEVET SSU? BEKE > AHANVARIA > > IT HYUGSZIK ISTENBEN BODOGUT SZUIE TET 1900 FEBRUARY 27 > NEHAIT 1913 OCTOBER 17EN EIT 13 EVET 9 HONAPES 10 NAPOT BEKE PORAIRA > > Vic >