I am chasing down a "History Mystery" of sorts. I need to research whether or not there was a conne
I have a rough skeleton back to Mihaly Goday (LB32-SD&) b around 1780-1800 m. 1817 to Anna Pundor (LB3K-RYM) b. probably the same range. I am researching for my brother-in-law. His last Aunt from that line recently passed and he inherited her papers. So he has begun his tree and is still sorting papers.
His mother and aunts have maintained that right after Charlotte de Cordey killed Marat and was executed, her cousins fled to Slovakia/Hungary. He is not sure whether they were claiming that there was a relationship between the families prior to this or if the families joined in some way after arriving in Hungary/Slovakia.
My b-i-l was gifted with an item that the family referred to as "The Napoleon Pipe" a few years ago by his aunt. My sister took it to a home show that had an antique specialist. The specialist said that the pipe is from france at the time period that is relevant. She told my sister that if they could establish a link between the two families, that the value would increase. They just want to find out if the story is true or not.
So far, most of my research indicates that some of the De Corday family remained in Normandie and some of them sought asylum in Spain. I can find not written material that anyone fled to Hungary. And given that the persons who may or may not have fled would have tried to remain unnoticed, there may be no proof. As one who loves the hunt, I would like to see if there is anything out there to prove or disprove the theory.
I have been attaching appropriate records form the Slovakian Church Records on FS. My b-i-l is still psorting papers. Can you offer any other tips for my quest?
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Deb, I wrote you a big long answer yesterday, but shortly before I was done, the system went belly up and I lost everything. I will try to reconstruct as best I can what I wanted to say.
This is an interesting story. I think to begin with, you have to explain why anyone would go from France to Slovakia/Hungary. Yes, they might have left France, but why to Hungary? Was there any sort of general migration to there at that time? You should look through the parish registries to see if anyone with the Corday name or from France shows up. You could also identify the alleged migrating relatives in France and trace them in the parish/civil records. If you follow them in France to their deaths, then problem solved.
You also have a problem with the name. I think you are trying to say that Corday turned into Goda in Hungarian/Slovak, aren't you? The problem with that theory is that Goda is a good Hungarian name. See this site:
https://surnames.behindthename.com/submit/names/usage/hungarian
I wanted to find a names distribution map for Hungary, but did not find one. I am sure it would appear reasonably often.
I also find no evidence in the internet search (Of course, there would be many printed sources that would detail the alleged migration) of any such migration of Corday's family members. It seems that SOMETHING would have come up.
It seems that you have a good story, but little to back it up. Of course, this is not conclusive, but you should remain skeptical until you can find evidence to support the story.
I hope that helps.
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I have noticed that the Cordays who left France went to Spain. So, why would they have gone to Slovakia/Hungary. I will keep looking at reords and will also wait to see what my brother-in-law turns up in the family papers that his aunt had. I agree that even if this is true in will probably be impossible to prove on paper.
Thanks for your help.
Deb
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DebDis,
I am unable to find locality Komenan or Komenany in Slovakia and Hungary. I found your ancestor in Family Tree and it appears that the children were born in Komarno. Did you mean to say Komarno instead of Komenan? To verify the family story you would have to start with some research in Komarno records and see if there are any notes about the family coming from France. I would assume that the death records of the couple would have that information.
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Yes, I did mean Komarno. I have added what information I was given by my sister into FamilySearch tree. I had a chance to go to my local Genealogical Library an search using their version of Ancestry. I was able to find Godays in both France and Spain. Perhaps the family was related as cousins prior to the late 18th century. You are correct familyties, I will need to do more research starting by focusing on the Komarno records. Thanks for your help.
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