Couple: Michael Porupszky (or Porubszky) & Maria Petricz (or Petrik)

DM582

These are great-great grandparents. I have been able to piece together most of their children from what the daughter of Sidonia (or Sydonia) Porubszky. Sidonia came to America and lived in New York.

I've located most of the baptism records of her siblings -- Slovakia, Church and Synagogue Books, 1592-1910.

Family is as follows:

Parents: Michael Porupszky (or Porubszky) & Maria Petricz (or Petrik)

Children: Cyrillus Pozubszky bap: 1878; Sydonia (Sidonia) Porubsky b: 1881; Paulina Porubsky bap: 1883; Augustinus (Gustav) Porubsky (bap: 1886; Catharina Porubsky (came to America, became a Nun) b: 1891; Rosa Porubszky bap: 1893; and Casparus Porubszky bap: 1896.

All I've been able to find is the baptism records. Sidona and Catharina came to America and died in US. The rest of the family never came to US. I am trying to locate any more information on the siblings: Cyrillus, Paulina, Augustinus, Rosa, and Casparus. Pretty sure they stayed in Veľké Kostoľany, Piešťany, Slovakia.

Any help would be much appreciated! This is the first break in finding ANY of this family.

DeeDee

Julia Szent-Györgyi

Found an earlier child; the P was indexed as a B:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS5Q-1QL

1877

December

116. Born 4, baptised 5.

Catharina, female, legitimate

Parents: Michael Porubszky, Maria Petrics, farmer, RC

Residence: Zákosztolán number 25

Godparents: Stephanus Michaltsik, Catharina Szpál, farmer, NKosztolán

Zákosztolán was a tiny village in Nyitra county, right on the county border; it was later known as Kiskosztolán, and is now absorbed into Nagykosztolán = Veľké Kostoľany.

The baptisms of Catharina (1891), Rosa (1893), and Casparus (1896) indicate that Maria Petrik was from Bohunicz. Looking at the map, this has to be the Bohunicz that was in Pozsony county; it was disambiguated (Hungarianized) as Apátszentmihály in the late 1890s, and is now merged with a neighboring village to make Jaslovské Bohunice in Trnava, Slovakia. (Chiefly known now for a nuclear power plant, right around halfway between it and Veľké Kostoľany.) It supposedly had a Roman Catholic church locally, but if FamilySearch has its records, I have no idea where/how they've been cataloged. This is unfortunate, because the couple appears to have followed the usual practice of getting married in the bride's hometown: I've looked through the marriages in Nagy-Kosztolány backwards and forwards between about 1870 and 1878 and did not find them. (There's a Michael Porubszky in 1874, but it's the wrong bride and wrong places: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939F-1MQX-V?i=97)

Julia Szent-Györgyi

I think this is the right place/church: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1436046

(I wasn't finding it because the catalog is missing the Hungarian jurisdictions that I was looking under [because I don't know the Slovakian jurisdictions].)

Unfortunately, still no Porubszky-Petrik marriage. I looked backwards and forwards between about 1865 and 1880. I'm fresh out of suggestions.

DM582

Hello Julia Szent-Gyorgyi:

I had forgotten that I had posted this in the community area. I had only used it the one time. I noticed on the blog of FamilySearch that they had updated the Help section and was looking at the new communities section and found your reply. I am so very grateful for your help and time! Thank you so very much.

I hope you receive a blessing with your own family history in compensation.

Gratefully,

DeeDee

DM582

I am not even sure that there are not two different Michael Porubszky and Maria Petricz couples???

The span of the children (8) is like 20 years:

Catharina 1877, Cyrillus 1878, Sydonia 1881, Paulina 1883, Augustinus (Gustav) 1886, Catharina (1891)-this relative I know with her sister Sydonia--they came to USA; Rosa 1893, and Casparus 1896.

DD