George Andrew Peterson (a cousin of mine on my Finnish side) emailed me the following:
You appear to be very experienced in digging up Family Tree info
Would you help with finding something on my tree?
My Grandmother's side is lost. Her Father Paul Earnest Orris is as far back as I can find on this branch . Family rumor is the name is changed from his father who no one can give me his name!
Thanks if you can and no worries if you can't.
Merry Christmas Cousin!!
George
I am not really so gifted as he describes, but like to work with friends on Geni so I am through this out there. So far, here is what I have found:
For review
"New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WGG-RWJ : 13 May 2022), Paul Orosz, 1947.
Name Paul Orosz
Event Type Death
Event Date 28 May 1947
Event Place Queens, New York City, New York, United States
Event Place (Original) New York City, Queens, New York, United States
Address 138-54-62 Ave
Residence Place Flushing, Queens, New York
Sex Male
Age 70
Marital Status Widowed
Race White
Occupation Ticket Agent-B.M.T.R.R.
Birth Date 1877
Birthplace Hungary
Burial Date 2 Jun 1947
Cemetery Holy Cross Cemetery
Father's Name Steven Orosz
Father's Birthplace Hungary
Mother's Name Rose Ungvarsky
Mother's Birthplace Hungary
Spouse's Name Martha
Note Queens General Hospital
Certificate Number cn 4892
Paul Orosz's Parents and Siblings
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Steven Orosz
Father
Rose Ungvarsky
Mother
Paul Orosz's Spouses and Children
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Martha
Spouse
Certificate Number cn 4892
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"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2B1-BZD5 : 20 October 2022), Paul Orosz, ; Burial, Brooklyn, Kings Brooklyn, New York, United States of America, Holy Cross Cemetery; citing record ID 174247189, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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From Family Search
"Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7KN-ZJC : 11 June 2020), Orris in entry for Rose Orris, 1921.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/214624305/rose-orris
There are two more by the name of Orris in the St. Mary's Cemetery - Michael and Susie who appear to be a married couple. Michael could be a relative, though not likely a son due to age. More research is needed.
I think we need to hunt for immigration records for "Rose and Steven Orris," likely Rose and Istevan Orosz..
Or perhaps since I did find a grave site for Rose in Connecticut, she was the one who came over. I am not sure if Paul was really born in Connecticut or perhaps Hungary. It appears that they were Hungarian-Catholic based on burial sites. I don't know if church records may show something. I am heading back into immigration records.
Is there a curator or user who may have some ideas for where to go next? From the Geni curators list, I am tagging the following as some who list Hungary as an area of expertise:
FARKAS Mihály László
Robert Hanscom
Any help from users or curators will be much appreciated. Thanks, Susanne
