Theresia (Gazolli) Meszecsov (1852 - 1884)

Born 22 Nov 1852 in Topolya, Temes, Magyarország

Wife of Ferentz Jano — married 10 Nov 1867 in Nagy-Gáj, Torontál, Ungarn [uncertain]

Wife of Nicolaus Meszecsov — married 21 Feb 1876 in Nagy-Gáj, Torontál, Magyarország

Descendants

Died 7 Mar 1884 at age 31 in Topolya, Temes, Magyarország

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Biography

Theresia Gazolli was the first-born child of Josephus Gazolli and Dorothea Wagner in Topolya. Her father was servus dominalis, so was her godfather Josephus Wegschneider, husband of her godmother Christina Kugler.^[1][2]

On 10 November 1867, with age almost 15, she was married to Franciscus Jano from Denta, who was about 23 back then. Witnesses of the wedding were Stephanus Szabo and Sigismund Domokos.^[3]

The couple had at least two children, both born in Topolya:

• Julianna Dorothea Josefa (* 5 February 1869)
• Catharina (* 20 April 1871)

In the baptism records the parents are referred to as "nobil", same goes for the godparents Julianna Timary and her husband Dionysius Kovacs.^[4]

During the next five years the family moved to Gattája (currently Gătaia, Timis, Romania). On 6 February 1874 cottager (zseller) Ferentz Jano died in house #71 aged 32 on brain inflamation (agylob).^[5]

During the next two years, she went back to Topolya and married Nicolaus Meszecsov on 21 February 1876. Witnesses were miller (molitor) Carolus Me...e.. and pleb(ejus) Joannes Herman(n).^[6]

Their daughter Julianna /: Ilona:/ was born on 16 December 1877 still in Topolya. Her godparents were again Julianna Timary and her husband Dionysius Kovacs.^[7] When she died almost eight weeks later, on 9 February 1878, the family was living in Malenitzfalva/Nagygáj, according to her death record.^[8]

On 19 March 1880 Therez Gazoly gave birth to the twins Josef and Sandor (Alexander).^[9] Godfather of both children was shepherd Constantin Deak, Josef's godmother was his wife Katalin Fekete, while Sandor's was Julianna Deak - his daughter.^[10] While Sandor survived and later emigrated to the US, Josef died one month before his first birthday on 19 February 1881. Back then the family was living on Puszta Tuzokret in Gilad.^[9]

On 21 February 1884 Terezia Gazoly gave birth to another pair of twins: Jozsef and Maria. Maria died on 24 February, the day she was baptized, Joszef two days later. Godparents to Joszef were Mihály Molnár, a kind of higher ranking farm manager, overseer, who usually supervises more than one farm (tiszt(t)tartó) as well as Judith Somogyi. Maria's were János Plum, a miller of a water-mill (vízi molnár) and Katalin Domokos. Apparenly it was a complicated birth, because Terezia, also died on 7 March. The family was living again in Topolya.^[11][12]

Research notes

• additional children in Gattaja between 1871 and Jano's death?
• one of them being godparents in Gátalja or Nagygáj?

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism book Detta, p. 64 38, #131, National Archives in Timisoara
2. ↑ marriage record of Joseph Vegschneider and Christina Kugler, FHL film 007994350, Detta marriage books, picture 92
3. ↑ Nagygáj, marriage book, 1867/39
4. ↑ Detta, baptism book p. 145 #18 and p. 189 #56, National Archives in Timisoara
5. ↑ Gătaia, death book, p. 2, #13
6. ↑ Nagygáj, marriage book, p. 116(?), #5
7. ↑ Detta, baptism book, p. 115/116v, #169
8. ↑ Nagygáj, death book, p. 181, #51
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Batism book Ofsenita, p. 95, without number, baptism book Ciacova p. 155, #65+66, both in National Archives in Timisoara
10. ↑ Anton Neff: Familienbuch der katholischen Pfarrgemeinde Tschakowa im Banat 1724–1971 (2012), p. 353, #1921 (Deak family)
11. ↑ Baptism book of Nagygáj, p. 164, #24/25
12. ↑ Death book of Nagygáj, p. 267, #20/21/23

Acknowledgements

• W45P for help with the death record of Franciscus Jano.