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Walter “Balint” Galgoci

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Walter “Balint” Galgoci

Birth
Hungary
Death
7 Oct 1962 (aged 77)
Isabella County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Rosebush, Isabella County, Michigan, USA GPS-Latitude: 43.7275263, Longitude: -84.7665841
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Walter Galgoczi's obituary states he was born at a different month and day, but his birth and baptismal records in Koronco, Hungary reflect a different day and month.

Daily Time News, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, Obituaries; October 8, 1962, p. 2, col. 6.
Funeral Services Wednesday for Walter Galgoci.
Walter Galgoci of Route 4, Clare, died Sunday, October 7 in Central Michigan Community Hospital. Mr. Galgoci was born August 15, 1885 in Hungary and was a retired service station operator in Rosebush, where he had been a resident for 42 years (may be 43 years).
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. from St. Henry's church in Rosebush with interment in the church's cemetery. Rev. Fr. John McGee will officiate.
Rosary services will be held Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. at the J. J. Rush Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant.
Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Rose Salchert of Rosebush, Mrs. Margaret Graham of AuGres, Mrs. Erma Szabo of South Bend, Indiana and Mrs. Helen Warren of Mt. Pleasant; three sons, Steve of Mt. Pleasant, Rudolph of Niles, Ohio and Emery of Rosebush; 15 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.

Walter Galgoczi's baptismal record is dated February 12, 1885. Either there is a discrepancy in the obituary notice or Walter used a different date for his birth in the US.
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Birth Record: Koronco Microfilm #630733 and #630734
Child: Balint Galgoczi
Born: February 11, 1885
Parents: Istvan Galgoczi and Rozi Horvat
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Baptismal Record:

Name: Balint Galgoczi
Event Type: Baptism
Event Date: 12 Feb 1885
Event Place: Koronczó, Gyõr, Hungary
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Istvan Galgoczi
Mother's Name: Rozi Horvat
Line Number: 8
GS Film number: 630734
Digital Folder Number: 004620110
Image Number: 465

Balint's Godparents were Matyas Survanyi and Juli Czimer.

Source: "Hungary, Catholic Church Records, 1636-1895," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/2S16-QR8 : accessed 8 January 2015), Istvan Galgoczi in entry for Balint Galgoczi, 12 Feb 1885, Baptism; citing Koronczó, Gyõr, Hungary, Tolna Megyei Leveltar, Budapest [National Archives, Budapest]; FHL microfilm 630,734.

Note: It appears Walter was born and baptized six months after the month used in the US (February verses August).
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In the US, Walter changed the spelling of his surname from Galgoczi to Galgoci after he moved to Michigan.

Walter was a foreman for Copper Works and a fireman for the East Chicago Fire Department in East Chicago, Indiana before moving to Rosebush, Michigan to farm; in his later years he was the owner-operator of the "DX" gas station in Rosebush. Many years later, his daughter, Irma (Galgoczi) Szabo visited the fire department in East Chicago, Indiana and was shown a picture of all the fireman, including her father, Walter.

He was born in Koronco, Gyor County, Hungary as son to Istvan Galgoczi and Rozalia Horvath, and grandson to Jozsef Galgoczy and Juli Nemes (from Csanakhegy, Gyor County, Hungary), and great-grandson to Jozsef Galgoczy and Erzsebet Pinter (from Nagybarat, Gyor, Hungary), and great-great grandson to Janos Galgoczy and Katalin Szentgyorgyi (from Kisbarathegy, Gyor, Hungary and Csanakhegy, Gyor, Hungary) . . . this line goes back to Andras Galgoczy (1650) from Gyor, Gyor, Hungary.

Walter's true given name is "Balint" (he changed it in the US), and the true spelling of his surname is Galgoczy in Hungary. Walter's Hungarian father, Istvan, changed the surname spelling from Galgoczy to Galgoczi (dropping the "y"). The practice of dropping the "y" in a surname in Hungary (in the generations past) was to protect the identity of nobility in the family from governmental reprisals, as surnames ending in "y" indicated nobility.

Both Walter ("Balint") and his brother, Andrew ("Aladar")had their birth, parentage, and descendency positively identified by family members in Hungary; much appreciation is given to the efforts and research by Antal Galgoczi and Mrs. Karoly Galgoczi.
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Historical Account:
An excerpt from Saint Henry's Centennial History, Rosebush - Vernon, Michigan 1874-1974, p.21:
"About 1908, a specialized type of agriculture, recently undertaken in central Michigan, began to effect St. Henry's Parish - bringing new parishioners, and new national groups who would add new life and vigor to the parish community. Large scale sugar beet farming, introduced into Michigan in the early days of the century, required large groups of workers to cultivate and harvest the crop. Central Europeans had had considerable experience in this type of farming in their own countries, moreover, the first decade of the 1900's saw a new wave of immigration from the Austro-Hungarian Empire - Slovaks, Czechs, and Hungarians. Large sugar beet companies went to the metropolitan areas and there enlisted the services of whole families who were brought to the Vernon area to work.

Thus the years 1908-1912 saw the arrival of many new families in St. Henry's Parish. The first few parish reports gave little indication of this - in the years immediately after their arrival. Soon, however, they had bought farms, built homes, and made themselves a thrifty, hard-working part of the community. One of the earliest newcomers was Steve Black, a native of Hungary, who came to Isabella County from East Chicago, settling in Rosebush. Mrs. John Varga, Sr. is Mr. Black's daughter. Another Hungarian Family, that of Steve Horvath, was for many years in St. Henry's Parish. The John Fabian family, the Walter Galgoczi's, and the family of Julius Foldesi are all Hungarian in origin."

Transcribed by Nadine Hardin, granddaughter to Walter and Rose Galgoczi.
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Name associations: The given name, Walter is also known as Balint and Valentine in the native land of Hungary. Balint is the Hungarian form of the Latin name, Valentinus (from the element valens), and it means "healthy" or "strong."

Along these lines, in a document from St. Henry (Rosebush) Walter is seen recorded on his son's (Steve's) baptismal record as "Gualterus" Galgoczi. Research discloses that "Gualterus" is the Latin form for Walter, or "Walterius."

Various surname spellings found in church and other documents (including miss-spellings) are, Galgoczi, Galgoci, Galgoizi, Galgoioi, Galgeczi and Galgotzi (a German spelling).
Walter Galgoczi's obituary states he was born at a different month and day, but his birth and baptismal records in Koronco, Hungary reflect a different day and month.

Daily Time News, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, Obituaries; October 8, 1962, p. 2, col. 6.
Funeral Services Wednesday for Walter Galgoci.
Walter Galgoci of Route 4, Clare, died Sunday, October 7 in Central Michigan Community Hospital. Mr. Galgoci was born August 15, 1885 in Hungary and was a retired service station operator in Rosebush, where he had been a resident for 42 years (may be 43 years).
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. from St. Henry's church in Rosebush with interment in the church's cemetery. Rev. Fr. John McGee will officiate.
Rosary services will be held Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. at the J. J. Rush Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant.
Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Rose Salchert of Rosebush, Mrs. Margaret Graham of AuGres, Mrs. Erma Szabo of South Bend, Indiana and Mrs. Helen Warren of Mt. Pleasant; three sons, Steve of Mt. Pleasant, Rudolph of Niles, Ohio and Emery of Rosebush; 15 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.

Walter Galgoczi's baptismal record is dated February 12, 1885. Either there is a discrepancy in the obituary notice or Walter used a different date for his birth in the US.
________________
Birth Record: Koronco Microfilm #630733 and #630734
Child: Balint Galgoczi
Born: February 11, 1885
Parents: Istvan Galgoczi and Rozi Horvat
__________________
Baptismal Record:

Name: Balint Galgoczi
Event Type: Baptism
Event Date: 12 Feb 1885
Event Place: Koronczó, Gyõr, Hungary
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Istvan Galgoczi
Mother's Name: Rozi Horvat
Line Number: 8
GS Film number: 630734
Digital Folder Number: 004620110
Image Number: 465

Balint's Godparents were Matyas Survanyi and Juli Czimer.

Source: "Hungary, Catholic Church Records, 1636-1895," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/2S16-QR8 : accessed 8 January 2015), Istvan Galgoczi in entry for Balint Galgoczi, 12 Feb 1885, Baptism; citing Koronczó, Gyõr, Hungary, Tolna Megyei Leveltar, Budapest [National Archives, Budapest]; FHL microfilm 630,734.

Note: It appears Walter was born and baptized six months after the month used in the US (February verses August).
_________________
In the US, Walter changed the spelling of his surname from Galgoczi to Galgoci after he moved to Michigan.

Walter was a foreman for Copper Works and a fireman for the East Chicago Fire Department in East Chicago, Indiana before moving to Rosebush, Michigan to farm; in his later years he was the owner-operator of the "DX" gas station in Rosebush. Many years later, his daughter, Irma (Galgoczi) Szabo visited the fire department in East Chicago, Indiana and was shown a picture of all the fireman, including her father, Walter.

He was born in Koronco, Gyor County, Hungary as son to Istvan Galgoczi and Rozalia Horvath, and grandson to Jozsef Galgoczy and Juli Nemes (from Csanakhegy, Gyor County, Hungary), and great-grandson to Jozsef Galgoczy and Erzsebet Pinter (from Nagybarat, Gyor, Hungary), and great-great grandson to Janos Galgoczy and Katalin Szentgyorgyi (from Kisbarathegy, Gyor, Hungary and Csanakhegy, Gyor, Hungary) . . . this line goes back to Andras Galgoczy (1650) from Gyor, Gyor, Hungary.

Walter's true given name is "Balint" (he changed it in the US), and the true spelling of his surname is Galgoczy in Hungary. Walter's Hungarian father, Istvan, changed the surname spelling from Galgoczy to Galgoczi (dropping the "y"). The practice of dropping the "y" in a surname in Hungary (in the generations past) was to protect the identity of nobility in the family from governmental reprisals, as surnames ending in "y" indicated nobility.

Both Walter ("Balint") and his brother, Andrew ("Aladar")had their birth, parentage, and descendency positively identified by family members in Hungary; much appreciation is given to the efforts and research by Antal Galgoczi and Mrs. Karoly Galgoczi.
____________________
Historical Account:
An excerpt from Saint Henry's Centennial History, Rosebush - Vernon, Michigan 1874-1974, p.21:
"About 1908, a specialized type of agriculture, recently undertaken in central Michigan, began to effect St. Henry's Parish - bringing new parishioners, and new national groups who would add new life and vigor to the parish community. Large scale sugar beet farming, introduced into Michigan in the early days of the century, required large groups of workers to cultivate and harvest the crop. Central Europeans had had considerable experience in this type of farming in their own countries, moreover, the first decade of the 1900's saw a new wave of immigration from the Austro-Hungarian Empire - Slovaks, Czechs, and Hungarians. Large sugar beet companies went to the metropolitan areas and there enlisted the services of whole families who were brought to the Vernon area to work.

Thus the years 1908-1912 saw the arrival of many new families in St. Henry's Parish. The first few parish reports gave little indication of this - in the years immediately after their arrival. Soon, however, they had bought farms, built homes, and made themselves a thrifty, hard-working part of the community. One of the earliest newcomers was Steve Black, a native of Hungary, who came to Isabella County from East Chicago, settling in Rosebush. Mrs. John Varga, Sr. is Mr. Black's daughter. Another Hungarian Family, that of Steve Horvath, was for many years in St. Henry's Parish. The John Fabian family, the Walter Galgoczi's, and the family of Julius Foldesi are all Hungarian in origin."

Transcribed by Nadine Hardin, granddaughter to Walter and Rose Galgoczi.
______________
Name associations: The given name, Walter is also known as Balint and Valentine in the native land of Hungary. Balint is the Hungarian form of the Latin name, Valentinus (from the element valens), and it means "healthy" or "strong."

Along these lines, in a document from St. Henry (Rosebush) Walter is seen recorded on his son's (Steve's) baptismal record as "Gualterus" Galgoczi. Research discloses that "Gualterus" is the Latin form for Walter, or "Walterius."

Various surname spellings found in church and other documents (including miss-spellings) are, Galgoczi, Galgoci, Galgoizi, Galgoioi, Galgeczi and Galgotzi (a German spelling).


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  • Originally Created by: Nadine
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30105513/walter-galgoci: accessed ), memorial page for Walter “Balint” Galgoci (11 Jan 1885–7 Oct 1962), Find a Grave Memorial ID 30105513, citing Saint Henrys Catholic Church Cemetery, Rosebush, Isabella County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by KMoss (contributor 50380198).