Jacob's surname was Pleša when he immigrated to America in 1913, according to Ellis Island Records:
First Name: Jacob
Last Name: Plesa
Ethnicity: Roum., Roum.
Last Place of Residence: Giurgin, Roum.
Date of Arrival: Jul 03, 1913
Age at Arrival: 26y Gender: M Marital Status: S
Height: 5'-6" Hair: Brown Eyes: Gray
Mother: Erva Plesa
Destination in U.S.: Ischavian Jepa, NY City
Ship of Travel: Potsdam
Port of Departure: Rotterdam
Manifest Line Number: 0015
Family tradition states that a payroll master at Laughlin Steel Company in Louisville, Ohio, took it upon himself to change Jacob's surname to Plesia to remove the pronunciation symbol above the "s" in Pleša. One would no doubt wonder why he would not just remove the symbol, leaving the original spelling unchanged.
Because of the duel spelling, Jacob is entered in Findagrave as Pleša and Plesia.
Jacob met and married Anna Ganea in Canton or nearby Louisville, Ohio, in 1916, month and day unknown.
Based on the information available, Jacob and his wife Anna were Hungarian's who spoke Romanian. A Hungarian surname database listed both Plesa and Ganea surnames as Hungarian ethnicity. Jacob is said to have spoken four languages; English, German, Romanian, and Hungarian.
According to Jacob's daughter Jennie's birth certificate and christening record, Jacob was born in the village of Sambata de Sus and Anna was born in the village of Pojorata, just 20 miles distance and seven years in age apart. The nearest major city of Fagaras, Romania, was listed on the christening record as where they are both from (Ambii Jud. Fagaras, Romania);"ambii" means "both from" in Romanian.
Fagaras was in Hungary prior to 1920 and was so for 1,000 years. The province (county) is named Brasov. The county's largest city and county seat is Brasov (formerly, Brasso). Brasov city is about 20 miles east southeast of Fagaras. Sambata de Sus is about 8 miles south southeast and further up the Transylvania Alps from Fagaras. Pojorta is about 2 miles south of Sambata de Sus, and further up the mountain.
Prior to 1920, Brasov Province was in the Transylvania Region of Hungary. The Treaty of Trianon in 1920 reduced the size of Hungary by two-thirds, with the Transylvania Region transferred to Romania. The Romanian government confiscated all the farms owned by Hungarian's afterwards. Family member's spoke about Jacob's Father's farm being confiscated, so this is further proof of the ethnicity of the Plesa name.
Jacob and Anna had seven children: Sylvia, Jacob, George, Jennie, John, Victoria, and Earl, all born between 1917 and 1927 in Stark County, Ohio. They also had 12 grandchildren.
First Name: Jacob
Last Name: Plesa
Ethnicity: Roum., Roum.
Last Place of Residence: Giurgin, Roum.
Date of Arrival: Jul 03, 1913
Age at Arrival: 26y Gender: M Marital Status: S
Height: 5'-6" Hair: Brown Eyes: Gray
Mother: Erva Plesa
Destination in U.S.: Ischavian Jepa, NY City
Ship of Travel: Potsdam
Port of Departure: Rotterdam
Manifest Line Number: 0015
Family tradition states that a payroll master at Laughlin Steel Company in Louisville, Ohio, took it upon himself to change Jacob's surname to Plesia to remove the pronunciation symbol above the "s" in Pleša. One would no doubt wonder why he would not just remove the symbol, leaving the original spelling unchanged.
Because of the duel spelling, Jacob is entered in Findagrave as Pleša and Plesia.
Jacob met and married Anna Ganea in Canton or nearby Louisville, Ohio, in 1916, month and day unknown.
Based on the information available, Jacob and his wife Anna were Hungarian's who spoke Romanian. A Hungarian surname database listed both Plesa and Ganea surnames as Hungarian ethnicity. Jacob is said to have spoken four languages; English, German, Romanian, and Hungarian.
According to Jacob's daughter Jennie's birth certificate and christening record, Jacob was born in the village of Sambata de Sus and Anna was born in the village of Pojorata, just 20 miles distance and seven years in age apart. The nearest major city of Fagaras, Romania, was listed on the christening record as where they are both from (Ambii Jud. Fagaras, Romania);"ambii" means "both from" in Romanian.
Fagaras was in Hungary prior to 1920 and was so for 1,000 years. The province (county) is named Brasov. The county's largest city and county seat is Brasov (formerly, Brasso). Brasov city is about 20 miles east southeast of Fagaras. Sambata de Sus is about 8 miles south southeast and further up the Transylvania Alps from Fagaras. Pojorta is about 2 miles south of Sambata de Sus, and further up the mountain.
Prior to 1920, Brasov Province was in the Transylvania Region of Hungary. The Treaty of Trianon in 1920 reduced the size of Hungary by two-thirds, with the Transylvania Region transferred to Romania. The Romanian government confiscated all the farms owned by Hungarian's afterwards. Family member's spoke about Jacob's Father's farm being confiscated, so this is further proof of the ethnicity of the Plesa name.
Jacob and Anna had seven children: Sylvia, Jacob, George, Jennie, John, Victoria, and Earl, all born between 1917 and 1927 in Stark County, Ohio. They also had 12 grandchildren.
Jacob's surname was Pleša when he immigrated to America in 1913, according to Ellis Island Records:
First Name: Jacob
Last Name: Plesa
Ethnicity: Roum., Roum.
Last Place of Residence: Giurgin, Roum.
Date of Arrival: Jul 03, 1913
Age at Arrival: 26y Gender: M Marital Status: S
Height: 5'-6" Hair: Brown Eyes: Gray
Mother: Erva Plesa
Destination in U.S.: Ischavian Jepa, NY City
Ship of Travel: Potsdam
Port of Departure: Rotterdam
Manifest Line Number: 0015
Family tradition states that a payroll master at Laughlin Steel Company in Louisville, Ohio, took it upon himself to change Jacob's surname to Plesia to remove the pronunciation symbol above the "s" in Pleša. One would no doubt wonder why he would not just remove the symbol, leaving the original spelling unchanged.
Because of the duel spelling, Jacob is entered in Findagrave as Pleša and Plesia.
Jacob met and married Anna Ganea in Canton or nearby Louisville, Ohio, in 1916, month and day unknown.
Based on the information available, Jacob and his wife Anna were Hungarian's who spoke Romanian. A Hungarian surname database listed both Plesa and Ganea surnames as Hungarian ethnicity. Jacob is said to have spoken four languages; English, German, Romanian, and Hungarian.
According to Jacob's daughter Jennie's birth certificate and christening record, Jacob was born in the village of Sambata de Sus and Anna was born in the village of Pojorata, just 20 miles distance and seven years in age apart. The nearest major city of Fagaras, Romania, was listed on the christening record as where they are both from (Ambii Jud. Fagaras, Romania);"ambii" means "both from" in Romanian.
Fagaras was in Hungary prior to 1920 and was so for 1,000 years. The province (county) is named Brasov. The county's largest city and county seat is Brasov (formerly, Brasso). Brasov city is about 20 miles east southeast of Fagaras. Sambata de Sus is about 8 miles south southeast and further up the Transylvania Alps from Fagaras. Pojorta is about 2 miles south of Sambata de Sus, and further up the mountain.
Prior to 1920, Brasov Province was in the Transylvania Region of Hungary. The Treaty of Trianon in 1920 reduced the size of Hungary by two-thirds, with the Transylvania Region transferred to Romania. The Romanian government confiscated all the farms owned by Hungarian's afterwards. Family member's spoke about Jacob's Father's farm being confiscated, so this is further proof of the ethnicity of the Plesa name.
Jacob and Anna had seven children: Sylvia, Jacob, George, Jennie, John, Victoria, and Earl, all born between 1917 and 1927 in Stark County, Ohio. They also had 12 grandchildren.
First Name: Jacob
Last Name: Plesa
Ethnicity: Roum., Roum.
Last Place of Residence: Giurgin, Roum.
Date of Arrival: Jul 03, 1913
Age at Arrival: 26y Gender: M Marital Status: S
Height: 5'-6" Hair: Brown Eyes: Gray
Mother: Erva Plesa
Destination in U.S.: Ischavian Jepa, NY City
Ship of Travel: Potsdam
Port of Departure: Rotterdam
Manifest Line Number: 0015
Family tradition states that a payroll master at Laughlin Steel Company in Louisville, Ohio, took it upon himself to change Jacob's surname to Plesia to remove the pronunciation symbol above the "s" in Pleša. One would no doubt wonder why he would not just remove the symbol, leaving the original spelling unchanged.
Because of the duel spelling, Jacob is entered in Findagrave as Pleša and Plesia.
Jacob met and married Anna Ganea in Canton or nearby Louisville, Ohio, in 1916, month and day unknown.
Based on the information available, Jacob and his wife Anna were Hungarian's who spoke Romanian. A Hungarian surname database listed both Plesa and Ganea surnames as Hungarian ethnicity. Jacob is said to have spoken four languages; English, German, Romanian, and Hungarian.
According to Jacob's daughter Jennie's birth certificate and christening record, Jacob was born in the village of Sambata de Sus and Anna was born in the village of Pojorata, just 20 miles distance and seven years in age apart. The nearest major city of Fagaras, Romania, was listed on the christening record as where they are both from (Ambii Jud. Fagaras, Romania);"ambii" means "both from" in Romanian.
Fagaras was in Hungary prior to 1920 and was so for 1,000 years. The province (county) is named Brasov. The county's largest city and county seat is Brasov (formerly, Brasso). Brasov city is about 20 miles east southeast of Fagaras. Sambata de Sus is about 8 miles south southeast and further up the Transylvania Alps from Fagaras. Pojorta is about 2 miles south of Sambata de Sus, and further up the mountain.
Prior to 1920, Brasov Province was in the Transylvania Region of Hungary. The Treaty of Trianon in 1920 reduced the size of Hungary by two-thirds, with the Transylvania Region transferred to Romania. The Romanian government confiscated all the farms owned by Hungarian's afterwards. Family member's spoke about Jacob's Father's farm being confiscated, so this is further proof of the ethnicity of the Plesa name.
Jacob and Anna had seven children: Sylvia, Jacob, George, Jennie, John, Victoria, and Earl, all born between 1917 and 1927 in Stark County, Ohio. They also had 12 grandchildren.
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