Franciscus "Frank" Ader married Erzebet "Elizabeth" Szeg in their hometown of Kapuvar, Hungary in 1894. They immediately started a family with son Pal (1894), followed by daughter Erzsébet (1896). Both children passed away before 1900.
Frank embarked from Antwerp, Belgium on January 22, 1896 on board the USS Pennsylvania, heading for the United States. The ship arrived in Philadelphia on February 8, 1896. Frank was processed through the Washington Ave Immigration Station.
On the ship's passenger list it is recorded that: Frank was age 30, married, he was from Kapuvar, Hungary, his father paid for his passage, and his destination in the U.S. was South Bend, Indiana to visit a relative. The list further states that Frank had ten dollars. Today in 2023, that ten dollars is equal to approximately $360.00.
Frank traveled to South Bend, and in 1900 sent for his wife Elizabeth to join him there. She reunited with him in October of that year, and 10 months later
Frank and Elizabeth had their first child born in the U.S., Frank Ader Jr, on August 3, 1901.
After 1901, Frank settled his family in Athens County, Ohio. It was the heart of Ohio's coal industry, and Frank became a coal miner until, "Pa got coal miners black lung , and had to quit mining", said his daughter Kathleen.
Next, Frank moved his family to Michigan, and in 1920 they were living in Kingston where according to Kathleen, Frank invested all of his savings in a grape vineyard. Ultimately the vineyard failed leaving the family destitute.
Frank moved his family southward from Kingston to Agusta, and finally to the MIlan-Dundee area in Monroe County. All the while they labored as migrant workers in cucumber fields,
and sugar beet fields, "...living in vacant chicken coops, and barns like squatters..." said his daughter Kathleen. However,
in Monroe County Frank was fortunate to become a tenant farmer for a landowner's livestock, and sugar beet crop.
This opportunity afforded Frank and his family a homestead in which to live.
Unfortunately, Frank never regained financial stability, and at the timeof his death the family could not afford a casket, or a cemetery plot. Kathleen said Frank was placed in a pine box without interior cushions or lining. Their Hungarian friends, the Toth family, donated one of their family plots at Rice Cemetery to bury him.
Sadly, due to lack of funds, Frank's grave remained unmarked until his children bought a headstone for him in the 1970s or 1980s.
Contributor:
Granddaughter
Nadine Richman
Frank embarked from Antwerp, Belgium on January 22, 1896 on board the USS Pennsylvania, heading for the United States. The ship arrived in Philadelphia on February 8, 1896. Frank was processed through the Washington Ave Immigration Station.
On the ship's passenger list it is recorded that: Frank was age 30, married, he was from Kapuvar, Hungary, his father paid for his passage, and his destination in the U.S. was South Bend, Indiana to visit a relative. The list further states that Frank had ten dollars. Today in 2023, that ten dollars is equal to approximately $360.00.
Frank traveled to South Bend, and in 1900 sent for his wife Elizabeth to join him there. She reunited with him in October of that year, and 10 months later
Frank and Elizabeth had their first child born in the U.S., Frank Ader Jr, on August 3, 1901.
After 1901, Frank settled his family in Athens County, Ohio. It was the heart of Ohio's coal industry, and Frank became a coal miner until, "Pa got coal miners black lung , and had to quit mining", said his daughter Kathleen.
Next, Frank moved his family to Michigan, and in 1920 they were living in Kingston where according to Kathleen, Frank invested all of his savings in a grape vineyard. Ultimately the vineyard failed leaving the family destitute.
Frank moved his family southward from Kingston to Agusta, and finally to the MIlan-Dundee area in Monroe County. All the while they labored as migrant workers in cucumber fields,
and sugar beet fields, "...living in vacant chicken coops, and barns like squatters..." said his daughter Kathleen. However,
in Monroe County Frank was fortunate to become a tenant farmer for a landowner's livestock, and sugar beet crop.
This opportunity afforded Frank and his family a homestead in which to live.
Unfortunately, Frank never regained financial stability, and at the timeof his death the family could not afford a casket, or a cemetery plot. Kathleen said Frank was placed in a pine box without interior cushions or lining. Their Hungarian friends, the Toth family, donated one of their family plots at Rice Cemetery to bury him.
Sadly, due to lack of funds, Frank's grave remained unmarked until his children bought a headstone for him in the 1970s or 1980s.
Contributor:
Granddaughter
Nadine Richman
Franciscus "Frank" Ader married Erzebet "Elizabeth" Szeg in their hometown of Kapuvar, Hungary in 1894. They immediately started a family with son Pal (1894), followed by daughter Erzsébet (1896). Both children passed away before 1900.
Frank embarked from Antwerp, Belgium on January 22, 1896 on board the USS Pennsylvania, heading for the United States. The ship arrived in Philadelphia on February 8, 1896. Frank was processed through the Washington Ave Immigration Station.
On the ship's passenger list it is recorded that: Frank was age 30, married, he was from Kapuvar, Hungary, his father paid for his passage, and his destination in the U.S. was South Bend, Indiana to visit a relative. The list further states that Frank had ten dollars. Today in 2023, that ten dollars is equal to approximately $360.00.
Frank traveled to South Bend, and in 1900 sent for his wife Elizabeth to join him there. She reunited with him in October of that year, and 10 months later
Frank and Elizabeth had their first child born in the U.S., Frank Ader Jr, on August 3, 1901.
After 1901, Frank settled his family in Athens County, Ohio. It was the heart of Ohio's coal industry, and Frank became a coal miner until, "Pa got coal miners black lung , and had to quit mining", said his daughter Kathleen.
Next, Frank moved his family to Michigan, and in 1920 they were living in Kingston where according to Kathleen, Frank invested all of his savings in a grape vineyard. Ultimately the vineyard failed leaving the family destitute.
Frank moved his family southward from Kingston to Agusta, and finally to the MIlan-Dundee area in Monroe County. All the while they labored as migrant workers in cucumber fields,
and sugar beet fields, "...living in vacant chicken coops, and barns like squatters..." said his daughter Kathleen. However,
in Monroe County Frank was fortunate to become a tenant farmer for a landowner's livestock, and sugar beet crop.
This opportunity afforded Frank and his family a homestead in which to live.
Unfortunately, Frank never regained financial stability, and at the timeof his death the family could not afford a casket, or a cemetery plot. Kathleen said Frank was placed in a pine box without interior cushions or lining. Their Hungarian friends, the Toth family, donated one of their family plots at Rice Cemetery to bury him.
Sadly, due to lack of funds, Frank's grave remained unmarked until his children bought a headstone for him in the 1970s or 1980s.
Contributor:
Granddaughter
Nadine Richman
Frank embarked from Antwerp, Belgium on January 22, 1896 on board the USS Pennsylvania, heading for the United States. The ship arrived in Philadelphia on February 8, 1896. Frank was processed through the Washington Ave Immigration Station.
On the ship's passenger list it is recorded that: Frank was age 30, married, he was from Kapuvar, Hungary, his father paid for his passage, and his destination in the U.S. was South Bend, Indiana to visit a relative. The list further states that Frank had ten dollars. Today in 2023, that ten dollars is equal to approximately $360.00.
Frank traveled to South Bend, and in 1900 sent for his wife Elizabeth to join him there. She reunited with him in October of that year, and 10 months later
Frank and Elizabeth had their first child born in the U.S., Frank Ader Jr, on August 3, 1901.
After 1901, Frank settled his family in Athens County, Ohio. It was the heart of Ohio's coal industry, and Frank became a coal miner until, "Pa got coal miners black lung , and had to quit mining", said his daughter Kathleen.
Next, Frank moved his family to Michigan, and in 1920 they were living in Kingston where according to Kathleen, Frank invested all of his savings in a grape vineyard. Ultimately the vineyard failed leaving the family destitute.
Frank moved his family southward from Kingston to Agusta, and finally to the MIlan-Dundee area in Monroe County. All the while they labored as migrant workers in cucumber fields,
and sugar beet fields, "...living in vacant chicken coops, and barns like squatters..." said his daughter Kathleen. However,
in Monroe County Frank was fortunate to become a tenant farmer for a landowner's livestock, and sugar beet crop.
This opportunity afforded Frank and his family a homestead in which to live.
Unfortunately, Frank never regained financial stability, and at the timeof his death the family could not afford a casket, or a cemetery plot. Kathleen said Frank was placed in a pine box without interior cushions or lining. Their Hungarian friends, the Toth family, donated one of their family plots at Rice Cemetery to bury him.
Sadly, due to lack of funds, Frank's grave remained unmarked until his children bought a headstone for him in the 1970s or 1980s.
Contributor:
Granddaughter
Nadine Richman
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FRANK ADER
1869 - 1934
Gravesite Details
The year of birth, 1869, is incorrect. Frank Ader was born in 1866.
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