Minde Bercovics

Name
Minde /Bercovics/
Given names
Minde
Surname
Bercovics
Married name
Minde /Kacz/
Marriage
5th President of the United States
James Monroe
March 4, 1817 (Adar 16, 5577)
6th President of the United States
John Quincy Adams
March 4, 1825 (Adar 14, 5585)
7th President of the United States
Andrew Jackson
March 4, 1829 (Adar I 29, 5589)
8th President of the United States
Martin Van Buren
March 4, 1837 (Adar I 27, 5597)
Birth of a daughter
Note: On Eszter Kacz's death certificate from 1928, it lists her age at time of her death at 88. That would be mean she was born in 1840.

On Eszter Kacz's death certificate from 1928, it lists her age at time of her death at 88. That would be mean she was born in 1840.

The year of birth is approximate as the birth record of her son Zsigmond Klein indicates that Esther would have been born in 1844 and not 1840.

9th President of the United States
William Henry Harrison
March 4, 1841 (Adar 11, 5601)
10th President of the United States
11th President of the United States
12th President of the United States
Zachary Taylor
March 4, 1849 (Adar 10, 5609)
13th President of the United States
Millard Fillmore
July 9, 1850 (Tamuz 29, 5610)
14th President of the United States
Franklin Pierce
March 4, 1853 (Adar I 24, 5613)
15th President of the United States
James Buchanan
March 4, 1857 (Adar 8, 5617)
16th President of the United States
Abraham Lincoln
March 4, 1861 (Adar 22, 5621)
17th President of the United States
Andrew Johnson
April 15, 1865 (Nissan 19, 5625)
18th President of the United States
Ulysses S Grant
March 4, 1869 (Adar 21, 5629)
Birth of a grandson
Quality of data: primary evidence
Note: Interestingly, while Zsigmond was born in 1871, the birth was not recorded until 1896.

Interestingly, while Zsigmond was born in 1871, the birth was not recorded until 1896.

The birthplace was previously known as Verbocz, Hungary. It is now known as Verbovets', Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine. It is at N 48° 10′ 5″, E 22° 54′ 32″. It is in the Beregszasz District, Ukraine. It got its name from the stream of similar name that flows through the village. Vrbovac is a word of Slavic origin, which means a place overgrown with willow. Verbőc belonged to the Tiszáninnen district of Ugocsa County at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. According to the 1910 census, Verbőc had a population of 585, of which 568 were Hungarians, 17 were Ruthenians, 64 of whom were Greek Catholics, 468 were Reformed and 39 were Jewish.

Bilky, where Zsigmond and Sura Feiga raised their family, is about 40 Kilometers northeast of Verbocz.

https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verb%C5%91c

19th President of the United States
Rutherford B Hayes
March 4, 1877 (Adar 19, 5637)
20th President of the United States
James A Garfield
March 4, 1881 (Adar II 3, 5641)
21st President of the United States
Chester A Arthur
September 19, 1881 (Elul 25, 5641)
Birth of a grandson
22nd President of the United States
Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1885 (Adar 17, 5645)
23rd President of the United States
Benjamin Harrison
March 4, 1889 (Adar II 1, 5649)
24th President of the United States
Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1893 (Adar 16, 5653)
Marriage of a grandson
Religion: Jewish
Note: For Zsigmond Klein and his father Izrael Klein, the occupation is listed as "kisbirtokos" ("smallholder"). Per the excellent website http://www.berecz.us/tutorial/civil/notes.htm (retrieved 04 JAN 2021) - "KISBIRTOKOS: Prior to 1848, the term "smallholder" was not often used. When it was used, it meant a nobleman who owned only a very small piece of land -- one section or less. After "serfdom" was abolished in 1848, it also applied to those landed peasants who had taken full legal ownership of the land they farmed. "
Note: For Dovid Veisz (father of the bride), the occupation is listed as "korcsmáros" - innkeeper.

For Dovid Veisz (father of the bride), the occupation is listed as "korcsmáros" - innkeeper.
For Chaja Stern (mother of the bride), the occupation is listed as "haztartas" - housewife.

"Kisbirtokos" is "smallholder"). Per the excellent website http://www.berecz.us/tutorial/civil/notes.htm (retrieved 04 JAN 2021) - "KISBIRTOKOS: Prior to 1848, the term "smallholder" was not often used. When it was used, it meant a nobleman who owned only a very small piece of land -- one section or less. After "serfdom" was abolished in 1848, it also applied to those landed peasants who had taken full legal ownership of the land they farmed. "

Note: In the olden times, the marriages were prearranged by the parents of the bride and groom. Naturally, they always looked out for the welfare of their children's future. The young couple did not see each other before the wedding.

In the olden times, the marriages were prearranged by the parents of the bride and groom. Naturally, they always looked out for the welfare of their children's future. The young couple did not see each other before the wedding.

My mother's father, his name was David, was 19 years old when he married her mother Chaje at age 15. In many cases these marriages worked out very well but my grandmother (my mother's mother) was a city girl. She came from Palanka, near Munkacs, and she found herself suddenly on the outskirts of a little town Bilke, on top of a mountain where the next neighbor was miles away. The land as far as she could see belonged to the parents of her bride groom the Weiss family and besides that, they were mining ore of which iron was made.

The young groom did not know too much about the business. He was attending schools, Yeshivas, in the big cities. After the wedding, he had to learn the business part and his father did everything to break him into it. At the same time, naturally, they found that the bride needed to be improved also.

Her parents were business people. They traveled far and wide for merchandise which consisted of silks from France, lace from Switzerland, and iron work from Germany and other commodities which brought profit to the business. They were the Strobel family from Palanka. Between the two families was a big gap. except that they both were wealthy.

The bride arrived with beautiful silk dresses and capes. Her mother-in-law, my mother's grandmother, wore peasant-like dresses more suitable to the life of the surroundings. The countryside there in itself was so overwhelmingly enchanting that the beautiful silk dresses were lost there completely.

One morning the young bride got up and found her sun umbrella stuck in the vegetable garden to serve as a scarecrow to scare away the birds. This was the limit! She picked herself up and went home which was not an easy thing to do. At that time, there was no railroad. With a horse and buggy, it took her a week to reach her destination.

In the 1800's, this was a revolutionary thing to do for a young woman to leave her husband. Her parents were terribly upset, beside the shame this brought upon them. They could not handle the situation. Needless to say, they tried everything to persuade her to go back to her husband but there was no way. After a while, she must have felt that she was not welcome anymore in her parents' house. But she finally came up with a solution. Chaje told her father that if he would give her another dowry, she would go back to her husband.

She soon arrived in Bilke with a bundle of money and bought in the center of the town a big piece of land and had a beautiful house built on an elevation far from the main road. It had a terrace and a cellar. The terrace continued as a gangway around the house. The rooms were very large. But the most outstanding feature was in the kitchen. It had two stoves stacked one upon another. The whole town came to see this invention. In another room, the ceiling was painted with beautiful ornaments on wooden boards.

Eva Klein - Daughter

25th President of the United States
William McKinley
March 4, 1897 (Adar I 30, 5657)
26th President of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt
September 14, 1901 (Tishrei 1, 5662)
27th President of the United States
William Howard Taft
March 4, 1909 (Adar 11, 5669)
Background
Japan annexes Korea.
from 1910 (5670)
28th President of the United States
Woodrow Wilson
March 4, 1913 (Adar I 25, 5673)
Background
The Great Powers were divided into two opposing alliances, the Triple Entente, consisting of France, Russia, and Britain, and the Triple Alliance, made up of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.
January 1, 1914 (Tevet 3, 5674)
Assasination
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Heir To The Austrian Throne, Is Assasinated In Sarajevo, Bosnia
June 18, 1914 (Sivan 24, 5674)
Background
British Passenger Liner Lusitania Is Sunk By A German Sumbarine. Killing about 1200.
June 18, 1914 (Sivan 24, 5674)
Background
Austria-Hungary Declares War On Serbia. Russia, An Ally Of Serbia, Mobilize Troops. Russia's entrance into WWI was a disaster. By the end of the war, about 2.5 million Russians had been killed.
July 28, 1914 (Av 5, 5674)
Background
Germany Declares War On Russia.
August 1, 1914 (Av 9, 5674)
Background
Germany Declares War On France.
August 3, 1914 (Av 11, 5674)
Background
Britain Declares War On Germany.
August 4, 1914 (Av 12, 5674)
Background
Austria Declares War On Russia.
August 6, 1914 (Av 14, 5674)
Background
Japan Declares War On Germany.
August 23, 1914 (Elul 1, 5674)
Background
Austria Declares War On Japan.
August 25, 1914 (Elul 3, 5674)
Background
Russian Czar Nicholas is forced to abdicate the throne.
March 15, 1917 (Adar 21, 5677)
Background
United States Declares War On Germany
April 6, 1917 (Nissan 14, 5677)
Background
In Russia, leftist revolutionaries led by Bolshevik Party leader Vladimir Lenin launch a nearly bloodless coup d’état against the provisional government. Beginning of the Russian Civil War.
November 7, 1917 (Heshvan 22, 5678)
Background
United States Declares War On Austria-Hungary.
December 7, 1917 (Kislev 22, 5678)
Death of a grandson
Cause: Bone Atrophy
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Note: According to the death record, the cause of death appears to be listed as "csont torvadaj." When the image was posted on a Facebook translation group, it was translated as "bone atrophy." This matches what I was told by my father Meynhart Klein that grandfather Zsigmond died of a leg infection.

According to the death record, the cause of death appears to be listed as "csont torvadaj." When the image was posted on a Facebook translation group, it was translated as "bone atrophy." This matches what I was told by my father Meynhart Klein that grandfather Zsigmond died of a leg infection.

David 12/30/2020

Background
United States Signs Armistice With Germany
November 11, 1918 (Kislev 7, 5679)
Background
In the United States, the 18th Amendment Prohibition of alcohol becomes effective.
January 17, 1920 (Tevet 26, 5680)
Background
In Czechoslovakia, women are given the right to vote when the Constitution is enacted.
February 29, 1920 (Adar 10, 5680)
Background
Henry Ford publishes an article called THE INTERNATIONAL JEW: THE WORLD'S PROBLEM in the Dearborn Independent. Ford continues to publish anti-semitic articles for seven years. Copies of the newspapers are placed in Ford Auto Delearships. newspaper is sent
May 22, 1920 (Sivan 5, 5680)
Background
Treaty Of Trianon ended WWI. Hungary Gives Up Two Thirds Of Its Land. Town Of Bilky Becomes Part of Czechoslovakia.
June 6, 1920 (Sivan 20, 5680)
Background
In the United States, the 18th Amendment is certified and women are given the right to vote.
August 26, 1920 (Elul 12, 5680)
29th President of the United States
Warren G Harding
March 4, 1921 (Adar I 24, 5681)
Background
In the United States, the Emergency Quota Act restricts the number of immigrants.
May 21, 1921 (Iyar 13, 5681)
Background
In Soviet Union, Stalin becomes General Secretary of Communist Party.
April 3, 1922 (Nissan 5, 5682)
Background
Russian Civil War ends. 7,000,000–12,000,000 total deaths. The overwhelming majority of deaths were civilians. Russia becomes Soviet Union.
June 16, 1923 (Tamuz 2, 5683)
30th President of the United States
Calvin Coolidge
August 2, 1923 (Av 20, 5683)
Background
Hyperinflation occurs in Germany as a result of debt/reparations owed from World War I.
from 1921 (5681) to 1923 (5683)
Background
Mein Kampf, Hitler's autobigraphical manifesto, is published. Hitler compliments Henry Ford by name.
July 18, 1925 (Tamuz 26, 5685)
Death of a daughter
Note: The death certificate is signed by her son Jeno Klein.
31st President of the United States
Herbert Hoover
March 4, 1929 (Adar I 22, 5689)
Background
In the United States, the stock market crashes and loses 23% in two days.
from October 23, 1929 (Tishrei 19, 5690) to October 24, 1929 (Tishrei 20, 5690)