Sabo - Moore Genealogy

Person Sheet

Name	Sandor KOPAR^17,334,335
Birth	3 Nov 1879, Satoraljaujhely, Hungary³¹³
Death	21 Dec 1964, North Brunswick, Middlesex, NJ^313,486 Age: 85
Death Memo	Alex died at the Middlesex Hospital for the chronically ill.
Burial	22 Dec 1964, Perth Amboy, Middlesex, NJ^313,486 Age: 85
Burial Memo	Calvary cemetery. Alex's Obit states burial in Church cemetery.
Emigration	1903⁴⁸⁶ Age: 23
Residence	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, NJ⁴⁸⁶
Residence	Old Bridge, Middlesex, NJ⁴⁸⁶
Occupation	Grocer⁴⁸⁶
Religion	Hungarian Reformed Church⁴⁸⁶
Alias/AKA	Alex Cooper^313,300
Father	Andras KOPAR
Mother	Zsuzsanna GAL

Misc. Notes

Abt. 1911, Alex had a major stroke while working in California, age 32. ³¹²Helen & Clara's father disappeared for a long time after he
left home for Califiornia to find work. The family thought he had abandoned them, but that was when he had his stroke at 32. A friend of his kept showing him a photo of the family but for a long time he did not recognize them. Somehow he worked his way back home. He made it to Hopelawn and when my grandmother saw him she screamed (to her grandmother, I think) to go inside because a beggar was
coming.³⁴⁰ Alex and Mary operated a grocery store for several years in the Catherine-Cortland street section of Perth Amboy.⁴⁸⁶

Misc. Notes

Hi Scot. I sent this to Nancy Kantra some time ago,and
thought you might like a copy.

Roberta

>
> I was
> wondering if you had heard different versions of the
> family
> stories that are familiar to us.
>
> My grandmother Csipo told us her name was changed on the
> first day of school. The teacher pointed to her and
> said,
> "You're Helen Cooper!" This was despite the fact that
> her
> father's name was not changed at Ellis Island. She often
> said she hated the name Helen but had used it so long it
> was too late to change it back.
>
> When Bill was adopted out his brother and sisters knew
> the
> family that took him. They even saw him rarely. One day
> they got hold of a camera and made their way across town
> to
> take his picture. It was a major undertaking and they
> were
> all excited about it. But afterwards they found that the
> picture did not come out, and they did not see him for
> years after that. Aunt Clara asked everyone she met
> where
> she worked at Roosevelt Hospital if they had heard of
> him.
> After years of this, someone had! Thats how the family
> was
> reunited.
>
> Helen & Clara's father disappeared for a long time after
> he
> left home for Califiornia to find work. The family
> thought
> he had abandoned them, but that was when he had his
> stroke
> at 32. A friend of his kept showing him a photo of the
> family but for a long time he did not recognize them.
> Somehow he worked his way back home. He made it to
> Hopelawn and when my grandmother saw him she screamed (to
> her grandmother, I think) to go inside because a beggar
> was
> coming.
>
> It was a real treat at Christmas to get fruit in your
> Christmas stocking. But you never ate fruit raw, it was
> bad for you.
>
> Alex Cooper was only 2 years older than his son-in-law
> Louis Csipo. It was said that they came to America to
> avoid being drafted into the army. Louis stowed away 3
> times before he got here, and then he came under someone
> else's name, Csikasz Gabor. Mom & Arnold know the rest
> of that one.
>
> I am sure Mom has many more! Have you heard the same
> ones?
⁴⁸⁷

Spouses:

1	Maria SZABO^38,306, G Aunt
Father	Gyorgy SZABO (1859-1913)
Mother	Borbala DIENES (1863-1939)

Marriage	30 Jan 1904, Woodbridge, Middlesex, NJ³¹³
Marriage Memo	Hungarian Reformed Church

Children:	Helen (1904-1988)
	Clara (1906-1968)
	Joseph William (1908-1976)
	Margaret (1910-2000)
	William (Alex Jr.) (1913-1999)

Last Modified 4 Nov 2003

Created 26 Jan 2009

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