John "János" Ferency was the eldest of seven children. John's wife Manca said she knew John before she came to America, as he was a distant cousin by marriage. She said he did not know he would follow her to the states, as they did not have a romantic relationship...on her part. Manca was 20 years of age when she married John, who was 22 (altho on the 1915 NY census, where he was a lunch waiter, and she a dress maker, he was 24 to her 20) It said at at that point, they had both been in the states for two years, and the address was at 332 E 77th St in Brooklyn, NY, where their eldest son was born.
If indeed John came in two years prior, there is a record of a Janos Ferency arriving in the US in 1912 on the ship Imperator, in a 3rd class cabin. He may have traveled back to the old country to see the family, as we have a John Ferency arriving in 1926 (the year his father died) on the ship Cherbourg. However, on his naturalization papers, he said he arrived in the states first on the Kaiser Wilhelm II. (There is little doubt he came through Ellis Island, but I can find no record of him there.) As he didn't have a lot of money at that time, I doubt he was traveling first class. The accommodations on the ship for other passengers were not something at which one would turn one's nose up. The general apartments in the second class were furnished in a similar manner to those of the first class, but somewhat more simply. Second class passengers had for their use a dining saloon accommodating 190 persons situated on the main deck, and a drawing room and a smoking room, both on the after part of the promenade deck. In the way of open air space there was reserved for their use the after part of the promenade deck, in front and at the sides of the drawing and smoke rooms, protected by the upper promenade deck, and the after part of the upper promenade deck, sheltered in its turn by the boat deck. For the general use of the first and second class passengers, there were 28 bath rooms, besides those attached to the cabines de luxe, etc.
Every care had also been taken to provide thoroughly hygienic and comfortable quarters for third class passengers and crew. Of the 52 water-tight doors, 24 in bulkheads were fitted with the Dörr door-closing apparatus, enabling them to be closed from the wheel house. By an indicator in the chart room the captain could see at a glance whether all or which of the water-tight doors were shut. The passenger accommodation was provided throughout with electric light, steam heat, thorough ventilation, etc., and with all the latest improvements. In all there were about 2,700 electric lamps. The electric current was supplied by 5 dynamos. Electricity was extensively used on board the steamer, partly with a view to the comfort of the passengers, partly to ensure safety. There was also an extensive telephone system.
On May 9, 1919, Janos declared intention to become a US citizen. He is listed as a toolmaker, 5'6" with brown hair and hazel eyes (third eye color for him on documents). He lived at 239 Longworth Ave in Detroit, and it was on this document he first said he came to the US on the Kaiser Wilhelm II, arriving in NY Oct 15, 1913. Wife Mary.
On the actual petition for naturalization June 12, 1923, he is given an "alias" of Janos/Jan Jankovits, ( his father-in-law). Some of the document is not readable, but gives son "Otto" as being born on Dec. 8th (just like grandma always said, , altho the family celebrated it on the 6th, and that is the date Theodore believed it to be.) He was a restaurant owner.
On the 1915 NY Census, he is listed with wife Mary, as a lunch waiter, she a dressmaker.
On his 1917 WWI Draft registration, "Ferenezy" he is listed as an alien, who claimed support of dependents. (Wife and 19 mo old child.) He lived at 104 Thaddeus in Detroit, MI. He was a lunchroom manager, under Jos Feig(?). He was of medium height and slender build with grey eyes (note color noted elsewhere as brown) and brown hair. No previous military service.
On the 1920 Detroit Census, he is listed with his wife Mary, his 2 eldest boys, and father-in-law "John Jankovik". He was working at an axel company with his father-in-law, as a tool maker.
On the 1930 Detroit Census, he was living with wife and 3 sons and father- in- law, and owned his own restaurant where his wife was a cook.
He finally became a naturalized citizen, as of January 2, 1924 (online info incorrect, saying 1923), having done that in Detroit. The document gives his minor children as "Otto, aged 8, John, aged 5, and Anthony, aged 1, all of Detroit. Son Theodore's middle name was Otto: Anton is Zoli's middle name. His address was 316 Artillery St., Detroit, in the Delray Hungarian section of the city. He was 33 years of age, white, medium complexion, male, 5'6" tall, brown hair and brown eyes, with no distinguishing marks. John became a restaurant owner not far from the Artillery St address. John's Restaurant. The family struggled with this business through the Great Depression, and his son Ted told of hungry people coming in and ordering a cup of hot water, into which they would pour catsup from the table, to make some free tomato soup. In 1936, we find him once again returning from Europe, on the ship the SS Hamburg. His address at that time was given as 308 Livernois (which is misspelled as "Leversrois" on the manifest.)
Record for marriage is under Fercncsy.
In 1934 he refinanced the home at 308-310 Livernois for a total of $2956.52. This place is now a vacant lot. The Artillery home is no longer, and the street itself is also gone.
His family name was spelled "Ferencz" in the old country, and it is unknown if he changed it, or if it was a clerical error that stuck. In old hand script, a small case "y" and small case "z" look very much alike.
In 1936, John was working at the Ternstedt plant (later named Fisher Body) in Detroit; which produced parts for cars. He had many friends there, and they enjoyed playing Pinochle with them. That year he visited his family in Hungary, and his wife Mary stayed at home. He was living at 396 N. Artillery in Detroit.
John Ferency was hospitalized just before his death (8/17/39) at the Delray Hospital. The cost of his ambulance ride was $4, and his final bill was $129.50. The former Delray General Hospital located on West Jefferson Avenue near Green Street where a large, empty trucking terminal now sits in the shadow of the Zug. It had been an old farm house that was enlarged and became a local, family type hospital. It sat next to the Semet Solvay Corporation north of Zug Island Road. Delray General was torn down about the early to mid 70's to make way for the trucking terminal previously mentioned. It may have been an incorporation of another hospital with DG at that location.
John died of pneumonia, contributing was a faulty mitral valve; looks like Mitral Stenosis. Mitral stenosis is a narrowing of the mitral valve opening that blocks blood flow from the left atrium to the left ventricle. Mitral stenosis usually results from rheumatic fever, but infants can be born with the condition He died at the Delray Hospital. His death certificate lists his father as "Anthony Ferency" and mother, "Rose Szeket", his wife, "Mary Jankovicts". It lists him as a businessman/restaurant proprietor.
If indeed John came in two years prior, there is a record of a Janos Ferency arriving in the US in 1912 on the ship Imperator, in a 3rd class cabin. He may have traveled back to the old country to see the family, as we have a John Ferency arriving in 1926 (the year his father died) on the ship Cherbourg. However, on his naturalization papers, he said he arrived in the states first on the Kaiser Wilhelm II. (There is little doubt he came through Ellis Island, but I can find no record of him there.) As he didn't have a lot of money at that time, I doubt he was traveling first class. The accommodations on the ship for other passengers were not something at which one would turn one's nose up. The general apartments in the second class were furnished in a similar manner to those of the first class, but somewhat more simply. Second class passengers had for their use a dining saloon accommodating 190 persons situated on the main deck, and a drawing room and a smoking room, both on the after part of the promenade deck. In the way of open air space there was reserved for their use the after part of the promenade deck, in front and at the sides of the drawing and smoke rooms, protected by the upper promenade deck, and the after part of the upper promenade deck, sheltered in its turn by the boat deck. For the general use of the first and second class passengers, there were 28 bath rooms, besides those attached to the cabines de luxe, etc.
Every care had also been taken to provide thoroughly hygienic and comfortable quarters for third class passengers and crew. Of the 52 water-tight doors, 24 in bulkheads were fitted with the Dörr door-closing apparatus, enabling them to be closed from the wheel house. By an indicator in the chart room the captain could see at a glance whether all or which of the water-tight doors were shut. The passenger accommodation was provided throughout with electric light, steam heat, thorough ventilation, etc., and with all the latest improvements. In all there were about 2,700 electric lamps. The electric current was supplied by 5 dynamos. Electricity was extensively used on board the steamer, partly with a view to the comfort of the passengers, partly to ensure safety. There was also an extensive telephone system.
On May 9, 1919, Janos declared intention to become a US citizen. He is listed as a toolmaker, 5'6" with brown hair and hazel eyes (third eye color for him on documents). He lived at 239 Longworth Ave in Detroit, and it was on this document he first said he came to the US on the Kaiser Wilhelm II, arriving in NY Oct 15, 1913. Wife Mary.
On the actual petition for naturalization June 12, 1923, he is given an "alias" of Janos/Jan Jankovits, ( his father-in-law). Some of the document is not readable, but gives son "Otto" as being born on Dec. 8th (just like grandma always said, , altho the family celebrated it on the 6th, and that is the date Theodore believed it to be.) He was a restaurant owner.
On the 1915 NY Census, he is listed with wife Mary, as a lunch waiter, she a dressmaker.
On his 1917 WWI Draft registration, "Ferenezy" he is listed as an alien, who claimed support of dependents. (Wife and 19 mo old child.) He lived at 104 Thaddeus in Detroit, MI. He was a lunchroom manager, under Jos Feig(?). He was of medium height and slender build with grey eyes (note color noted elsewhere as brown) and brown hair. No previous military service.
On the 1920 Detroit Census, he is listed with his wife Mary, his 2 eldest boys, and father-in-law "John Jankovik". He was working at an axel company with his father-in-law, as a tool maker.
On the 1930 Detroit Census, he was living with wife and 3 sons and father- in- law, and owned his own restaurant where his wife was a cook.
He finally became a naturalized citizen, as of January 2, 1924 (online info incorrect, saying 1923), having done that in Detroit. The document gives his minor children as "Otto, aged 8, John, aged 5, and Anthony, aged 1, all of Detroit. Son Theodore's middle name was Otto: Anton is Zoli's middle name. His address was 316 Artillery St., Detroit, in the Delray Hungarian section of the city. He was 33 years of age, white, medium complexion, male, 5'6" tall, brown hair and brown eyes, with no distinguishing marks. John became a restaurant owner not far from the Artillery St address. John's Restaurant. The family struggled with this business through the Great Depression, and his son Ted told of hungry people coming in and ordering a cup of hot water, into which they would pour catsup from the table, to make some free tomato soup. In 1936, we find him once again returning from Europe, on the ship the SS Hamburg. His address at that time was given as 308 Livernois (which is misspelled as "Leversrois" on the manifest.)
Record for marriage is under Fercncsy.
In 1934 he refinanced the home at 308-310 Livernois for a total of $2956.52. This place is now a vacant lot. The Artillery home is no longer, and the street itself is also gone.
His family name was spelled "Ferencz" in the old country, and it is unknown if he changed it, or if it was a clerical error that stuck. In old hand script, a small case "y" and small case "z" look very much alike.
In 1936, John was working at the Ternstedt plant (later named Fisher Body) in Detroit; which produced parts for cars. He had many friends there, and they enjoyed playing Pinochle with them. That year he visited his family in Hungary, and his wife Mary stayed at home. He was living at 396 N. Artillery in Detroit.
John Ferency was hospitalized just before his death (8/17/39) at the Delray Hospital. The cost of his ambulance ride was $4, and his final bill was $129.50. The former Delray General Hospital located on West Jefferson Avenue near Green Street where a large, empty trucking terminal now sits in the shadow of the Zug. It had been an old farm house that was enlarged and became a local, family type hospital. It sat next to the Semet Solvay Corporation north of Zug Island Road. Delray General was torn down about the early to mid 70's to make way for the trucking terminal previously mentioned. It may have been an incorporation of another hospital with DG at that location.
John died of pneumonia, contributing was a faulty mitral valve; looks like Mitral Stenosis. Mitral stenosis is a narrowing of the mitral valve opening that blocks blood flow from the left atrium to the left ventricle. Mitral stenosis usually results from rheumatic fever, but infants can be born with the condition He died at the Delray Hospital. His death certificate lists his father as "Anthony Ferency" and mother, "Rose Szeket", his wife, "Mary Jankovicts". It lists him as a businessman/restaurant proprietor.
John "János" Ferency was the eldest of seven children. John's wife Manca said she knew John before she came to America, as he was a distant cousin by marriage. She said he did not know he would follow her to the states, as they did not have a romantic relationship...on her part. Manca was 20 years of age when she married John, who was 22 (altho on the 1915 NY census, where he was a lunch waiter, and she a dress maker, he was 24 to her 20) It said at at that point, they had both been in the states for two years, and the address was at 332 E 77th St in Brooklyn, NY, where their eldest son was born.
If indeed John came in two years prior, there is a record of a Janos Ferency arriving in the US in 1912 on the ship Imperator, in a 3rd class cabin. He may have traveled back to the old country to see the family, as we have a John Ferency arriving in 1926 (the year his father died) on the ship Cherbourg. However, on his naturalization papers, he said he arrived in the states first on the Kaiser Wilhelm II. (There is little doubt he came through Ellis Island, but I can find no record of him there.) As he didn't have a lot of money at that time, I doubt he was traveling first class. The accommodations on the ship for other passengers were not something at which one would turn one's nose up. The general apartments in the second class were furnished in a similar manner to those of the first class, but somewhat more simply. Second class passengers had for their use a dining saloon accommodating 190 persons situated on the main deck, and a drawing room and a smoking room, both on the after part of the promenade deck. In the way of open air space there was reserved for their use the after part of the promenade deck, in front and at the sides of the drawing and smoke rooms, protected by the upper promenade deck, and the after part of the upper promenade deck, sheltered in its turn by the boat deck. For the general use of the first and second class passengers, there were 28 bath rooms, besides those attached to the cabines de luxe, etc.
Every care had also been taken to provide thoroughly hygienic and comfortable quarters for third class passengers and crew. Of the 52 water-tight doors, 24 in bulkheads were fitted with the Dörr door-closing apparatus, enabling them to be closed from the wheel house. By an indicator in the chart room the captain could see at a glance whether all or which of the water-tight doors were shut. The passenger accommodation was provided throughout with electric light, steam heat, thorough ventilation, etc., and with all the latest improvements. In all there were about 2,700 electric lamps. The electric current was supplied by 5 dynamos. Electricity was extensively used on board the steamer, partly with a view to the comfort of the passengers, partly to ensure safety. There was also an extensive telephone system.
On May 9, 1919, Janos declared intention to become a US citizen. He is listed as a toolmaker, 5'6" with brown hair and hazel eyes (third eye color for him on documents). He lived at 239 Longworth Ave in Detroit, and it was on this document he first said he came to the US on the Kaiser Wilhelm II, arriving in NY Oct 15, 1913. Wife Mary.
On the actual petition for naturalization June 12, 1923, he is given an "alias" of Janos/Jan Jankovits, ( his father-in-law). Some of the document is not readable, but gives son "Otto" as being born on Dec. 8th (just like grandma always said, , altho the family celebrated it on the 6th, and that is the date Theodore believed it to be.) He was a restaurant owner.
On the 1915 NY Census, he is listed with wife Mary, as a lunch waiter, she a dressmaker.
On his 1917 WWI Draft registration, "Ferenezy" he is listed as an alien, who claimed support of dependents. (Wife and 19 mo old child.) He lived at 104 Thaddeus in Detroit, MI. He was a lunchroom manager, under Jos Feig(?). He was of medium height and slender build with grey eyes (note color noted elsewhere as brown) and brown hair. No previous military service.
On the 1920 Detroit Census, he is listed with his wife Mary, his 2 eldest boys, and father-in-law "John Jankovik". He was working at an axel company with his father-in-law, as a tool maker.
On the 1930 Detroit Census, he was living with wife and 3 sons and father- in- law, and owned his own restaurant where his wife was a cook.
He finally became a naturalized citizen, as of January 2, 1924 (online info incorrect, saying 1923), having done that in Detroit. The document gives his minor children as "Otto, aged 8, John, aged 5, and Anthony, aged 1, all of Detroit. Son Theodore's middle name was Otto: Anton is Zoli's middle name. His address was 316 Artillery St., Detroit, in the Delray Hungarian section of the city. He was 33 years of age, white, medium complexion, male, 5'6" tall, brown hair and brown eyes, with no distinguishing marks. John became a restaurant owner not far from the Artillery St address. John's Restaurant. The family struggled with this business through the Great Depression, and his son Ted told of hungry people coming in and ordering a cup of hot water, into which they would pour catsup from the table, to make some free tomato soup. In 1936, we find him once again returning from Europe, on the ship the SS Hamburg. His address at that time was given as 308 Livernois (which is misspelled as "Leversrois" on the manifest.)
Record for marriage is under Fercncsy.
In 1934 he refinanced the home at 308-310 Livernois for a total of $2956.52. This place is now a vacant lot. The Artillery home is no longer, and the street itself is also gone.
His family name was spelled "Ferencz" in the old country, and it is unknown if he changed it, or if it was a clerical error that stuck. In old hand script, a small case "y" and small case "z" look very much alike.
In 1936, John was working at the Ternstedt plant (later named Fisher Body) in Detroit; which produced parts for cars. He had many friends there, and they enjoyed playing Pinochle with them. That year he visited his family in Hungary, and his wife Mary stayed at home. He was living at 396 N. Artillery in Detroit.
John Ferency was hospitalized just before his death (8/17/39) at the Delray Hospital. The cost of his ambulance ride was $4, and his final bill was $129.50. The former Delray General Hospital located on West Jefferson Avenue near Green Street where a large, empty trucking terminal now sits in the shadow of the Zug. It had been an old farm house that was enlarged and became a local, family type hospital. It sat next to the Semet Solvay Corporation north of Zug Island Road. Delray General was torn down about the early to mid 70's to make way for the trucking terminal previously mentioned. It may have been an incorporation of another hospital with DG at that location.
John died of pneumonia, contributing was a faulty mitral valve; looks like Mitral Stenosis. Mitral stenosis is a narrowing of the mitral valve opening that blocks blood flow from the left atrium to the left ventricle. Mitral stenosis usually results from rheumatic fever, but infants can be born with the condition He died at the Delray Hospital. His death certificate lists his father as "Anthony Ferency" and mother, "Rose Szeket", his wife, "Mary Jankovicts". It lists him as a businessman/restaurant proprietor.
If indeed John came in two years prior, there is a record of a Janos Ferency arriving in the US in 1912 on the ship Imperator, in a 3rd class cabin. He may have traveled back to the old country to see the family, as we have a John Ferency arriving in 1926 (the year his father died) on the ship Cherbourg. However, on his naturalization papers, he said he arrived in the states first on the Kaiser Wilhelm II. (There is little doubt he came through Ellis Island, but I can find no record of him there.) As he didn't have a lot of money at that time, I doubt he was traveling first class. The accommodations on the ship for other passengers were not something at which one would turn one's nose up. The general apartments in the second class were furnished in a similar manner to those of the first class, but somewhat more simply. Second class passengers had for their use a dining saloon accommodating 190 persons situated on the main deck, and a drawing room and a smoking room, both on the after part of the promenade deck. In the way of open air space there was reserved for their use the after part of the promenade deck, in front and at the sides of the drawing and smoke rooms, protected by the upper promenade deck, and the after part of the upper promenade deck, sheltered in its turn by the boat deck. For the general use of the first and second class passengers, there were 28 bath rooms, besides those attached to the cabines de luxe, etc.
Every care had also been taken to provide thoroughly hygienic and comfortable quarters for third class passengers and crew. Of the 52 water-tight doors, 24 in bulkheads were fitted with the Dörr door-closing apparatus, enabling them to be closed from the wheel house. By an indicator in the chart room the captain could see at a glance whether all or which of the water-tight doors were shut. The passenger accommodation was provided throughout with electric light, steam heat, thorough ventilation, etc., and with all the latest improvements. In all there were about 2,700 electric lamps. The electric current was supplied by 5 dynamos. Electricity was extensively used on board the steamer, partly with a view to the comfort of the passengers, partly to ensure safety. There was also an extensive telephone system.
On May 9, 1919, Janos declared intention to become a US citizen. He is listed as a toolmaker, 5'6" with brown hair and hazel eyes (third eye color for him on documents). He lived at 239 Longworth Ave in Detroit, and it was on this document he first said he came to the US on the Kaiser Wilhelm II, arriving in NY Oct 15, 1913. Wife Mary.
On the actual petition for naturalization June 12, 1923, he is given an "alias" of Janos/Jan Jankovits, ( his father-in-law). Some of the document is not readable, but gives son "Otto" as being born on Dec. 8th (just like grandma always said, , altho the family celebrated it on the 6th, and that is the date Theodore believed it to be.) He was a restaurant owner.
On the 1915 NY Census, he is listed with wife Mary, as a lunch waiter, she a dressmaker.
On his 1917 WWI Draft registration, "Ferenezy" he is listed as an alien, who claimed support of dependents. (Wife and 19 mo old child.) He lived at 104 Thaddeus in Detroit, MI. He was a lunchroom manager, under Jos Feig(?). He was of medium height and slender build with grey eyes (note color noted elsewhere as brown) and brown hair. No previous military service.
On the 1920 Detroit Census, he is listed with his wife Mary, his 2 eldest boys, and father-in-law "John Jankovik". He was working at an axel company with his father-in-law, as a tool maker.
On the 1930 Detroit Census, he was living with wife and 3 sons and father- in- law, and owned his own restaurant where his wife was a cook.
He finally became a naturalized citizen, as of January 2, 1924 (online info incorrect, saying 1923), having done that in Detroit. The document gives his minor children as "Otto, aged 8, John, aged 5, and Anthony, aged 1, all of Detroit. Son Theodore's middle name was Otto: Anton is Zoli's middle name. His address was 316 Artillery St., Detroit, in the Delray Hungarian section of the city. He was 33 years of age, white, medium complexion, male, 5'6" tall, brown hair and brown eyes, with no distinguishing marks. John became a restaurant owner not far from the Artillery St address. John's Restaurant. The family struggled with this business through the Great Depression, and his son Ted told of hungry people coming in and ordering a cup of hot water, into which they would pour catsup from the table, to make some free tomato soup. In 1936, we find him once again returning from Europe, on the ship the SS Hamburg. His address at that time was given as 308 Livernois (which is misspelled as "Leversrois" on the manifest.)
Record for marriage is under Fercncsy.
In 1934 he refinanced the home at 308-310 Livernois for a total of $2956.52. This place is now a vacant lot. The Artillery home is no longer, and the street itself is also gone.
His family name was spelled "Ferencz" in the old country, and it is unknown if he changed it, or if it was a clerical error that stuck. In old hand script, a small case "y" and small case "z" look very much alike.
In 1936, John was working at the Ternstedt plant (later named Fisher Body) in Detroit; which produced parts for cars. He had many friends there, and they enjoyed playing Pinochle with them. That year he visited his family in Hungary, and his wife Mary stayed at home. He was living at 396 N. Artillery in Detroit.
John Ferency was hospitalized just before his death (8/17/39) at the Delray Hospital. The cost of his ambulance ride was $4, and his final bill was $129.50. The former Delray General Hospital located on West Jefferson Avenue near Green Street where a large, empty trucking terminal now sits in the shadow of the Zug. It had been an old farm house that was enlarged and became a local, family type hospital. It sat next to the Semet Solvay Corporation north of Zug Island Road. Delray General was torn down about the early to mid 70's to make way for the trucking terminal previously mentioned. It may have been an incorporation of another hospital with DG at that location.
John died of pneumonia, contributing was a faulty mitral valve; looks like Mitral Stenosis. Mitral stenosis is a narrowing of the mitral valve opening that blocks blood flow from the left atrium to the left ventricle. Mitral stenosis usually results from rheumatic fever, but infants can be born with the condition He died at the Delray Hospital. His death certificate lists his father as "Anthony Ferency" and mother, "Rose Szeket", his wife, "Mary Jankovicts". It lists him as a businessman/restaurant proprietor.
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