Travel Tuesday: Laszlo and Rosa Nagy's Trip to the Kingdom of Hungary

When he was a young child, my maternal grandmother's sister's husband Laszlo James Nagy and his mother Rosa (Koncz) Nagy traveled to the Kingdom of Hungary to visit family. Laszlo's grandfather (and Rosa's father) was listed as the nearest relative on the passenger manifest for their trip back home to New York. He lived in Törökbecse, Torontál County, Kingdom of Hungary (now Novi Bečej, Central Banat District, Vojvodina, Serbia). They sailed home from Fiume (now Rijeka, Croatia) on the Ivernia and arrived in New York City on 17 May 1913. Laszlo was only four years old.

Ancestry.com. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Year: 1913; Arrival, New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 2080; Line: 11; Page Number: 132.

Talented Tuesday: Paula Christina (Schneider) Nagy

My maternal grandmother's sister Paula Christina (Schneider) Nagy was a violinist. She played first violin with the St. Louis Philharmonic Orchestra in the 1930s and was the first concertmaster of the St. Louis Women's Symphony Orchestra. She later became concertmaster of the Kirkwood Symphony Orchestra. Her husband Laszlo James Nagy was also a violinist. The Nagys moved from St. Louis, Missouri to Boston, Massachusetts when Laszlo joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In the early 1950s, Paula played second stand violin with the Boston Civic Symphony. She taught violin in St. Louis. She also played piano, and taught both violin and piano in Newton, Massachusetts for more than 40 years.

References
Paula C. (Schneider) Nagy obituary. Daily Hampshire Gazette, 24 February 2004.

Talented Tuesday: Laszlo James Nagy, Violinist

Photo from Boston Symphony Orchestra Musicians List

Laszlo James Nagy, the husband of my maternal grandmother's sister Paula Christina Schneider, was a professional violinist. At age 10, he began studying violin and piano with a member of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. He played with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra for 10 years. In 1944, he began playing with the Boston Symphony Orchestra; he played with them until he retired in 1985. He was an expert on Hungarian gypsy music.

1940 United States census, St. Louis City, Ward 4, population schedule, enumeration district 96-580, sheet no. 5A. Available from Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

Polk's Newton (Middlesex County, Mass.) City Directory. Vol. XL, 1945. Boston, MA: R. L. Polk & Co. Available from Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

 

Polk's Boston (Suffolk County, Mass.) City Directory. Vol. CLXI, 1964. Boston, MA: R. L. Polk & Co. Available from Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Boston Symphony Orchestra concert programs, Season 79, 1959-1960. Boston, MA: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Available from Internet Archive.

Tombstone Tuesday: Laszlo James and Paula Christina (Schneider) Nagy

Paula Christina Schneider, my maternal grandmother's sister, was born on 27 January 1913 in St. Louis, Missouri. She was the daughter of John Schneider and Paulina Gersbacher. She married Laszlo James Nagy on 18 September 1934 in St. Louis. He was born on 21 September 1908 in New York and was the son of Alexander Nagy and Rosa Koncz. Laszlo died in Waban, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts on 5 December 1992. Paula died in Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts on 7 February 2004. They are buried in Newton Cemetery in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Paula designed the tombstone. She and Laszlo were both musicians.