Mihály Hegedüs (1797–1827) |
Hegedüs János
(1725?-1790?) Hegedüs János
(1763–1803) → Mihály
Hegedüs (1797–1827) Hegedüs János
(1819–1870) Hegedüs Béla
(1858–1945) Dr Ödön Hegedüs (1905–1997) |
The exact date of birth is unknown; we only know that
he was baptized on February 12, 1797 in Magyarszecsőd.
Rev. Pál Ujjhelyi
recorded the following details in the church book of the local Calvinist
community: “1797. Die 12 Febr. H. Hollósi Hegedüs Jánosnak Csúti Katalintól született Mihály fia kereszteltetett. K.A. és
A. [keresztapák és
-anyák] Vég István F. Németh
Judith, Tóth István
F. Sós Erzsébeth,
Gazdag István F. Német Éva, Kis György F. Kapás Erzsébeth.”
“1797. Die 12 Febr. János Hegedüs of H. Hollós’s
son, born from Katalin Csúti,
was baptized as Mihály. Godfathers and
godmothers:…”
The family lived in Hidashollós
(today: Egyházashollós), but as there
was no Calvinist church there, the protestants had to go to the neighboring Magyarszecsőd for baptisms, weddings and funeral
service. Mihály was János
Hegedüs’s and Katalin
Csuti’s second child. His elder sister Julianna
(1795) lived only for a couple days, but his younger sister Zsuzsanna
married Mihály Tzál
and gave birth to many children. The youngest sister
– also named Julianna – died at the age of three.
We do not know anything about Mihály
Hegedüs’s childhood. He was 4 when his
father died, and we do not have any further information about his mother. We do
not know whether she got married again later or not, and her name does not
appear in the church books later.
On May 12, 1818, Mihály
married Katalin Magyar, daughter of János Magyar and Katalin Geszti. The church book of the Calvinist community of Egyházasrádóc contains the following
about the wedding: “Bachelor Noble Mihály
Hegedüs of Hidas Hollós married the late János
Pápai of E.H.Rádócz’s
widow Katalin Magyar. The husband’s dowry: 200,
the wife’s: 120, to the church: 30 forints.” The bestmen were Ferenc Német and Mihály Szabó. Interestingly, the widow was exactly the same
age as the “bachelor”.
The couple moved to the wife’s village of birth Egyházasrádóc (perhaps Katalin had inherited a house from her first husband), and
their first child János
Hegedüs was born there on February 12, 1819.
He was followed by Mihály Jr. on December 28,
1820, but he died of smallpox a year later. Their daughter Theresia was born in
February 1825, but we do not have any more information about her.
On June 15, 1827, an unexpected tragedy happened. Mihály Hegedüs (31)
was working at Taródháza
(today: part of Sorkifalud in
Photos:
Birth certificate
Marriage
certificate