Franz Xavier Komlosy

  General Notes:

Frank Komlosy of New York has a copy of the Hungarian birth/baptismal certificate for Ferenc(z) Xavier Komlossy. The translation into English was performed by a professional translator, who provided these additional notes", based on the information he gleaned from the Hungarian birth certificate and from the German death announcement for Johanna Komolsy:

"Translator's notes: The form is Hungarian, the registration Latin. The child's name in Hungarian is Ferenc(z) Xavier Karoly, just like his father, also Ferenc(z) Komlossy. A noble family, with German ancestry on the mother's side. Sadly, it is impossible to read the mother's name, but the death announcement that we have for her supplies this information.

The family was noble. The original spelling was probably Komlossy, from Kanizsa (Ujkanizsa or Torokkanizsa) in Transylvania. They were Roman Catholics, fans of the Jesuits, judging by the name Xavier. Later they moved to Schrabatz, wherever that might have been, either in Austria or Germany."
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FFranz is listFranz is listed in the Hamburger Passagierlisten. He departed Hamburg aboard the “Dania” on July 26, 1891. His residence is listed as Berlin, Brandenburg and his occupation is painter.
The family is listed on the 1900 Suffolk County, Massachusetts census. They resided in Boston's 24th Ward on Washington Street. Their names are listed as Frank, Amelia, Helen, Elma and Frank O. Komlosy. It states that Franz and Emalie had been married for 6 years. It states that Emalie and her parents were born in Germany. The census says that Franz came to the USA in 1890 and Emalie came to the USA in 1893. Franz's occupation is listed as “scene artist”. He was the scene artist for the Imperial Opera House in Vienna, and he came to the US to paint scenery for the “Lilliputians” (Reference is "New York Times article, August 10, 1891")
He is also listed in the 1910 New York Census. He and his family were living on Seventh Street in Manhattan, in New York City. Their names are listed as Frank, Amalie, Helen, Amalie, and Frank O. Komlosy. It states that Helen was born in Massachusetts, Irma was born in New York, and Frank was born in Massachusetts. This census says that Franz came to the USA in 1891 and Emalie came to the USA in 1892. Franz's profession is listed as theatrical artist and Helen worked in a store.

Franz married Amalia or Emalie Wolff about 1893-1895 in Boston, MA. (Amalia or Emalie Wolff was born about 1877 in Hamburg, Germany and died in 1947 in Brooklyn, New York.)