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Matjas surname, finding a family from Germany.

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P Report 31 Mar 2020 11:07

Hello,

I'm trying to help someone find there family but they are having no luck at the moment! Can anyone help find information? 

So there was Josef Porr DOB 1879 and Helene Matjas DOB 1890.

They had Josef Matjas 1914 - 1999. 

Josef Matjas then married Alice Grunewald 1908 - 1995 and they had a child called Rosemarie Matjas 1939 - 2000. 

Kristen is really eager to find information, she has these basic facts but she wants to know if theres anything else. Pictures/more unknown family/siblings etc? Where did they live in Germany? Is "Matjas" even a german surname? We know Josef and Alice eventually went to the USA in 1954. 

There just doesn't seem to be anyone alive who'd have the answers for Kristen, so i'm hoping someone can help? 

thank you.

Maddie

Maddie Report 31 Mar 2020 11:21

Name: Josef Pörr
Birth Date: 10 Apr 1879
Birth Place: Ellingen Weissenburg Mittelfranken. Bayern (Bavaria)
Combat Arm: Infanterie
Type of Unit: Infanterie-Regimenter
Unit: 9. bayer. Infanterie-Regiment
Volume: 1057
in the U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 No Image
Text-only collection

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Name: Josef Matjas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 3 Apr 1914
Birth Place: Abwinkl, Federal Republic of Germany
Death Date: 19 Nov 1999
Father: Josef Porr
Mother: Helene Matjas
SSN: 075306352
Notes: May 1954: Name listed as JOSEF MATJAS

Maddie

Maddie Report 31 Mar 2020 11:33

Joseph Poor
New York Naturalization Index (Soundex)
Name
Joseph Poor
Event Type
Naturalization
Event Date
1896
Event Place
, New York, New York, United States
Birth Country
Bavaria

Citing this Record
"New York Naturalization Index (Soundex), 1792-1906," database with


Josef Poor
Event Type
Immigration
Event Date
1884
Event Place
New York City, New York, United States
Gender
Male
Age
8
Birth Year (Estimated)
1876
Birthplace
Germany
Ship Name
Fulda

Citing this Record
"New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891," database with images,

trees on ancestry have no further info

maybe not him if son born 1914 in germany

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 31 Mar 2020 14:40

Matjas may well be Hungarian and/or Austrian in origin.

It's a version of the English names Matthews and/or Matthias

P

P Report 31 Mar 2020 18:42

thank you very much, do you know how i can find a birth record for Josef? 1914-1999

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 31 Mar 2020 22:26

General info here:

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Germany_Genealogy

Unfortunately records are kept locally, so you need to know where he was born -
Abwinkl ?

https://tinyurl.com/uwr73xr

Researching:
Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.