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MAHLER Jozsef
aka MALER Jozsef
Vital Statistics
Name MAHLER Jozsef
Hebrew Name Yosef Leib[18]
Occupation Baker[1][14], journeyman[12], merchant[12], local tradesman in Nagyvarad[15]
Parents Gyula & Sadie MAHLER of Hungary.
 (brother Adolf MAHLER in Brooklyn)[13][16][17]
Born abt 1831[13][14]
Married MANDELBAUM Sara (aka Sari, Saly, Sili, Szali; Hebrew name Sarah)[12]. 
im Marghita;  Born 1843[13][14]. or 1840[19].  Died:Kispest, April 13, 1924; parents: David MANDELBAUM & Maria FISCHER (MAHLER Rose's mother was an orthodox Jew. After the death of her husband, she moved in with her son, but couldn't get along with her daughter-in-law who didn't keep a kosher cuisine. She then moved in her daughter Roza and son-in-law Jakab SIMON who she lived with in Budapest until died at 82 years old.[1])
Son MALER Jakab b. 14 Aug 1862 in Marghita, Romania
Daughter MALER Kati b. 1 April 1868 in Marghita, m. KLEIN Ignatz in Nagyvarad, children: KLEIN Roza (b. 6 Nov 1896) and KLEIN Dezso (b. 10 May 1898).
Daughter MAHLER Róza on 23 Aug 1870 in Marghita.
Son MAHLER Hirsch Isaias, Nagyvarad, Jul 2, 1873. Circumcized by Rabbi Landesberg (Orthodox) .[12]
Daughter MAHLER Resi, Nagyvarad, Oct. 7, 1875.[12]
Son MALER Salamon (MAHLER Sandor) m. NACK Szeren (Szali) b. in Cetariu, children: Jeno (b. Nagyvarad 21 April 1894; d. 22 June 1917 in Erzsebetfalva[7]), Istvan (b. Nagyvarad 20 Aug 1895)[12], Bela, Erzsebet and Marton.[10]   Note: One of the MAHLER sons (perhaps Sandor) was president of the freemasons in Hungary. Lived in New York[1]
Daughter MALER Minna b. 15 June 1878 in Nagyvarad.[12]
Daughter MAHLER Terez (Therese) Teacher immigrated to America in 1903.[11][13][14] Theresa's husband's first name was Morton.[7] Theresa had 4 children. She died sometime after 1957. Therese and Emilie (Millie) came to the US first with the intention of making money and sending for the rest of the family. They sent money for others to follow (maybe $300) which was put in a bank in Hungary and then wiped out by hyper inflation.[1]
Daughter MAHLER Francziska (aka Fanny; Hebrew name: Freideh[18]) b. Nagyvarad 14 Nov 1880[12]. Appears to have come to America with Jozsef, Sali and Terez in 1903 and then returned to Hungary afterwards[13][14]. Married merchant STEINER George who died in a forced labor camp in WWII; Fanny died shortly after the war (1945/46).[1][3]
Daughter MAHLER Emilie b. abt. 1883 probably in Nagyvarad.[12] Mili was a who teacher immigrated to NYC in. 1902; daughter who was a chorus dancer in Las Vegas in the 60's)[1] (May be same as Minna.)
Died between 1903 and 1916 (probably in New York, Budapest or Nagyvarad).

Earliest records show Baker Jozsef MAHLER & his wife Sara MANDELBAUM had several children in Marghita, Hungary (now Romania) and then moving to Nagyvarad, Hungary (now Oradea, Romania) between 1870-1873 where they had more children. In 1903, Josef (72), his wife Sili (60) and his daughter's Terez (24) and Fanny (18?) took the Pennsylvannia steamer from Hamburg, Germany to New York City.[13][14] Some time before 1916, Sara was widowed and returned to Budapest[6][7]
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* Family legend lists Roza MAHLER a cousin of the Czech composer Gustav MAHLER. If so, Jozsef would be a brother of Gustav's father Bernard MAHLER (1827-1889). Bernard did have a brother Jozsef (also born in 1830) who was otherwise accounted for in Czechoslovakia. Bernard had another brother Leopold (1829) who is unaccounted for. If Jozsef is a brother to Bernard, his parents would be Simon MAHLER (b. Kalischt 1793) and Maria BONDY (b. Lipnice 1805 - d. Lipnice 1883). More likely, Jozsef is related to the Czech Gustav MAHLER family of from a cousin (rather than brother) of the composers father. [Gustav MAHLER genealogy]


Teresa MAHLER and her husband Morton at age 57 in front of their home in New York City
Morton's surname and the borough their house (and Brozza Jewelers) is in is unknown but probably in Brooklyn or Manhattan.


.Francziska Freidah MAHLER, sister of Roza
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Sources

[1] Böske MOHOS (oral)
[2] SIMON family registry (KELLNER Magda)
[3] Tony LINHARDT (oral)
[4] Pollenz Genealogical Chart 12/88 (suppied by Susan Boyer)
[5] Mormon Internatial Genealogy Index (IGI CD-ROM set)
[6] MAHLER Jeno death certificate.
[7] SIMON Pal death certificate.
[8] Letter from Prof. Jiri Rychetsy (19 jan 98).
[9] MAHLER, vol I, Henri de La Grange, Doubleday & Co, 1973:, pg. 5
[10] Writing on back of photo of Theresa & Morton MAHLER at age 57 in front of their house (next to Brasso Jewelers) in New York.
[11] 1987 video interview with Boske MOHOS
[12] Oradea State Archives birth registry
[13] Ellis Island records 1903, Pennsylvannia Line, arrival from Hamburg in New York on 1 July 1903
[14] Hamburg Passenger List, Pennsylvannia Line departure on 22 June 1903 (band 144, page 1721).
[15] Geza Simon's Genealogical Diary: "In May 15, 1894 in Nagyvárad, he [Jakab Simon" married Róza Mahler, daughter of a local tradesman József Mahler.
[16] 1910 and 1930 New York census list parents of Adolph MAHLER as Hungarian.
[17] 1880 Immigration record for Adolph Mahler lists parents as Gyula & Sadie MAHLER of Hungary.  I presume Jozsef MAHLER's parents are the same.
[18] 1880 birth record for Francziska MAHLER in Nagyvarad lists Hebrew names of parents Yosef Leib & Sarah with daughter Freideh
[19] Kispest Civil Record: Entry 218/1924: widow Mrs. Jozsef Mahler nee Sara Mandelbaum d. 13 April 1924 at 9am; Residence Klaman kiraly u. 8, age 84; parents (deceased): David Mandelbaum and Maria Fischer; cause of death: old age; reported by Mrs.Jakab Simon.

16 November 20077; pml