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SIMON Pál[2]
Vital Statistics
Name SIMON Pal
Hebrew Name Shraga[8]
Occupation big restauranteur, possibly lessee of a big, large restaurant (nagyvendelglos)[2]
day laborer (1869)[5]
Parents SIMON Nachum and Jitti (maiden name unknown)
Born Topolyhanusfalva, Saros, Hungary, 1804 (now Hanusovce nad Topou, Slovakia)[2]
or Gombos (1810)[5]
Married SUSSMANN Hanna Zali
Son SIMON Abráham (abt. 1835[6] 1832)
Married Sali Sarah (b. Hanusfalva, 1815[5]; 
d. Hanusfalva, 26 Nov 1879[7]
Son SIMON Jakab b. Hanusfalva, 1852[6]
Died Nagyvarad, 25 Feb 1885 (now Oradea, Romania)

Uncle Geza's Diary: On Grandfather Pál

His  [Nachum's] second son, Pál, my grandfather, was born in the year 1804 in Hanusfalva, [and] died in the year 1884 in Nagyvárad at my father’s home.  He was a restaurant owner in Homonna, even during the events [revolution] of 1848.  Due to his patriotic behavior, he was exposed to suffering by [occupying] Russian troops, to whom he caused much damage.  He was a strong and courageous man; he wrestled with me when he was 75 years old and even then he beat me.

His [Pál’s] wife Hani, died in 1848 in Hanusfalva. 

My father Ábrahám Simon was born in the year 1833 in at Hanusfalva in Saros County, adjacent to Eperjes, where his father Pál Simon was farming. 


NEW! - 1869 Census[5] - NEW!

New information from the 1869 census of Saros county paints a new picture of the life of Pal and Saly SIMON, In the little town of Hanusfalu at #132 Main St. there was a house where three families lived.  The house had 2 (bed?) rooms and a living room (foyer?).  There was also a warehouse, 2 stables, 2 barns (or granaries) and 2 oxen.

The first family of the house was Andras Szabo (1810 - age 54), his wife Anna (1814 - age 55) and their son Anvras? (1849 - age 20).  Szabo was a farmer-peasant.  His son Andras was a tradesman.  The second family of the house appears to be Szabo's other son Janos (1844 - age 25) and his wife Zsuzsi Lukacs (1848 - age 21).  Janos was also a peasant-farmer.

The third family of the house was Boske's great grand-parents Pal Simon (1810 - age 59) and his wife Sara (1815 or 1819? - age 54?).  Pal was a day laborer and renter, so I imagine he worked for Szabo.  (The sleeping arrangements must have been a  little cramped, but I guess they worked it out.)

Pal was born in Gombos, a nearby town.  All the others were from Hanusfalu (Hanusfalva) which is now part of Slovakia).  Pal and his wife Sara were followers of Moses' religion (i.e. Hebrew) while the others were evangelical (AE) (i.e. reformed Christians).

The farmer Szabo and his two sons could read and write.  Szabo's wife was illiterate and his son's wife could only read.  Pal and Sara could neither read nor write Hungarian or German (but could probably read and write Hebrew).  This point is a little interesting since their son Abraham (Boske's grandfather) llater became a school headmaster in Nagyvarad.  Geza's diary describes in detail how is father learned to read and write Hungarian and German from the daughter of the Rabbi of Sarapatak against the wishes of his parents.
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Sources

[1] Böske MOHOS (oral)
[2] SIMON family tree (from KELLNER SIMON Magda)
[3] Tony LINHARDT (oral)
[4] Uncle Geza's Memoirs
[5] 1869 Census lists Pal SIMON (1810) of Hanusfalu married to Sara SIMON (1819 or 1815?) (LDS film 2189410#4, family #1891) with no children listed.  The dates are at variance with Geza SIMON's Family Tree which lists Pal SIMON (1804) married to Zali (1814), but note there remains a 10 year age difference.
[6] 1939 letter from Rabbi of Hanusfalva?
[7] Death entry for Sali Simon, Temple registry for Hanusfalva, LDS FHC Film 1792092, item 3
[8] Tombstone of Abraham SIMON in Nagyvarad 

23  November 2007; pml