When
I first learned about Ilona, I only knew that she was a cousin of Eva Steuer
Halas and her mother was Eva’s aunt Borishka. I of course jump right in to
search Eva’s Steuer uncles and their families.
I did find a Borbala Steuer, daughter of Nathan Steuer and Bella Jozefovits. So for while I thought I found Ilona Frankel’s mother, and kept on searching to find out Ilona’s maiden name and hopefully, who her father was.
Just two days ago I hit the jackpot! I found the actual marriage record for Ilona and Artur Frenkel. Sometime between Ilona and Artur’s arrival to the USA, there was a name change. Artur became Arthur and changed the spelling of his last name to Frankel. The marriage record has Ilona’s maiden name, Fröhlinger.
Now
that I found her maiden name I was able to find Ilona’s birth record. Her birth
record of course gave both of her parents’ names. Now I know her father was Móric
Fröhlinger. Ilona and her one brother I found, Lajos Fröhlinger, both were born
in Satoraljaujhely, Satoraljaujhely Jaras, Zemplen Megye, Hungary. I also found
out Lajos married Róza Gebei on 15 Oct 1939 in Budapest and that Lajos perished
in the Holocaust.
I
also have uncovered Ilona’s paternal aunts and uncles, as well as her paternal
grandmother’s maiden name. Ilona’s paternal grandparents were Ignácz (Chajen
Izsak) Frölhinger and Pepi/Peppi Kronovicz. Ignácz and Pepi’s children are Moses
Wolf, Eszti, Hani and Móric. Moses Wolf was illegitimate and the youngest son
of Ignácz is Bernat Berl and his mother is listed as Betti Kronovicz.
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