Iren Molnar's bith certificate

This is the birth certificate of my mother, Iren Katz (married Molnar), which was issued in Berettyoujfalu in 1902. My paternal grandfather, Mor Katz, was born in 1877 in Hajduszovat. He was a painter. My grandmother, Amalia Pollak, was born in 1880 in Vekerd. They got married in 1901 in Darvas. They had five children, all of them were born in Berettyoujfalu, and then sometime in 1913 or 1914 they moved to Budapest. My mother was born in 1902, then Marci was born in 1904, Bandi in 1906, Rozsi in 1908, and Kalman was born in 1910. My mother only finished elementary school. They were extremely poor. My grandmother was ill all the time; my grandfather was never at home. My grandmother raised her four younger siblings: one girl and three boys. My grandfather was a careless man; at least they told me so. My mother was a very firm person, she was a giant. If I think of what she went through, what she survived...

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