Hungarian Miner, Machine Loader ca.1907, Mine Check No. 155, Darr Mine, Age 33, married, 5 children.
Leaves a wife and 4 children here and one child in the old country.
Brother of Check No. 55, Barakonyi, John.
Lived in coal company house No. 56, Van Meter, PA.
His body was identified by his wife.
DC shows parents name Joseph and Mary (No Maiden)
Mother Mary was informant
Killed in the Darr mine explosion
His 15 year old brother János Barakonyi
was also killed
The Darr Mine, at Van Meter, was the site of one of the worst coal mining disasters in the United States. On December 19, 1907 a gas and dust explosion killed 239 coal miners in the dark tunnels of the Darr Mine.
An inquiry into the disaster afterwards concluded, as was usually the case in that period of Pennsylvania coal mining, that the Pittsburgh Coal Company was not at fault.
The explosion was presumed to have occurred in an area that the Fire Boss had cordoned off, but a group of miners had entered anyway carrying open lamps. This finding was not accepted by all involved: a number of those investigating the disaster could not agree on exactly where the explosion occurred. Secondly, the company permitted the use of open lamps in the mine, a practice it abandoned after the horrible events of December 19th, 1907, at the Darr Mine.
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Info provided by Metti (#47422473)
From St. Emory church books (written in half latin, halt Hungarian, infos given below only in English):
1907/44
Ferenc Barakonyi, husband of Mária Király
from Debréte, Borsod county
lived in Van Meter, Pa
33 years
buried in Rom. Cath. Hungarian cemetery in Connellsville, 1907,
December 24.
officiating Rev. A. Bliesz
Isten áldja az információért Lubic atyát. God bless Father Lubic for sharing us this informations.
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Name: Ferencz Barakonyi
Event Type: Baptism
Event Date: 11 Feb 1874
Event Place: Szentjakab, Abauj-Torna, Hungary (Debréte was the part of Torna-Szentjakab church district)
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Josef Barakonyi
Mother's Name: Maria Barna
Citing this Record:
"Hungary, Catholic Church Records, 1636-1895," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X2ZQ-QJS : accessed 27 May 2015)
Leaves a wife and 4 children here and one child in the old country.
Brother of Check No. 55, Barakonyi, John.
Lived in coal company house No. 56, Van Meter, PA.
His body was identified by his wife.
DC shows parents name Joseph and Mary (No Maiden)
Mother Mary was informant
Killed in the Darr mine explosion
His 15 year old brother János Barakonyi
was also killed
The Darr Mine, at Van Meter, was the site of one of the worst coal mining disasters in the United States. On December 19, 1907 a gas and dust explosion killed 239 coal miners in the dark tunnels of the Darr Mine.
An inquiry into the disaster afterwards concluded, as was usually the case in that period of Pennsylvania coal mining, that the Pittsburgh Coal Company was not at fault.
The explosion was presumed to have occurred in an area that the Fire Boss had cordoned off, but a group of miners had entered anyway carrying open lamps. This finding was not accepted by all involved: a number of those investigating the disaster could not agree on exactly where the explosion occurred. Secondly, the company permitted the use of open lamps in the mine, a practice it abandoned after the horrible events of December 19th, 1907, at the Darr Mine.
******************************************************
Info provided by Metti (#47422473)
From St. Emory church books (written in half latin, halt Hungarian, infos given below only in English):
1907/44
Ferenc Barakonyi, husband of Mária Király
from Debréte, Borsod county
lived in Van Meter, Pa
33 years
buried in Rom. Cath. Hungarian cemetery in Connellsville, 1907,
December 24.
officiating Rev. A. Bliesz
Isten áldja az információért Lubic atyát. God bless Father Lubic for sharing us this informations.
-------------------------------------------------
Name: Ferencz Barakonyi
Event Type: Baptism
Event Date: 11 Feb 1874
Event Place: Szentjakab, Abauj-Torna, Hungary (Debréte was the part of Torna-Szentjakab church district)
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Josef Barakonyi
Mother's Name: Maria Barna
Citing this Record:
"Hungary, Catholic Church Records, 1636-1895," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X2ZQ-QJS : accessed 27 May 2015)
Hungarian Miner, Machine Loader ca.1907, Mine Check No. 155, Darr Mine, Age 33, married, 5 children.
Leaves a wife and 4 children here and one child in the old country.
Brother of Check No. 55, Barakonyi, John.
Lived in coal company house No. 56, Van Meter, PA.
His body was identified by his wife.
DC shows parents name Joseph and Mary (No Maiden)
Mother Mary was informant
Killed in the Darr mine explosion
His 15 year old brother János Barakonyi
was also killed
The Darr Mine, at Van Meter, was the site of one of the worst coal mining disasters in the United States. On December 19, 1907 a gas and dust explosion killed 239 coal miners in the dark tunnels of the Darr Mine.
An inquiry into the disaster afterwards concluded, as was usually the case in that period of Pennsylvania coal mining, that the Pittsburgh Coal Company was not at fault.
The explosion was presumed to have occurred in an area that the Fire Boss had cordoned off, but a group of miners had entered anyway carrying open lamps. This finding was not accepted by all involved: a number of those investigating the disaster could not agree on exactly where the explosion occurred. Secondly, the company permitted the use of open lamps in the mine, a practice it abandoned after the horrible events of December 19th, 1907, at the Darr Mine.
******************************************************
Info provided by Metti (#47422473)
From St. Emory church books (written in half latin, halt Hungarian, infos given below only in English):
1907/44
Ferenc Barakonyi, husband of Mária Király
from Debréte, Borsod county
lived in Van Meter, Pa
33 years
buried in Rom. Cath. Hungarian cemetery in Connellsville, 1907,
December 24.
officiating Rev. A. Bliesz
Isten áldja az információért Lubic atyát. God bless Father Lubic for sharing us this informations.
-------------------------------------------------
Name: Ferencz Barakonyi
Event Type: Baptism
Event Date: 11 Feb 1874
Event Place: Szentjakab, Abauj-Torna, Hungary (Debréte was the part of Torna-Szentjakab church district)
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Josef Barakonyi
Mother's Name: Maria Barna
Citing this Record:
"Hungary, Catholic Church Records, 1636-1895," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X2ZQ-QJS : accessed 27 May 2015)
Leaves a wife and 4 children here and one child in the old country.
Brother of Check No. 55, Barakonyi, John.
Lived in coal company house No. 56, Van Meter, PA.
His body was identified by his wife.
DC shows parents name Joseph and Mary (No Maiden)
Mother Mary was informant
Killed in the Darr mine explosion
His 15 year old brother János Barakonyi
was also killed
The Darr Mine, at Van Meter, was the site of one of the worst coal mining disasters in the United States. On December 19, 1907 a gas and dust explosion killed 239 coal miners in the dark tunnels of the Darr Mine.
An inquiry into the disaster afterwards concluded, as was usually the case in that period of Pennsylvania coal mining, that the Pittsburgh Coal Company was not at fault.
The explosion was presumed to have occurred in an area that the Fire Boss had cordoned off, but a group of miners had entered anyway carrying open lamps. This finding was not accepted by all involved: a number of those investigating the disaster could not agree on exactly where the explosion occurred. Secondly, the company permitted the use of open lamps in the mine, a practice it abandoned after the horrible events of December 19th, 1907, at the Darr Mine.
******************************************************
Info provided by Metti (#47422473)
From St. Emory church books (written in half latin, halt Hungarian, infos given below only in English):
1907/44
Ferenc Barakonyi, husband of Mária Király
from Debréte, Borsod county
lived in Van Meter, Pa
33 years
buried in Rom. Cath. Hungarian cemetery in Connellsville, 1907,
December 24.
officiating Rev. A. Bliesz
Isten áldja az információért Lubic atyát. God bless Father Lubic for sharing us this informations.
-------------------------------------------------
Name: Ferencz Barakonyi
Event Type: Baptism
Event Date: 11 Feb 1874
Event Place: Szentjakab, Abauj-Torna, Hungary (Debréte was the part of Torna-Szentjakab church district)
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Josef Barakonyi
Mother's Name: Maria Barna
Citing this Record:
"Hungary, Catholic Church Records, 1636-1895," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X2ZQ-QJS : accessed 27 May 2015)
Inscription
Barakonyi Ferenc és János (think two brothers)
emelte Ferenc neje Király Mária
So the ones who erected the stone were not the parents, but the widow of Ferenc and the sister in law to János
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