Brief Life History of Janos
When Janos Farkas was born on 5 May 1877, in Dunaújváros, Fejér, Hungary, his father, Gyorgy Farkas, was 33 and his mother, Terezia Molnar, was 29. He married Agnes Toth on 29 January 1902, in Dunapentele, Fejér, Hungary. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 12 September 1944, at the age of 67.
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Spouse and Children
1877–1944 Male
1880–1957 Female
Children (3)
1902–1984 Male
1904–1977 Female
1906–1978 Male
Parents and Siblings
1844– Male
1849– Female
Siblings (3)
1877–1944 Male
1881–1882 Female
1887– Female
World Events (4)
1914
Age 37
1920
Age 43
1938
Age 61
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Hungarian Laszlo, Tibor, Attila, Sandor, Zoltan, Gabor, Geza, Janos, Istvan, Miklos, Bela, Csaba. Jewish Arie, Chaim, Moshe, Liat, Mayer, Zev, Ari, Asher, Eliezer, Faigy, Fishel, Mendel.
Hungarian: from the old personal name Farkas, derived from farkas ‘wolf’. It is also a nickname derived from the same word. The surname Farkas is also found in Romania and Slovakia (see also 2 below).
Slovak, Czech, Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian, and Rusyn (from Vojvodina in Serbia) (Farkaš): from a Slavicized form of Hungarian farkas ‘wolf’, used either as a nickname or a personal name; or, in part, an adaptation of the cognate Hungarian surname Farkas (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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