Brief Life History of Mária
Mária Gruik was born in 1897, in Martonos, Bács-Bodrog, Hungary. She had at least 1 son with Antal Rekecki. She was buried in Martonoš, Novi Kneževac, Severno-Banatski, Serbia.
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Family Time Line
Antal Rekecki
1895–1984
Mária Gruik
1897–1976
János Rekecki
1936–2009
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World Events (4)
1914
Age 17
WWI. Hungary fights on the losing side and the monarchy collapses.
1920
Age 23
Hungary loses large part of territory to Czechoslovakia, Romania, Russia and Yugoslavia. The National Assembly restores Kingdom of Hungary. Horthy becomes regent and remains influential until 1944.
1938
Age 41
Germany raise treaties in Munich and Vienna in which Southern Slovakia and Northern Transylvania were returned to Hungary.
Name Meaning
Dutch: possibly referring to Middle Dutch grues ‘powder, grit, gravel, slack’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a digger, a miner or a stonemason, or perhaps a metaphorical nickname for a poorly and dirty man.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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