Third Generation

4. Mihály DUTKA was born on 12 December 1848 in Lazonpatak (Podproc), Szepes m, HUN.⁵ He died on 18 November 1903 at the age of 54 in Lazonpatak (Podproc), Szepes m, HUN.⁶ He died at age 55, was identified as a property owner (birtokos) living at Lazonpatak 7, and was buried on November 19. With few exceptions, in the church records the family name was spelled Dutka. Likewise it was spelled that way on Nick's 1908 immigration manifest. Therefore, for consistency, that spelling is used for all people born in Europe. But, since the family has consistently spelled it Dutko in the US, that spelling has been adopted here for all the children born in the US.

The family lived in Lazonpatak, Szepes county, Hungary ... now known as Podproc, Slovakia. The German name for the town is Latzenbach. These three language variations on the town name were used interchangably in the 19th century. The Dutka's were of the Greek Catholic faith and attended the ancient (c1325) Saint Mikulas Greek Catholic Church in nearby Nagyolvsa (Olsavica or Olschau). Zsófia SZALÁNCZY and Mihály DUTKA were married on 14 November 1870 in Felsö-Repás, Szepes m, HUN.⁷ He was a 23-year-old bachelor living at Podproc house #7, and she was a 20-year-old maiden living at Pavlyán #3. The groom's name was spelled "Dutko" in the register. The marriage register also states in Latin: "promulgato et dispenciato 4 mixto 7 conguinato grado" -- which I believe means that a dispensation was issued because the were related in the 4th degree (canon law) and the 7th degree (civil law). That implies that their common ancestors were great-grandparents on one side, and great-great-grandparents on the other -- ie. they were second cousins once removed.

5. Zsófia SZALÁNCZY was born on 26 April 1851 in Pavlyán (Pavlány), Szepes m, HUN.⁸ She died after 1916 at the age of 65. She was still living at the time of her youngest daughter's marriage in Johnstown in 1916, when she was identified as a farmer. According the the baptismal entries for her children, she was of the Roman Catholic faith which was noted as "RCath" or "LR" for Latin Ritus (Latin Rite). This was confirmed when the records of her ancestors were found in the Roman Catholic church at Felsö-Repás (and it's "daughter-church" at Pavlyán, where the family lived.)

Her family name was spelled in several ways including Salanci in early records. For consistency, the most common Hungarian spelling -- Szalánczy -- found in the church registers is used here. In the early 19th century, close to half the population of the village of Pavlyán had the surname Szalánczy -- therefore it was difficult to work with the church records.

Children were:

	i.	Mária DUTKA was born on 14 August 1873 in Lazonpatak (Podproc), Szepes m, HUN.⁹ She was baptized on August 16. Her mother was identified as a "L.R." -- Latin Rite Catholic. The family lived at Podproc house #6. Her godparents were Peter Grajczár and his wife Mária, who were also the godparents for her first several siblings.
	ii.	Mihály "Mike" DUTKA¹⁰ was born on 13 January 1876 in Lazonpatak (Podproc), Szepes m, HUN.¹¹ He was baptized on 14 January. He died in USA. He emigrated to the US aboard the SS Köln arriving from Bremen on 12 Jan 1901. He was 24 years old, single, and his hometown was Lazonpatak, Hungary. He stated that he had previously been in the US from 1892-1897.
	iii.	Anna DUTKA was born on 30 April 1878 in Lazonpatak (Podproc), Szepes m, HUN.¹² She was baptized on May 1. She died on 21 February 1948 at the age of 69 in Slovakia.¹² She emigrated to the US aboard the SS Bremen and arrived in New York on 25 Mar 1898 with $2 and a train ticket to Johnstown. On the manifest, she said her destination was her "uncle in Johnstown János Kesellak" presumably a fib -- giving the name of her fianceé. Note that she eventually married two men with identical names: János Keselyak-Demo. They were cousins.
	iv.	Ersébet DUTKA was born on 24 November 1880 in Lazonpatak (Podproc), Szepes m, HUN.¹³ She was baptized on November 27.
	v.	Ilona "Helena" DUTKA was born on 14 February 1883 in Lazonpatak (Podproc), Szepes m, HUN.¹⁴ She was baptized on February 16. This was the only baptismal record for this family where their name was spelled Dutko. She died in 1964 at the age of 81 in USA.
	vi.	János DUTKA was born on 11 June 1885 in Lazonpatak (Podproc), Szepes m, HUN.¹⁵ He was baptized on June 13.
	vii.	György DUTKA was born on 14 April 1888 in Lazonpatak (Podproc), Szepes m, HUN.¹⁶ He was baptized on the day of his birth. He died on 15 June 1932 at the age of 44 in Lazonpatak (Podproc), Szepes m, HUN.¹⁷ He died at age 45 and was buried on June 15. According to the family, he never came to the US.
2	viii.	Miklos "Nick" DUTKA.
	ix.	Katalin "Kate" DUTKA was born on 10 October 1893 in Lazonpatak (Podproc), Szepes m, HUN.¹⁸ She was baptized on October 11. She came to the US aboard the SS Barbarrosa from Bremen, arriving in New York on 07 Sep 1901 at age 17. She traveled with Elizabeth Belak Popovich, and identified her destination as her "uncle" Mike Popovich.
	x.	Zsófia "Sophie" DUTKA was born on 4 June 1896 in Lazonpatak (Podproc), Szepes m, HUN.¹⁹ She died on 15 October 1985 at the age of 89 in USA. She emigrated to the US in 1912.

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