Second Generation

2. Gyula HESZLER/HESZLÉNYI was born on 13 April 1843 in Szeged, Csongrád m, HUN.^7,8 He was christened as Julius Heszler at the Roman Catholic church of St. Demeter in downtown Szeged (Szegedi Belváros) on April 13. The godparents were Lenart Waldmüller and Anna Pintér. The family's 1863 name change was noted in his baptism record at a later date. The 1871 certified copy of his baptismal record shows only the name Gyula Heszlényi -- not Julius Heszler, as originally recorded.

From 1869 he was an a railway construction engineer for the MAV in Aszód, PPSK m, HUN. [Note that his wife's cousin, Gyula Bereczky (Faragó), was chief engineer of the Magyar Állami Vasút -- the Hungarian National Railways.] He died on 18 January 1877 at the age of 33 in Aszód, PPSK m, HUN.^9,10 He died in a railway accident that was described to his grandchildren this way: he and coworkers were operating a hand-car on a railroad track; to avoid a collision with a train, they rolled themselves and the hand-car off the track; he was killed by the impact of the pump-handle on his chest. According to the death record, he died at age 34 of an infection, perhaps resulting from the injury described above. He was buried in Aszód on January 20.

The death notice published by his father says he was 33 years old, two years into his widowhood, and died with brief suffering after the occurrence. He attended the Szeged Piarist Academy. In 1861, he was an amateur actor in the productions of the Szeged Women's Association of Rókus. He was a founder of the Youth Equality Association at the Belváros Casino.

He attended the Technical University in Buda, where (according to an 1865 Budapest newspaper) he was an officer of the Student Aide Society. He was also a member of the university's fencing team. In 1869, Gyula qualified for a diploma from the university's Institute for Engineering.

Following his marriage in September 1869, he took a position with the Hungarian National Railroads (MAV) as a construction engineer, and was assigned to Aszód east of Budapest. Mária Fáni OSZTRÓVSZKY and Gyula HESZLER/HESZLÉNYI were married on 20 September 1869 in Szeged, Csongrád m, HUN.^11,12,13 Both Gyula and Mária were considered to be "golden children" -- the term coined by István Széchenyi for the elite young people of the Liberal Party, who would become the next generation of Hungary's leaders. Neither lived long enough to fulfill that potential.

In their marriage record, her father József Osztróvszky was identified as a distinguished member of the "Hétszemelyes Tabla" -- Hungary's highest court.

3. Mária Fáni OSZTRÓVSZKY was born on 9 August 1849 in Hódmezövásárhely, Csongrád m, HUN.¹⁴ She was baptized at Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church in Hódmezövásárhely on the day of her birth. Godparents were her mother's sister and brother-in-law, Ferdinánd Schmidt and Rozália Palásti.

She died on 11 November 1874 at the age of 25 in Aszód, PPSK m, HUN.¹⁵ In the death record she is identified as a noblewoman, and her husband as "the distinguished Hungarian Royal Railway engineer." They lived in the "Nagy Kasztély" -- the large fortress -- in Aszód. It is also noted that she did not receive the last rites of the Church, and that she had been married six years and had three minor children -- giving their birth dates (in the case of Maria, incorrectly). She died a few months after the birth of her son József apparently of some illness causing nausea (csömörkór). She was buried at Aszód on November 13.

As a teenager, she was well known for her musical ability -- both voice and piano -- and often performed on the stage of the Szeged Casino.

Children were:

	i.	Mária Anna Jusztina HESZLÉNYI was born on 22 July 1870 in Szeged, Csongrád m, HUN.16,17 At the time of her birth, her parents lived with the Osztróvszky's at Szeged Felsóváros house #1182. She was baptized on July 26. Godparents for her baptism were her mother's cousin, Gyula Schmied (a pharmacist) and her aunt Jusztina Heszlényi. She died on 9 May 1949 at the age of 78 in Budapest, PPSK m, HUN.
1	ii.	Gyula Gábor József HESZLÉNYI.
	iii.	József Ferencz HESZLÉNYI was born on 22 July 1874 in Aszód, PPSK m, HUN.18,19 He was baptized on 16 Aug 1874 in the Roman Catholic Church of Bág, PPSK megye. The godparents his aunt Emma Heszlényi and her husband Ferenc Wachsmann. He died on 21 February 1875 at the age of 0 in Budapest, PPSK m, HUN. According to the note on his baptismal register, he died in Budapest, Józsefváros.