Fifth Generation

20. József HESZLER/HESZLÉNYI^22,23 was born on 10 July 1814 in Szeged, Csongrád m, HUN.²⁴ He died on 5 March 1895 at the age of 80 in Szeged, Csongrád m, HUN.²⁵ At the time of his death, he lived at Boldogasszony Sugarut (Boulevard of the Assumption) #34. Cause of death was a cerebral hemorrhage (agyszélhüdés). He was buried on March 7.

He was educated at Szeged's Piarist Academy between 1825 and 1833. In 1838 he qualified for a diploma from Buda University of the Arts. He returned to Szeged and took over the family's construction business.

József Heszlényi was one of Szeged's premier builder in the mid-19th century. In addition, he was a founder of the Szeged-Csongrád Savings Bank, and a member of the city council during the revolutionary period of 1848-49.

He was born József Heszler, but after 1862, he was known as József Heszlényi. The name change was noted in his baptismal record at a later date, as well as in the records of his children living at that date. The note reads: "M. kir. helytartótanács 1863 IX. 9. én kelt 59549 im eng. alapján családi neve 'Heszlényi' Püsp. hal. rend. erk. 3439/940." Basically, by a decree of the Royal Hungarian Vice-Regal Council of 09 Oct 1863, the family name was changed from Heszler to Heszlényi. The name change is also noted in a compilation of family name changes where he is identified as a master builder of Szeged, but here the permit number is given as #13385-62 from the Governor-General's office. Probably the change took some time to be finalized.

His construction activity listed here is a composite of the information found in the identified sources. After the war of 1848-9, he formed a partnership with Károly Hoffer, and the firm of "Hoffer and Heszlényi" was a leading major-project construction firm in Szeged for some years. They built the Szeged railway station and freight yards. On Kelemen Street, beside the "Fekete Haz" (the site of the old downtown Szeged casino in which both our Heszlényi and Osztróvszky ancestors were so prominent) they built a summer theatre (arena) which opened on 30 May 1856. In 1858 they built an indoor winter theatre, where from October until Easter the Szeged theatre company performed. In the western suburb of Rókus, they built both the hospital and railway station. They constructed the new buildings for the Piarist Academy as well as the Chapter House for the Brothers, and moved the Chapel of St. Rose to the new site. They also built the new downtown casino and numerous townhouses.

He is fondly remembered because during the severe flooding of the Tisza river in 1879, he took over thirty refugees into his house. Also to his credit, many of his buildings survived the flood, and remain standing today. He was succeeded in the construction business by his son József. Terézia GÖMÖRY and József HESZLER/HESZLÉNYI were married on 4 February 1841 in Szeged, Csongrád m, HUN.²⁶ The wedding was performed by Fr. Antal Kreminger. Witnesses to the wedding were Antal Pitner (the bride's uncle) and Jozsef Heszler (Szeged city auditor and the groom's uncle).

21. Terézia GÖMÖRY was born in 1819 in Kecskemét, PPSK m, HUN. We have been unable to find her birth record. Her 1841 marriage record gives her age as 16 implying birth in 1825. Her 1862 death notice gives her age as 43 implying birth in 1819. She died on 30 August 1862 at the age of 43 in Szeged, Csongrád m, HUN.⁴

Children were:

	i.	Nándor Antal HESZLER was born on 21 May 1842 in Szeged, Csongrád m, HUN.²⁷ The godparents were Lenart Waldmüller and Anna Pitner. He died on 13 April 1843 at the age of 0 in Szeged, Csongrád m, HUN.²⁸ He died at age 10 months.
10	ii.	Gyula HESZLER/HESZLÉNYI.
	iii.	József HESZLER/HESZLÉNYI was born on 16 August 1844 in Szeged, Csongrád m, HUN.²⁹ The family's 1863 name change was noted in his birth record at a later date. He inherited and continued to operate his father's construction business after 1879.³⁰ His construction projects included a new casino for downtown Szeged built in 1891, and between 1914 and 1918 (with a partner, János Takács) he built a new neo-Romanesque Roman Catholic church in the ancient village of Ószentiván (now known as Tiszasziget) which is a few miles south of Szeged. He died on 30 June 1937 at the age of 92 in Szeged, Csongrád m, HUN.³⁰ He died at age 93 and was buried from the Szeged Belváros Church on July 2.
	iv.	Paulina HESZLER was born on 9 December 1846 in Szeged, Csongrád m, HUN.³¹ She died on 25 April 1849 at the age of 2 in Szeged, Csongrád m, HUN.³² She died at age 2.
	v.	Jusztina Teréz HESZLER/HESZLÉNYI was born on 26 September 1848 in Szeged, Csongrád m, HUN.³³ The family's 1863 name change was noted in her birth record at a later date. She died between 1870 and 1877 at the age of 22.
	vi.	Ferenc Alajos HESZLER was born on 8 October 1850 in Szeged, Csongrád m, HUN.³⁴ He died on 21 November 1851 at the age of 1 in Szeged, Csongrád m, HUN.³⁵ He died at age 1 1/2.
	vii.	Emilia "Emma" HESZLER/HESZLÉNYI was born in 1854 in Kecskemét, PPSK m, HUN. Her daughter's baptismal record says she was born in Szeged, her son's says she was born in Kecskemét. She died on 5 September 1894 at the age of 40 in Budapest, PPSK m, HUN.⁴ She died at age 40 after a long illness and was buried on September 7.

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