Dr Béla Wottitz - Query on Birthdate of Bela WOTTITZ

Started by Leanne M (Volunteer Curator - Australia) 🇦🇺 on Monday, May 7, 2018

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Leanne M (Volunteer Curator - Australia) 🇦🇺 C

5/7/2018 at 2:00 AM

Bela has a birthdate of 1895 however his death record (attached in media) has a death date of 29 Jan 1945 aged 61 years which would make him born c1884.

Can anyone provide any sources for his birth date?

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5/7/2018 at 4:15 AM

He is listed as being 61 when he died on 29 jan 1945. That gives him a birth year of c1884.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DT7S-46G

As some birth details could be a bit off during WW2, I will see if I can find a birth year on his marriage.

Private User

5/7/2018 at 4:35 AM

Although I have not yet found a copy marriage registration, the traditional sequencing of children in order of birth on Bela's father Miksa's death notice strongly suggests that he was born prior to his brother Gyula.
Gyula was born 1886, so a birth year for Bela in 1884 is certainly far more likely than 1895 which would be after the births of his 2 younger siblings.

Private User

5/7/2018 at 4:43 AM

All 3 grandchildren are sequentially listed on their grandmother's death notice.
She died in 1891, so confirming that Bela was certainly born before then.

Leanne M (Volunteer Curator - Australia) 🇦🇺 C

5/7/2018 at 5:10 AM

Thanks Roy

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