There are two places named Körmös in parts of the Kingdom of Hungary that are in current Slovakia.
https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6rm%C3%B6s_(egy%C3%A9rtelm%C5%B...
The Körmös linked in the Overview, which is far to the west, is almost incorrect; the correct Körmös is the latter above, https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6rm%C3%B6s_(Sztropk%C3%B3i_j%C3...
Thus, Körmös is Kožuchovce; Leopold was born and died in the same town.
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As, I have mentioned, my g-grandmother was born Polster in Nyiregyhaza, and I can trace two more generations to my ggg-grandfather living in or possibly also born in Tokaj. Tokaj is quite distant from Kožuchovce, but Tokaj was in a major wine exporting region, and many a horsecart traveled to Galicia via the Dukla Pass; with both Stropkov and Medzilaborce stops along different routes north.
So, I speculate that around the mid-19th a Polster moved from Kožuchovce to Tokaj (at this time it was still difficult for Jews to live in some larger Hungarian cities). My ggg-father Edelman and family (except for their oldest son) lived in Tokaj around this time. They would have known any Polster that lived there. My g-grandmother Polster moved from Nyiregyhaza to Kosice around 1900, as did her older sister. My g-grandfather Edelman may have been introduced via bot the Tokaj-Edelman connection (his grandfather).
Further, my grandfather in Kosice married a Weisberger far relatively far off Medzilaborce (or she might have still lived in Mala Polana at the time; this is where she was born). The Weisbergers - at least post-Galicia - lived in Mala Polana for a time but not immediatley before that for several generations up the road a 15 min in Mikova (also where Andy Warhol's family is from, but I digress...). So what's probably a 90 min walk from Mikova - through forest and between-farm paths? Kožuchovce!
In between Mikova and Mala Polana the Weisbergers lived in villages not so far north of Giraltovce, e.g. Harhaj, Kurima, etc. This was the exact same area as the Edelmans you manage... and at the same time. So the Edelmans in that area knew my Weisbergers, who would have known the Polsters in Kožuchovce.
My grandmother Weisberger was the baby in the family, the Depression started - her older brother lost a business - and there was little opportunity for a 21 year old woman in Medzilaborce (or M. Polana). They found that an available Edelman, a businessman already in his late twenties, son of a late religious scholar, was in Kosice. They knew about him from all the connections I mention.
I have not found a better explanation for how my Edelman-Weisberger grandparents and my Edelman-Polster g-grandparents met. Lots of data that informs it, if not necessarily backs it up concretely. Still, relatively small numbers of Jews seeking marriage in tiny villages within easy walking distance of each other, likely in the same congregations as well.
My grandmother Weisberger's uncles moved to Cleveland in the late 19th, and soon after to Barberton (and Akron). The old building on the corner of Tuscarawas and 4th St. in Barberton was built by these second great uncles, and the name is still visible on the facade. I've got Weisbergers still in Cleveland (one married to a Ratner) and others from that side lived there. I've spent a lot of time at the CJN archive but have not - to my knowledge - found any Weisbergers at Polster (or your side Edelman) weddings, or as pallbearers, and I assume that the guest lists are not available. So unfortunately there is no evidence that the families kept in touch in the New World. Fortunately there are a big number of living Edelman males in my family and on your side, and hopefully an opportunity to do a basic YDNA test for both sides comes up sometime soon...
