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Category: Translation - Hungarian
Approval Date: 3/4/2026 8:31 PM
Family Surname: Berger
Country: Hungary
Town: Tisza Ujlok
Date of Image: 1884

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I would appreciate a translation of this 1884 death record for my great-grandfather Moritz Berger. Especially the translation of his profession of "fuvaros" and his birth town of A.Karaslo (this was listed in the Jewish gen index). Also cause of death. His Hebrew name was Moshe and he was religious so I was surprised this record has his name listed as a European name, Moritz. Was this common? Does the record indicate if he died in the AM or Pm. I know he died 16 Adar and was just curious if this date handed down 3 generations was actually one day off. March 12, 1884 corresponds to 15 Adar Thank you so much. Ken Berger

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3/4/2026 10:27 PM

44. Móritz Berger, died: March 12 1884, birthplace: A. Karaszló, occupation: hauler, male, married, age 30 years, place of death: T. Ujlak market square, burial: T. Ujlak, cause of death: typhus.

Other words for his occupation: carrier, shipper, trucker, carter, mover, wagoner, teamster, drayman, conveyer, transporter. (English has Too Many Words.)

A. Karaszló is Alsókaraszló ("lower K.") and T. Ujlak is Tiszaújlak ("T.-new lodge"), both in Ugocsa county; they're now Zarichchia and Vylok, respectively, in Ukraine.

It doesn't say anything about time of death, for anyone, and Móritz died on the 12th, not the 4th.

Regarding the use of his secular name: in 1884, a register like this was an official government vital record. (Civil registration didn't start until 1 Oct 1895.) People had enough trouble getting anti-Semitic officials to accept Jewish registers already, so rabbis didn't feel the need to make life even harder by using Hebrew names. (There are registers where Hebrew names are recorded, but they're in addition to the secular names.)

(_Which_ secular name was sometimes an open question. I've encountered cases where every record about a person used a different one, with only the first letter in common.)

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Submitted by Ken Berger

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Submitted by Ken Berger