Magaziners of Humenne

Updated 6/5/2009

	Anthony Magaziner (Anschel, Antal, Tony) Anthony Magaziner (born Anschel; known as Tony) is the oldest of Henry Magaziner's children. He was born in Homonna Hungary (now Humenne Slovakia) on April 17, 1862 1 Anthony was the son of Henry's first wife, Resi Friedman, rather than the son of Cecelia Rosenbluth.2 In Hungary, Anthony was known as Antal.3 On June 18, 1893, Anthony married Ethel Goodman, another Hungarian-Jewish immigrant.4 They had four children: David Arthur (better known as attorney D. Arthur Magaziner), Regina, Stella and Cecelia.5 Anthony was the first of the Magaziners to become naturalized as an American citizen, and he served as the witness on the naturalization of his father Henry and his brother Hugo.6 Anthony's naturalization was witnessed by Alfred Rosenthal, an American-born man who later married Fannie.7 Anthony worked at various times in the dry goods business and as a letter carrier (i.e., a mailman).8 Anthony died on December 17, 1947 after several months' illness. He was 85 years old.9 He was buried at Mt. Sinai Cemetery in Philadelphia, with his wife Ethel and an unnamed child of Stella.10 Many of the Magaziner clan are buried here and in the adjacent Adath Jeshurun Cemetery.
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Footnotes

1. According to the Humenne Jewish birth registry. His Philadelphia marriage license gives the date as April 16, 1862. The 1869 Hungarian census includes an "Antal" born in 1862. The 1900 United States census indicates that Anthony was born in March, 1862. Other census records, death records, his tombstone and so forth, give him an age consistent with an 1862 birth.

2. His mother's name in his birth registry is a "ditto" mark under the name Rosi. The name Resi Friedman appears as the mother of his younger brother, Jakob. The Humenne Jewish marriage registry shows that Henry did not marry Cecelia until 1864.

3. In the 1869 Hungarian census, there is an Antal Magaziner born in 1862.

4. According to their Philadelphia marriage record. The marriage record indicates that both of them are from "Austria," presumably meaning the Austro-Hungarian Empire, because in the 1910 and 1920 United States census, they are both listed as being from Hungary.

5. The 1910 and 1920 United States census includes all four of these children in Anthony's household.

6. According to their naturalization petitions in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Younger brothers Louis and William gained citizenship through Henry's naturalization.

7. Compare Anthony's E.D. Pa. naturalization petition to Fannie's Philadelphia marriage record.

8. According to his marriage record and various census records.

9. According to his death notice in the Jewish Exponent, confirmed by Mt. Sinai interment records and his tombstone.

10. I have personally seen the tombstone.

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