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János and his brothers were among large contingents of Hungarians who were attracted, even recruited, to live and work in various small coal mining villages in the vicinity of Perryopolis in northern Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Several of those mining towns were along the nearby Youghiogheny River, among them Van Meter,<ref>Van Meter was the site of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darr_Mine_disaster Darr Mine disaster] in 1907. It's fortunate that when János returned in 1905 he and his relatives were not headed for Van Meter. Jacobs Creek forms the eastern part of the border between Fayette and Westmoreland counties. Van Meter is near the creek's confluence with the river. Among Hungarians in the old country as well as in the United States the 1907 disaster was commonly known as Jacobs Creek. See also this [https://web.archive.org/web/20171205202619/http://patheoldminer.rootsweb.ancestry.com/darr2.html rootsweb archive for Darr] and the Find A Grave [https://www.findagrave.com/virtual-cemetery/506511 Darr Mine Virtual Cemetery].</ref> located just beyond Fayette County, where the river flows into Westmoreland County. The János family was living in Van Meter around 1900.<ref name= Albert >Delayed Birth Certificate Application for son [[Meszaros-124|Albert]], Pennsylvania Delayed Birth Records, 1941-1976, Filing Date October 22, 1943, Application by Albert Meszaros with supporting affidavits viewed at [https://www.familysearch.org/en/ FamilySearch]. The application includes an affidavit from Mary Traski Mészáros of 26 Orchard St., Tarrytown NY, Aunt and Sister to App's Mother.</ref> Brother [[Meszaros-113|Frank]] on the other hand had by 1900 settled away from the river, only a few miles away at Star Junction, close to Perryopolis. Frank's marriage in 1901 was to the recently arrived [[Traski-1|Mary Traski]], who was sister (apparently half-sister, via their mother) to Elizabeth, wife of János.<ref name= Albert /> | János Meszaros | uncertain 15 Aug 1861 Szürte, Ung, Hungary | after 1930 Czechoslovakia | Male |  |
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