The Zamarovskys

Zamarovce signThe Zamarovsky surname enters my family tree through someone marrying into the family of descendants of my maternal great-great grandfather’s brother…so the connection is distant, but it is intriguing, mostly because it carried a connection point of my family tree into regions further back than I have yet found at any other point.  This diagram shows the connection (two different paths of connection) between myself through 10 people to reach the Zamarovsky family connection, and I am 27 people away from the most distant Zamarovksy ancestor (not a blood relative of mine) born, according to my calculations, sometime before 1380.  img143

Because relatives along the Zamarovsky line were traced (not by me but by a relative) to the late 14th century, I believe that people in this family were nobility, as the ordinary people in Slovakia would not have kept records of their family line dating so far back in time.  The church records dont’ go back so far…this information comes from family records kept by the Zamarovsky family.

The Zamarovsky family is linked with a particular place, and this is something that I have found elsewhere in genealogy work as well.  If you go sufficiently far back you find that the town that the Posingis family lived in, was Posingen, the town where the Aspurwis family lived was Aspurwen, and the Zamarovsky family lived in Zamarovce.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamarovce

Zamarovce castle
 

Castle in Zamarovce region

 

The Zamarovskys are 24 relatives away from my mother– as is stated on the Geni.com site:

Dobin-Abraham Zamarovsky is your third cousin once removed’s wife’s 16th great grandfather.”

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Visual depiction of the stretch back in time:

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Google image of Zamarovce from above – close to Trencin;

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This website describes how the history of the Zamarovsky family is linked with the village Zamarovce, and states that the Zamarovsky family was one of the oldest and most powerful in the Trencin county as well as in the Kingdom of Hungary.  A museum about the family is in the works:

zamarovce logoObec Zamarovce

Zamarovská 97/1, 911 05 Zamarovce

www.obeczamarovce.sk, email: zamarovce(at)stonline.sk

The first literal remark about the village Zamarovce comes from 1208 in which the name of the village was Samar. The village belonged to the family Zamarovsky. The history of the family Zamarovsky is linked with the history of the village Zamarovce since its beginnigs and it has affected its development significantly. The family belonged to the oldest and the most powerful families in the former Trencin county and also in Great Hungary. The village is trying to establish a museum which will map the history of the village and the family Zamarovsky.

The workcamps in the village Zamarovce had been organized in 2012 and 2013.

From the website  about the town Zamarovce: Zamarovce Obec

The village of Zamarovce is located in the northern tip of western Slovakia, in the middle of the province of Považie, in the Trenčín region. Zamarovce, through the cadastral area of ​​the D1 motorway, have a beautiful location: it is surrounded by forests of surrounding forests, peaks and hills. The beautiful view gives views of the village itself, the river Váh and the historical, regional and university town of Trenčín with an ancient castle. In his rock fragments were carved r. 179 AD Roman soldiers unique inscription with the name of this place – Laugaricio. In addition, there is another jewel – Malá a Velká Skalka, legendary, the seat of a former abbey and an ancient, important pilgrimage place. History Skalky dates back to the 12th century AD. The village of Zamarovce has approximately 800 inhabitants and is mostly located on the right side of the river Váh.
The first written mention of the village is from 1208, when it is mentioned as Villa Samar. She belonged to the Zamarov family, whose roots lead to the world-famous writer Vojtech Zamarovsky, who spent some of his childhood in Zamarovce. After the Zamarovsky family, the classical manor house of the first half of the 19th century remained in the village, as well as the ruins of his predecessor in the upper part of the village. Until the 19th century, there were also brickworks where brick and tiles were produced manually. Gradually, this production was mechanized. Currently, only remains of objects remain.
In addition to that, it is necessary to mention that several Zamarovcians have become important personalities, Outstanding pedagogue and historian Pavel Hičoldt (1701 – 1752), doctor, researcher. Traveler and gold digger in Alaska dr. Alexander Liška (1883 -1941) and others. Many individuals, as well as social organizations, deserved the development of the village. New political conditions after November 1989 did not include Zamarovce. They re-become independent because, 1972 do r. 1990 were part of Trenčín. With the abolition of the construction closures and in accordance with the approved municipal plan, the interest in the original housing stock, its reconstruction and modernization, as well as the opening of new building circuits with the construction of family houses, roads, walkways, sports centers, nursery schools, etc. began to grow gradually.

Some Zamarovsky records: Birth record of Francis Xavier Zamarovsky (Franciscus Xavier Paulus Michael Zamaroczi)Screenshot (2860)

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Just down the page from Francis is another Francis,, who was born “illegitimate” and marked that way Screenshot (2862)

Other individuals who have the Zamarovsky family on their family tree:

Neils Emil Bjerre Hansen:  at this site

Jack George Mitchell:  at this site

 

 

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