The following research was done by Richard Untermajer, a partner (with his brother Radovan) in the Slovakian genealogical research firm Family Tree. It is presented here in the format in which it was organized by the researcher. Regarding the sources of this information, Mr. Untermajer writes:
The genealogy was compiled from the Lutheran Birth Registers of Brezová covering the period from 1720 to 1733. Starting from 1733, the Lutheran entries had been kept by the Roman Catholic Registers in Brezová. This practise ceased to be observed in 1782, thus our research from 1783 to 1895 was again carried out in the Lutheran birth registers. The Pagacs family originated in Podkylava commune (village). The research was done in the Lutheran birth registers in Krajné, 1783-1907. Prior to 1783 Podkylava was registered in Prietrž, where the Lutheran birth registers had been kept starting from 1733. The Prietrž Lutheran registers have been looked through covering the period of 1733-1783. There was no incidence of either the Pagacs or Remiasch surname. This research unambigously suggests that Podkylava entries prior the 1783 must have been registered in some other district’s register.
He also writes:
The registers of the Protestant [Lutheran] church of the Brezová pod Bradlom municipality have been kept starting from 1720 (birth register) and 1733 (marriage register). Up to 1871 also the municipality of Košariská had been register there. Starting from 1871 Košariská began to keep its own register.
Štefan Gabriž and his (second) wife Katarína Pagáč, who are identified as numbers 1 and 2, are my great-great-grandparents. I descend from their daughter Zuzana (Suzanna), born 6 August 1879. She immigrated to the United States in 1895, and married George Balint on 11 December 1898. (George Balint [György Bálint] was born on 5 February 1874 in Záhor, Slovakia, a small town inhabited largely by ethnic Hungarians directly adjacent to the modern Slovak border with Ukraine.)
– David Jay Webber
1 – 2. 1x 22.4.1861 Košariská Gabriz Stephanus oo Lajdo Anna * 18.8.1840 Košariská * 23.12.1842 Holeška + 14.5.1901 / 62. Košariská [No 1139] [heart disease] + 5.7.1865 / 24. Košariská [consequences of dystocia (troublesome confinement)] children: – Košariská Anna * 18.8.1862 + 6.3.1865 Samuel * 21.7.1864 + 2x 25.6.1866 Krajné wid. Gábriž Štefan oo Pagacs Katarína * 4.11.1848 Podkylava + 18.2.1925 / 77. Košariská [No 1139] children: – Košariská [No 1139] Štefan * 17.1.1868 oo 21.11.1892 Mikulčik Anna Anna * 1.1.1870 Zuzana * 5.3.1872 + 28.7.1872 Juditha * 7.4.1873 + 29.8.1939 oo 21.11.1892 Mikulčik Štefan Ján * 26.5.1875 [+ 25.12.1947 oo 15.12.1904 Rechtóris Zuzana] Katarína * 26.4.1878 + 17.5.1878 Zuzana * 6.8.1879 Samuel * 20.4.1882 Alžbeta * 5.12.1885 + 5.6.1886
3 – 4. 26.11.1832 Košariská Gábriš Štefan oo Michalek Anna peasant, farmer * 6.12.1818 Košariská * 11.6.1812 Brezová + 4.1.1870 / 52. Košariská No 1139 [fever] + 9.7.1886 / 74. Košariská No 1139 [senescence] children: – Košariská Susana * 8.8.1837 + 10.4.1838 Štefan * 18.8.1840 oo 1x 22.4.1861 Lajdo Anna oo 2x 25.6.1866 Pagacs Katarína Juditha * 18.9.1842 oo 22.4.1861 Gažo Štefan Márton * 24.9.1845 + 28.7.1848 János * 5.6.1848 Anna * 16.7.1852 + 26.8.1852
5 – 6. 22.11.1847 Podkylava Pagacs János [Ján] oo Remias Zuzana * 27.8.1824 Podkylava * 18.7.1824 Krajné + 3.3.1859 / 37. Krajné + children: – Podkylava Katarína * 4.11.1848 oo 25.6.1866 Gabriž Štefan
7 – 8. 7.11.1797 Košariská Gabriss [Gábriš] Martinus [Martin] oo Slahor Susana [Zuzana] peasant, farmer *6.11.1775 r. Brezová * 18.1.1781 Košariská +14.8.1843 / 63. Košaroská [senescence (senectica)] + 16.4.1850 / 70. r. Brezová children: – Košariská Catharina * 9.9.1799 Stephanus * 13.12.1801 + ? Susanna * 1.8.1804 + ? Elisabetha * 4.9.1805 + 2.5.1807 Anna * 7.4.1808 + 13.3.1809 Susanna * 21.8.1809 + 14.6.1810 Juditha * 12.5.1811 + 17.12.1815 Martinus * 8.9.1813 + 21.6.1822 Joannes * 1.6.1816 + 19.6.1816 Stephanus * 6.12.1817 oo 26.11.1832 Michalek Anna
9 – 10. 31.11.1805 Brezová Michalek Samuel oo Latzko Elisabetha * 30.6.1783 Brezová * 10.1.1787 Brezová + + children: – Brezová Stephanus * 31.10.1806 Joannes * 28.10.1809 Anna * 11.6.1812 oo 26.11.1832 Gabriš Štefan Stephanus * 18.10.1816 Martinus * 21.11.1817 Georgius * 8.8.1821 + 24.8.1821 Georgius * 1.10.1826
11 – 12. 1x 23.11.1823 Krajné Pagats János oo Frndák alias Diurisch Judita * 22.2.1798 Podkylava * cca 1806 + 23.12.1853 Podkylava + 6.11.1848 / 42 Krajné children: – Podkylava Joannes * 27.8.1824 oo 22.11.1847 Remiasch Zuzanna Anna * 30.4.1834 Stephanus * 9.5.1836 Susanna * 15.8.1838 Juditha * 16.12.1840 Catharina * 4.4.1842 2x 28.9.1849 Podkylava wid. Pagats Ján oo wid. Kuliška Anna
13 – 14. 8.11.1819 Podkylava Remiasch János oo Szedlak Zsuzsi *5.11.1794 Podkylava * 7.4.1804 Krajné + 25.5.1872 Krajné + 1.7.1862 Krajné children: – Krajné Joannes *15.11.1821 + 14.4.1841 Susanna *18.7.1824 oo 22.11.1847 Pagacs János Paulus * 14.7.1830 Stephanus * 23.12.1832 + 19.4.1840
15 – 16. 29.5.1768 r. Brezová Gabris [Gabriss] Thomas oo Filko Elisabeth * 24.10.1744 r. Brezová * 22.3.1751 r. Brezová + 2.3.1799 r. Brezová + 26.7.1791 r. Brezová children: – r. Brezová Joannes * 1.1.1770 + ? Anna * 24.1.1771 + 25.10.1772 Thomas * 4.9.1772 + 18.11.1772 Stephanus * 26.12.1773 Martinus * 6.11.1775 oo 7.11.1797 Slahor Susana Thomas * 28.11.1778 + ? Elisabeth * 22.11.1779 Anna * 4.1.1782 + 15.11.1782 Joannes * 14.5.1784 + 14.4.1787 Thomas * 30.3.1787 + 14.11.1789 Anna * 9.3.1789
17 – 18. 1764 – 1770 r. Brezová neg. Slahor Georgius [Juraj] oo Kazik Anna * 19.10.1743 r. Brezová * cca 1740 (1738 – 1740 r. Brezová neg.) + 5.4.1800 r. Brezová + 25.6.1825 / 85 r. Brezová children: – r. Brezová - Košariská Georgius * 12.4.1770 Stephanus * 7.11.1772 + ? Dorothea * 22.11.1774 Anna * 1.6.1777 Martinus * 28.10.1778 Susanna * 18.1.1781 oo 7.11.1797 Gabriss Martinus Stephanus * 16.12.1782 + ? Paulus * 18.1.1785 Stephanus * 21.2.1787 Daniel * 8.3.1789 + ? Daniel * 3.11.1790
19 – 20. 7.11.1762 Brezová Michalek Stephanus oo Kuczera Susanna * 7.11.1740 Brezová * 11.1.1745 Brezová + + 16.2.1813 Brezová children: – Brezová Samuel * 30.6.1783 oo 31.11.1805 Latzko Elisabeth
21 – 22. 2x 30.1.1786 Brezová wid. Laczko Martinus oo Viczian Dorothea [Dorota] * 1.10.1752 Brezová * + 27.5.1817 Brezová + 14.11.1804 r. Brezová children: – Brezová Elisabetha * 10.1.1787 oo 31.11.1805 Michalek Samuel Georgius * 9.10.1789 Catharina * 8.5.1794 1x 25.10.1772 Laczko Martinus oo Sasko Anna * cca 1752 + 22.11.1785 / 33.
23 – 24. 17.6.1789 Podkylava Pagáts Stephanus oo Szako Juditha * cca 1759 * cca 1762 + 4.12.1829 / 70. Podkylava + 13.8.1818 / 56. Podkylava children: – Podkylava Georgius * 3.11.1790 + 19.5.1816 Juditha * 24.4.1794 Joannes * 22.2.1798 1x oo 25.11.1823 Frndak Diurisch Juditha 2x oo 28.9.1849 Kuliska Anna Catharina * 16.8.1805
27 – 28. 1x 18.11.1793 Podkylava servant Remiasch Martinus oo Moszny Juditha * cca 1769 * cca 1773 + 24.2.1812 / 43. Podkylava + 30.7.1808 / 35. Podkylava children: – Podkylava Joannes * 5.11.1794 oo 8.11.1819 Szedlak Susanna Anna * 11.7.1797 Juditha * 25.5.1800 Paulus * 10.3.1802 + 12.7.1802 Martinus * 23.5.1803 2x 11.9.1808 wid. Remiasch Martinus oo Moszko Zuzana *cca 1788 + 21.3.1840 / 50. Podkylava
29 – 30. 15.1.1787 Krajné peasant, farmer Szedlak Joannes oo Feranetz Dorothea * cca 1761 * cca 1767 + 14.10.1823 / 62. Krajné + 11.3.1837 / 70. Krajné children: – Krajné Georgius * 19.4.1790 Joannes * 23.11.1795 + 8.9.1796 Joannes * 2.2.1801 + 20.6.1803 Zuzanna * 7.4.1804 oo 8.11.1819 Remiasch Joannes Joannes * 12.4.1807
31 – 32. [before 1733] Gabris Thomas oo Catharina * cca 1714 * cca 1710 + 1.1.1754 / 40. Košariská + 12.2.1778 / 68. r. Brezová children: – r. Brezová Dorothea * 5.11.1735 Catharina * 30.7.1738 Anna * 10.7.1741 Thomas * 24.10.1744 oo 29.5.1768 Filko Elisabeth Elisabeth * 10.8.1747 + 10.12.1749
33 – 34. 5.11.1747 Brezová Filko Stephanus oo Kravarik Anna * 10.10.1729 r. Brezová * 26.12.1728 r. Brezová + + children: – r. Brezová Thomas * 30.10.1748 Elisabeth * 22.3.1751 oo 29.5.1768 Gabris Thomas Dorotha * 19.4.1753 Anna * 16.2.1756 Joannes * 26.7.1760
35 – 36. Slahor Georgius oo Juditha * cca 1718 * + 29.3.1751 / 33. Košariská + children: – r. Brezová Georgius * 19.10.1743 oo Kazik Anna Joannes * 7.5.1746 Anna * 3.10.1750 2x 13.5.1754 Brezová widov. Judita Slahor oo wid. Cevcsik George
39 – 40. 21.9.1739 Brezová Michalek Stephanus [Štefan] oo Vaczulik Elisabetha [Alžbeta] * cca 1706 * cca. 1713 + 20.7.1766 r. Brezová + 17.11.1786 r. Brezová children: – Brezová Stephanus * 7.11.1740 oo 7.11.1762 Kuczera Zsuzana Joannes * 30.5.1745 Anna * 1.1.1748 Elisabetha * 20.6.1758
41 – 42. 13.11.1741 Brezová Kucsera Stephani oo Rechtoris Elisabetha [Alžbeta] * * + + 29.10.1780 r. Brezová children: – r. Brezová Elisabetha * 15.3.1743 Susanna * 11.1.1745 oo 7.11.1762 Michalek Stephanus Anna * 9.4.1747 Dorothea * 8.7.1749 Stephanus * 3.4.1754 Anna * 25.8.1759 Juditha * 29.11.1761
43 – 44. 13.11.1746 Brezová Laczko Joannis oo Cserny Elisabetha * * + + children: – r. Brezová Anna * 13.3.1749 Martinus * 1.10.1752 oo 30.1.1786 Viczian Dorothea Joannes * 1.12.1753 Susanna * 6.7.1760 Elisabetha * 6.7.1760 twins
55 – 56. Remiasch Martinus oo Catharina * cca 1747 * cca 1747 + 25.2.1827 Podkylava + 17.12.1807 Podkylava children: Martinus * cca 1769 oo 1x 18.11.1793 Moszny Juditha oo 2x 11.9.1808 Moszko Susanna
57 – 58. Moszny Georgius oo Anna * * cca 1741 + + 15.2.1807 Podkylava children: Juditha * cca 1773 oo 18.11.1793 Remiasch Martinus
59 – 60. Szedlak Joannes oo Gyurass Anna * cca 1739 * + 4.1.1804 Podkylava children: Joannes * cca 1761 oo 15.1.1787 Feranecz Dorothea
61 – 62. Feranecz Georgius oo Chrunkolek Johanna * cca 1720 * + 6.6.1807 children: Dorothea * cca 1767 oo 15.1.1787 Szedlak Joannes
67 – 68. Filko Thomas [Tomas] oo Kadlecz Anna * cca 1702 * cca 1692 + 8.8.1748 ex Košariská + 26.1.1747 r. Brezová children: Stephanus * 10.10.1729 oo 5.11.1747 Kravarik Anna Anna * 18.1.1732 + Anna * 25.10.1735
69 – 70. Kravarik Joannes oo Gavornik Anna * cca 1693 * cca 1692 +1.7.1753 / 60. Košariská + 30.3.1767 r. Brezová children: – r. Brezová Georgius * 21.1.1725 Anna * 26.12.1728 oo 5.11.1747 Filko Stephanus Catharina * 17.8.1731 Susanna * 21.4.1738 Joannes * 30.8.1739 Martinus * 10.5.1742 Elisabetha * 10.8.1745

Katarína Pagáč (Gabriž)
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Brezová pod Bradlom
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