The Ungers from Győr are originally an old family of Sopron, another picturesque historic town located further west in the Small Hungarian Plain in Western Transdanubia. At the end of the 19th century, the offspring of these Ungers, who remained in Hungary, relocated back to the town of their ancestors. This is why my great-grandmother Anna — or Ancs as she was referred to by others — was also born there. More details will follow later.

Card-maker Mátyás senior‘s parental home is displayed in the picture below, and most likely he was also born there in 1789. It is located in Halász utca 1, in an historical suburb. Mátyás’ father was János György Unger, a town councillor. There were at least three siblings who reached adult age: Mihály, who presumably was a vintner, Márton, town scribe and councillor, who married into the well-known Rupprecht family and Anna Maria, who seems to have married another town councilor, Lőrinc Ofner, according to my most recent discoveries.

The adjacent house, Halász utca 3, in the photograph below, was later inhabited by my great-grandmother Anna’s Uncle Pepi (known to us as Pepi bácsi only) and his family. They lived in Sopron until WWI or shortly thereafter.

Since I have just planned an art and culture trip to London for September, it is already quite late, so this will remain a rather short post. This although there would be much more to report, especially after another fruitful session at the Bavarian State Library today.