Theresa Ann (Voros) Lee b 20 Jan 1900 Fertoszentmiklos, Sopron, Hungary d 7 Nov 1952 Bridgewater, Oneida, New York.
The Voros family emigrated 1908 from Hungary to Antwerp, aboard the KROONLAND, and arrived Ellis Island Oct 20. They probably took a train to McAdoo, PA, where there was work in the coal mines. Then the family moved to South Bend, IN about 1911.
Theresa was a Roman Catholic, and became a member of Our Lady of Hungary parish, South Bend, IN.
1917 - Theresa was listed in South Bend School records, "7th Ward" Book 57 p 264.
Theresa did not complete high school, but found work in a watch factory.
1919 - Theresa was listed in the South Bend City Directory, as a worker at Russ Co, who lived at 1628 Kendall, South Bend.
Theresa married 20 Jan 1923 in South Bend, IN to Roy Chalmer Lee b 8 Dec 1902 d 5 Aug 1958. Roy was not Catholic, so the wedding was performed at the back of the church.
Theresa became a naturalized citizen while living in Washington D.C. during 1940s, because her husband teased her that he would ship her back to Hungary. Bertha May Litton Martin, Theresa's daughter's future mother-in-law, got information for Theresa and helped her study for her naturalization exam.
Theresa once chased away a burglar by advancing down the stairs of her home, holding out her hand as if she had a gun.
The women of Theresa's family were fanatic for clean houses. Theresa used to faint while doing laundry in a steamy basement during hot weather.
Theresa was killed in a car accident on icy roads during a family trip to visit her husband's sister Thelma who at that time lived in Massachusetts. The car spun around during a stop for an intersection at the bottom of a hill. Theresa, frightened, attempted to leap out of the car, but was caught between the car and a building. Her head was crushed beyond recognition. (Her brains carried away in a bucket). In the car were her husband Roy (driving), her daughter, her son-in-law, her granddaughter, and her father-in-law Fred, whose wife Clara had died of breast cancer seven days previously.
The Voros family emigrated 1908 from Hungary to Antwerp, aboard the KROONLAND, and arrived Ellis Island Oct 20. They probably took a train to McAdoo, PA, where there was work in the coal mines. Then the family moved to South Bend, IN about 1911.
Theresa was a Roman Catholic, and became a member of Our Lady of Hungary parish, South Bend, IN.
1917 - Theresa was listed in South Bend School records, "7th Ward" Book 57 p 264.
Theresa did not complete high school, but found work in a watch factory.
1919 - Theresa was listed in the South Bend City Directory, as a worker at Russ Co, who lived at 1628 Kendall, South Bend.
Theresa married 20 Jan 1923 in South Bend, IN to Roy Chalmer Lee b 8 Dec 1902 d 5 Aug 1958. Roy was not Catholic, so the wedding was performed at the back of the church.
Theresa became a naturalized citizen while living in Washington D.C. during 1940s, because her husband teased her that he would ship her back to Hungary. Bertha May Litton Martin, Theresa's daughter's future mother-in-law, got information for Theresa and helped her study for her naturalization exam.
Theresa once chased away a burglar by advancing down the stairs of her home, holding out her hand as if she had a gun.
The women of Theresa's family were fanatic for clean houses. Theresa used to faint while doing laundry in a steamy basement during hot weather.
Theresa was killed in a car accident on icy roads during a family trip to visit her husband's sister Thelma who at that time lived in Massachusetts. The car spun around during a stop for an intersection at the bottom of a hill. Theresa, frightened, attempted to leap out of the car, but was caught between the car and a building. Her head was crushed beyond recognition. (Her brains carried away in a bucket). In the car were her husband Roy (driving), her daughter, her son-in-law, her granddaughter, and her father-in-law Fred, whose wife Clara had died of breast cancer seven days previously.
Theresa Ann (Voros) Lee b 20 Jan 1900 Fertoszentmiklos, Sopron, Hungary d 7 Nov 1952 Bridgewater, Oneida, New York.
The Voros family emigrated 1908 from Hungary to Antwerp, aboard the KROONLAND, and arrived Ellis Island Oct 20. They probably took a train to McAdoo, PA, where there was work in the coal mines. Then the family moved to South Bend, IN about 1911.
Theresa was a Roman Catholic, and became a member of Our Lady of Hungary parish, South Bend, IN.
1917 - Theresa was listed in South Bend School records, "7th Ward" Book 57 p 264.
Theresa did not complete high school, but found work in a watch factory.
1919 - Theresa was listed in the South Bend City Directory, as a worker at Russ Co, who lived at 1628 Kendall, South Bend.
Theresa married 20 Jan 1923 in South Bend, IN to Roy Chalmer Lee b 8 Dec 1902 d 5 Aug 1958. Roy was not Catholic, so the wedding was performed at the back of the church.
Theresa became a naturalized citizen while living in Washington D.C. during 1940s, because her husband teased her that he would ship her back to Hungary. Bertha May Litton Martin, Theresa's daughter's future mother-in-law, got information for Theresa and helped her study for her naturalization exam.
Theresa once chased away a burglar by advancing down the stairs of her home, holding out her hand as if she had a gun.
The women of Theresa's family were fanatic for clean houses. Theresa used to faint while doing laundry in a steamy basement during hot weather.
Theresa was killed in a car accident on icy roads during a family trip to visit her husband's sister Thelma who at that time lived in Massachusetts. The car spun around during a stop for an intersection at the bottom of a hill. Theresa, frightened, attempted to leap out of the car, but was caught between the car and a building. Her head was crushed beyond recognition. (Her brains carried away in a bucket). In the car were her husband Roy (driving), her daughter, her son-in-law, her granddaughter, and her father-in-law Fred, whose wife Clara had died of breast cancer seven days previously.
The Voros family emigrated 1908 from Hungary to Antwerp, aboard the KROONLAND, and arrived Ellis Island Oct 20. They probably took a train to McAdoo, PA, where there was work in the coal mines. Then the family moved to South Bend, IN about 1911.
Theresa was a Roman Catholic, and became a member of Our Lady of Hungary parish, South Bend, IN.
1917 - Theresa was listed in South Bend School records, "7th Ward" Book 57 p 264.
Theresa did not complete high school, but found work in a watch factory.
1919 - Theresa was listed in the South Bend City Directory, as a worker at Russ Co, who lived at 1628 Kendall, South Bend.
Theresa married 20 Jan 1923 in South Bend, IN to Roy Chalmer Lee b 8 Dec 1902 d 5 Aug 1958. Roy was not Catholic, so the wedding was performed at the back of the church.
Theresa became a naturalized citizen while living in Washington D.C. during 1940s, because her husband teased her that he would ship her back to Hungary. Bertha May Litton Martin, Theresa's daughter's future mother-in-law, got information for Theresa and helped her study for her naturalization exam.
Theresa once chased away a burglar by advancing down the stairs of her home, holding out her hand as if she had a gun.
The women of Theresa's family were fanatic for clean houses. Theresa used to faint while doing laundry in a steamy basement during hot weather.
Theresa was killed in a car accident on icy roads during a family trip to visit her husband's sister Thelma who at that time lived in Massachusetts. The car spun around during a stop for an intersection at the bottom of a hill. Theresa, frightened, attempted to leap out of the car, but was caught between the car and a building. Her head was crushed beyond recognition. (Her brains carried away in a bucket). In the car were her husband Roy (driving), her daughter, her son-in-law, her granddaughter, and her father-in-law Fred, whose wife Clara had died of breast cancer seven days previously.
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