Elizabeth Szeg married Frank Ader in their hometown of Kapuvar, Hungary in 1894. They immediately started a family with the birth of son Pal (1894), followed by daughter Elizabeth (1895).
In 1896 Elizabeth remained in Hungry while Frank journied to the United States in search of better life opportunities for them. Frank sent for Elizabeth to join him in late summer 1900 by which time Pal and Elizabeth were deceased.
To join her husband, Elizabeth traveled to the Netherlands where she paid four dollars for passage on board the Ex SS Spaamandam. The ship departed from Rotterdam, and arrived at Ellis Island in New York City, New York on September 26, 1900. Following her arrival Elizabeth traveled to South Bend, Indiana where she reunited with Frank.
Ten months later, Elizabeth gave birth to their first child born in the United States, Frank Ader Jr , on August 3, 1901.
From approximately 1903 to 1915 Elizabeth and her family lived in Athens County, Ohio where Frank worked as a coal miner. According to Elizabeth's daughter Julia, her parents had a hard but stable enough life to save money.
In 1920 Elizabeth and her family were living in Kingston, Michigan where Frank invested all of the family's money in a grape vineyard. Ultimately the vineyard failed, bankrupting the family according to her daughter Kathleen, who included that thereafter Elizabeth and family lived in vacant large chicken coops and barns, working as migrant laborers in cucumber fields, and sugar beet fields.
They migrated from Kingston, to Augusta, to the Milan-Dundee area in Monroe County. It was here they were fortunate to become tenant farmers for a landowner's livestock , and sugar beet crops.
Elizabeth and Frank eeked out a living as tenant farmers until 1934 when Frank unexpectedly died. Elizabeth was left penniless and homeless. Luckily, her daughter Julia and her husband took Elizabeth in to live with their family.
Eventually, Elizabeth moved to Detroit to live with an elderly Hungarian lady as her companion, and lived there rent free. This arrangement worked well until Elizabeth's companion unexpectedly died, and her family asked Elizabeth to move out because the house had to be sold.
According to her daughters, Elizabeth was understandably depressed. Nevertheless, the family was shocked when on September 29, 1953, Elizabeth was discovered
deceased (suicide) in the bathroom of the house she was asked to vacate.
Elizabeth is not buried alongside her husband. The family could not afford to transport her remains from Detroit to Rice Cemetery where Frank is buried. Instead, Elizabeth is buried at Woodmere Cemetery in the section that was set aside for the poor.
Contributed by Granddaughter: Nadine Federer-Richman
In 1896 Elizabeth remained in Hungry while Frank journied to the United States in search of better life opportunities for them. Frank sent for Elizabeth to join him in late summer 1900 by which time Pal and Elizabeth were deceased.
To join her husband, Elizabeth traveled to the Netherlands where she paid four dollars for passage on board the Ex SS Spaamandam. The ship departed from Rotterdam, and arrived at Ellis Island in New York City, New York on September 26, 1900. Following her arrival Elizabeth traveled to South Bend, Indiana where she reunited with Frank.
Ten months later, Elizabeth gave birth to their first child born in the United States, Frank Ader Jr , on August 3, 1901.
From approximately 1903 to 1915 Elizabeth and her family lived in Athens County, Ohio where Frank worked as a coal miner. According to Elizabeth's daughter Julia, her parents had a hard but stable enough life to save money.
In 1920 Elizabeth and her family were living in Kingston, Michigan where Frank invested all of the family's money in a grape vineyard. Ultimately the vineyard failed, bankrupting the family according to her daughter Kathleen, who included that thereafter Elizabeth and family lived in vacant large chicken coops and barns, working as migrant laborers in cucumber fields, and sugar beet fields.
They migrated from Kingston, to Augusta, to the Milan-Dundee area in Monroe County. It was here they were fortunate to become tenant farmers for a landowner's livestock , and sugar beet crops.
Elizabeth and Frank eeked out a living as tenant farmers until 1934 when Frank unexpectedly died. Elizabeth was left penniless and homeless. Luckily, her daughter Julia and her husband took Elizabeth in to live with their family.
Eventually, Elizabeth moved to Detroit to live with an elderly Hungarian lady as her companion, and lived there rent free. This arrangement worked well until Elizabeth's companion unexpectedly died, and her family asked Elizabeth to move out because the house had to be sold.
According to her daughters, Elizabeth was understandably depressed. Nevertheless, the family was shocked when on September 29, 1953, Elizabeth was discovered
deceased (suicide) in the bathroom of the house she was asked to vacate.
Elizabeth is not buried alongside her husband. The family could not afford to transport her remains from Detroit to Rice Cemetery where Frank is buried. Instead, Elizabeth is buried at Woodmere Cemetery in the section that was set aside for the poor.
Contributed by Granddaughter: Nadine Federer-Richman
Elizabeth Szeg married Frank Ader in their hometown of Kapuvar, Hungary in 1894. They immediately started a family with the birth of son Pal (1894), followed by daughter Elizabeth (1895).
In 1896 Elizabeth remained in Hungry while Frank journied to the United States in search of better life opportunities for them. Frank sent for Elizabeth to join him in late summer 1900 by which time Pal and Elizabeth were deceased.
To join her husband, Elizabeth traveled to the Netherlands where she paid four dollars for passage on board the Ex SS Spaamandam. The ship departed from Rotterdam, and arrived at Ellis Island in New York City, New York on September 26, 1900. Following her arrival Elizabeth traveled to South Bend, Indiana where she reunited with Frank.
Ten months later, Elizabeth gave birth to their first child born in the United States, Frank Ader Jr , on August 3, 1901.
From approximately 1903 to 1915 Elizabeth and her family lived in Athens County, Ohio where Frank worked as a coal miner. According to Elizabeth's daughter Julia, her parents had a hard but stable enough life to save money.
In 1920 Elizabeth and her family were living in Kingston, Michigan where Frank invested all of the family's money in a grape vineyard. Ultimately the vineyard failed, bankrupting the family according to her daughter Kathleen, who included that thereafter Elizabeth and family lived in vacant large chicken coops and barns, working as migrant laborers in cucumber fields, and sugar beet fields.
They migrated from Kingston, to Augusta, to the Milan-Dundee area in Monroe County. It was here they were fortunate to become tenant farmers for a landowner's livestock , and sugar beet crops.
Elizabeth and Frank eeked out a living as tenant farmers until 1934 when Frank unexpectedly died. Elizabeth was left penniless and homeless. Luckily, her daughter Julia and her husband took Elizabeth in to live with their family.
Eventually, Elizabeth moved to Detroit to live with an elderly Hungarian lady as her companion, and lived there rent free. This arrangement worked well until Elizabeth's companion unexpectedly died, and her family asked Elizabeth to move out because the house had to be sold.
According to her daughters, Elizabeth was understandably depressed. Nevertheless, the family was shocked when on September 29, 1953, Elizabeth was discovered
deceased (suicide) in the bathroom of the house she was asked to vacate.
Elizabeth is not buried alongside her husband. The family could not afford to transport her remains from Detroit to Rice Cemetery where Frank is buried. Instead, Elizabeth is buried at Woodmere Cemetery in the section that was set aside for the poor.
Contributed by Granddaughter: Nadine Federer-Richman
In 1896 Elizabeth remained in Hungry while Frank journied to the United States in search of better life opportunities for them. Frank sent for Elizabeth to join him in late summer 1900 by which time Pal and Elizabeth were deceased.
To join her husband, Elizabeth traveled to the Netherlands where she paid four dollars for passage on board the Ex SS Spaamandam. The ship departed from Rotterdam, and arrived at Ellis Island in New York City, New York on September 26, 1900. Following her arrival Elizabeth traveled to South Bend, Indiana where she reunited with Frank.
Ten months later, Elizabeth gave birth to their first child born in the United States, Frank Ader Jr , on August 3, 1901.
From approximately 1903 to 1915 Elizabeth and her family lived in Athens County, Ohio where Frank worked as a coal miner. According to Elizabeth's daughter Julia, her parents had a hard but stable enough life to save money.
In 1920 Elizabeth and her family were living in Kingston, Michigan where Frank invested all of the family's money in a grape vineyard. Ultimately the vineyard failed, bankrupting the family according to her daughter Kathleen, who included that thereafter Elizabeth and family lived in vacant large chicken coops and barns, working as migrant laborers in cucumber fields, and sugar beet fields.
They migrated from Kingston, to Augusta, to the Milan-Dundee area in Monroe County. It was here they were fortunate to become tenant farmers for a landowner's livestock , and sugar beet crops.
Elizabeth and Frank eeked out a living as tenant farmers until 1934 when Frank unexpectedly died. Elizabeth was left penniless and homeless. Luckily, her daughter Julia and her husband took Elizabeth in to live with their family.
Eventually, Elizabeth moved to Detroit to live with an elderly Hungarian lady as her companion, and lived there rent free. This arrangement worked well until Elizabeth's companion unexpectedly died, and her family asked Elizabeth to move out because the house had to be sold.
According to her daughters, Elizabeth was understandably depressed. Nevertheless, the family was shocked when on September 29, 1953, Elizabeth was discovered
deceased (suicide) in the bathroom of the house she was asked to vacate.
Elizabeth is not buried alongside her husband. The family could not afford to transport her remains from Detroit to Rice Cemetery where Frank is buried. Instead, Elizabeth is buried at Woodmere Cemetery in the section that was set aside for the poor.
Contributed by Granddaughter: Nadine Federer-Richman
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