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Steven Gonzol

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Steven Gonzol

Birth
Oszkó, Vasvári járás, Vas, Hungary
Death
20 Dec 1967 (aged 84)
New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA
Burial
Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA Add to Map
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Note: He was born in Felso Oszko, Hungary. His birth name was Istvan Gonczol and was the husband of Borbala Szebenyi Gonzol. He was the middle child of 5 and the only one of his family to come to America. He made two trips to America, one in 1907, returning to Hungary at an unknown date, and his final trip to America in May 1912, arriving through Ellis Island. He lived briefly in Bayonne, NJ before moving to South River, NJ then Dunellen, NJ where he purchased a house on North Avenue. He lost this house during the depression, however money received from a settlement from an auto accident that killed his oldest son enabled him to purchase a plot of land and build a house in Middlesex Boro, NJ where the family lived until 1968. He was a highly skilled machinist, and during WW2 worked on the Manhattan Project that was done in the Lincoln section of Middlesex Boro, NJ. He was also an inventor and one of the developers of the P-38 U.S. Army Can Opener. He and Borbala's names are engraved on the Wall of Honor at Ellis Island.
Note: He was born in Felso Oszko, Hungary. His birth name was Istvan Gonczol and was the husband of Borbala Szebenyi Gonzol. He was the middle child of 5 and the only one of his family to come to America. He made two trips to America, one in 1907, returning to Hungary at an unknown date, and his final trip to America in May 1912, arriving through Ellis Island. He lived briefly in Bayonne, NJ before moving to South River, NJ then Dunellen, NJ where he purchased a house on North Avenue. He lost this house during the depression, however money received from a settlement from an auto accident that killed his oldest son enabled him to purchase a plot of land and build a house in Middlesex Boro, NJ where the family lived until 1968. He was a highly skilled machinist, and during WW2 worked on the Manhattan Project that was done in the Lincoln section of Middlesex Boro, NJ. He was also an inventor and one of the developers of the P-38 U.S. Army Can Opener. He and Borbala's names are engraved on the Wall of Honor at Ellis Island.

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