KAJÁN FAMILIES IN HUNGARY

 

 

Hungary
 Budapest


OROSHÁZA







        Stamp of the  "Bootmakers guild
      of Orosháza"
        from 1818.


Famous people




























Those passing the name on








Twins















 

According to the phone directory there are Kaján families coming from the Upper Hungary (Felvidék) region who are living in Hungary but we deal only with the descendants of the Orosháza family in these pages. 

It was in 1808 that the first known Kaján in Hungary, member of our family came to Orosháza which was founded in 1744. He was András Kaján, a wandering bootmaker who at the age of 21, in 1808, married Julianna Harsányi, a 17-year old girl who had a twin sister. It is sure therefore that he did not arrive with the Zombai-s who founded the town. According to the móring book he was the son of  András Kaján from Árva county (now Orava). This family legend has proved true since then.

The family of Orosháza was very big in the 19th and at the beginning of the 20th century. By the 21th century it had a lot of branches and female members.

In the 19th century, the family members were furriers and boot makers. At the beginning of the 20th century there were commercial people and also skilful fitters who learnt their profession in Vienna. A part of them moved from Orosháza to Békéscsaba or to Legénd in Nógrád county.

During the 20th century they became white collars (teachers, professors,  health-care workers, lawyers, economists, engineers, entrepreneurs, computer programmers, famous alpinists, etc.) and a lot of them have university degrees.


Some of them are known country-wide :
(Those with another family name than Kaján had mothers who were called Kaján.)  
 

Dr. Antal Bikádi 1861-1928 lawyer and representative in the Parliament, one street name in Orosháza is baring his name

Pál Kaján built the town-hall in Füzesgyarmat 1866- carpenter and architect

Ilona Hajas 1951-1989 Tv announcer

Imre Kaján 1953- deputy manager of the Trafic Museum (Közlekedési Múzeum)

Attila Ozsváth 1956-2000 Golden medal, record holder mountain climber

Only László and György carry on the Kaján family name! They are the future hopes. Their responsibility to keep this family branch is enormous.

Most of the living members shown in the family tree live in Budapest and its surroundings but there are some living in Szentendre, Dunakeszi, Csepel, Nyíregyháza, Veszprém as well as in Balatonkenese.
There is a Canadian descendant and a girl married in America.

Their family tree is almost complete.

During the two centuries, twins were born three times in the family.

For details on each family member, see the Ancestor tree III., which shows names and places in alphabetical order. To reach the database always click on the texts that are underlined.