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Title: Anna Barna
Post by: Muflon1976 on Thursday 05 May 22 09:54 BST (UK)
Hi Everybody

Might somebody can give me some advice.I'm looking for information about Anna Barna.
Birth Name : Anna Braun name changed in 1911 in Budapest Hungary.
Birth date : 1901 August 24
Birth Place : Budapest Hungary
Mother: Janka Kohn
Father : Kalman Braun
Nationality: by birth Hungarian but when she entered the USA she was stateless

She arrived to the US 1946 October  used the name Anna Barna in her passenger card and lived in New York City.

I'm looking for any information but I have two particular questions.

Her Alien file number 6464756 but I did not find any reference for this in National Archives online catalogue. Any way to see this file exist ? I can request an index search but before I do that I thought might ask around.

From oral history I know she was murdered in New York in the 1960's. I did not find any death certificate or any newspaper reference which might support this.Any idea might where can find out about a murder in New York city ?

Thanks

Gy



Title: Re: Anna Barna
Post by: RJ137 on Thursday 05 May 22 14:05 BST (UK)

She arrived to the US 1946 October  used the name Anna Barna in her passenger card and lived in New York City.


According to the passenger list, Anna was going to a friend in Poughkeepsie, NY.

Line 6 -Images 1088-1089

Passenger List: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24GT-K39
Title: Re: Anna Barna
Post by: Muflon1976 on Thursday 05 May 22 14:12 BST (UK)
Thanks
Yes I follow up that lead  and I  found  Estella Dobo's grandkids. They did not know anything about Anna Barna.
Title: Re: Anna Barna
Post by: *Sandra* on Thursday 05 May 22 14:32 BST (UK)
Index to petitions for naturalization in New York City.

Anna Barna   24 Aug 1901 - Aged   50 years
Naturalization Date 11 Feb 1952 - Residence New York, New York Location of Court New York Southern District.  Residing 131 W  15 th Street  NY.  Alien Redg. 6464756

1950 census - New York.

Anna Barna - 1901 Hungary - aged 49 years - never married. Head of house. Marked "U" equals unable to work.

Sandra


Title: Re: Anna Barna
Post by: Muflon1976 on Thursday 05 May 22 14:46 BST (UK)
Thank you. I did not find her naturalisation anywhere . Or the 1952 are not available yet ? I need to double check this. Thanks
Title: Re: Anna Barna
Post by: *Sandra* on Thursday 05 May 22 15:28 BST (UK)
Wonder if she is the Anna Barna (photographer) mentioned in this article.

https://culture.hu/us/new-york/articles/ask-the-curator:-bringing-hungarian-female-photographers-to-the-fore

Murder mentioned here.

https://vintagenewsdaily.com/creepy-dolls-photographed-by-anna-barna-in-the-1930s/

Sandra
Title: Re: Anna Barna
Post by: Muflon1976 on Thursday 05 May 22 15:38 BST (UK)
Yes its the same Anna. It's the photographer.
Title: Re: Anna Barna
Post by: *Sandra* on Thursday 05 May 22 16:00 BST (UK)

Background  - In the 1953-1954 telephone directory Anna Barna’s  address changes to 200 West 21st Street. Still in the  postal code of 11, 200 West 21st Street is situated at
the southwest corner of Seventh Avenue. Her telephone  number remained OR5-6228, a number she also retained  when she subsequently moved to 220 West 21st Street
in 1954-1955, a seven-story building erected in 1920. A draft registration record reveals that André and Elizabeth  Kertész lived at 152 West 20th Street in the early 1940s,
possibly until their move to 31 East 12th Street in 1944, which was followed by their transition to 2 Fifth Avenue  in 1952. Is it a coincidence that Anna Barna lived in such
proximity? Today both 200 and 220 West 21st Street  maintain their original residential status, with the former having commercial businesses on the ground floor. The last listing for Anna Barna in the New York telephone book is at the 220 West 21st Street address, which appears in the 1964-1965 directory.  With this clue in hand, a record of the death on  November 21, 1964, of a woman named Anna Barna was  brought to light in the 1964 volume Deaths Reported in  the City of New York. Anna Barna is a relatively common  name. Was it our Anna Barna? The age of death listed in
the entry is 67, but the date of birth stated on the petition of naturalization for the Anna Barna we are seeking is August 24, 1901, which would have made her age 64 in  November of 1964. The borough of the recorded death  is Queens, not Manhattan. A medical examiner’s case
number is not stated, which if she was murdered, as per  André Kertész’s assertion, a medical examiner’s report would seem warranted. etc etc

https://vintage.hu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/BARNA.pdf
Title: Re: Anna Barna
Post by: Muflon1976 on Thursday 05 May 22 16:08 BST (UK)
Yes I read this before  and its a bit help but the Anna Barna died in 1964 November 21. in Queens its not her . That Anna Barna born 1883. The Anna Barna Im looking for born in 1901.I can rule out this Anna Barna death's the  writer of this catalogue talking about it. I dont see any Anna Barnas death fit the photographer Anna Barna.
Title: Re: Anna Barna
Post by: *Sandra* on Thursday 05 May 22 16:11 BST (UK)

The background was to try and assist other researchers with info to help.

Sandra
Title: Re: Anna Barna
Post by: *Sandra* on Thursday 05 May 22 16:47 BST (UK)
Most deaths recorded on the Social Security Death Index began about 1962.  This might be an indication that the death was before that year ??

These were the choices for that birth date..............

Anna M. McNamara
24 Aug 1901   17 Dec 1992   Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA

Anna Raspini
24 Aug 1901   Oct 1982   Flushing, Queens, New York, USA

Anna Trovato
24 Aug 1901   Jul 1977   Bayport, Suffolk, New York, USA

Anna Vaughan
24 Aug 1901   Sep 1974   New York, New York, New York, USA

Anna Bropson
24 Aug 1901   6 Jun 1988   Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA

Anna Zwick
24 Aug 1901   28 Jun 2005   Suwanee, Gwinnett, Georgia

Sandra
Title: Re: Anna Barna
Post by: Muflon1976 on Thursday 05 May 22 17:04 BST (UK)
Thanks.

My guess she died between 1955-1962 but this is just guess. She was not alive in 1964 according the oral history. She could married and moved and this oral history is not true at all ?
Title: Re: Anna Barna
Post by: Tonino on Monday 28 April 25 10:45 BST (UK)
Hi Muflon1976
Could you lat me know, please, where do you find the information that Anna Braun change her name in Anna Barna ??
Thanks
Title: Re: Anna Barna
Post by: Muflon1976 on Tuesday 29 April 25 20:44 BST (UK)
Hi

I have successfully identified the relevant material in an archival collection in Budapest.

Best
Title: Re: Anna Barna
Post by: Tonino on Tuesday 29 April 25 21:04 BST (UK)
Hi
Thanks a lot
Title: Re: Anna Barna
Post by: Jormin on Sunday 30 November 25 18:28 GMT (UK)
Bonjour,
Je suis commissaire d'exposition en préparation d'Anna Barna. Je cherche des articles sur elle ou des photos prises par elle, parus dans la presse americaine.

Merci pour vos aides

Title: Re: Anna Barna
Post by: shellyesq on Sunday 30 November 25 20:04 GMT (UK)
Bonjour,
Je suis commissaire d'exposition en préparation d'Anna Barna. Je cherche des articles sur elle ou des photos prises par elle, parus dans la presse americaine.

Merci pour vos aides

Since my high school French has mostly been forgotten and for the benefit of any other non-French speakers, I ran this through Google Translate:

"Hello,
I am the curator of an Anna Barna exhibition. I am looking for articles about her or photographs taken by her that have appeared in the American press.

Thank you for your help."
Title: Re: Anna Barna
Post by: Jormin on Tuesday 02 December 25 15:20 GMT (UK)
A l'attention de Muflon1976! Merci beaucoup pour votre réponse. Malheureusement, je n'ai pas le droit de vous répondre directement. Je ne sais pas pourquoi, je suis nouvelle sur ce site.  Je suis l'auteur du livre que vous avez mentionné. J'ai beaucoup d'information sur Anna Barna mais je ne sais preque rien sur sa vie à New York. Dernièrement quelques de ses photos étaient exposées au Virginia Museum of Fine Arts et National Gallery of Art à Washington: American, born Hungary: Kertész, Capa, and the Hungarian American Photographic Legacy. Dans la discussion j'ai trouvé cette information :"D'après la liste des passagers, Anna se rendait chez une amie à Poughkeepsie, dans l'État de New York." Sur la liste des passagers je ne pas trouvé cette information. Pouvez-vous confirmer cette information?
Bien à vous

Title: Re: Anna Barna
Post by: shellyesq on Tuesday 02 December 25 15:55 GMT (UK)
Jormin, new members must make at least two postings before being allowed to use the PM (personal message) facility.  Now that you have 2 posts, it should work for you.  See Help-Page for further information:  http://www.rootschat.com/help/pms.php

The passenger list that referred to the friend living in Poughkeepsie can be seen here - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24GT-K39?lang=en   The mention of the friend is on the second page if you click on the arrow to the right on the image.  If you don't have an account on Family Search, it's free to make.
Title: Re: Anna Barna
Post by: Jormin on Tuesday 02 December 25 16:19 GMT (UK)
Merci beaucoup pour votre réponse! J'ai trouvé l'infromation demandée sur la liste des passagers. Vous m'avez donné une aide précieuse. L'amie mentionnée est la femme de Ferenc Dobo.
https://punkt.hu/en/2024/06/30/a-previously-unknown-hungarian-related-photo-collection-discovered-in-america-interview-with-michael-dobo/
Je suis aussi à vos dispositions

Bien à vous
Title: Re: Anna Barna
Post by: Muflon1976 on Tuesday 02 December 25 20:47 GMT (UK)
Vous vous trompez complètement. Le manifeste de passagers mentionne Estelle E. Dobo, qui habitait à Poughkeepsie.
La femme de Ferenc Dobo s’appelait Margaret, et ils vivaient à New York.
Vous n’avez pas tort au sujet du fait que Ferenc Dobo connaissait Anna Barna à Paris et à New York, mais le nom Dobo figurant sur le manifeste de passagers n’appartient pas à la famille de Ferenc Dobo.
Je connais très bien l’histoire de la famille Dobo, donc vous faites clairement erreur à ce sujet.
Title: Re: Anna Barna
Post by: Jormin on Wednesday 03 December 25 09:39 GMT (UK)
Merci pour votre retour.
 Vous avez raison. Il s'agit de la femme de Dr. Stephen Dobo psychiatre. Cependant il reste un point à clarifier car Ferenc avait un frère plus jeune que lui et s'appelait Istvan.