Hungarian neighborhood in Dayton

[CarpathianPeasant]

Originally Posted by Spotsandsplashes

I remember visiting my Hungarian-born paternal grandparents who lived in the West Side Colony, near the railroad tracks on the north side of Edison Street. I thrilled to the locomotive whistles and the waves from the engineers as the trains steamed their way through the intersection. I can still see my grandfather's old truck parked between the railroad tracks. Their home and the home next to it where a aunt and her family lived still stand.

My Hungarian-born maternal grandmother lived further out West Third Street on Ventura Avenue. Her mother and step-father owned the property before her.

Her two older sisters owned bars-restaurants. One was called "The Loop". My mother says she remembered it being located on Main St., at the end of the bus line at that time. She says the other location was somewhere on Wayne Avenue. She does not remember the name.

My mother has a photograph of my maternal grandmother, her two older sisters and two younger sisters (all born in Hungary) at a celebration at Kenders.

The husband of one of my great-aunts worked at Maleable Iron. My mother tells the story of how when she was young he would smile and wave to her from an upper story window as she walked by.

Hungarian names associated with my ancestors are: Bakos, Bysak, Cszpanyi (spl.), Gulyas, Hegedus, Kovacs, Szegedy(i), and Vargo(a). Pictures of some of the people can be found on the Find A Grave website.

I have never been to the Amber Rose restaurant. I plan to do so soon!

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[weatherphotographer]

There is a small area that is a either a Turk or Hungarian neighborhood on Troy near Leo. But, it's still surrounded by little Meheeco

[randomparent]

I rented an old house with friends in that neighborhood while I was in college. It wasn't nearly as scary as people made it out to be, although the property was falling down around us, and we had a crazy-ass older lady living next door. She was a hoot!

[JamieFullenkamp]

I haven’t been able to locate the referenced thesis on file at Wright State University concerning the “Walled” Hungarian City in Dayton. Can someone point me in the right direction to locate this thesis? I was told that my great, great grandmother, a midwife by trade, was one of only a few outsiders allowed in the Kossuth Colony. Her name was Johanna (née Cserny) Leschansky (Leschanofsky)

[JamieFullenkamp]

Does anyone know how to find the referenced thesis at Wright State University about the “Walled” city in Dayton, Kossuth Colony?

[joe from dayton]

Originally Posted by JamieFullenkamp

Does anyone know how to find the referenced thesis at Wright State University about the “Walled” city in Dayton, Kossuth Colony?

Have you spoken with a reference librarian at WSU?

[robertbrianbush]

Originally Posted by CarpathianPeasant

Good, because anyone who knows anything at all knows that saying "west side" is just another way of saying "Black" while "east" means "White." It's called racism.

And, it has been that way since busing first started. Before busing, the east end had it's own recognized black population.

People in Dayton aren't being racist every time they refer to the east or west sides .. that's silly. Dayton has had it's share of racism and bigotry, unfortunately, but simply calling it the west side doesn't mark one as a racist.