Bethlen Almanac 1999 (Ligonier)
The Hungarian Reformed Federation of America
there then. Over time, some of the stones have been overturned or broken, and some graves, not originally marked by anything as substantial as stone, are probably lost forever. Embedded in one of the taller headstones, marking the grave of a 17-yearold girl who died in 1933, is a porcelain or china oval to which her photograph was remarkably transferred by 1930s technology. The picture of the lovely girl is as clear as if it had been taken yesterday. Apparently lost over the years is information about who was in charge of the cemetery, as well as any records about all those who are buried there. The only information is on the headstones themselves. Dr. Molnár, for whom this segment of the trip was admittedly a “kind of pilgrimage” as well of historical interest, said that his father, a builder who emigrated from Hungary in 1910, lived and worked in Clinchfield and Dante for 11 months before deciding that his original craft was more to his liking than coal mining. The elder Molnár then moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where Dr. Molnár was reared. Dr. Molnár said that he visited Dante with his father about 45 years ago. A member of the American Hungarian Foundation for 45 years, Dr. Molnár, a former Rutgers University professor, specializes in immigration history. He lives in New Brunswick, New Jersey, the headquarters city of the Foundation. One of his many history-based interests is “Itt nyugszik Domokos Marton Született 1919 Szép MENMH (?) 1920 Jan 5" 29
