Bartók Béla, ifj.: Chronicles of Béla Bartók's Life (Budapest, 2021)
Family, Infancy (1855–1889)
FAMILY, INFANCY (1 855-1 889) 1855-1880 FAMILY, INFANCY 1855-1889 1855-1880 One branch of the Bartok family, originally from Borsodszirák, Borsod county, moved to the South of Hungary at the beginning of the 19th century. 19 November 1855 - Béla Bartok, the composers father, son to János Bartok of Újvár, Torontál county and Matild Ronkovics, was born. All were Roman Catholic - including the two godparents, Dr. Ernő Mandrucz and Ida Ronkovics - as testified by the registration No. 118 on page 27 in Volume II of the baptism register. The Voit family hailed from Pozsony county. Mór Voit, during his career as civil servant got transferred to Turócszentmárton, Turóc county. 16 January 1857 - Here Paula, daughter to Mór Voit and Teréz Polereczky, the composer s mother was born. 22 January 1857 - Paula Voit was baptised (godparents József Simó and Éva Polereczky). This date got erroneously registered as date of birth on page 234 in Volume II of the register of the Roman Catholic Church, furthermore they put the family name wrongly as Voidt. This resulted in several faulty data in the documents. Paula Voits sister, Irma Voit, 8 years her senior (born on 2 September 1849 in Privigye, Nyitra county), moved in with her little sister after Paula became a widow, and they lived together till the end of the widowed Mrs Béla Bartoks life. In 1873 the Voit parents got seriously 15
