. . .of the family MONDOVICS in the historical Hungary.
South-Hungarian Line
first known person: Jónás Mondovics
(1742 - 4.02.1806)
generations: 9 (period 1742 -)
West-Hungarian Line
first known persons: Lázár Mondovics
(1693 - 14.05.1776) and
Mihály Mondovics (1689 - 18.05.1776)
generations: 7 (period 1689
- 1895)
Used form of the name: Mondovics, Mondovich, Mondovits, Mondović
The origin of the name, the forms of the name
The origin of the name very
likely Slavic. According to various opinions the origin can be Croatian
(bunievac), or Serbian. There is viewpoint, the origin of the
name is Slovakian or Slovenian,
because the name doesn't suit
the rule's requirements of forming of Croatian
names (in general
formed by the first name).
There is another
standpoint the root of the name came from
a Latin-Normann word (mond,
mondo)
completed by the suffix -vics similarly as the
forming of name of Southern Slavic Nations.
This theory refers
to the ancient connections of Slavic-Illyrian people by the side
of Adriatic sea.
The name emerged suddenly in
the 18th century on two places in Hungary, registered in
the register
of births
as Hungarian people unambiguously, caused trouble to the
family researcher later. It shows
the earliest immigration to
Hungary and the undertaking of being as Hungarians resulted much
earlier.
It was a typical process
under the pressure of church and worldly power of that time in the
Western
Hungarian region,
so the identity of consciousness of ethnic minority,
who lived there, decreased
gradually,
the assimilation was very strong. Typical of
the descendants' behaviour from Novi Sad
and Timisoara nowadays the
keeping of consciousness as Hungarians is strong.
The typical effects to the written form of the name all over
the world:
- convention of registration
of birth
the orthographical rules,
conventions of a given historical period in the church
registration;
a good example of
the phenomenon the story of Joseph Mondovics' name in the
same register
of birth
Catherine Mondovics' registration of birth (November 1, 1770)
Michael Mondovits' registration of birth (April 1, 1780)
- the practical requirement
of permanent residence
the immigrated
descendants to USA used a modified form of the name: Mondovich;
but it
wasn't
general, most of descendants kept the original form, Mondovics;
in Bachka the
original name, Mondovics modified according to the local
rules: Mondović
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