Anna Lukacs
March 4, 1894 - Nov. 4, 1988
Edwin L. Kautz
9/18/1891 - 8/20/1972
Married Sept. 16, 1919
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Anna, as a child, helped her mother sell goods in small villages in Austria where residents did not have access to shopping centers. Her wit and charm were traits which her customers adored.
Baptised 1894
Anna was a graduate of the Baptist Missionary Training School in Chicago Illinois.
Anna was a member of the Boston University Women's Council and a member in the Dean's committee.
Anna was affiliated with the Colgate Rochester Divinity School in Rochester, NY
Anna Immigrated in 1904
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At 1570, she Immigrated to the U.S. from Slovakia, along with a host family, and was left on the New York docks to find her way. The church helped her find work and a home at 901 Sixth Ave in NY, NY.
Later, she found a foster home. Anna's foster parents in Harlem were the Burkhardts.
Anna became a US citizen in 1913.
Anna Lucas is abt 15yo in this photo with her parents. She left Slovakia for opportunities as a woman and to escape religious persecution against Baptists.
Anna was a home missionary to Hungarians in Bridgeport, CT and Czechoslovaks in New York City and she was President of the Womens League of the Hungarian Baptist Union,
Anna was a Banquet Speaker at the Morningside Baptist Church in Pittsfield, Mass.
For more in-depth information on the Lukac family, please contact Abigail Houghton.
Anna Lukacs' Family
Janos Lukace (6/24/1855)
& Katerina Rohacek (1/2/1863)
Married 1/17/1882
Jan Lukac
(1883-1890)
Baptised 1883 in Stara Tura, Slovakia
Michal "Miso" Lukac
(1884-1893)
Baptised 1884 in Stara Tura, Slovakia
Katarina Lukac
(1886-?)
Baptised 1886 in Stara Tura, Slovakia
Mary Lukace married name Cernok -
died in the U.S.
(1888-11/22/1940)
Baptised 1888 in Stara Tura, Slovakia
Katherina Lukace
(1889-1906)
Baptised 1889 in Stara Tura, Slovakia
Jan Lukace
(1891-1/1895)
Baptised 1891 in Stara Tura, Slovakia
Simon Lukace
(1899-1900)
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Emilia Lukace
(1901-1901)
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