THE ORIGIN OF THE SKONDA FAMILY

 


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                                   From the legends......... to the realities......
       


Origin



Jászó
Jászómindszent
Pány
Makranc












Pány, Makranc, Miskolc


Ukraine
Greece

Bohémia

USA

I          
state of Iowa



Italy

USA                      New Jersey
            
       Pennsylvania







 

 

 

The search started on four bases information of the family’s legend.  So, the family comes from Jászó and has Moravian origin. The family had some kind of noble sword and coat of arms, which remained at the relatives in Transylvania. 

To look through Jászó, and the history of Jászó, it turned out, that lived Skondas there, and around indeed,  but only from the middle of XVIII. Century. After the Turk, the church district of Jászó got under the authority of Louka. The reviving of the ruined abbey and his farmland could be connected to the activity of Sauberer András abbot. The chance, that the appearing of Skondas is related with his activity, was not proved.

The family, appeared in Jászómindszent constitutes our family tree, which can be deduced to this day.

At the same time lived Skondas sparsely in Pány, in Makaranc, and in the region of Miskolc. Our connection to them could not be detected yet.

We also got into touch with an Ukrainian Shkonda.  His family lives in a great number in the village Novoselovka in Region Voronyezs. They know themselves of Greek origin. 

The Moravian origin have proved so, that there was Skonda, who  arrived from Bohemia
, among the Skondas, who emigrated to America, in the XIX, Century. According the census of 1880, Joseph Sconda, who born in 1850, lived in Salt Creak’s Tana settlement, Iowa, as farmer, with his wife, Johanna, and with their children, Joseph, and Agnes. They had in the farm, two assistant too. 

Also many Skonda have arrived to America from Italy. We list some of them, not claiming to be comprehensive:
-       
Guiseppe and Pasquale Sconda, who arrived from S. Constantinó   of South Italy, in the 1920's years, settled down in the state of New Jersey.

-         In the same time have arrived Scondas with Italian origin, trough Hamburg, presumably from North Italy
(Emil Sconda).
-         It is unknown when, but also have arrived Skondas into
state Pennsylvania Scondas, according their names with Italian origin (Catherine, Minnie).


 


       Calabria


 

  Magna Grecia


 
 
So we may just presume, from where the Sconda family originates?. Though the name is rare, still exist, scattered in the world.

In Calabria Greek settlers had founded colony cities as of the 6th century B.C. primarily in coastwise areas. In the areas where people still preserve Greek customs, songs and where Scondas still live today.
Scattering of population to many directions is reasoned by the inimical circumstances. Some of its territories depopulated many times due to epidemies, earthquake, piratical marauding, wars .

Transmigration directed not just towards the northern countries of Europe and America, but also towards Ukraine.

Based all on the above, the Greek origin of Scondas may rather be more probable than the Italian.
 

Name
Sconda/      
      Skonda/         
             Shkonda
 
 

The name is written in the case of West-European families in the form of
Sconda, in East-Europe, in general, in the form of Skonda, in Ukraine in form Shkonda.

 

Coat of Arms










Blasius Georgius Skonda            

 
 

 

       

The Family also preserved an coat of arms, which is not Hungarian style, according the heraldry.

The coat of arms is not known nor in the National Achieves of Hungary, nor in the Achieves of Wine.    

It is sure,  that the family had it drown from a seal ever, because there is a monogram
 beside to it too. 

So neither the nobility could be proved, but the identification of the user of the seal succeeded. He is Blasius Georgius Skonda, who was born in the year of
1797,  in Jászó, and died in the year of 1863, in Arad. 

Presumably he used the seal for his post. We present his life at the presentation of Georgius branch.

                                

 

“the sword”




     
   
   
 
 

 
                               

 

The family had a female branch, living in Transylvania. We made contact with them as soon as was possible, in the matter of the sword. It is true, that it took decades, but succeeded.

It turned out from the sword, that it is a
dagger stick, its owner a notable person, Tüköry Lajos, the freedom fighter hero. His life is connected to the Elisabetha branch, we present it there in detail.

Our military historian adviser sad once, that “the legends of the family should be taken seriously, but should be all of them checked”. So we did.


                                    
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