Lilly Montagh

Person

Lilly Montagh

• Lili Alice Montag

• Lily Montagh

1888-1955

Apu’s mother in law.
Daughter of Jozsef Montagh and Olga Montagh.
Married Géza Éles.
Mother of György Éles and Katharina Éles.
The bankruptcy meant the loss of the Eles fortune but Lilly Montagh’s assets werenot touched. In fact 600 hectares in Mako (see above) were recognised by theHungarian state as still owned by the family after 1990 (her grandson Peter andgrand daughter Anne were the inheritors).
Eventually the Montagh family bought the original Eles grocery and delicatessenstore from the bankrupt estate and right up to the time it was confiscated by thecommunist regime after WW2 it provided the livelihood for Apu’s parents in law.
The Montagh’s were an influential Family, the 8 th richest in Budapest.
Lilly Montagh hated Bogszeg, she had always lived in Budapest. This was a smallRomanian village that she had to move to.
In 1918, when the Rumanian peasants robbed the mansion, they moved to Aradpermanently.
She was a beautiful woman and was the favourite of the Wellisch family. When theÉles family went bankrupt, Wellisch Gyula sent 1,000,000 lei so they could buy thegrocery store. This was to be part of Kató’s (Apu’s wife) dowry when she married.
Lilly got Gisella Schweiger’s furs, but the estate disappeared.
When the communist regime came into power she was taken to the rice fields.
Eventually allowed to return totally destitute. Could not take the indignity of herfinancial situation and being a burden to her children. She committed suicide withGeza her husband, but was revived and later threw herself of the second floor of abuilding and died.
Footnote: https://fritzfamilyarchive.com/index.php/apus-family-history

Place of birth - Budapest, Hungary, Place of death - Arad, Romania

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Olga Schweiger (1867-1937)

Katharina Éles (1917-1970)

Jozsef Montag (1856-1927)

Dr György Tibor Egyed Ervin Éles (1910-2000)

Pal Montagh (1898-1967)

Ada "Dolly" Montagh (1894-1964)

Tibor Montagh (-1946)

Géza Éles (1881-1954)

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