Daniel Laszlo (1902 - 1958)

Born 28 Aug 1902 in Kassa, Czech Republic

Husband of Edith Vincze — married 26 Aug 1928 in Vienna, Austria

Descendants

Died 1 Jun 1958 at age 55 in New York City, New York

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Biography

Dr. Daniel Laszlo was a physician and important cancer researcher. His obituary was reported by the Associated Press and was published in many newspapers around the world. An example from Chicago, Illinois is included below.

Daniel was born in 28th August 1902 in Košice (aka Kassa) in the Austro-Hungarian Empire^[1] (currently Slovakia).

He passed away on 1 June 1958 in Manhattan, New York City, N.Y. Burial: Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.

Daniel married first Edith Vincze on 26 August 1928 in Vienna, Austria.

We arrived in the US on Sept.21, 1938 on the biggest hurricane ever to hit New York. The ship was unable to land at Ellis island and tugboats guided it into the Hudson River piers where we disembarked.^[2]

Edith passed away in 1940. Daniel married second Herta Spencer in 1954 in New York City, N.Y.

[Quick research, unsourced: In 1953, Hirta Spencer was a physician living on Riverside drive in Manhattan, N.Y. She was born about 1922 in Austria and emigrated to Brazil; later moving to N.Y. Not sure if she was previously married.]

U.S. Declaration of Intention for Citizenship ^[3]

Date: 23 November 1938

Name: Daniel Laszlo

Arrival: 21 September 1938 at Port of New York, N.Y. aboard Ile de France from Havre, France

Current residence: New York City, N.Y.

Last foreign residence: Vienna, Austria

Birth: 27 August 1902 in Koslce [Kosice], Czechoslovakia

Marriage: 26 August 1928 in Vienna, Austria

Spouse: Edith [Laszlo], born 10 August 1900 in Vienna, Austria, resides New York City, N.Y.

Children: one (1) son, John [Laszlo], born 28 May 1931 in Germany, resides New York City, N.Y.

New York City Marriage License Index ^[4]

Name: Daniel Laszlo

Spouse: Herta Spenger [sic]

License date: 1954, issued in Bronx, New York City, N.Y.

License No: 2168

New York City Death Index ^[5]

Name: Daniel Laszlo

Birth: about 1905

Death: 1 Jun 1958 in Manhattan, New York City, New York

Certificate No: 12477

Find A Grave ^[6]

Memorial No: 181832185 [no image]

Name: Dr Daniel Laszlo

Hebrew name listed is David Ben Phibush (philip)

Birth: 27 Aug 1902

Death: 1 Jun 1958

Location: Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.

Obituary: Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, Monday, 2 June 1958. ^[7]

Daniel Laszlo, Strontium 90 Expert Dies.

New York, June 1 (AP) – Dr. Daniel Laszlo, 55, internationally known cancer expert who last year headed research that showed how strontium 90 can be eliminated from the body, died today after a five month illness.

A native of Hungary who came to this country in 1938 as a refugee from Hitlerism, Dr. Laszlo at once became involved in cancer research at Mount Sinai hospital. In 1945 he joined the staff at Montefiore hospital, and in 1953 was named to head its division of neoplastic diseases.

His studies on strontium 90 were aided by the Atomic Energy commission and the United States public health service. His wife, Dr. Herta Spencer, helped him head the research team. The reported findings that 90 per cent of the radioactive strontium 90 – one of the by-products of nuclear bomb explosions – which is taken in orally thru food is eliminated automatically. They also found that elimination can be greatly increased by administering calcium gluconate and ammonium chloride. Strontium 90 tends to accumulate in bone marrow.

Sources

• E-mail from John Laszlo to Peter Roberts, Aug 25, 2017 providing link to ancestral tree at Ancestry.com.

1. ↑ Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957. Microfilm Publication T715, 8892 rolls. NAI: 300346. Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; National Archives at Washington, D.C.
2. ↑ E-mail from John Laszlo to Paul Linhardt, Jul 12, 2021.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com, New York, State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1794-1943 (online database with images); “U.S. Declaration of Intention,“ U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, N.Y.; The National Archives at Philadelphia; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; NAI Title: Declarations of Intention for Citizenship, 1/19/1842 - 10/29/1959; NAI Number: 4713410; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685-2009; Record Group Number: 21. Description: (Roll 545) Declarations of Intention for Citizenship, 1842-1959 (No 423501-424500).
4. ↑ Ancestry.com, New York City Municipal Archives; New York, New York; Borough: Bronx (online database).
5. ↑ Ancestry.com, N.Y., N.Y., Death Index, 1949-1965 (online database); Original data: New York City Department of Health, courtesy of www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com.
6. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (online database).
7. ↑ Ancestry.com, Provided in association with Newspapers.com (subscription required).