Person:Henrik Schilling (1)

Birth recorded in State Archives Arad, No. 22.

He is described by Katherine Wagner Keller as follows: He was a very nice fellow -- a friend of Henry Keller (son of John/Janos Keller/Pinczés) [he was also a cousin!]. He was killed in the war. He was on his way home when the train he was traveling on got bombed.

His pictures flatter him as he wasn't that good looking. He had "bad skin." His skin wasn't tanned - but a "different color."

Katherine also describes him as being smart. He had studied how to manage a store. He had opened a store in Semlac.

Katherine relates that her husband, Henry, took her to a dance when they were still in Semlac. It was at the "reformed side." They had their own orchestra. She says, "when we got there, Henry found some guys in a different room playing cards and he joined them and left her in the dance hall. Everyone was strange to me. We were already married -- he wouldn't have tried to leave me alone if we had been single. So, this Schilling Henry danced with me. He ordered the band to play a Tango. He asked me if I could dance the tango. I said I probably can follow most of it. He said he knew some steps. I followed everything he did. I must tell you when I came back to the US, he wrote to his sister, Julia Holb, that I should come and dance Tango. She came and read the letter to me and said, 'What is this, anyway?' She acted like she thought it was something bad."

1. ↑ Ladislau Gyémánt, Researcher.

   No. 22 in the Reformierte Birth Register

2. ↑ Family Records.

   Aunt Katherine told me that Henrik owned a small store in Semlak.

3. ↑ Ladislau Gyémánt, Researcher.

   No. 22 in the Reformierte Birth Records