The 1848 census of Jews lists one Zsigmond Popper (age 2) living in Csabrendek (also Rendek, Zala county). The family listed there consists of Móric Popper, his wife Betti Rotschild, their children Zsiga (2) and Károly (1). The year of birth is a good match and Csabrendek is only 25 km from Padrag, 22 km from Tapolca. I like the story, even the name Móric is echoed in the name the grandson Mór/Márton, my grandfather.
Unfortunately, the registration records from this area are very poorly preserved. A genealogist by the name Zoltán Györe helped me out with quite a few details. We were able to identify additional members of the family from Csabrendek. Móric's other name was Moses, lived 1818-1880, his parents were Josef Wolf Popper and Katharina Neustadler-Böhm. (Böhm means Bohemian).
According to the census, Móric was originally from Lukavec, Bohemia. Looking for Poppers in Lukavec, I came across a Johana Popper, daughter of Josef Wolf Popper and Katharina Neustadler. Johana was born in 1803, was married to Salamon Eltbogen, and lived in Lukavec. There is a very extensive family tree that someone had put online (unfortunately now deceased). Their descendants were mostly from Bohemia, with some emigrating to the US and Israel.
Side note: migration of Jews from Bohemia and Moravia (today's Czech Republic) was quite common. Before 1848, the laws in those provinces, called the Familianten Laws, allowed only one son in each family to marry, thus limiting the growth the Jewish population. As a result, many younger sons emigrated to other lands, such as Western Hungary. Thus, it is plausible that Moses, born in Bohemia, had migrated to Hungary and married into a local family.
I am continuing the search to prove the connection of great-grandfather Zsigmond to the Csabrendek family. Having located the death certificate did not provide this...
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