My subject is my great grandfather Alexander Fekete. He was born in the year 1910 in Budapest, Hungary and moved to Clementine, New Jersey along with his brother and his mother in the year 1922 at the age of 12. When he first got to the United States the greatest problem for him was the language barrier. (He claimed) At the age of 12 years old he has to enroll into the first grade so that he could learn the language and be on the right pace for school at the same time. He graduated high school and went to college for one year. Once he left school he had to work harder than most. Being an immigrant and a young adult, the depression hit him hard and he was forced to work as a cook for the civilian conservation corps (CCC) throughout the depression. He later married my great grandmother Rita who he only knew for a short time when she died or alcoholism around the age of 40, after having my grandfather and his brother and sister. From then on Alexander raised my grandfather and his siblings until they all moved out. He spent the rest of his days watching baseball with a beer in his hand surrounded by his family until he died on March 22nd 1992. He’s now buried in Burlington, New Jersey, 12 miles from my grandparent.
