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Ferenc Farkas de Boldogfa (15 September 1838 – 20 January 1908) was a Hungarian nobleman, Zala county auditor, monetary comptroller of the county, administrative committee member of Zala county, economist, landowner.

Life

Born in the family states at the town of Zalaboldogfa located in the county of Zala, in the former Kingdom of Hungary, he descended from the ancient Roman Catholic Hungarian noble family Farkas de Boldogfa (in Hungarian: boldogfai Farkas család). He was son of Ferenc Farkas de Boldogfa (1779–1844), landowner, judge, and Borbála Joó (1811–1881). His paternal grandparents were János Farkas de Boldogfa (1741-1788), jurist, lawyer, landowner, Prothonotary of the county of Zala, and Judit Sümeghy de Lovász et Szentmargitha (1754-1820). His cousin was Imre Farkas de Boldogfa (1811–1876), jurist, landowner, chief magistrate of the district of Zalaegerszeg (főszolgabíró), who was the father of József Farkas de Boldogfa (1857–1951), landowner, politician, Member of the Hungarian Parliament.

Ferenc lost his father when he was only 6 years old. After finishing his studies he administrated his state in Boldogfa, where he lived with his mother. He was raised according to the thoughts and ideas of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, as his father was a good friend of Ferenc Deák, and his godfather was Lajos Csillagh de Csáford, the vice-ispán of Zala county during the uprising of 1848. He became the keeper of the Skublics Library of the county and he was elected administrative committee member of Zala county.^[1] He married the widow of his best friend the Hungarian noble lady Zsófia Marton de Nemesnép (1842-1900),^[2] who lost her husband Lajos Viosz de Nemesvita (1836-1869). Zsófia Marton was the daughter of the Hungarian nobleman József Marton de Nemesnép (1797-1858), jurist, landowner in Zala county, and Rozália Szluha de Verbó (1816-1883). Zsófia Marton de Nemesnép gave birth to Ferenc Farkas de Boldogfa three boys and one girl, two relevant ones were: István Farkas de Boldogfa, jurist, chief magistrate of the district of Sümeg (főszolgabíró), and Knight Sándor Farkas de Boldogfa, colonel.

Farkas Ferenc took an active role in Zala county's society. He was one of the first supporters of the fire-fighting introduction and he even assisted personally in several occasions to extinguish fire. On 2 December 1883 he was elected vice auditor of Zala county.^[3] He was one of the first members of the agricultural circle of Zala when it was founded in 1887.^[4] On 5 October 1890 he was appointed as honorary auditor of Zala county. On 29 December 1901 was Ferenc Farkas de Boldogfa was elected as a juryman of the county. On 2 of December 1904 he was appointed by the Kingdom's minister of finance was the monetary comptroller of Zala county.^[5]

On January 1908 he became ill suffering of serious stomach issues. The doctors determined he will recover really soon, hoewever on the night of 20 January 1908 he became worse and got a stroke. He passed away few moments later in Zalaegerszeg. On his funeral was present count Pál Batthyány de Németújvár (1860-1934) főispán of Zala, Lajos Árvay de Iszkáz, vice-ispán of Zala and all the most prominent personalities of the county next to his family.^[6]

References

1. ^Zalamegye, 1883 (2.évfolyam, 1-25. szám)1883-05-13 / 19. szám
2. ^{{Cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DYKQ-1TT?i=219&wc=M6WV-PWG%3A101520401%2C101621301%3Fcc%3D1542666&cc=1542666|title=familysearch.org - obituary of Farkas Ferencné nemesnépi Marton Zsófia}}
3. ^Zalamegye, 1883 (2. évfolyam, 26-52. szám). 1883-12-09 49. szám
4. ^Zalamegye, 1887 (6.évfolyam, 1-26. szám)1887-02-20 / 8. szám
5. ^Zalamegye, 1904 (23. évfolyam, 27-52. szám) • 1904-10-02 40. szám
6. ^Zalamegye, 1908 (27. évfolyam, 1-26. szám). 1908-01-26 4. szám