Emil Lengyel is recorded in this database because of the proprietorship by an "Emil Lengyel" in Emil's Tavern or Inn, on Montauk Highway, Brookhaven, in the 1930s. This inn, in the earliest iteration so far documented, was established prior to 1900 and then known as the Cedar Inn. It probably evolved from an early 19th century Hawkins family residence. It has had many tenancies since. It is identified as Brookhaven/South Haven Historic Site Br04.2-SI have so far been unable to specifically identify this Emil. An entry in the 1930 Federal Census—the only entry indexed for an Emil Lengyel in the entire United States—is clearly not the Emil associated with the inn; this latter Emil was a prominent social scientist who specialized in the European theater of WW II and the rise of Nazism. He died in 1985.
A search of articles in Suffolk County historic newspapers found several post 1930 entries for an Emil Lengyel living more or less locally, of which only a few seem to be connected to a proprietor of an inn or tavern.
The birth and death dates given here, derived from the Social Security Death Index, should be considered provisional. An Emil was found in the 1920 census, living in Brooklyn with his brother John and sister-in-law Anna. This is likely the Emil associated with the SS Death Index entry, and the most likely candidate so far identified as being the proprietor of the inn in Brookhaven. In 1930, John and Anna are living on Montauk Highway in the nearby hamlet of East Patchogue. He was a hotel proprietor, and seems to have been associated with the Dunton Inn in East Patchogue. The census based entries here should also be considered provisional.
No appropriate entries in a published genealogical database or compendium have yet been found (30 Dec 2009).
1893 - 1977 (84 years)
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