There's a bunch of research, by different people, which suggests that we'll soon be able to fill in a lot of details about Elias and Rosa (Deutsch) Propper's family and it seemed useful to sketch what is known at the moment and where it is likely to take us.
We've known for some time that Elias and Rosa had two sons Alois and Leopold and about a year ago, research in the Czech Republic confirmed that David also was a son. Around 1850, Elias and David are in Krusovice (Rakovnik records), Alois is in Msec (Nove Straseci records), and Leopold is in Hriskov (Louny records). The towns are close (10-15km apart).
Alois, the eldest, was born about 1818 and David was born about 1830. There was clearly room for more children for Elias and Rosa. Recently, we've found four likely cases.
One of those children was likely to be a daughter who married a Salus (this from stories from David's children re: Salus' first cousins). A result, from this weekend, is an 1878 marriage in Louny of Edward Salus and Anna Salus. Both Edward and Anna have mothers,
Julie [b.c. 1826 @Julie Salus] and Ernestine [b.c. 1832 @Ernestine Salus] respectively, with the maiden name of Propper, and the marriage is witnessed by David Propper. At least one of those mothers was David's sister, and likely both.
Another candidate is Jakob Propper, who appears in Prague Conscriptions in 1868 from Krusovice with his family. Jakob is from Krusovice. So far as can be determined, there's only one Propper family in Krusovice, and that's Elias' family. So Jakob is in.
Finally, theres Josef Fischer, who appears in Prague Conscriptions in 1867 with a wife Elizabeth Propper. He's born in 1824 and comes from Hriskov. Elizabeth is born in 1826. (Note, one of the records has Anna written in a different hand next to Elizabeth -- it seems likely Elizabeth died and Anna is Josef's second wife). We don't know if Elizabeth came from Krusovice, but it seems likely, and if so, she's presumably a child of Elias and Rosa.
As more details come in (to help confirm/refute some likely cases) the family should get filled in.
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