Dr. Franz Josef (Isidor) Wengraf

Franz Josef, formerly Isidor/Israel WENGRAF: b. 18 Dec 1858, Nikolsburg - d. 25 Nov 1921, Wien

Born Israel / Isidor Wengraf, Dec. 18, 1858, Nikolsburg: Czech Jewish Registers, Nikolsburg (Mikulov) Births 1850-1873, Image #78/161.

cf. IKG-Wien Archives: Married July 17, 1894, Wien., Mödling, Brühlerstrasse, Gasthaus "Zu den zwei Raben. N.B. This beautiful classical building, constructed in 1837 under Alos von Liechtenstein, was once a well-known and loved venue for musical entertainment also visited by Strauss & Lanner - Beethoven even wrote a piece for the regular orchestra there. It is currently still in existence but no longer as a Hotel-Restaurant.

N.B. IKG-Wien also has him listed under the name of "Isidor" ...

• Married 1894, Num. 16
• Volume Mödling
• Last Name Tennenbaum, First Name Fanny
• Last Name Wengraf, First Name Isidor Dr.

Left the Jewish faith, 1897. Hofrat (court counsellor), responsible for public transport. 1921, Wien. Occupation: Civil Servant, K.u.K. priv. Nordbahn, ca. 1884

Buried on 28 November 1921, following a high mass at the Church of St. Johann von Nepomuk, Praterstrasse, in the Wien, Heiligenstädter Friedhof.

Details from actual death record courtesy of and viewable on the following website:

1921.11.25 - Franz Josef WENGRAF - Wien, St. Johann von Nepomuk RC- DR: Matricula - Viewer

http://www.data.matricula.info/php/view.php?ar_id=3670&link=3930313...

cf. death notice:

ANNO, Neue Freie Presse, 1921-11-27, Seite 28

https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?apm=0&aid=nfp&datum=1921112...

Also cf. article on death in newspaper of era:

ANNO, Wiener Zeitung, 1921-12-02, Seite 15

https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=wrz&datum=19211202&seit...