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Carl Kanitz

Also Known As: "Karl"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Death: January 26, 1885 (66-67)
Vienna (severe injury - suicide)
Place of Burial: Zentralfriedhof, Vienna
Immediate Family:

Son of Moses Leb "ML" / Löbl Kanitz and Therese Kanitz
Husband of Sophie Kanitz
Father of Flora Dub; Alfred Kanitz; Ida Mathilde Valerie Rosina Sirk; Emil Kanitz and Marianne Kanitz
Brother of Emanuel Franz Kanitz; Josephine Kunewalder; Eleonore Pollitzer and Elise Kanitz div. Hertzka

Occupation: Großhändler
Managed by: Randy Schoenberg
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About Carl Kanitz

Marriage appears in JewishGen.org, Hungarian Marriages:

  • KANITZ, Karl,28 M. L. / - (-)
  • KERN, Sofie,17 Enoch / - (-)
  • 05-Oct-1847 Pest Budapest
  • Local Gov't: Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun
  • LDS 642973, Vol. 26 54-07

Advertises in Die Presse, Wien, December 31, 1853, page 4: English [sewing] needles: Diamond-eyed, drill-eyed, super-fine Victorias... Karl Kanitz, Grosshändler, Stadt..."

Carl Kanitz is listed among the "principal bankers, general merchants, export and commission houses" of Vienna in the 1876 Handbook of European Commerce: What to Buy and Where to Buy It, page 296.

Death, per genteam.at "Burials in Viennese Jewish Cemeteries":

  • Last Name Kanitz First Name Karl
  • Address 1010, Nibelungengasse 10
  • Profession Großhändler
  • Date of Birth 67
  • Date of Burial 1885 Jan 28 (Numerative 87)
  • Cemetery ZF Tor 1
  • Group 005b Row 4 Tomb No 2
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Carl Kanitz's Timeline

1818
1818
Budapest, Hungary
1849
1849
Vienna, Wien, Austria
1850
1850
Vienna, Vienna, Austria
1852
1852
Vienna, Vienna, Austria
1856
1856
Vienna, Austria

Year 1856
Numerative 3005
Code 1
Volume Wien
Last Name Kanitz
First Name Emil
Parents/Annotation Carl/Kern Sophie

1864
1864
1885
January 26, 1885
Age 67
Vienna
January 28, 1885
Age 67
1. Tor, 5b-4-2, Zentralfriedhof, Vienna