Hedwig "Hedy" Leonie Holt (Horwitz)

Hedwig "Hedy" Leonie HOLT, formerly HORWITZ, née ZIPPER: b. 19 March 1907, Wien - d. 6 June 1889, South Africa

Information courtesy of various sources including the following:

Some details - and precious photos from National French Archives - thanks directly to Olivier.

Basic birth data from IKG-Wien archives courtesy of www.genteam.at

107466 1907 823 1 Wien Zipper Hedwig L. Emil / Rosa R./Westr*

Further details from actual IKG-Wien birth registration to be found under:

1907.03.19 - Hedwig Leonie ZIPPER - IKG-W BR

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-25807-18935-12?cc=202...

Basic marriage data from IKG-Wien Archives courtesy of www.genteam.at

Lfdnr 363283 Jahr 1930 Reihenzahl 463 Code 2 Band Stadttempel Familienname Horwitz Vorname Friedrich Eltern Familienname des Partners Zipper Vorname des Partners Hedwig L.

And also ...

Random Thoughts from an Aging Brain - Lucy Horwitz - Google Books

http://books.google.de/books?id=HEYGKoQe2BcC&pg=PA24&lpg=PA24&dq=lu...

Mother. Hedwig "Hedy", née ZIPPER, b. ...., d. 1989, on trip to South Africa

In the U.S. worked her way up from doing piecework in sweatshop, through pattern-maker to successful dress manufacturer.

And also ...

cf.: Eric ZIPPER - cousins search–Google Groups https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/soc.genealogy.jewish/xWiCFc...

"Emil ZIPPER married Regina/Rosie WESTREICH, b. 19.10.1877 d. Santa Monica, Ca, USA, March 1966,who was the oldest of 3 sisters - children of Emanuel WESTREICH. They met and married in Vienna in 1901 and had four children :

... Hedy ZIPPER 1907-1989 ...

(I) understand that Hedy had a son and a daughter, and according to Dr. Herbert ZIPPER's obituaries he was survived by a niece, Lucy HOROWITZ of Boston and a nephew, Henry HOLT of Virginia - who possibly were children of Hedy."

(pip-April 2014)

Some information direct from family archives.