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Jacob Katz

Also Known As: "Jakob Katz"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Holzheim, Gießen, Hessen, Germany
Death: March 05, 1944 (67)
Manhatten, New York, NY, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Markus Katz and Bertha Katz
Husband of Emma Katz and Johanna Katz
Father of Charles Isidor Katz; Siegfried Katz; Private; Benno Katz and Private
Brother of Franziska Katz; Bettchen Katz; Mayer Katz and Löwi Katz

Managed by: Mark Allan Isenberg
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About Jacob Katz

  • See http://www.alemannia-judaica.de/lich_synagoge.htm (Aufbau Obituary)
  • See entry #31 in Hanno Müller, Juden in Pohlheim, Garbenteich, Grüingen, Holzheim, Walzenborn-Steinberg (2015), p. 84
  • Date/place of birth in Müller, p. 84
  • Identified as son of Markus and Bertha (née May) Katz in Müller.
  • Identified as husband of Emma Neumann with whom he had 4 children: Isidor, Siegfried, Max, and Benno. Emma died in February 1928.
  • Identified as husband of Johanna Ziegelstein, whom he married in September 1928.
  • On 17 March 1938, Jakob and Johanna Katz left Lich; on 23 March 1938, they left Germany, sailing from Hamburg for New York City; see Year: 1938; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 6135; Line: 16; Page Number: 37/Source Information: Ancestry.com. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 [database on-line]
  • Identified as father of Siegfried, Max, Issi, and Benno Katz in Hanno Müller, Juden in Lich : Birklar, Langsdorf, Muschenheim und Ettingshausen (2010), vol. 1
  • Jakob Katz died in Manhattan, New York City on 5 March 1944; see Ancestry.com. New York, New York, Extracted Death Index, 1862-1948 [database on-line].
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Jacob Katz's Timeline

1877
February 10, 1877
Holzheim, Gießen, Hessen, Germany
1903
June 25, 1903
Holzheim, Hesse, Germany
1905
July 1, 1905
Holzheim, Hesse, Germany
1911
April 18, 1911
Holzheim, Hesse, Germany
1944
March 5, 1944
Age 67
Manhatten, New York, NY, United States