Markus (Meir) Zwillinger

Meir Zwillinger was b. in Holesov, 17 Jul 1799, the youngest son of Abraham and Freydl (Zwillinger) Zwillinger.

It is a distinct possibility, although as yet unproven, that he was not their actual son, but rather, their grandson – identical with Markus [Meir] Tauber, b. Holesov, 8 Aug 1797, son of Michael Hersch Tauber and Channa (Zwillinger) Tauber.

The theory: in 1806, following the deaths of their two sons, Markus and Isack – and perhaps with their own mother Channa falling ill – the two eldest children were brought into the household of Channa’s parents and were raised as their own. Retrospectively, the birth of Markus was entered (with an incorrect date) into the Holesov record book. This is supported by a clear indication that it was inserted into the 1799 page at some subsequent point.

From the 1820s until the end of his death, he is consistently seen as "Markus Zwillinger". He died in Holesov before 1863. [He is not listed in the Holesov Jewish census of 1863]. He was familianten #181 in Holesov.

He was a resident of House No. 24 [the Zwillinger household from the 1780s] when he m. 1st, in Holesov, 14 Jun 1832, Rosaria [Rosel] [%E2%80%9CRosi%E2%80%9D] Bohm, b. Holesov, 1809, d. Holesov, 25 Mar 1839, age 30. Five children. [Witness to this marriage was his uncle, Abraham Frankel].

Markus m. 2nd, in Holesov, 10 Oct 1839, Karolina [Krajndl] Pollak, b. Prossnitz, 24 May 1814, dau of Isaac and Rebeka (Deutsch) Pollak and granddaughter of Chief Rabbi Menahem Mendel [Markus] Deutsch, A.B.D., Holesov. She; d. in Holesov, 21 Sep 1859, age 49. Stone still standing. Six more children. [Witness to this marriage was his younger brother, Moises Tauber, b. 1803].

Markus m. 3rd, c1860, Jerucheme (Fuchs) Skrein, aka “Rosalia”, aka “Judith”, b. Leipnik, 1808, d. Holesov, 20 Nov 1886, age 78. Stone still standing. She was the widow of Samuel Hersch Skrein, b. Holesov, 10 Nov 1808, deceased by 1857, whom she m. in Leipnik on 13 Oct 1831.

Holesov, 1857: ZWILLINGER, Markus, b. 1799, shopkeeper (or retail dealer), of Holesov #36; his wife Karolina, b. 1809; their son Gabriel, b. 1845; and their daughters, Betti, b. 1835, Fani, b. 1840, and Lotti, b. 1846.

Holesov, 1869: ZWILLINGER, Gabriel, b 1845, businessman with furs, of Holesov #36; his sister Lotti, b. 1847; and his stepmother, Jeruchema, b. 1808 in Leipnik, widow.

Holesov, 1880: [pg. 44] House #12 – SKRAIN, Jeruchema, b. Leipnik, 1809, widow [*she was also the widow of Markus Zwillinger, her second husband, but used her first husband’s surname in this census entry.]