Moritz (Moses) Ziegler

From Adolph Mechner's family memoir: "Hedy [his wife] did not meet the grandparents on her father’s side, but she told me a few interesting details about them. Their names were Moses and Theresa Ziegler, nee Blum. They lived in Moravia, a province of Austria, which is now a province of Tchechoslovakia, in Gross Meseritsch. Her grandfather was born in Neustadtl. They had 17 children and they all grew up to become successful people. Their names and the names of their husbands and wives and their children and grandchildren can be seen in chronological order in the attached family tree. The oldest son was Hermann and the youngest was Markus Ziegler... Hedy’s grandfather, Moses Ziegler, died in the year 1898 and reached a very high age, about 90 years... Hedy’s father Benjamin was the 15th child. The family tree of the Zieglers was written by Lisa about 40 years ago, later readjusted by Hella Leinkauf, nee Ziegler and also by Othmar Ziegler, and many names of grandchildren and great-grandchildren were added later. The names of some members could not be remembered, and the birth dates and dates of death were not exactly known and had to be left out. Copies of this biography will be sent later, when the work will be finished, to many members of the family, who are now living, and it will be up to them to continue the work up to the present time, or if they will not be interested, to leave it as it is." http://www.mechnerzieglerfamily.com/memoirs/adolph-mechner/chapter-... [Added by Jordan in 2017]