Olga "Ollie" Randolph-Medina

Olga MEDINA-RANDOLPH, divorced MEDINA, adopted? WEIL, née WEISZ WEISS: b. 30 March 1898, Wien - d. ?

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

Nr. 182830 Familienname Weisz Vorname Olga Code 1 Vorname des Vaters Lipot Name der Mutter Schwarz Vorname der Mutter Eugenia Ort Wien Buch Nr. U 1898 Band U Datum 30.03.1898 Zahl 887

Details from actual IKG-Wien birth registration, viewable courtesy of:

1898.03.30 - Olga WEISZ - IKG-Wien BR

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-8B2W-B2L?i=92&wc=4...

Father: Lipot WEISZ, "Kaufmann", b. in Leva

Mother: Eugenia SCHWARZ

m. 02.05.1897, Pressberg

Witnesses: Max BERGER & Samuel STIASNY

cf. main source of information on sister "Lisl WEIL" - though it would appear that Olga was not officially adopted by Isidor WEIL she was considered as oneof his two "daughters" when he married mother Eugenie (N.B. unfortunately record of marriage not traceable but other documents prove this relationship). Olga was, anyway, already married at the time Isidor officially adopted sister Lisl. She had a son with him in circa 1922 but subsequently divorced her husband Alois MEDINA

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

Nr. 347714 Familienname Weisz Vorname Olga Code 2 Vorname des Vaters Name der Mutter Vorname der Mutter Ort Stadttempel Buch Nr. Band 1919 Datum 23.01.1919 Zahl 26 Zusatz zur Zahl Folio Anmerkung Ehe aufgelöst 4.6.1926 BG Margareten [Schein 22.7.57 OF] Name der Braut Medina Vorname der Braut Alois

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

Nr. 5868 Jahr 1926 Zahl 125 Datum der Scheidung 03.06.1926 Mann Familienname Medina Mann Vorname Alois Mann Herkunft Wien Frau Familienname Weisz Frau Vorname Olga Frau Herkunft Wien Trauungsort Wien Trauungsdatum 23.01.1926

(N.B. error in transcription of year of marriage).

Olga - later using the name Ollie - managed to emigrate successfully to the USA., (N.B. no actual immigration record yet traced), where she was particularly helpful towards her sister Lisl on her arrival there.

In 1940 both sisters - and Olga's son George MEDINA - were living with a man named Max RANDOLPH who presumably became Olli's second husband.

Ollie Medina in the 1940 Census | Ancestry

https://www.ancestry.com/1940-census/usa/New-York/Ollie-Medina_5ny2d

Age 42, born abt 1898 Birthplace Austria Gender Female Race White Home in 1940 323 West 80 E Street New York, New York, New York Household Members Age Partner Ollie Medina 42 Head Max Randolph 33 Partner Sister Leil Wucil 30 Partner's Son George Medina 18

N.B. very strange spelling – transcription error – of Lisl WEIL’s name ...

In circa 1946, the two sisters attempted to claim compensation for the loss of “father” Isidor WEIL’s textile business when it was Aryanised in 1938. An exchange of correspondence on this matter results in their learning that the store premises were bombed and that no financial restitution is on offer...

cf.

PC/V/I/68 Lisl Weil And Ollie Medina Randolf › Page 4 - Fold3.com

https://www.fold3.com/document/306623252/

Short Description: NARA DN1929. Cases andreports, claims processed by, and general records of theProperty Control Branch ofthe U.S. Allied Commissionfor Austria (USACA) Section, 1945-1950. Content Partner: NARA Content Source: NARA Country: Austria Footnote Job: 12-028 Footnote Publication Year: 2012 Language: English, German Publication Number: DN1929 Record Group: 260 Source Publication Year: 2010 Roll: 0153 National Archives Catalog ID: 5686220 National Archives Catalog Title: Cases and Reports Pertainingto Property Administered bythe Vienna Area Command(VAC), compiled 1945-1950 Series: Cases and Reports Pertainingto Property Administered bythe Vienna Area Command(VAC) Category: PC/V/I/68 Lisl Weil And OllieMedina Randolf Date Range: 1945 - 1950 Original data from: The National Archives logoThe National Archives

At the same time several valuable details about the family are revealed. Especially, there appears to be confirmation that Isidor WEIL actually married mother Eugenie, divorced WEISZ/WEISS, née SCHWARZ. This makes absolute sense of the subsequent adoption of Lisl by “stepfather” Isidor. As other records show that sister Olga – later known as Ollie – was already married (MEDINA) and had a son at this time (1923), she was not included in this early adoption but official papers may exist somewhere for a later date. (post 1926 divorce perhaps?).