Sigmund Stricker

Date & place of birth from letter of Eva Stricker-Barolin, his granddaughter (see in Sources). His marriage record says born March 2, 1850. Same birth record as Simon Stricker, March 13, 1850 in Waag-Neustadtl?

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Per Genteam.at, Sigmund Stricker was married Jan. 11, 1885, Stadttempel (Wien):

• Wengraf, Bertha and Stricker, Sigmund
• Numerative 870 in Austria, Vienna, Jewish Registers of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1784-1911 01. Bezirk (Innere Stadt), Trauungsbuch E 1881 Mai-1885 Feb, Image 252 of 257, at FamilySearch.org

Registration for company boards: "The right of representation of the company is attributable to each of them: S. Stricker & Sohne in Vienna, Ferdinandsstraße 4. Since 1 September 1872. Open partners are: Sigmund Stricker, Lederhändler, Salomon Stricker and Ludwig Stricker, all living in Vienna. The right of representation of the company is attributable to each of them." [Neue Freie Presse, 11 October 1872, p. 12]

Apparently, based on the following newspaper entry, in 1886, brother Ludwig left the firm, and brothers Josef and Moritz joined. Bei der Firma: „S. Stricker & Söhne" Wurden die bisherigen ofienen Gesell Gesellschafter ­schafter Gesellschafter Salamon Stricker und Ludwig Stricker Uber Austritt gelöscht. Unter Einem wurden Moritz Stricker und Josef Stricker, Beide Kaufleute in Wien, als offene Gesellschafter mit dem Jedem derselben selbstständig zusteheiidcn Bertrelungsrechte eingetragen. [Gerichtshalle, 18 Oktober 1886, p. 8]

Sigmund Stricker was head and co-owner (with brother Josef) of S. [Salomon] Stricker & Sons, a leather tannery, in Szombathely, Hungary. Directory listing in Vienna appears in Adolph Lehmann's allgemeiner Wohnungs-Anzeiger › 1891-1900 › 1892 › Firmenverzeichnis, Image 1521, right-hand column: Stricker S. & Söhne. 1888 version of same listing: http://www.digital.wienbibliothek.at/wbrobv/periodical/zoom/56069

From one of Sigmund Stricker's grandchildren: Sigmund Stricker, with his brother, inherited a leather business including factory somewhere in Hungary (it could be in Slovakia, as parts of Slovakia were considered by the Austrians to be Hungarian). It was typical for Jews who had business dealings in Vienna in the early part of the 19th century to live in Bratislava, with its large ghetto, as it was quite difficult, I understand, and also expensive, to get official permission to reside in Vienna. But Pressburg was rather close and one could get a temporary pass on business and stay with friends or relatives. From what I know leather and fur trading was a very typical Jewish business in early times, and the next step up the social and financial ladder was to have a factory so as to be able to go from trading to buying carcasses from farmers and tanning the leather and dealing in it. Of course they moved to Vienna when this became possible, I think they lived first in the 2nd Bezirk (the Leopoldstadt or Matze-Insel) and later moved to a very extensive apartment in the Berggasse in the 9th Bezirk (the street where Sigmund Freud also lived).

Sigmund died (after a long illness) on 28 March 1928, aged about 76, in Wien. Per http://www.friedhoefewien.at he was buried on 31 March 1928 in Wien, Feuerhalle Simmering: 1-1-2-13.

Neue Freie Presse death notice was published March 31, 1928.

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