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Johanna Katz (Ziegelstein)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Treis an der Lumda, Gießen, Hessen, Germany
Death: October 01, 1971 (84)
Johannesburg, South Africa
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Jeisel Ziegelstein, II and Susanne Ziegelstein
Wife of Jacob Katz
Sister of Thekla Link; Jettchen Ziegelstein; Jenny Janchen Speier; Selma Windecker; Rosa Aron and 1 other
Half sister of Hermann Ziegelstein; Jakob Ziegelstein and Elias Ziegelstein

Managed by: Mark Allan Isenberg
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Immediate Family

About Johanna Katz

  • Date/place of birth in Hanno Müller, Juden in Lich : Birklar, Langsdorf, Muschenheim und Ettingshausen (2010), vol. 1.
  • In the Birth Certificate Treis a.d.Lumda 8/1887 the birth date was changed from 27 march 1887 into 27 April 1887 because the civil servant made a mistake when writing the document. It was corrected on 15 October 1889 because of an announcement from the judge in Giessen.
  • Identified as wife of Jacob Katz in Müller cited above.
  • 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]
  • Date/place of death in Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014

See http://www.alemannia-judaica.de/lich_synagoge.htm (Aufbau Obituary for Husband)

See https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G5ND-SLFZ?i=68&cc=1923888 (Immigration with husband Jakob in 1938; indicates mother was S. Ziegelstein, Treis)

See https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95NX-16H?mode=g&cc=192... (Immigration record for nephew Eric Ziegelstein indicating he was joining her in New York)

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Johanna Katz's Timeline

1887
April 27, 1887
Treis an der Lumda, Gießen, Hessen, Germany
1971
October 1, 1971
Age 84
Johannesburg, South Africa