Augusta Marks (23 Dec 1831 - 16 Apr 1911);
m. Robert Dressler in 1855 in Brooklyn, NY 
Barnett Marks
| Born: ca. 1810 in Poland/Russia
Married: Augusta Selig? Died: | Father:
Mother: Religion: Jewish |
Children:
Augusta Marks (23 Dec 1831 - 16 Apr 1911);
m. Robert Dressler in 1855 in Brooklyn, NY
It is likely Robert and Augusta Dressler emigrated separately in 1854, at ages 20 and 21, from the eastern region of Poland / Lithuania / western Ukraine which shifted back and forth politically in the 1800's since during different censuses they reported their birthplace first as Poland and then as Russia.
Family history was that Robert Dressler's wife was Augusta Marks, and it is so noted on the death certification of George Dressler, a son of Robert. However, the source of the Marks name in both cases would have been Lester Kauffman, who married a grand-daughter of Robert Dressler. Robert's wife Augusta Dressler's own death certificate reports her father as Barnett Selig and her mother as Augusta Marks. This would push the Marks surname back a generation. Since Augusta Dressler's death certificate is a generation (nearly 35 years earlier), it would appear to be the more likely to be correct. However, there is a almost certain match in immigration records, showing August Marks, age 21, arriving in New York the same year as Robert Dressler. Based on this record, it seems certain that Augusta (whichever her surname) immigrated alone, without her family.
In the 1868 and 1874 directories, there is a Solomon Marks (b. 1835 in Prussia according to the 1870 and 1880 censuses and immigrated before 1856 based on age of US born children) who is also a tailor working in the same block. He could possibly be related to Augusta; however, the Solomon Marks family appears to live quite a distance away based on the census. There is an Abraham Marks, clothing, at 88 Main in 1859 through 1861, which is about a block from R. Dressler.
Marks Selig Info supplied by Year Own death certificate X Unknown 1911 Immigration evidence X - Family oral history X R. Dressler Daughter Jennie's marriage certificate X probably daughter Jennie 1894 Daughter Sarah's marriage certificate X probably daughter Sarah 1901 Daughter Ida's marriage certificate X probably daughter Ida 1903 Daughter Lena's death certificate X G-son S. Reinhard 1942 Daughter Jennie's death certificate X G-son-in-law V. Istrico Son George's death certificate X Son-in-law L. Kauffman 1944
Death CertificateCity of New York Certificate and Record of Death #8045
Augusta Dressler - 16 Apr 1911, female, white, age 80, widowed, born Poland, in US 55 years, in NYC 55 years, place of death 166 Penn'a Ave, private residence, father Barnett Selig b. Poland, mother Augusta Marks b. Poland, cause of death "edema of lungs complicating chronic rheumatic endocarditis, buried Acacia (Bayside crossed out), undertaker Chas. R. Thans.
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