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Reiss Family Genealogy

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  *Bernhard Reiss is your (Peter Rohel) 2nd cousin twice removed's husband's 1st cousin's husband's uncle's wife's grandfather

  • Bernhard REISS / REISZ Born: ca. 1800 of Vsetín (Wsetin), Kroměříž, Zlín, Moravia, Czech. occupation: Privatier. Residence: Klem. Hofbauerplatz 6, Vienna-1170, Austria. Died: Aug 31, 1888 in Vienna Buried: Sep 2, 1888 in T1 group-8, row-60, grave-27, Vienna *obituary, Jewishgen Vienna deaths, burials + Cäzilie (Cecilie) unknown Born: abt 1809 Died: Oct 30 1892. Buried: Nov 1, 1892 in T1 group-8, row-60, grave-27, Vienna *geni

    Note: ref. 9/10/1888; Vienna September 2nd This morning, Mr. Bernhard Reiß was buried at the age of 89 under a very large escort. He was married to his grieving wife for 58 years, devout, familiar with Jewish knowledge, honest, and father of the very respected community member with manufacturer Mr. Albert Reiss OR Cecilie, widow, lived with or was supported by baron Guttman /spelling?

    • Albert REISS / REISZ Born: abt 1830 occupation: Finance. Died: Oct 31, 1920 in Vienna, Austria. Buried: ZF T1, group-5b, row-151, tomb-1 + Emma BRAUN Born: abt 1843 Died: Nov 25, 1917 in Vienna. Buried: ZF T1, group-5b, row-151, tomb-1 *NFP *her dowry was 10k Guilden *geni Siblings: Julius Braun (1847 or 1849 Residence: Liesing Fabriksgasse 14 - 12/12/1884 bur ZF Tor1, group-005b, row-15, grave-1, Vienna) kaufmann *genteam, Heinrich Braun Uncle: baron Gutmann spelling?

      Note: Albert & Emma buried: ZF T1, group-5b, row-151, tomb-1 with below Julius Braun, Mathilde (nee Reiss) Rafael <parents of Ella Haupt (1903 - 5/22/1937 on Rafael page)> and not on this page Max Kaiser (4/16/1885 genteam - 5/19/1888 bur. 5/21/1888) on Diamant page *geni, Arthur von Mises *geni (9/6/1854 Lvov, Ukraine - 10/1/1903 Halberstadt, Germany. buried Vienna) & Adele Landau (6/4/1858 Brody, Lviv, Ukraine - 4/18/1937 Vienna) <buried with son Karl von Mises (7/18/1887 Lviv - 3/10/1899 Vienna)> on Geiringer page, Moriz Reiner (abt 1815 - buried 10/25/1898 Vienna), Max Weiss (1864 - bur 3/23/1885) and Emma's obituary also mentions Wolf family OR =same Albert? ref. 4/25/1889Albert Reiss (abt 1831 Lipník nad Bečvou / Leipnik, Přerov, Moravia - ) of Reiß-Berger fabrikant Liechtensteinstraße 53 und 56, Vienna-1090.. ..Riess then sold his printing factory in Liesing by means of a contract dated May 13, 1872.. ..why did Riess do it through an extensive joint venture run in the name of his brother-in-law Moriz Knöpflmacher =same? *geni.. ..In 1872 Reiss had evidently disclosed their deposit to Gebrüder Gutmann of around 127,000 fl.. ..1876 the company "Fritsch and Rosenblüh" collapsed, whose partner was Sigmund Fritsch, brother-in-law of Reiss.. his father-in-law Hermann Braun.. AND Wittgenstein in Vienna book; "..apartment, has become vacant and Karl ritter von Gutmann testified against his brother-in-law Albert Reiss.. Albert Reiss was sentenced to 31/2 years .." OR any relation to (see von Gutmann family) on this site ZF T1, group-5b, row-151, tomb-1

      • Rosa REISS Born: Sep 2, 1867 in Vienna, Austria *genteam. Died: Nov 30, 1936 in Vienna. *killed in a road (tram) accident + Dr. Emil Emmerich FRIEDLÄNDER Born: Sep 3, 1859 in Bad V�slau, Baden, Lower Austria. Died: Jul 24, 1904 in St Wolfgang im Salzkammergut, Gmunden, Upper Austria *geni-more *their grandchildren moved to the U.K Father: Isak Isaac Friedländer / Friedland (1812 Mikulov / Nikolsburg, Moravia, Czech -1882 Vienna) *geni-more Mother: Anna Nanette Betty Kohn / Hölzelmacher (11/15/1835 Mikulov - 3/2/1899 Baden by Vienna) *geni-more

      • Helene REISS Born: Sep 13, 1868 in Vienna, Austria *genteam

      • Gisela REISS Born: Aug 29, 1869 in Vienna, Austria *genteam Residence Rembrandtstrasse 14/13, Vienna-2. Transport# IV/04, 7/14/1942, prisoner# P-0000227876 > 9/21/1942 to Theresienstadt ghetto, Czech. Died: after Sep 21, 1942 in Treblinka, Poland *wikidata,, ushmm.org, Jewishgen DOW deportations from Austria & Beit Theresienstadt + Norbert GITZMAIER / GITZMAYER Born: Jan 28, 1842 occupation: Musiker. Married: Nov 10, 1912 in Saint Leopold, Graz, Austria *MyHeritage Buried: Nov 18, 1918 in Vienna-2 *genteam *geni Mother: Theresia Gitz (before 1825 - )

        Note: ref. 10/1/1916: "Mrs. Gisela Gitzmaier-Reiß gives piano courses for beginners and advanced learners in the Black Forest school officials. Leschetizky method. Registration from 12 to 1 a.m., 1st district, Wallnerstrasse 9." AND Norbert Gitzmaier ref. 1865, 1890 & 1894 Musikalisch-literarischer Monatsbericht über neue Musikalien, musikalische Schriften und Abbildungen, 3/9/1893 Deutsches Volksblatt: A barcarole for three was also published by the same publisher Violins by Norbert Gitzmaier. The melodious piece of music is particularly suitable for seminars and music because it is easy to perform...

      • Sophie (Sofie) REISS Born: Jan 20, 1871 in Vienna, Austria *genteam occupation: Teacher along with her sister Elsa at the famous Schwarzwaldschüle in Vienna *geni

      • Matilde (Mathilde) REISS Born: Jul 22, 1873 in Vienna, Austria. Died: Mar 16, 1919 in Mariannengasse 20, Vienna + Hermann (see RAFAEL family) Born: Nov 4, 1866 in #20, Austerlitz, Wischau, Moravia, Czech. Died: Apr 14, 1920 in Vienna *geni Father: Abraham Rafael (7/7/1828 #26 Austerlitz - 7/1/1903 Vienna) *geni-more Mother: Fanny Weiner (1/8/1832 Vrádist, Holíč, Slovakia - 12/9/1910 Vienna) *geni-more

      • Elsa (Else) REISS Born: Sep 2, 1875 in Vienna, Austria *genteam occupation: Teacher along with her sister Sophie at the famous Schwarzwaldschüle in Vienna. Died: May 19, 1955 in Helsinki, Finland, Buried: Hietaniemen Uurnalehto, Helsinki *MyHeritage *billiongraves

        Note: buried with Grete Krott (4/30/1893 - 11/11/1983) *genteam *genteam, Rudolfine Michaela Krott (5/1/1897 - 8/22/1977) *genteam daughter of Ignaz Isrl. re. Isak Josef Krott (1/12/1861 Chernivtsi, Chernivets'ka oblast, Ukraine. residence: Nestroyg. 5, Vienna-1020 - 3/28/1942 Sp. d. IKG, Vienna-1180) *genteam & Regina Rifke Tuchfeld (3/10/1874 Solca, Romania. Married 6/14/1891 Vienna-15 / Fünfhaus - ) *geni sister of Gusti Tuchfeld & unknown Braun *geni

      • Clara REISS Born: Dec 7, 1878 in Vienna, Austria. Died: after Jun 5, 1942 in Izbica ghetto, Poland *likely not married *geni

      • Leo REISS Born: Sep 2, 1887 in Vienna, Austria *genteam. occupation: Lawyer in Vienna and an accomplished amateur artist. Died: 1953 in New York, NY, USA + Marianne (see SCHRECKER family) Born: Jan 0, 1892 in Vienna, Austria. Died: Nov 1983 *geni Father: Dr. Albert Schrecker (ca. 1850 Golčův Jeníkov, Havlíčkův Brod, Vysočina region, Czech - 1/26/1926 Vienna) *geni-more Mother: Rosa Rosalie Jellinek (12/17/1859 Prague-8, Bohemia, Czech - 12/2/1941 Vienna) *geni-more

        • Hans REISS *geni-more
        • Erich REISS *geni-more

    •   1910 - Adolf Breuer - obituary
      Hermine REISS Born: abt 1841 from Moravia. Died: Feb 16, 1913 bur. in Vienna, Austria NFP + Adolph BREUER Born: 1838-9 in Bratislava (Pressberg), Slovakia. Residence: abt. 1851 moved to Vienna. occupation: worked in Textile, freemason. Died: Feb 12, 1910 bur. in Vienna NFP *geni Siblings: Therese Breuer & unknown Kornfeld, Michael Breuer

      •   1934 - Samuel Pollak - obituary
        Sophie BREUER Born: 1869 Died: 1954 + Samuel POLLAK Born: 1863 in Vukovar, Croatia. Married: 1892 Died: Jan 26, 1934 bur. in Vienna NFP *geni Siblings: Pauline Pollak & unknown Gutman "ch. Heinrich ( - 1942)", Gunda Pollak ( res. Osijek /Esseg, Croatia - 1942) & unknown Stein, Leopold Pollak ( res. Vukovar - ) "ch. Ludvig? ( - 1942)", Emanuel Pollak "ch.  Marianne (1902 -), Greta (1898-1976), Lizzy (1897 -)", daughter Pollak (may have survived WW2) Father: ?Yaakov /Jacob Pollak (abt 1830 - abt 1900) wealthy, owned a plum tree orchard used to produce Slivovitz, unfortunately it was destroyed by fire. There was a family tree that was kept in a Doré bible, but was lost during WW2
    • Note: Originally Samuel Pollak worked on boats on the Danube and moved to Vienna in abt 1890. He arrived penniless and was initially rejected as a suitor by Sophie. However, he was a “workaholic” and had made good and showed entrepreneurial spirit and Adolph ordered Sophie to marry him. She was very unhappy until her son was born

      • Gerda POLLAK Born: 1894 Died: 1929 + Ignatz SCHINDLER occupation: Engineer *geni

        • Gerhard "Gary" STEPHENS (born Schindler) Born: 1917 + Lillian unknown

          • Jerry STEPHENS Born: private + unknown

            • Erin STEPHENS Born: private
            • Jaime STEPHENS Born: private

          • Kathy STEPHENS Born: private + unknown *2nd husband: unknown

            • Jethro unknown

      • Kathe POLLAK Born: May 10, 1895 Died: 1991-2 + Friedrich "Fritz" (see WEISS family) Born: 1881 Married: 1923 in Vienna, Austria. Residence: Vienna, 3/23/1933 moved to UK. Died: 1960 in England *geni Father: Moses (Joel Josef) Weiss (2/27/1855 - 3/6/1916 Neutorg. 8, Vienna-1) NFP produktenhändler Mother: Fanni /Fanny (see Spiegler family) (12/19/1850 Sassin, location? - 1/23/1940 Vienna)

      • Kurt PALMER (born Pollak) Born: 1986 Residence pre 1939: moved to Australia, name change. Died: 1964 + Mitzie (Mizi) STEINER

        • Herbert POLLAK Born: private + Janice MEIER

          • Philip POLLAK Born: private
          • Susan POLLAK Born: private
          • Martin POLLAK Born: private

        • Franz (Frank) POLLAK Born: 1933 Died: 1970

      • Hans PALMER (born Pollak) Born: 1903 Residence pre 1939: moved to Australia, name change + Soschie unknown
      • Emilie BREUER + Hermann SPUTZ Born: 1870 Died: 1942 occupation: Engineer *geni

        • Karl SPUTZ Born: 1896 Died: 1960 + Adele unknown

          • John SPUTZ Born: private + Eva unknown

            • Carla SPUTZ Born: private
            • Sharon SPUTZ Born: private
            • Alan SPUTZ Born: private

      • Marianne BREUER Born: 1873 Died: 1942 + Leopold (Lipot) KLEINMAN / KLEINMANN *geni-more

        *2nd husband of Marianne Breuer: Josef LASSNER *geni ?same as bur. in Vienna (1863 - 5/31/1919)?

        • Paul LASSNER Born: 1908 Died: 1978

      • Felix BREUER Born: 1880 occupation: Railway Engineer. Died: 1942

      • Richard BREUER Born: 1881 occupation: Engineer. Died: 1942 *lettertothestars.at + Rachel ELIAS Born: 1885 Divorced Died: 1964 *geni

        • Edith BREUER Born: 1911 + Thomas ELDRIDGE Residence: England

          • Martin ELDRIDGE Born: private + Christine RAMENDEN?

            • Clara ELDRIDGE + unknown SONALI

        *2nd wife of Richard Breuer: unknown KOROF Died: 1929 *geni
        *3rd wife of Richard Breuer: Maria EPSTEIN Born: 1910 Married: 1939 Died: 1942 *geni

      • Ernst BREUER Born: 1883 *captured during WW1, released in 1919. Died: 1954 + Trude MAUTNER *geni

        • Anne Marie BREUER Born: 1925 Died: 1978 + Bob ROSEN Divorced: in USA

          • Carol ROSEN Born: private *source-geni + Guang-wen XING

            • Kai XING

      • child BREUER Died at age 1
      • child BREUER Died at age 6

    • Fanny (Fani, Fanya) REISS Born: May 12, 1843 in Lipník nad Bečvou (Leipnik), Přerov district, Moravia, Czech. Residence: Rembrandtstr. 10, Vienna-1020, Austria. Buried: May 9, 1921 in T1 group-8, row-60, grave-27, Vienna *genteam + Sigmund TRITSCH Born: 1841 Bratislava, occupation: Kaufmann. Married: 1869 in Vienna. Divorced: before 1874 Died: 900 in Vienna, Austria *geni Siblings: Nina Tritsch (ca. 1836 Bratislava - 7/1/1853 Bratislava), Moricz Tritsch (ca. 1838 Bratislava - ), Josef Tritsch (ca. 1839 Bratislava - 10/21/1854 Bratislava), Pepi Tritsch (ca. 1840 Bratislava - ), Mano Tritsch (ca. 1841 Bratislava - ) Father: Ignatz Tritsch (ca. 1815 Bratislava - ) Mother: Katalin unknown (ca. 1818 - ) *Jewishgen online tree

      *2nd wife of Sigmund Tritsch: Klotilde BACHRACH Born: Jan 1, 1857 in Karlovac, Općina Karlovac, Karlovac, Croatia. Married: 1874 Died: Dec 1930 in Vienna, Austria *geni-more

    • Rosa REISS + Moritz KNÖPFELMACHER *geni

Group-1: *Joachim Reiss is your (Peter Rohel) 1st cousin twice removed's husband's 1st cousin thrice removed's husband
  • Joachim REISS Born: 1770 in Holešov, Kroměříž, Zlín, Moravia, Czech + Schewa (Karolina) (see KNÖPFELMACHER family) Born: 1777 in Holešov. Married: Jul 14, 1796 in #25 Holešov. Died: before 1811 in Vsetín (Wsetin), Kroměříž, Zlín, Moravia, Czech *geni-more Father: Jacob (Juda, Jehuda, Judel) Knöpfelmacher (1739 Holešov - 10/4/1798 #22 Holešov) Mother: Jachid (Jachet) unknown

    • Moises REISS Born: Jun 5, 1798 in Holešov *geni
    • Juda (Jacob) REISS Born: Mar 6, 1800 in Holešov
    • Markus REISS Born: Mar 24, 1802 in Holešov
    • Gutel REISS Born: Sep 28, 1806 in Holešov *geni

*2nd wife of Joachim Reiss: Rebeka EISLER Born: 1773 in Kurovice, Kroměříž, Zlin, Czech. Married: Apr 1, 1811 in Holešov *geni Siblings: Rabbi Bernhard (Beer) Eisler (ca. 1770 Kurovice - 1833-41 Vsetín / Wsetin, Kroměříž, Zlín, Moravia, Czech) & Nissel Dobrisch (Elisabeth) (see Knöpfelmacher family) (ca. 1774 Holešov - 3/9/1833 Vsetín) *geni-more sister of Schewa Knöpfelmacher above Father: Löw Eisler ( - Kurovice)

*2nd husband of Rebeka Eisler: Nathan HERZ Born: 1772 in Holešov. Died: Apr 6, 1810 in #38 Holešov *geni-more


Group-2: *on geni but not connected to Global tree
  • Josef L. REISS Born: 1846 Died: Jan 3, 1926 buried in Vsetín (Wsetin), Kroměříž, Zlín, Moravia, Czech. occupation: Owner of firm "Josef L. Reiss" reg. in Nový Jičín / Neutischein general store and trade in sugar, coffee and raw skins in Wsetin & buried in Vsetín *familysearch + Katharina REDLICH *geni 

    • Max REISS Born: Aug 11, 1881 in Vsetín. occupation: Handelsmann. Died: Nov 25, 1941 in Oswiecim / Auschwitz camp, Poland *prisoner# 23168 *ushmm.org, Jewishgen in Wsetin, wstag.jcu.cz =PDF download list of Jews living in Vset�n who did not return from the concentration camps + Flora KRANZ Born: Dec 12, 1884 in Šumperk, Moravia, Czech. Died: 1942 *geni Father: Samuel Kranz Mother: Nette Werber

      • Arnošt REISS Born: 1919 in Vsetín. Died: 1942 in Holocaust *Jewishgen in Wsetin, wstag.jcu.cz =PDF download list of Jews living in Vset�n who did not return from the concentration camps *geni 

Group-3: *Moric Reiss is your (Peter Rohel) 1st cousin twice removed's husband's 1st cousin once removed's husband's brother's wife's niece's husband
  • Moric REISS Born: Aug 24, 1879 in Vsetín (Wsetin), Kroměříž, Zlín, Moravia, Czech + Irma EGGER Born: Sep 8, 1889 in Nový Hrozenkov, Vsetín, Zlín, Moravia, Czech. Ttransport 9/18/1942 to Theresienstadt camp, Poland Czech; transport out 9/6/1943; survived; No; prisoner# P-0000302181. Died: Sep 6, 1943 in Osvětim (Auschwitz) concentration camp, Poland *Jewishgen in Wsetin, wstag.jcu.cz =PDF download list of Jews living in Vsetín who did not return from the concentration camps *geni Siblings: Gisela Egger (10/9/1892 Nový Hrozenkov - ) Father: Leopold Egger (3/15/1855 Velké Karlovice - 7/16/1909 Nový Hrozenkov) *geni-more Mother: Augustina Smetanová ( - 1/27/1894 Velké Karlovice)

    • Elsa REISS Born: ca. Nov 1, 1910 Died: Ap 7, 1911 in Vsetín (Wsetin), Kroměříž, Zlín, Moravia, Czech

Misc. Names:
  1. Max REISS occupation: Masseverwalter in Vsetín (Wsetin), Kroměříž, Zlín, Moravia, Czech *ref. 7/23/1915
  2. Judr. Josef REISS Born: of Vsetín. occupation: Government commissioner (vládním komisař) led the city 1931-38 *theses.cz, wikipedia.cs
  3. unknown REISS + Regina BECK Born: Jun 1, 1884 in Gross-Karlovice / Wsetin. last residence: Krnov /Jägerndorf / Theresienstadt - ) Revoked German citizenship and property seizures 1933-1945 *Jewishgen in Wsetin
  4. Katharine REISS Died: Aug 31, 1918 buried in Vsetín *familysearch
  5. Moritz REISS Died: Mar 24, 1918 buried in Vsetín *familysearch
  6. Hilda REISS Born: Mar 7, 1914 in Vsetín. Died: ca. 1943 Auschwitz camp, Poland *Jewishgen in Wsetin, wstag.jcu.cz =PDF download list of Jews living in Vset�n who did not return from the concentration camps*geni
  7. Alice REISS Born: of Vsetín (Wsetin), Kroměříž, Zlín, Moravia, Czech. Died: in holocaust *wstag.jcu.cz =PDF download list of Jews living in Vset�n who did not return from the concentration camps

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