The descendants of Sussmann Marx and Hannchen Katz from Gruessen
FIRST GENERATION :
1. Meyer Katz, married Sara Katz. They had a son:
+ 2. Sussmann Katz, born about 1743.
SECOND GENERATION :
2. Sussmann Katz Marx, he married Hannchen Hertz, daughter of Simson Hertz and his
wife Kela Hertz. Sussmann and Hannchen Marx had three sons :
+ 3. Meier Marx, born about 1774 in Gruessen
+ 4. Emanuel Marx, born 1784 in Gruessen
+ 5. Isaak Marx, born about 1793 in Gruessen
Sussmann Katz Marx died on 02.07.1810 in the age of 67, Hanna
Katz Marx died in 1809.
6. Baruch Marx, married Hanna Marx, they had a son:
+ 7. Jacob Marx, born about 1779.
Baruch and Hanna Marx died before 1810.
THIRD GENERATION :
3. Meier Marx, born about 1774, he married Edel. Meier and Edel Marx had four children:
+ 8. Elias Marx, born 08.02.1806 in Gruessen
9. Salomon Marx, born 18.02.1813 in Gruessen
+ 10. David Marx, born 01.06.1815 in Gruessen
11. Roeschen Marx, born 20.09.1825 in Gruessen, she died 14.10.1825
Meier Marx died 21.04.1849 in Gruessen, Edel Marx died 03.04.1851.
4. Emanuel Marx, born in 1784, he married 1810 / 1811 Pes/Perle Stern from Romrod,
19 years old, born about 1792, daughter of Moses Stern and his wife Eva.
Emanuel and Pes Marx had a daughter:
12. Hanna Marx, born 05.08.1811 in Gruessen. She died 11.10.1811
5.. Isaak Marx, born 1786, he married first Liebe/Libeth Stern. Isaak and Liebe Marx had three
sons:
+ 13. Hannchen Marx, born 1818 in Gruessen
14. Moses Marx, born 10.10.1820 in Gruessen, he died 07.01.1828
+ 15. Meier Marx, born 21.01.1823 in Gruessen
16. Ruben Marx, born 24.05.1825 in Gruessen.
Liebe Marx died 07.11.1826. Isaak Marx married a second time on
12.05.1827 Jette (Guetel) Stiefel, born in Rauschenberg 1808, daughter of
Selig Stiefel and his wife Fradchen. Isaak and Jette Marx had seven children:
17. Jacob Loeb Marx, born 20.05.1828 in Gruessen, he died 26.11.1858.
18. Siemon Marx, born 27.12.1829 in Gruessen, he died 17.03.1830
+ 19. Amalie Marx, born 16.12.1830 in Gruessen
20. Sara Marx, born 01.01.1833 in Gruessen
21. Johannette Marx, born 03.02.1835 in Gruessen, she died 03.02.1846
+ 22. Betty Marx, born 24.03.1837 in Gruessen
+ 23. Samuel Marx, born 28.03.1839 in Gruessen.
Isaak Marx died 17.04.1840 in Gruessen, Jette Marx was married a second
time to Herz Marx (No.26 of this genealogy). She died 21.05.1876.
7. Jacob Marx, born about 1779. He married in August 1810 Jette Stern from Gilserberg,
daughter of Hertz Stern and his wife Frumet, nee Jacob. Jacob and Jette Marx
had six children:
24. Hanna Marx, born 29.07.1811 in Gruessen
25. Baruch Marx, born 28.10.1812 in Gruessen
+ 26. Herz Marx, born 12.03.1815 in Gruessen
+ 27. Liebmann Marx, born 01.12.1820 in Gruessen
28. Bluemchen Marx, born 11.06.1825 in Gruessen
29. Johannette Marx, born 20.10.1828 in Gruessen
30. Bleia Marx, born 30.10.1831 in Gruessen.
Jacob Marx died 15.05.1835 in Gruessen, Jette Stern died 07.10.1852.
FOURTH GENERATION :
8. Elias Marx, born 08.02.1806, he married first on 29.11.1833 Lea Hoexter, daughter of
Seligmann Hoexter and his wife Vogel, nee Blumenthal. Elias and Lea Marx
had a daughter:
+ 31. Fanny Marx, born 28.10.1834 in Gruessen
Lea Marx died on 12.12.1835 in Gruessen. Elias Marx married a second time
on 13.12.1836 Suesschen Katz, daughter of Johel Katz and his wife Zerle, nee
Heinemann. Eilas and Suesschen Marx had eight children:
+ 32. Johel Marx, born 24.08.1837 in Gruessen
33. Sussmann Marx, born, 26.06.1839 in Gruessen, he died 14.06.1841
34. Bruna Marx, born 09.12.1841 in Gruessen
+ 35. Emilie Marx, born 01.01.1845 in Gruessen
+ 36. David Marx, born 30.10.1847 in Gruessen
37. Meier Marx, born 24.06.1850 in Gruessen
38. Heinemann Marx, born 21 12.1852 in Gruessen
39. Kaufmann Marx, born 29.05.1856 in Gruessen.
Elias Marx died on 10.04.1888 in Gruessen, Suesschen Marx died 08.05.1890.
10. David Marx, born 01.06.1815, he married on 11.08.1841 Sara Katz, daughter of Johel
Katz and his wife Zerle, nee Heinemann. David and Sara Marx had five
children:
+ 40. Hannchen Marx, born 29.04.1843 in Gruessen
+ 41. Johel Marx, born 26.02.1945 in Gruessen
42. Sussmann Marx, born 09.08.1847 in Gruessen
43. Karoline Marx, born 10.08.1850 in Gruessen
44. Meyer Marx, born 08.01.1854 in Gruessen, he died 04.07.1854.
David Marx died 15.06.1899 in Gruessen, Sara Marx died 12.08.1898.
13. Hannchen Marx, born 1818, she was married to Jacob Loeb Katz-Stiefel, born
05.06.1814 in Rauschenberg, son of Selig Katz-(Stiefel) and his wife
Fradchen. Jacob and Hannchen Katz-Stiefel had nine children, one of
them was Jette (Karoline) Katz-Stiefel, born 17.12.1841 in
Rauschenberg, who married Samuel Marx (No. 23 of this genealogy).
(For more details look I to the Katz-Stiefel-Genealogy in: Alfred Schneider: Die
juedischen Familien im ehemaligen Kreis Kirchhain. Amöneburg 2006. p. 177.ff.)
15. Meier Marx, born 21.01.1823, he married first on 06.01.1847 Sara Freune, born about
1828, daughter of Meier Freune and his wife Greile, nee Stern from Romrod.
Meier and Sara Marx had five children:
45. Lina Marx, born 11.09.1847 in Gruessen, she died 28.09.1847
46. Isaak Marx, born 08.07.1849 in Gruessen
47. Liebmann Marx, born 24.10.1850 in Gruessen
48. Sussmann Marx, born 24.09.1852 in Gruessen
49. Moses Marx, born 01.10.1855 in Gruessen.
Sara Marx died on 19.07.1857 in Gruessen. Meier Marx married a second
time on 12 .01.1858 Amalia Isenburger, born about 1837, daughter of
Salomon Isenburger and his wife Sara, nee Stern from Mellbach. Meier and
Amalia Marx had a child:
50. stillborn, male, 26.06.1858 in Gruessen
Amalia Marx died on 19.09.1858 in Gruessen. Meier Marx married a third
time on 03.07.1859 Sara Strauss, born on 11.04.1837, daughter of
Abraham Strauss from Friedberg and his wife Fanny, nee Koppel.
Meier and Sara Marx had twelve children:
51. Lina Marx, born 05.04.1860 in Gruessen, she died 10.06.1860
52. Jacob Marx, born 07.04.1861 in Gruessen
53. Emmanuel Marx, born 03.01.1863 in Gruessen, he died 10.10.1867
54. Hermann Marx, born 01.12.1864 in Gruessen
55. Rudolf Marx, born 25.06.1867 in Gruessen
56. Franziska Marx, born 23.12.1868 in Gruessen
57. Simon Marx, born 17.12.1870 in Gruessen, he died 23.07.1871
58. Bertha Marx, born 29.06.1972 in Gruessen
59. Ferdinand Marx, born 08.06.1874 in Gruessen, he died 14.07.1874
60. Johanna Marx, born 03.09.1875 in Gruessen
61. Leopold Marx, born 21.08.1877 in Gruessen
62. Eva Marx, born 17.06.1879 in Gruesssen.
Sara Marx died on 12.08.1898 in Gruessen, Meier Marx died 25.04.1899.
19. Amalie Marx, born 16.12.1830, she was married in 1861 to Abraham Katzenstein, born
20.07.1822 in Allendorf. Abraham and Amalia Katzenstein had ten
children. (For more details look into the genealogies of Rolf Hohmann and Roger
Herz – Fischer.)
22. Betty Marx, born 24.03.1837, she was married on 25.08.1858 to Mendel Plaut,born
04.03.1833 in Rauschenberg, son of Amschel Plaut and his wife Gütel, nee
Haas. (For more details look into the Plaut-genealogy in Alfred Schneider: Die jüdischen
Familien im ehemaligen Kreis Kirchhain. Amöneburg 2006. p. 173 ff.)
23. Samuel Marx, born 28.03.1839, he married on 25.08.1863 Karoline Katz-Stiefel, born
17.12.1841 in Rauschenberg, daughter of Jacob Katz-Stiefel and his wife
Hannchen, nee Marx (= No. 13. of this genealogy). Samuel and Karoline
Marx had eight children:
63. Isaak Marx, born 01.07.1864 in Gruessen
64. Sussmann Marx, born 17.11.1865 in Gruessen
65. Meier Marx, born 08.11.1867 in Gruessen, he died 17.02.1869
66. Franziska Marx, born 23.02.1870 in Gruessen, she died 23.05.1873
67. Lina Marx, born 05.08.1871 in Gruessen
68. Selig Marx, born 20.11.1874 in Gruessen
69. Johanna Marx, born 22.04.1876 in Gruessen
70. Moses Marx, born 09.11.1877 in Gruessen.
26. Herz Marx, born 12.03.1815, he married on 10.01.1848 Jette Marx, nee Stiefel, born
1808 in Rauschenberg, daughter of Selig Katz-(Stiefel) and his wife
Fradchen. Jette Marx was married first to Isaak Marx (No. 3 of this
genealogy). Herz and Jette Marx had five children:
+ 71. Johanna Marx, born 10.01.1848 in Gruessen
+ 72. Rickchen Marx, born 14.05.1849 in Gruessen
73. Frommet Marx, born 17.12.1850 in Gruessen
+ 74. Jacob Marx, born 15.10.1852 in Gruessen
75. Fradchen Marx, born 19.10.1854 in Gruessen, she died 13.04.1856.
Herz Marx died 11.01.1859 in Gruessen, Jette Marx died 21.05.1876.
27. Liebmann Marx, born 01.12.1820, he married on 07.11.1854 Jette Isenburger, born on
15.05.1825 in Melbach, daughter of Salomon Isenburger and his wife
Sara, nee Stern. Liebmann and Jette Marx had six children:
76. Julchen Marx, born 27.07.1856 in Gruessen
77. Fanny Marx, born 02.11.1858 in Gruessen
78. Jakob Marx, born 29.06.1860 in Gruessen
79. Sara Marx, born 08.02.1862 in Gruessen
80. Hannchen Marx, born 04.09.1863 in Gruessen
81. Eva Marx, born 01.08.1865 in Gruessen.
Liebmann Marx died 07.05.1879 in Gruessen.
FIFTH GENERATION :
31. Fanny Marx, born 28.10.1834, she was married on 24.10.1855 to Meier Katzenstein,
born about 1827 in Heinebach, son of Koppel Katzenstein and his wife
Breine, nee Katz.
32. Joel Marx, born 24.08.1837, he married first on 01.07.1863 Bluemchen Stern, born
15.03.1838 in Allendorf,daughter of Anschel Stern and his wife Bluemchen,
nee Stern. Joel and Bluemchen Marx had a son:
82. Anschel Marx, born 10.01.1865 in Gruessen, he died 26.06.1865.
Bluemchen Marx died on 19.08.1865 in Gruessen. Joel Marx married a
second time on 08.01.1867 Sara Frank, born 01.05.1845 in Ropperhausen,
daughter of Moses Frank and his wife Karolina, nee Katz. Joel and Sara Marx
had five children:
83. Karoline Marx, born 25.06.1867 in Gruessen
84. Meier Marx, born 23.07.1868 in Gruessen, he died 22.08.1868
85. Laeulia (?) Marx, born 01.10.1869 in Gruessen
86. Adelheid Marx, born 17.09.1871 in Gruessen
87. Emilie Marx, born 18.04.1874 in Gruessen.
35. Emilie Marx, born 01.01.1845, she was married on 27.05.1873 to David Plaut, born
17.08.1844 in Frielendorf, son of Leiser Plaut and his wife Lea, nee
Wertheim.
36. David Marx, born 30.10.1847, he married on 04.07.1875 Fanny Rosenberg, born
12.08.1850 in Rosenthal, daughter of Wolf Rosenberg and his wife Amalia,
nee Kadden. David and Fanny Marx had four children:
88. Amalie Marx, born 16.05.1876 in Gruessen
89. Willi Marx, born 14.07.1877 in Gruessen
90. Emma Marx, born 13.11.1878 in Gruessen
91. Caroline Marx, born Dec. 1880 in Gruessen.
40. Hannchen Marx, born 29.04.1843, she was married on 20.11.1861 to Moses Plaut, born
29.06.1833 in Frankenau, son of Heinemann Plaut and his wife Jette.
41. Joel Marx, born 26.02.1845, he married on 25.06.1873 Franziska / Frommet Katz, born
24.07.1851 in Gilsa, daghter of Sussman Katz and his wife Zerle, nee
Biermann. Joel and Frommet Marx ahd three children:
92. Meier Marx, born 14.11.1875 in Gruessen
93. Caroline Marx, born 27.12.1877 in Gruessen
94. Hermann Marx, born Nov. 1893 in Gruessen, he died 24.05.1894.
71. Johanna Marx, born 10.01.1848, she was married on 22.01.1868 to Gutkind Stern, born
19.04.1842 in Gilserberg, son of Herz Stern and his wife Rebekka, nee
Hirschberg. (For further information look into the genealogy of Sussmann Stern from
Gilserberg.)
72. Rickchen Marx, born 14.05.1849, she was married on 19.02.1873 to Adolf Haas, born
05.04.1845 in Mardorf, son of Mendel Haas and his wife Sara, nee
Ehrlich.
74. Jacob Marx, born 15.10.1852, he married Betti Katz. Jacob and Betti Marx had two
children:
95. Jettchen Marx, born 12.04.1878 in Gruessen
96. Friedrich Marx, born in Sept. 1888 in Gruessen, he died 31.12.1893.
Sources: Hessisches Hauptstaatsarchiv Wiesbaden, Abt. 365 Personenstandsregister der juedischen
Gemeinden, No., 178, 351, 392-396.
Compiled and edited by Hans-Peter K l e i n Melsungen, September 2008
Revised October 2008