The Katz Family from Dodenhausen. orginally from Jesberg
(The ancestors of Betti Katz, great grandmother of Suzi Plaut Tourgeman, Jerusalem)
FIRST GENERATION :
1. Ruben Katz, born about 1685. He was married and had four children:
+ 2. Moses Katz, born about 1710 in Jesberg
3. Benedix Katz, born about 1715 in Jesberg
4. N. N., male
5. N.N., female.
SECOND GENERATION :
2. Moses Katz, born about 1710 in Jesberg, he married Edel Levi, daughter of Salomon Levi from Neuenhain. Moses and Edel Katz had four children:
6. Ruben Katz, born in May 1737 or 1746 or 1757 in Jesberg, he died 26.03.1796, he is buried
on the Jewish cemetery of Haarhausen, grave no.33.
+ 7. Frommet Katz, born before 1757 in Jesberg
8. Salomon Katz, born 02.02.1760 in Jesberg
9. Beschen Moses Katz.
THIRD GENERATION :
7. Frommet Katz, born before 1757 in Jesberg, she was married to Daniel Moses, merchant. Daniel Moses and Frommet Katz had three daughters:
10. Ranchen, born 1780 in Jesberg
+ 11. Rebekka Riwka, born 1781 or 1782 in Dodenhausen
12. Beilchen, born 1785 in Dodenhausen
Daniel Moses died after February 1812, Frommet Katz died before 1808.
FOURTH GENERATION :
11. Rebekka Riwka Daniel (Moses), born 1781 or 1782 in Dodenhausen. She was married about 1808 to Michael / Michel Katz, merchant and Nothändler, born 1786 in Gilsa. Rebekka and Michael Katz lived in Dodenhausen house no.22. They had five children:
+ 13. Suesskind Katz, born 04.01.1807 or 1809 in Dodenhausen
14. Moses Katz, born 03.02.1810 or 1811 in Dodenhausen
+ 15. Ruben Katz, born 26.08.1812 or 1813 in Dodenhausen
16. Daniel Katz, born 10.03.1815 or 1816 in Dodenhausen
17. Abraham Katz, 11.08.1824 in Dodenhausen.
Rebekka Katz died on08.12.1856, she was found dead on the way from Gemuenden to Dodenhausen. Michael Katz died on 21.04.1860 in Dodenhausen.
FIFTH GENERATION :
13. Suesskind Katz, born 04.01.1807 or 1809, merchant and second-hand dealer (Lumpensammler), he married first on 14.08.1837 Jette Isenberg, born 1808 in Gilserberg, daughter of Salomon Isenberg and his wife Hanne, née Katz-Stiefel. Suesskind and Jette Katz had five children:
18. Bienchen Katz, born about 1838 in Dodenhausen
19. Gutkind Katz, born 31.05.1841 in Dodenhausen, he died 17.03.1846 in Dodenhausen.
20. Frommet Katz, born 08.05.1843 in Dodenhausen
21. Amalie (Mele) Katz, bon 14.12.1845 in Dodenhausen
22. Johanna / Hannchen Katz, born 11.02.1849 in Dodenhausen, she died 11.05.1853 in
Dodenhausen.
Jette Katz died on 07.04.1850 in Dodenhausen. Suesskind Katz married a second time on 21.01.1851 Adelheid / Edel Abrahamson, born 02.04.1824 in Niederurff, daughter of Hirsch Abrahamson and his wife Marianne, née Heilbrunn. Suesskind and Marianne Katz had eight children:
+ 23. Daniel Katz, born 07.09.1851 in Dodenhausen, he emigrated in 1870 into the USA.
+ 24. Michael Katz, born 30.09.1853 in Dodenhausen
25. Lea Katz, born 02.03.1856 in Dodenhausen
26. Hirsch Katz, born 15.06.1859 in Dodenhausen, he emigrated in1875 into the USA.
27. Rebekka Katz, born 27.10.1861 in Dodenhausen, she emigrated in 1881 into the USA.
28. Marianne / Minna Katz, born 19.01.1864 in Dodenhausen, she emigrated in 1881 into
the USA.
29. Feist Katz, born 06.12.1866 in Dodenhausen, he emigrated in 1881 into the USA.
30. Moses Katz, born 07.11.1869 in Dodenhausen, he died on 09.12.1873 in Dodenhausen.
Suesskind Katz died on 03.11.1879 in Dodenhausen. Marianne Katz emigrated in 1881 with their children Rebekka, Marianne and Feist into the USA.
15. Ruben Katz, born 26.08.1812 or 1813, tailor, merchant, cattle dealer and slaughterer. He married on 28.10.1840 Frommet Loewenstein (Levinstein), born 1812 in Niederurff, daughtet of Joseph Loewenstein and his wife Roeschen, née Jaeckel. Ruben and Frommet Katz lived in Dodenhausen, house no. 17 ½ (today Schoensteiner Strass15). They had eight children:
31. Suesskind Katz, born 24.06.1841 in Dodenhausen, he died 09.07.1841 in Dodehausen.
32. Gelle Katz, born 24.06.1841 in Dodenhausen, she died 19.07.1841 in Dodenhausen.
33. Meier Katz, born 23.09.1843 in Dodenhausen, he died 19.10.1853 in Dodenhausen.
+ 34. Bienchen / Betti Katz, born 21.04.1845 in Dodenhausen
+ 35. Amalie / Malchen Katz, born 21.04.1845 in Dodenhausen
+ 36. Daniel Katz, born 14.06. 1846 in Dodenhausen
+ 37. Isaak Katz, born 05.04.1849 in Dodenhausen
+ 38. Rosa / Roeschen Katz, born 10.05.1851 in Dodenhausen.
Frommet Katz died before 1895. Ruben Katz emigrated on 22.11.1895 to Manhattan, New York.
He lived togther with his daughter Betti and his son in law Simon Katzenstein/Kohn in Houston Street 432 on the Lower-East-Side of Manhattan. He died 22.11.1895 at the age of 82 years.
SIXTH GENERATION :
23. Daniel Katz / Kohn, born 07.09.1851 in Dodenhausen. He emigrated in 1870 into the USA. He married 1875 Sallie. Daniel and Sallie Kohn lived in Manhattan, they had two children:
39. Carry Kohn, born 1883
40. Martha Kohn, born 1889
24. Michael Katz, born 30.09.1853 in Dodenhausen. He married on 24.10.1878 in Wohra Julchen / Julie / Juliane Kadden, born 02.02.1847 in Halsdorf, daughter of Aron Kadden and his second wife Hannchen, née Hesse. Michael and Julchen Katz lived in Dodenhausen, house no.62. They had a daughter:
+ 41. Johanna Katz, born 19.09.1880 in Dodenhausen.
The family moved to Gemuenden. Michael Katz died on 03.06.1918 in Gemünden. Julchen Katz died on 11.08.19 in Gemünden.
34. Bienchen / Betti Katz, born 21.04.1845 in Dodenhausen. She emigrated into the USA and married before 1866 in New York Sussmann / Simon Katz/Katzenstein, born 1840 in Schwarzenborn. Simon Katzenstein had a cigar shop. Betti and Sussmann Katzenstein had a daughter:
+ 42. Deisha / Tillie Katzenstein / Kohn, born in June 1872 in New York.
Simon Katzenstein / Kohn died in 1901 in New York. Betti Katzenstein / Kohn died on 26.04.1904 in New York.
35. Amalie Katz, born 21.04.1845 in Dodenhausen. She emigrated in 1862 into the USA. She was married to Moses Goldschmidt.
36. Daniel Katz, born 14.06.1846 in Dodenhausen, he emigrated in 1865 into the USA, he married Lena / Lina N.N. Daniel Katz died 03.02.1943 in Manhattan New York.
37. Isaak Katz, born 05.04.1849 in Dodenhausen, merchant. He married first on 26.02.1873 Lina Frankenthal, born 01.03.1851 in Altenlotheim, daughter of Selig Frankenthal and his wife Sarchen née Katzenstein. Isaak and Lina Katz had six children:
+ 43. Michael Katz, born 09.01.1874 in Dodenhausen
+ 44. David Katz, born 20.07.1875 in Dodenhausen
45. Joseph Katz, born 02.08.1877 in Dodenhausen, he died 07.03.1879 in Dodenhausen.
+ 46. Jakob Katz, born 10.09.1879 in Dodenhausen
47. Daniel Katz, born 13.02.1882 in Dodenhausen, he emigrated in 1899 into the USA.
48. Adolph Katz, born 08.10.1888 in Niederwildungen, he emigrated in September 1906
into the USA.
In November 1882 Issak Katz bought a house from the merchant Baruch Baruch in Niederwildungen, Bahnhofstrasse 21. Lina Katz died on 20.10.1898 at the age of 47 years in Niederwildungen. Isaak Katz married a second time on 29.10.1899 in Fritzlar Mathilde Lissauer, born 24.06.1898 in Ungedanken, daughter of Gutkind Lissauer and his wife Sara née Mansbach. Isaak Katz died on 02.07.1932 in Bad Wildungen, Mathilde Katz die on 04.01.1939 in Frankfurt/Main.
38. Rosa /Roeschen Katz, born 10.05.1851 in Dodenhausen. She emigrated into the USA, but came back and was married on 07.05.1879 to Meier Levi, born 03.04.1856 in Lohra, son of Issak Levi and his wife Sara, née Loewenstein, second-hand dealer. Rosa and Meier Levi had three children:
49. Janette Levi, born 16.06.1880 in Lohra, she died 15.07.1880 in Lohra
50. Rebecka Levi, born 13.04.1883 in Lohra
51. Rudolph Levi, born 02.05.1883 in Lohra.
(Barbara Wagner, u.a., a.a.O.,p. 177)
SEVENTH GENERATION :
41. Johanna Katz, born 19.09.1880 in Dodenhausen. She was married on 11.06.1901 in Gemuenden to Levi Steinmann, born 22.09.1875 in Schoeppingen son of Isaak Steinmann and his wife Berta / Taeubche, née Eichengruen, living in Arnsberg. Johanna and Levi Steinmann had five children :
+ 52. Walter Steinmann (?)
+ 53. Erich Steinmann (?)
+ 54. Hella / Ella Steinmann, born 01.04.1902 in Gemuenden
55. Erna Steinmann, born 28.03.1906 in Gemuenden, she died 17.07.1918 in Gemuenden.
+ 56. Hildegard / Hilde Steinmann, born 04.03.1917 in Gemuenden.
Johanna Steinmann died on 14.07.1918 in Gemuenden, Untergasse 1, Levi Steinmann married a second time on 16.08.1920 in Nordheim/Rhoen Rosalie Schoen, born 21.02.1891 in Nordheim/Rhoen.daughter of Azor / Ozer Schoen and hie wife Mariane (registry office Nordheim/Rhoen no.13/1920). Levi and Rosalie Steinmann lived in Gemuenden. They had a son:
+ 57. Arthur Steinmann, born after 1920 in Gemuenden/Wohra.
Levi Steinmann died on 04.12.1938 in Gemuenden by pneumonia and heart (announced by his daughter Hella Levi, née Steinmann housekeeper in Kirchhain). Rosalie Steinmann lived in Amoeneburg with her daughter Hildegard and her family. She was deported on 09.12.1941 from Kassel to Riga.
42. Deisha / Tillie Katzenstein, born in Juhe 1872 in New York. She was married in 1888 in New York to Gottfried Plaut, born 10.01.1859 or 1861 in Obervorschuetz. Deisha/Tillie and Gottfried Plaut had four sons:
58. Sidney Frederik Plaut, born September 1892 in New York
59. Jerome Edward Plaut, born April 1896 in New York
60. Irving Edward Plaut, born January 1898 in New York
+ 61. Stephan Simon Plaut, born 15.10.1912 in New York.
Gottfried Plaut died on 05.05.1930 in New York. Deisha / Tillie Plaut died on 08.09.1950 in New York.
43. Michael Katz, born 09.01.1874 in Dodenhausen. He emigrated in 1891 into the USA. And changed his name in Morris Kohn. He became a lawyer. He married Lilian Plaut from New York. Morris and Lilian Kohn had two children:
62. Raymond Kohn, born 1900 in New York
63. Helen Kohn, born 1908 in New York. She died 1994.
Morris Kohn died on 13.01.1945 in New York.
44. David Katz, born 20.07.1875 in Dodenhausen. He married on 26.11.1901 in Krombach Sara Meier, born 19.09.1874 in Littfeld. David and Sara Katz lived in Bad Wildungen, Am Eselspfad 1. They had four children :
64. Lina Katz, she died 1934
65. Flora Katz, she emigrated into the USA
66. Rosa Katz, she emigrated into the USA
67. Rudolf Katz, he emigrated into the USA.
In 1933 the family moved to Frankfurt/Main, Reuterweg 47. In Oktober 1941 they were forced to leave their home and moved into the senior home Woehlerstrasse 6-8. David Katz died 26.03.1942 in Frankfurt/Main. Sara Katz was deported on 18.08.1942 from Frankfurt/Main to Theresienstadt and from there on 26.09.1942 to Treblinka.
46. Jakob Katz, born 10.09.1879 in Dodenhausen, baker. He emigrated in May 1897 into the USA and changed his name into Jacob Kohn. He married on 12.06.1906 in Manhattan, New York Emma Fuhr, born 1881 in New York. Jakob Katz died died on 26.09. 1946 in Bronx, New York.
EIGHTH GENERATION :
52. Walter Steinmann, he emigrated in the early 30th with his brother Erich to Palestine, He lived in a kibbutz. He has a child and grandchildren.
53. Erich Steinmann, he emigrated in the early 30th with his brother Walter to Palenstine. He live in a kibbutz. He has a child and grandchildren.
54. Hella / Ella Steinmann, born 01.04.1902 in Gemuenden. She was married to Samuel Levi, born 10.09.1892 in Niederaula. Hella and Samuel Levi had three daughters:
68. Hannelore Levi, born 02.10.1924 in Gemuenden
69. Marga Levi, born 10.07.1927 in Gemuenden
70. Gisela Levi, born 07.01. 1930 in Gemuenden
Hella and Samuel Levi lived in Niederaula and in Frankfurt/Main. They were deported with their daughters Hannelore, Marga and Gisela on 11./12.11.1942 from Frankfurt/Main to Minsk.
56. Hildegard / Hilde Steinmann, born 04.03.1917 in Gemuenden. She was married in 1939 to Siegfried Stern, born 24.11.1905 in Amoeneburg, son of Selig Stern and his wife Ernestine, née Spier. Hildegard and Siegfried Stern lived in Amoeneburg, house no.142. They had a son:
71. Pinchas Uri Stern, born 17.04.1940 in Amoeneburg.
The family was deported on 09.12.1941 from Kassel to Riga. Hildegard Stern and her son Uri were murdered there on 02.11.1943. Siegfried Stern escaped und came back to Amoeneburg on 23.05.1945. On 25.05.1945 Minna Buxbaum, born 09.02.1923 in Neuhof-Opperz, daughter of Benjamin Buxbaum and his wife Ida, née Adler, followed him to Amoeneburg. They got married on 05.03.1949 in Amoeneburg. They had two chidren:
72. Uri Stern, born 08.02.1948 in Amoeneburg
73. Ruth Stern, born 13.04.1949 in Amoeneburg.
The family emigrated in December 1951 into the USA and lived in New York 10040, 671 W 193 Street. (A. Schneider, a.a.O., p. 44)
57. Arthur Steinmann, born after 1920 in Gemuenden/Wohra, he emigrated in 1939 with the
Young Aliya and with the help of Henrietta Szold to Palestine. He lived in
Naharirya. He had a daughter, Ronit Steinmann. who lives in Naharriya.
He wrote testimonies for members of his family. He deceased.
58. Stephan Simon Plaut, born 15.19,1912 in New York. He married on 15.06.1943 Lottie Chaikin, born 25.01.1915 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Stephan Simon and Lottie Plaut had three daughters:
70. Susan Margarete Plaut, born 26.08. 1945 in Springfield MA
71. Bettie Ellen Plaut, born 02.08.1947 in Springfield MA
72. Greta Marie Plaut, born 25.12.1949 in Springfield MA.
Sources:
– Horst Hecker: Geschichte der Juden in Dodenhausen. In: ZVHG 122 (2017)
– Alfred Schneider: Die juedischen Familien im ehemaligen Kreise Kirchhain. Amoeneburg 2006.
– Barbara Wagner, u.a.: Die juedischen Friehoefe und Familien in Fronhausen, Lohra und Roth.
Marburg 2009.
– Johannes Groetecke: Hier wohnte …, Stolpersteine in Bad Wildungen.
– www.lagis-hessen.de --Jewish Gravesites
– Hessian Vital Records
– www.bundesarchiv.de/gedenkbuch/directory.html.de
Researched and compiled by
Hans-Peter Klein Melsungen, February 2019
Revised Melsungen, December 2019