The descendants of Moses Meier from Guxhagen

 

FIRST  GENERATION :

 

1. Moses Meier, born 24.09.1770 (1) or 1771 in Bischhausen, district of Eschwege, son of

                            Meier Wolf and Rebecca (2). He married Fradchen/Freyde, nee Juda (3)

                            or Levy (1) , from Roehrenfurth, born around 1776.

                            They lived in Guxhagen, Moses Meier was several professions:

                            bookbinder (1), sheet metal smith (2,3), butcher (3). Moses and

                            Fradchen Meier had six children:

 

                            2. Rachel Meier, born 30.12.1803 in Guxhagen (1)

                        +  3. Haje / Chai Meier, born 27.02.1809 (1) or 22.01.1809 (3) in Guxhagen

                            4. Sarchen /Freyde Meier, born 03.07.1811 (1) or 21.06.1811 (3) in

                                Guxhagen, she was married on 29.03.1839 to Heinemann Katzenstein

                                from Etmannsrode.

                        + 5. Meier (Moses) Meier, born 05.12.1813 (1) or 05.11.1812 (3) in

                               Guxhagen

                           6. Jettchen/Guedchen Meier, born 12.04.1815 (1) in Guxhagen. She was

                               married on 04.03.1840 to Leiser Windmueller, tailor from Liebenau.

                           7. Leib Meier, born 08.09.1817 (1) in Guxhagen. He died on 28.11.1827.

 

                           Fradchen Meier died on 02.02.1826 at the age of 49 years, 3 months and 2

                           days in Guxhagen. Moses Meier died on 09.03.1841 in Guxhagen.

 

                           I found different dates in different sources:

(1)     Hessischer Hauptstaatsarchiv Wiesbaden, Bestand 365, No. 402, Guxhagen, birth-records 1751-1823)

(2)     Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg, Bestand 76a, No. 28, 19 Guxhagen

(3)     Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg, Bestand 315, 2 Guxhagen.

 

 

SECOND  GENERATION :

 

3. Haje /Chai / Hanchen Meier, born 22.01.1809 or 27.02.1809 in Guxhagen. She had two

                                                      illegitimate children:

 

                                                      8. Leib Abraham Meier, born 11.07.1832 in Guxhagen,

                                                          he died on 26.09.1832

                                                   + 9. Fradchen Meier, born 10.11.1839 in Guxhagen.

 

5. Meier Meier, born 05.11.1812 or 05.12.1813 in Guxhagen, bookbinder. He married on

                           02.08.1836 in Guxhagen Jeanette / Scheinchen Frank, 28 years old, from

                           Hebenhausen, daughter of the teacher Samuel and his wife Rahel, nee Katz.

                           Meier and Scheinchen Meier had seven children:

 

                           10. Samuel Meier, born 01.04.1838 in Guxhagen, he died on 27.05.1844

                           11. Leib Meier, born 09.06.1839 in Guxhagen, he died on 31.01.1841

                           12. Joseph Meier, born 22.01.1841 in Guxhagen, he died 07.06.1844

                           13. Fanni Meier, born 16.01.1843 in Guxhagen

                           14. Rieka / Rechel Meier, born 23.12.1845 in Guxhagen, she died on

                                                                       06.07.1847

                             15. Moses Meier, born 08.04.1847 in Guxhagen

                             16. Kaufmann Meier, born 03.02.1849 in Guxhagen, he died on

                                                                   29.07.1850.

 

                             Scheinchen Meier died on 10.12.1851 at the age of 45.

                             Meier Meier possibly married a second time Regine Meyenfeld after 1856.

                             In the death-record from 10.05.1872 she is called “widow of the deceased

                             bookbinder Meier Meier, 56 years old”. In the birth-records I found two

                             illegitimate children of Regine  Zipora Maienfeld from Niederaula:

n      Levi Maienfeld, born 29.10.1853 in Guxhagen

n      Rickchen Meyenfeld, born 16.01.1856 in Guxhagen.

                          

 

THIRD  GENERATION :

 

9. Fradchen Meier, born 10.11.1839, she had a illegitimate daughter:

 

                                  + 17. Lehnchen / Helene Meier, born 02.04.1862 in Guxhagen.

 

                                  On 09.03.1864 Fradchen Meier married Anschel Herman from Braach,

                                  61 years old, son of the deceased merchant Hirsch Herman from

                                  Barchfeld and his wife Fradchen, nee Moselin.

                                  In the death-record Fradchen surname is Maienfeld and she is called

                                  widow, 85 years old”. She died on 13.12.1926 in Guxhagen. Possibly

                                  she married a second time N.N. Maienfeld.

 

 

FOURTH  GENERATION :

 

17. Lehnchen / Helene Meier, born 02.04.1862. She was married on 17.10.1893 to

                                                   Daniel Katz (II), butcher, 48 years old, son  of Bonum Katz

                                                   and his wife Beschen, nee Speier. Lehnchen and Daniel Katz

                                                   had a son:

 

                                                   + 18. Benjamin Katz, born 22.03.1899 in Guxhagen

 

                                                   Daniel Katz died on 02.05.1901 in Guxhagen. Lehnchen Katz

                                                   was deported from Kassel to Theresienstadt on 07.09.1942.

                                                   She perished in Treblinka on 29.09.1942.

 

 

FIFTH  GENERATION :

 

18. Benjamin (Benni) Katz, born 22.03.1899, he married on 22.10.1922 Frieda Kleeblatt,

                                               born 02.06.1896 in Roehrenfurth, daughter of Noa Kleeblatt and

                                               his wife Fanny, nee Kann. Benjamin and Frieda Katz had a son:

 

                                               + 19. Daniel Katz, born 16.03.1924 in Guxhagen.

 

                                               Benjamin Katz was arrested in Breitenau  09.11. – 11.11.1938 as

                                               Schutzhaeftling“ and he was deported from Kassel to Riga on

                                               09.12.1941. He perished on 27.07.1944 in Riga.

 

 

SIXTH  GENERATION :

 

19. Daniel Katz, born 16.03.1924. He was arrested in Breitenau 09.11 – 11.11.1938 as

                            Schutzhaeftling”. He was deported from Kassel to Riga on 09.12.1941.

                            He survived, was liberated and came to Sweden. He emigrated after WW II

                            from Germany into the USA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Compiled by Hans-Peter K l e i n                                                            Melsungen, April 2011

 

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