The Family of Ludwig & (1) Hannchen & (2) Esther KATZ

The family of Adolf & Meta (née Schwab) Katz, who lived in Themar for about 15 years in the late 1800s, were part of a very large family of Katzes who had been settled in the village of Bibra to the west of Themar. The patriarch and matriarch were Abraham and Paule Katz who lived in Bibra from at least 1790.

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Please see as well:
Abraham and Paule Katz
The Family of Adolf & Meta (née Schwab) Katz
Adolf Katz
Elka Goudsmid (née Katz)
Bettina Katz 

  • Ludwig Lazarus KATZ, b. 01 May 1832 Bibra/Grabfeld, d. 12 Sep 1902 Bibra/Grabfeld
  • ∞ 07 Jan 1862 (1) Hannchen STOLL, b. abt 1835, d. 1869
    • 1. Abraham/Adolf KATZ, b. 16 Nov 1862 Bibra, d. 15 Nov 1935 Meiningen
    • ∞ Meta SCHWAB, b. 17 Nov 1859 Rimpar, d. 18 May 1937 Meiningen
      • 2. Hedwig KATZ, b. 15 Sep 1888 Themar, d. 27 Sep 1888 Themar
      • 2. Martha KATZ, b. 18 July 1889 Themar, 11 Nov 1941 Frankfurt a/Main to Minsk Ghetto, murdered
      • ∞ Hugo HAHN, b. 17 May 1884 Bensheim/Hess, deported 11 Nov 1941 Frankfurt a/Main to Minsk Ghetto, murdered
        • 3. Margot Rena HAHN, b. 30 Oct 1923 Frankfurt a/Main, deported 1 Nov 1941 Frankfurt a/Main to Minsk Ghetto, murdered
        • 3. Hildegard HAHN, b. 11 Sep 1925 Frankfurt a/Main, deported 11 Nov 1941 Frankfurt a/Main to Minsk Ghetto, murdered
      • 2. Elka/Else KATZ, b. 16 July 1890 Themar, deported 13 June 1942 to Warsaw Ghetto, murdered
      • ∞ Berthold GOUDSMID, b. 27 May 1878 Termunten/Holland, d. 1933 Dessau
        • 3. Ruth GOUDSMID, b. 28 May 1922 Dessau, 13 Jun 1942 deported to Sobibor Extermination Centre, murdered.
    • 2. Hugo KATZ, b. 20 Sep 1891 Themar, d. 4 Jan 1936 Stuttgart/BW
    • ∞ Selma BERLINGER, b. 22 Oct 1898 Stuttgart/BW, d. 04 Mar 1927 Stuttgart/BW
      • 3. Walter Ludwig/Laurence KATZ (later RICH), b. 14 Jan 1927 Stuttgart/BW, 1939 to England, d. 12 Dec 1968 Birmingham/UK
      • ∞ (1953 Birmingham) Doreen S. SEAGER, b. Jul 1933 West Bromich/Staffordshire/UK 
        • 4. NN RICH, b. 1956 Birmingham/UK 
        • 4. Harry P RICH, b. 1958 Birmingham/UK 
        • 4. Sally T. RICH, b. 1960 Birmingham/UK
        • ∞  Harvey R. BRATT
        • 4. Judith Ida RICH, b. 1962 Birmingham/UK
        • ∞  Julian A. LEWIS, b. 1961 Meriden/UK
          • 5. Aron Michael LEWIS
      • 2. Bettina KATZ, b. 30 Nov 1892 Themar, d. May/June 1939 Dessau (suicide)
      • 2. Josef KATZ, b. 27 Dec 1893 Themar, May 1939 to Belgium, May 1940 to Le Vigeant/St. Cyprien, 10 Aug 1942 deported Drancy to Auschwitz/murdered
      • 2. Max KATZ, b. 17 Feb 1895 Themar, d. 20 Aug 1895 Themar
      • 2. Siegfried KATZ, b. 22 Jan 1896 Themar
      • 2. Erich KATZ, b. 16 June 1898 Themar
      • 2. Walter KATZ, b. 31 Mar 1900 Themar
      • 2. Irma KATZ, b. 30 May 1903 Themar, 06 Jul 1943 deported Westerbork to Sobibor, murdered 09 Jul 1943 Sobibor
      • ∞ Berthold Maurits ZUIKERBERG, b. 26 Feb 1877 Winschoten/Holland, 06 Jul 1943 deported Westerbork to Sobibor, murdered 09 Jul 1943 Sobibor
  •      1. Emlie KATZ, b. 30 Oct 1864 Bibra/Grabfeld
  •      1. Ernestine KATZ, b. 24 Oct 1866 Bibra/Grabfeld
  • ∞ (2) Esther STOLL, b. 10 Dec 1843, d. 25 Jun 1908
  •      1. Hulda KATZ, b. 18 Mar 1870 Bibra/Grabfeld, d. 17 Dec 1870 Bibra/Grabfeld
  •      1. Julius KATZ, b. 03 Feb 1872 Bibra/Grabfeld [Please note: we hope to clarify the conflicting information about Julius Katz asap]
  •      1. Victor KATZ, b. 17 Nov 1873 Bibra/Grabfeld, d. 23 Mar 1875 Bibra/Grabfeld
  •      1. Max KATZ, b. 19 Apr 1876 Bibra/Grabfeld to Shanghai 1939, d. 16 Feb 1942 Shanghai
  •      ∞ (1907) Hannah WALLMANN, b. 01 July 1883, Bernburg/AS, to Shanghai 1939/to Australia 1948, d. 06 Dec 1957 Sydney/AU
  •           2. Ludwig KATZ, b. 12 Aug 1908 Meiningen, to USA 09 Apr 1930
  •           2. Elisa/Lisa KATZ, b. 24 Jan 1913, Erfurt, to Shanghai 1939/to Australia 1947, d. 08 Juy 1993 Bondi/AU
    • ∞ (1) Jakob ASCHENDORF
  •           ∞ (2) Eugen GUMPERT, b. 25 Sep 1904, d. 16 Mar 1973 Sydney/AU
      • 3. Alfred Michael GUMPERT, b. 05 Mar 1951 Sydney/AU