Gyula (Eduard) Porges (b. ca 1860) married Ilonka/Ilona Kohn (b.
1885).
He was in the wood
processing business, since his father-in-law Markus Kohn inherited
the business
from his father
Julius Kohn.
(when Ilonka
became seriously ill, she was placed in an institution
where she
was later executed by the Hlinkova Garda (Slovak SS)).
Markus
Kohn (b. Trencin, Slovakia) married Bertha Frankl (b. ca 1865),
sister of
Philip Frankl (b. Vag-Ujhely, Hungary, 1868), the grand-father of
Joyce Eastman.
Alexander Porges (b. Trencin, Slovakia), nicknamed Sanyi, changed
name to Porubsky.
Peter Porges / Porubsky (b. 1947) became a surgeon.
Tibor Porges (b. Trencin, Slovakia 1908, d. Santiago de Chile
1994), married Marianna,
emigrated
to Santiago de Chile where he became exporter of hard woods to
Europe.
Tibor
Porges is the author of "Judeas Odysee", a book of poems
published in Santiago in 1967.
Tibor and Alexander Porges
were raised by Alexander Kohn (brother of Ilonka) and Frida Weisz
after the divorce of Ilonka and Eduard Porges. Ilonka was unable
to care for her children because of a serious illness.
