Kabbalist, durch 30 Jahre Rabbinats-assessor in
Prag, d. 1630
dessen Kinder :
Rabbi Simon Spiro
b. 1600, d. 1679
Rabbiner in Frankfurt, Lemberg, Breez in Litthazuen, Liblin,
krakau, wien und zulest 40 Jahre Oberrabbiner von Böhmen
Rabbi David Spiro
b. 1635
dessen Kinder :
Rabbi Michael Spiro
in wien, Spender vieler wertvoller Vorhänge
für die Altneuschule in Prag
Rabbi Juda Spiro
d. 1703
bei seinem Onkel Rabbi Simon Spiro erzogen, heiratete Maria
(d. 1699. tochter von Salomon Porges, enkelin von Hirsch
Porges, der Geineindevorsteher un Rabbiner der PiinkasSynagogue
in Prag wr und später nach Jerusalem auswanderte
dessen Sohn :
Rabbi Hirsh Spiro
... see Complete family tree below
The Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague
Simon Spira grave site
Simon Spira's grave plaque
Photos of the grave of Rabbi Simon Spira (1600, 1679)
at the Old Jewish Cemetery of Prague.
(Courtesy of Eva Sandrof, June 2001)
Maria Porges (d.
1699 Prag)
married Rabbi Judah Spiro (d. 1703 Prague)
Rabbi Hirsch Spiro
(d. 1739 Prague)
Actuar der Beerdigungs-Brüderschaft
Rabbi Löb
Porges Spiro
nahm aus Achtung für seinen Vorfahren dessen Familiennamen
Porges an und schrieb sich Porges Spiro
Lipmann Porges
Spiro (d. 1792) married Frumit Koref
(Morene
rabbi) Gabriel Porges Spiro
(b. 03/1738, d. 07/1824 Prague)
married EstherKassoviz
(d. 1824) on 28/08/1759
daughter of Oberrabbiner Löb Kassowiz (Prague)
Gütl
(Judith) Porges (b. 1764, d. 19/01/1824) David
Porges (b. 1770, d. 12/12/1845) Malke
(Magdalene) Porges (b. 1773, d. 22/11/1824) Karoline
Porges (b. 1774, d. 24/05/1847) Moses
Porges (b. 22/12/1781, d. 21/05/1870) Leopold
Juda Porges (b. 03/04/1785, d. 11/01/1869)
Children
of (Morene rabbi) Gabriel Porges Spiro (b. 03/1738, d. 07/1824
Prague)
Gütl (Judith) Porges (b. 1764, d. 1824) married Jonas Liebeschitz
; they had two daughters : Eva and Rosel.
David Porges (b. 1770, d. 1845) Med. Dr. in Prague, married Rosalie
Lieben (b. 1779, d. 16/07/1852)
Jacob Porges (b. 12/01/1789)
Eva Porges (b. 08/01/1799)
Elisabeth Porges (b. 12/06/1800, d. 07/10/1861) married Seligmann
Stösseles in Prague
They
had 2 daughters
Franziska Porges (b. 13/01/1802, d. 03/07/1844) married Seligmann
Lieberls on 12/11/1837
Leopold Porges (b. 10/09/1803, d. 12/07/1852)
Wilhelm Porges (b. 17/08/1804, d. 02/11/1852) married Anna Fleckeles
on 24/08/1852
Simon Porges (b. 11/03/1806)
Ignatz Porges (b. 15/12/1814)
Malke (Magdalene) Porges (b. 1773, d. 1824) married Isaak Drosa
in Prague (b. 1766, d. 1833)
Rosalie Drosa (b. 29/12/1791, d. 15/03/1870) married Leopold
Juda Porges von Portheim(photos)
Anton Drosa
Therese Drosa married Med. Dr. Hermann Wehle in Prague
Josef Drosa
Julie Drosa married Leopold G. Wehle in Vienna
Karoline Porges (b. 1774, d. 24/05/1847) married Jacob Janowitz
in Brennporitschen
Ludwig
Janowitz Franziska
Janowitz Marie
Janowitz Lotti
(Eleonore) Janowitz
Moses Porges, seit 1841 Edler von Portheim (b. 22/12/1781, d.
21/05/1870)
married Friedericke
Hirsch (b. 1791, d. 05/07/1867)
Ignatz Porges Edler von Portheim (b. 01/08/1815, d. 18/02/1900),
since 1840 Alois Peter,
married
on 16/10/1842 Helene Hinkel (b. Fürth/Chemnitz 20/12/1821,
d. 04/05/1890 Chemnitz).He was entered into the Bürgerbuch
(register of citizens) of Chemnitz on 16/11/1852 in Chemnitz as
Alois Peter Porges von Portheim, Merchant, of the Catholic Religion
and was to be found every year thereafter in the book with the
same information.
In April 2005, Roderick Hinkel, Leipzig,
Germany provided the following information about Helen Hinkel
:
My family left Chemnitz in 1875 for London and I am the first
to return.
I am descended from a cousin of Friedrich August Hinkel.
Helen's father was Friedrich August Hinkel (1792-1852) and
her mother Sophie Emilie Irmscher (1800-1871). They married
on 1 November 1820.
Their children were :
Hermann Hinkel born about 1820, no other details known
Helene born 1821, as per above
Friedrich Otto Hinkel (Ritter des königliche sächsische
Albrechtsordens 1. Klasse / Knight of the Order of Albrecht
the Valorius 1st Class, City Councillor in Chemnitz, founder
of a large textiles factory) born 1825
Ottilia Hinkel born 1833, married August Goetze, partner in
the locomotive building firm of Richard Hartmann
Minna Klara Hinkel born 1835 married to Music Director at
the Conservatoire, Mr. Meyersick, she founded the Singing
Academy in Chemnitz
The family tree was compiled by Sir Friedrich Otto Hinkel
using the genealogist Arthur Uhlmann-Uhlmannsdorf in 1899.
For your information, Helene's uncle Carl Gottlieb Hinkel
(1793-1817) was born in Chemnitz, studied at the University
of Leipzig, was quite a famous poet and fought in the Napoleonic
wars.
Arthur Porges Edler von Portheim (b. 30/10/1843, d. ? Prague)
married Auguste Edle von Portheim (b. 1854)? daughter of Joseph
Porges von Portheim
and Rosa Goldschmidt.
Joseph Wilhelm Porges Edler von Portheim (b. 14/07/1894)
Carl Alfred Porges Edler von Portheim (b. 10/06/1897)
Clara Porges Edle von Portheim (b. 16/06/1845) married Heinrich
Netke in 1866
They
had 4 children
Ida Porges Edle von Portheim (b. 24/10/1847, d. Chemnitz 21/12/1922).
She lived Reichscrasse 46 in Chemnitz)
Helene Porges Edle von Portheim (b. 23/07/1854)
married
on 24/04/1878 Emil Jacob Walther (b. Chemnitz 05/10/1844, d.
Chemnitz 21/11/1923) , Professor at the Königliche Gewerbeschule
in Chemnitz. He came from Mutterstadt in the Pfalz (Palatinate).
Technical University Chemnitz notes that Professor Walther taught
German
between 1876 and 1908 at the forerunner of the University.
Emilie Helene "Ottilie" Walther (b. Chemnitz 10/02/1879)
married on 22/08/1907 the lawyer Dr. Georg Eduard Müller
(b. 18/06/1878 in Witzschdorf near Zschopau.
Mathilde Porges Edle von Portheim (b. 28/04/1858) married on
30/10/1883 the merchant Ernst Eduard Moritz Schulze who was
born on 13/09/1844 in Leisnig. Both were childless when in September
1892 they left Chemnitz and moved to Hof in Bavaria.
Paul Porges Edler von Portheim (b. 03/08/1860), moved to Dresden
in 1916.
( "I also received a letter from Dresden today(2005) regarding
Paul but they say that all records were destroyed in the bombing
on 13th February 1945 and they only have records from 1946/7"
writes Roderick Hinkel, 2005/05).
Luise Porges Edle von Portheim (b. 10/07/1862, d. Bad Tölz
Bavaria 05/09/1901)
Otto Porges Edler von Portheim (b. 18/10/1864, d. Tristigen
01/04/1914)
Josef Porges Edler von Portheim (b. 06/01/1817, d. 03/09/1904
Prague)
married
Rosa Goldschmidt (b. 09/04/1821, d. 29/06/1904
Prague) on 23/01/1848
Henriette Porges Edle von Portheim (b. 24/02/1851)
Auguste Porges Edler von Portheim (b. 03/02/1854)
married
her uncle Arthur Porges Edler von Portheim (see
above)
Amalie Porges Edle von Portheim (b. 07/03/1818, d. 05/10/1893)
married
Moritz Forchheimer (b. 1816, d. 1862) in Prague on 10/02/1840
; they had 3 children
Heinrich Porges Edler von Portheim (b. 01/09/1819, d. 28/02/1857
Prague)
married in 1848 Luise Porges Edle von Portheim
(b. 04/10/1820, d. 29/05/1897)
Emilie Porges Edle von Portheim (b. 20/08/1849)
married
Julius Guttentag in Berlin on 21/11/1869 ; they had 3 children.
Jenny Porges Edle von Portheim (b. 10/10/1850)
married
Ernst Cohen in Berlin on 03/11/1872 ; they had 3 children.
Clara Porges Edle von Portheim (b. 14/02/1853)
married
Dr Philipp Goldschmidt (b. 23/07/1839, d.
22/01/1905)
in Vienna on
02/02/1873 ; they had 3 children.
Gustav Porges Edler von Portheim (b. 07/08/1823, d. ? Prag)
married
Mathilde Philipp from Hamburg on 22/08/1855.
Ottilie Porges Edle von Portheim (b. 11/05/1859)
Mmarried Professor
Dr. Jacob Caro (b. 14/11/1850, d. 05/07/1905)
in Breslau
on 10/03/1885 ; they had 1 daughter.
Anna Porges Edle von Portheim (b. 21/07/1861)
married
David Albahary in Vienna on 16/12/1888 ; they had 3 children.
Franz Porges Edler von Portheim (b. 07/09/1862,d.? Prague )
married
Emmy Dub (b. 1868) on 06/01/1891.
Lilly Porges Edle von Portheim (b. 15/05/1892)
Alexander Porges Edler von Portheim (b. 08/10/1894)
Emma Porges Edle von Portheim (b. 17/02/1865)
married
Dr. jur. Ludwig Landau (b. 14/09/1856) in Vienna on 09/04/1893
They
had 1 daughter.
Rudolf Porges Edler von Portheim (b. 14/10/1826, d. ? Prague)
married
Laura Hobitzky (b. 18/04/1827, d. 30/09/1904)
Mathilde Porges Edle von Portheim (b. 14/11/1856)
married
Dr. Hans Schmidtkunz in Munich in 1884 (3 children)
and Professor
Dr. Peter August Pauly in Munich in 1896.
Paul Porges Edler von Portheim (b. 01/08/1858, d. 13/07/1883)
Fritz Porges Edler von Portheim (b. 07/11/1859, d. 06/06/1888)
Ernst Porges Edler von Portheim (b. 14/08/1852, d. 25/04/1879)
Julie Porges Edler von Portheim (b. 06/04/1828, d. 03/10/1894)
married
Salomon Goldschmidt (b. 08/06/1823, d. 18/03/1902),
in Prague
later in Vienna, on 24/11/1850 ; they had 4 children
Leopold Juda Porges, seit 1841 Edler von Portheim (b. 03/04/1785,
d. 11/01/1869 Prague)
married
on 18/06/1815 his niece Rosalie Drosa (b. 1791, d. 1870), daughter
of Malke Porges (see above)
(photo)
Marie Porges Edle von Portheim (b. 31/03/1816, d. 24/08/1896)
married Adam Pollack
in Prague on 16/06/1839 ; they had 5 children.
Emilie Porges Edle von Portheim (b. Prag 15/11/1817, d. Berlin
05/11/1854)
married
Harry Jacob (1708, 1873) in Berlin on 01/06/1843 ; they had 6
children.
Mathilde Jacob (Berlin, b. 1847, d. 1929) married Max Itzig
Paula Itzig (b. Berlin 1883, d. Oxford 1929),
married
Felix M. Bon (b. Leipzig 1868, d. New York 1953)
Clara Louise Bon (b. Leipzig 1907, d. USA 2000)
married Hans
Zeitlin (b. Leipzig 1898)
Eva Zeitlin (Sandrof) (b. Leipzig 1935)
married Irving Sandrof (d. 09/02/2000)
Three
children and 6 grand children.
Eva
curently lives in New Jersey, USA.
Barbara Ann Zeitlin (b. 1939 New york)
married Hans Wertheimer
Frank Bon (New york, b. 1941, d. 1952)
Ernst Jacob b.Feb. 6, 1849
– d. Sept. 21, 1865
Clara Jacob b. June 28, 1850 – d. May 25, 1861
They are the younger siblings of Mathilde Jacob.
Their mother was Emilie Edle von Portheim, who married
Harry Jacob and who was the daughter of Leopold Juda
Porges Edle von Portheim, owner of the Villa Portheimka.
(Courtesy of Eva Sandrof)
Wilhelm Porges Edler von Portheim (b. 04/07/1819, d. 11/01/1873
Prag)
married
Bertha Goldschmidt (b. 1829, d. 1894) from Frankfurt
on 06/06/1849
Gabriele Porges Edle von Portheim (b. 17/04/1850)
married August
Jordan (b. 05/03/1842, d. 21/08/1891), in Paris later in Vienna,
on 23/10/1879
; they had one daughter.
Gabriele Jordan
translated Moses
Porges works into German
(in possession
of Leo Baeck Institute in New York).
Luise Porges Edle von Portheim (b. 04/07/1851)
married
Marcus Goldschmidt in Frankfurt on 18/08/1872 ; they had
5 children.
Ernestine Porges Edle von Portheim (b. 11/1852, d. 1852)
Max Porges Edler von Portheim (b. 12/05/1857, d. 28/01/1937
Prague) (photo)
Luise Porges Edle von Portheim (b. 04/10/1820, d. 29/05/1897)
married
her cousin Heinrich Porges Edler von Portheim, son of Moses Porges
(see above).
Josefine Porges Edle von Portheim (b. 10/03/1822, d. 04/03/1869)
married
Salomon Benedict Goldschmidt (b. 28/03/1818,
) in Mainz,
later in Frankfurt
on 05/07/1846 ; they had 7 children.
The Goldschmidt
family tree is in possession of the Leo Baeck Institute, New
York.
Marie Porges Edle von Portheim (b. 31/03/1816, d. 24/08/1896)
Eduard Porges Edler von Portheim, seit 1879 Ritter
von Portheim (b. 12/01/1826 Prague, d. Abbazia 14/02/1907)
married Rosalie Jerusalem (b. Prague 23/08/1836, d. Prague 26/01/1906)
on 28/06/1856.
The present family tree was presented to him in 1906 for his 80th
birthday.
Eduard Porges Edler von Portheim , Rosalie Jerusalem
Leopold, Victor, Emil, Friedrich, Heinrich Ritter Porges von Portheim
Emil Porges Ritter von Portheim (b. Prague 14/04/1857, d. Auschwitz
10/1942)
Friedrich "Fritz" Ritter von Portheim (b. Prague 19/02/1858,
d. Auschwitz 10/1942)
Emil & Fritz looked after the family interests in property
and investments (principally in Prague). They also administered
charitable works
Fanny Edle von Portheim (b. Prague 03/04/1860, d. Bad Ischl
05/1945)
married Dr Felix Mass (b. 08/10/1852, d. 31/12/1920)
Leopold Ritter von Portheim (b. Prague 07/02/1869, d. London
21/12/1947) m. Bonn 29/12/1909 Elizabeth Ungar (b. Bonn 17/05/1886,
d. Bridge of Weir 07/11/1969)
- Studied botany in Vienna and carried out research at the Vivarium
in Vienna which he had jointly founded with Hans Pribram, a
zoologist. The Vivarium was a Biological Researh Institute (Biologische
Versuchs Anstalt). After coming to England he was allowed to
continue his research at the Jodrell Laboratory, Kew Gardens.
- In 1918, with the split-up of the Austria Hungarian Empire,
the citizens had to opt to become Austrian or remain Czech.
Leopold chose to remain a Czech citizen. After Hitler had invaded
Austria (March 1938), Leopold and Elizabeth were allowed to
leave with the intention of living in Prague. They visited their
daughter Susanne in London for Christmas 1938. During their
stay the threat of the invasion of the Czech Republic by Hitler
increased. Leopold and Elizabeth decided to remain in London.
Eduard Ritter von Portheim (b. Vienna 15/10/1910, d. Dachau
07 /06/1942)
Trained as a lawyer.
Susanne Lily Rosa von Portheim (b. Vienna 15/03/1917) , m.
London 22/11/1941 Elmer Wallace (b. Berlin 02/10/1918, d.
Bridge of Weir, Scotland 30/01/1999)
Susanne went to a training school in Vienna with the intention
of becoming a dress designer. She moved to England in 1939.
After she was married she taught needlework.
Elmer changed name from Wallach to Wallace in 1941 when he
joined the British army.
He came to England in 1936 to finish his education and studied
mechanical engineering at the University of Cambridge. Managed
a small foundry in Scotland and later established a consultancy
for welding consumables.
Edward Peter Wallace (b. London 13/07/1943),
m. 19/02/1966 Susan Elizabeth Walker
Studied metallurgy at Imperial College, London and retired
in 2001 after a career in the steel industry.
Children :
Clare Emma Wallace (b. 30 Jan 1969 at Enfield, Middlesex),
m. 26/02/2000 Peter David Yorston
Eric Robert Wallach [b. Whitney, Oxfordshire 28/06/1945)
m. San Francisco 24/08/1975 Robin Gail Waddell
Changed name from Wallace to Wallach in 1975.
Studied metallurgy at the University of Cambridge where
he is a senior lecturer and Fellow of King’s College.
Children : Hanna Megan Wallach [b. Cambridge 17/08/1979)
Rachael Tamsin Wallach [b. Cambridge 05/05/1982)
Michael Ernest Wallace (b. London 15/04/1947)
m. 20/03/1971 Sarah Jane Scoones
Trained as a chartered accountant and retired in 1999 after
having run a pharmaceutical company.
Children : Edward Mark Wallace (b. Cuckfield, Sussex 28/09/1972)
Laura Mary Wallace (b. Cuckfield, Sussex 18/07/1974)
Victor Moritz Ritter von Portheim (b. Prague 19/02/1871, d.
Vienna Aug 1939)
Committed suicide after his position in Vienna deteriorated,
following the invasion of the Czech republic by Hitler in March
1939.
Heinrich Ritter von Portheim (b. Prague 03/11/1872, d. Prague
Sep 1919)
Mathilde Porges Edle von Portheim (b. 21/05/1828, d. 19/10/1857
Hamburg)
married
Nathan Levy in Hamburg on 25/08/1852 ; they had 2 sons.
Pauline Porges Edle von Portheim (b. 07/12/1832, d. 15/04/1898
Vienna)
married Alexander Fischel,
in Prague then Niemes then Vienna, on 15/04/1858
They had 1 daughter
: Emilie Gabriele. (portrait
of Pauline and Karl)
Grave of Pauline Fischel, Central Friedhof (Vienna)
Carl Porges Edler von Portheim (b. 14/04/1834, d. 16/04/1873 Prag)
married Madeleine
Nemezek (b. 24/12/1850,) later Fülek von Wittinghausen. (portrait
of Pauline and Karl)
Wilhelm Porges Edler von Portheim (b. 22/10/1867) later Fülek
von Portheim,
k. k. Rittmeister
in Czernowitz, married Lucy von Gatkiewicz (born von Mikuli)
on 04/02/1863
Wilhelm Carl (b. 05/11/1895)
Elizabeth (b. 19/11/1900)
Felix (b. 30/01/1905)
Fanny Porges Edle von Portheim (b. 12/02/1869, d. 02/03/1885)
Carla Porges Edle von Portheim (b. 03/04/1871)
married Alfred
Reichsgraf Stomm (b. 1860) in Vienna on 28/05/1895.
Luise Porges Edle von Portheim (b. 06/09/1873)
married
Adolf Schroeter in Freystadt in Schlesien on 09/06/1895; had
3 children.
Sources : "Josefine Goldschmidt, geb. Edle von Portheim (1822-1869)" family
tree (Leo Baeck Institute New York)
"Stammbaum der familien Porges und Porges von Portheim" (Library
of Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati)
established by Alexander Fischel and presented to his brother in
law Eduard Ritter von Portheim on 12/01/1906 for his 80th birthday.
Eva Sandrof, NJ, USA, 2001 Susan Wallace provided the extensive family tree of Eduard
Porges von Portheim and the attached portraits. 2003
Maria Porges (d. 1699 Prague), married Rabbi Judah Spiro (d.
1703 Prag)
Rabbi Hirsch Spiro (d. 1739 Prague) , Actuar der Beerdigungs-Brüderschaft
Rabbi Löb Spiro (Porges Spiro)
nahm aus
Achtung für seinen Vorfahren
dessen Familiennamen
Porges an und schrieb sich Porges Spiro
Moses Porges Spiro ( father of Rabbi Abraham)
Lipmann Porges Spiro (d. 1792),
Married
Malke Bondi (d. 1769)
Gabriel Porges Spiro
(b. 03/1738, d. 07/1824 Prag),
Married Esther Kassoviz(d. 1824) on 28/08/1759, daughter
of Oberrabbiner Löb Kassowiz (Prag)
Children of Gabriel Porges Spiro
:
David Porges (b. 1770, d. 1845) Dr. Med. in Prague, married Rosalie
Lieben (b. 1779, d. 16/07/1852)
Jacob Porges (b. 12/01/1789)
Leopold Porges (b. 10/09/1803, d. 12/07/1852)
Wilhelm Porges (b. 17/08/1804, d. 02/11/1852) married Anna Fleckeles
on 24/08/1852
Simon Porges (b. 11/03/1806)
Ignatz Porges (b. 15/12/1814)
Moses Porges, seit 1841 Edler von Portheim (b. 22/12/1781, d.
21/05/1870),
married Friedericke Hirsch (b. 1791, d. 05/07/1867)
Ignaz Porges Edler von Portheim (b. 01/08/1815, d. 18/02/1900),
seit 1840 Alois Peter,
married
Helene Hinkel from Chemnitz on 16/10/1842. He was entered into
the Bürgerbuch (register of citizens) of Chemnitz on 16.11.1852
in Chemnitz as Alois Peter Porges von Portheim, Merchant, of the
Catholic Religion and was to be found every year thereafter in
the book with the same information.
Arthur Porges Edler von Portheim (b. 30/10/1843, d. ? Prag)
married
Auguste Edle von Portheim (b. 1854)
Joseph Wilhelm Porges Edler von Portheim (b. 14/07/1894)
Carl Alfred Porges Edler von Portheim (b. 10/06/1897)
Paul Porges Edler von Portheim (b. 03/08/1860) moved to Dresden
in 1916
Otto Porges Edler von Portheim (b. 18/10/1864, d. Tristigen
01/04/1914)
Luise Porges Edle von Portheim (b. ?, died 05/09/1901 in the
Bavarian Bad Tölz)
Ida Porges (b. ? , d. Chemnitz 21/12/1922) She lived Reichscrasse
46 in Chemnitz
Mathilde Porges Edle von Portheim was married to the merchant
Ernst Eduard Moritz Schulze who was born on 13/09/1844 in Leisnig.
Both were childless when in September 1892 they left Chemnitz
and moved to Hof in Bavaria.
Helene Porges Edle von Portheim married Emil Jacob Walther (b.
Chemnitz 05/10/1844, d. Chemnitz 21/11/1923) , Professor at
the Königliche Gewerbeschule in Chemnitz. He came from
Mutterstadt in the Pfalz (Palatinate)
Emilie Helene "Ottilie" Walther (b. Chemnitz 10/02/1879)
married on 22/08/1907 the lawyer Dr. Georg Eduard Müller
(b. 18/06/1878 in Witzschdorf near Zschopau.
Josef Porges Edler von Portheim (b. 06/01/1817, d. 03/09/1904
Prag)
married Rosa
Goldschmidt (b. 09/04/1821, d. 29/06/1904 Prag) on 23/01/1848.
Two daughters.
Heinrich Porges Edler von Portheim (b. 01/09/1819, d. 28/02/1857
Prague)
married in 1848
Luise Porges Edle von Portheim (b. 04/10/1820, d. 29/05/1897).
Three daughters
Gustav Porges Edler von Portheim (b. 07/08/1823, d. ? Prague)
married
Mathilde Philipp from Hamburg on 22/08/1855.
Franz Porges Edler von Portheim (b. 07/09/1862, d. Prague )
married
Emmy Dub (b. 1868) on 06/01/1891.
Alexander Porges Edler von Portheim (b. 08/10/1894)
Rudolf Porges Edler von Portheim (b. 14/10/1826, d. ? Prague)
married Laura
Hobitzky (b. 18/04/1827, d. 30/09/1904)
Paul Porges Edler von Portheim (b. 01/08/1858, d. 13/07/1883)
Fritz Porges Edler von Portheim (b. 07/11/1859, d. 06/06/1888)
Ernst Porges Edler von Portheim (b. 14/08/1852, d. 25/04/1879)
Leopold Juda Porges,
seit 1841 Edler von Portheim (b. 03/04/1785, d. 11/01/1869 Prag)
married 18/06/1815
Rosalie Drosa (b. 1791, d. 1870) daughter of Malke Porges (see above)
Wilhelm Porges Edler von Portheim (b. 04/07/1819, d. 11/01/1873
Prag)
Married Bertha
Goldschmitt (b. 1829, d. 1894) from Frankfurt on 06/06/1849
Gabriele Porges Edle von Portheim (b. 17/04/1850)
married August
Jordan (b. 05/03/1842, d. 21/08/1891), in Paris later in Vienna,
on 23/10/1879, and
had one daughter. Gabriele Jordan translated Moses Porges works
into German.
Max Porges Edler von Portheim (b. 12/05/1857, d. 28/01/1937
Prague)
Eduard Porges Edler von Portheim, seit 1879 Ritter von Portheim
(b. 12/01/1826
Prag, d. 14/02/1907). married Rosalie Jerusalem.
The present family
tree was presented to him in 1906 for his 80th birthday.
Emil (b. 14/04/1857, d. 04/08/1942), Friedrich (b. 19/02/1858,
d.10/1942), Fanny (b.03/04/1860, d. 05/1945), Leontine (b. 17/02/1863,
d. 25/08/1942), Leopold (b. 07/02/1869, d. 21/05/1947), Victor
Moritz (b. 17/2/1871, d. 08/1939), Heinrich (b. 3/11/1872, d.
09/1919)
Carl Porges Edler von Portheim (b. 14/04/1834, d. 16/04/1873 Prag)
married
Madeleine Nemezek (b. 24/12/1850,) later Fülek von Wittinghausen.
Wilhelm Porges Edler von Portheim (b. 22/10/1867) later Fülek
von Portheim,
k. k. Rittmeister
in Czernowitz, married Lucy von Gatkiewicz
Wilhelm Carl (b. 05/11/1895), Felix (b. 30/01/1905)
Moses ben Israel
Naphtaly Hirsch Porges
(b. ca 1600 Prague, d. 1670 Jerusalem)
Rabbi and emissary of
the Ashkenazi community of Jerusalem. Nicknamed "Prager".
Born in Prague, he was a relative
of Isaiah ha-Levi Horowitz, whom he followed to Erez Israel, settling
in Jerusalem, where he became a scribe. When, after the Chmielnicki
massacres of 1648-49, the contributions from Poland ceased, and
the Ashkenazi community in Jerusalem was overwhelmed with debt,
Porges was sent as their emissary to Germany. During this
mission he published, in Prague, Frankfurt and Amsterdam (1650),
a small illustrated work "Darkhei Ziyyon"
in judeo-german (see below) designed to arouse sympathy and obtain
support for the Jewish community in Erez Israel.
"Darkhei Ziyyon" :
One of the best examples of this type of literature, the work is
divided into 4 sections : the virtue of living in Erez Israel, prayer,
study, memorial prayers.
The first section "Schaar
biath haarez" is a kind of guide book for new immigrants to
Israel, in which Moses draws upon his personal experiences and advises
them on what to take for the journey, the easiest routes, how to
conduct themselves on the way and the like. In this section he also
gives practical details on prices and currency, describes the food
available in Erez Israel, recounts in detail how much is needed
for living, rent, and taxes, and lists customs of dress and conduct
in everyday life.
In the second section "Schaar
Hatephilia", he describes in detail the liturgical customs
of Jerusalem,
in the third section "Schaar halimmud", the methods of
study there, including various details about the holy places,
and in the fourth "Schaar hazkarath", customs then practised
in Jerusalem, among them those of reciting memorial prayers for
the departed and of obtaining contributions from generous individuals
outside of Erez Israel, in whose honour lights were kindled in the
synagogues on Sabbaths and festivals and for whom blessings were
invoked.
The book was directed to the masses, and therefore was written in
the language they knew best - Yiddish.
It succeeded admirably in its aim of presenting an attractive picture
of Israel. "Darkhei Ziyyon" has only been published once and is
very rare.
Bibliography :
A. Yaari, Masot Erez Israel
(1946), 267-304,770f.;
Yaari, Sheluhei, 275-6;
Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col 1827;
Fürst, bibl Jud. ii 398;
Wolf, Bibl. Hebr. iii, 764;
Benjacob, Ozar ha-Sefarim, p. 121, N° 518;
Lunez, Jerusalem, iii., N° 44.
Sources : Encyclopaedia Judaïca , The Jewish
Encyclopaedia
Daniel Dov Polakovic
(Prague) is the author of a thesis on Darke Zion.
"I want only to add that I wrote a diploma
on the work of Rabbi Moshe b. Naftali Porit (Porges) "Darkhey
Tziyon" (1650) including a complete translation of this
work from the original prints (Jerusalem, Oxford) with the
remarks, and added with the short study on Porges family in
the 15th-17th century in Prague. The original name of this
work is: "Mose Jisrael b. Naftali Porit (Porges) a jeho
dielo Darchej Cijon (1650)" (Moshe Israel b. Naftali
Porit (Porges) and his work Darkhey Tziyon (1650)) and is
completly in Czech, 94 pp., 19 tbs. The first chapter was
published in complete Czech translation in "Zidovska
rocenka" (The Jewish annual) in Prague 2000.
With the best wishes,
Yours sincerely
In 2003, Dan Polakovic
provided a copy of his work, and a Edita Atteck, a member
of the von Portheim family, kindly translated the Porges related
excerpts from Czech to English.
Thesis at the Charles
University in Prague, department of Middle East and Africa,
written in the summer of 2000 by Dan Polakovic.
Page 5
Title of the thesis is “Mose b. Jisrael Naftali Porges:
Darchej Cijon (1650)”
( “Darchej Cijon means “Roads to Sion”).
It’s not a classical Jewish itinerary from the
Middle Ages, however, rather a “manual” for
Jewish immigrants searching for peace and home where their
home once used to be – in Erec Israel.
The author of the book, Mose Porges, wasn’t the
only Jew in the 16/17th century in the Czech land who
traveled to the sacred land and left behind the message
of that time. Rachel, a Prague’s Jew, wrote letters
to her father about life in Jerusalem at the end of the
16th century…
Page 29-34
Very little is known about the biographical details
of Mose Porges.
Mose came from Prague, worked in Jerusalem (he likely
settled there in the first half of the 17th century).
According to some authors, he was also a direct companion/partner?
of rabbi Horovitz on the trip to Erec Israel in 1621.
He assembled his book as a letter and was likely selling
it himself during visits in Diaspora.
Some authors assumed that he returned to Europe in
1649 (Prague, Germany), where he assembled and published
this book.
His father, Jisrael Naftali called Hirsh was a rabbi.
His brother, Gutman Porit, also settled in Erec Israel.
Another relative, Jesaja H-Levi Horovic.
Bibliotheca Hebreaea from 1733 mentions M. Porges as
the author of Darchej Cion.
Hebrew literature from the first half of the 18th century
mentions two authors with name “Mose ben Jisrael
– one worked as a rabbi in Rhodose and Alexandria,
the other worked in Wurzburg.
Porges family in Prague is registered until half of
the 17th century as “Purja-Pfefferkorn (on the tombstones)
and from the end of 17th century with altered female version
of the name “Porit”. This name was preserved
in the non-Jewish and non-Hebrew sources given the influence
of German pronunciation in the form of “Porges or
Porjes, Pories, Porias, Purges, Borges, Borgis, Burges,
etc. and remained in this form till today.
The oldest notes about this family is in the listing
of members of the family of rabbi Meir ben Natan Purja-Pfefferkorn
in the directory of Jewish families owning a letter of
safe-conduct in 1546.
Meir ben Natan was likely a physician and had ten children:
sons Jicchak, Gutman, Eliezer, Natan, David, Jehuda, Jona,
Mose, Jaakov and daughter Cipora. Some of his children
have their name as the original dual name Purja-Pfefferkorn
on tombstones, however, majority has only the shortened
version of Purja or Porit. Their successor didn’t
use the name Pfefferkorn and after 1639, this name is
no longer mentioned nor is it found on tombstones.
There are several theories of the origin of the name
Porit or Porges: 1. The current users of the name emphasize
this hypothesis – it originated in Spain, when Jews
were forced to leave in 1492 and they moved to Germany
and the Czech land. This theory has no support in remaining
onomastick (?) sources. 2. Name originated from female
name Cipora; 3. Name originated from the German name of
Prague – Prag, Prager, Prags.
The Porges family belonged to the oldest Jewish nobility
in the Austrian monarchy. Brothers Moses (1781-1870) and
Leopold Juda (1784-1869), both businessmen in the field
of cotton manufacturing and owners of factories in Smichov
(note: Smichov is a part of Prague) received title of
“Porges von Portheim” in 1841 from Ferdinand
in 1841.
In 1892, Simon Hock published a list of 205 tombstones
of the Porges family members from years 1573-1787 (it's
only a preview of the names, often without all data from
the tombstones).
The real number according to Dr. Otto Munels (1892-1967)
is over 300 tombstones. He estimates 313 tombstones, 16
without details. The most of tombstones are from 1639,
the so-called “plague years”. The smaller
cemetery on Fibich street in Prague had 39 tombstones
in good condition from years 1792-1890 (this was noted
during 1960s).
The author’s father was rabbi Zvi named Hirsh
b. Selomo Porit (Porges). He functioned as a “dayan”
(Dayan is a rabbi who is judge in a rabbinical court (Beit
Din)) of the Jewish religious community in Prague. He
died on 31 Aug-1639 in Prague. His tombstone indicates
that he was very knowledgeable, respected elder (old man).
His wife Ciperl (Cipora) died on 28 Jul-1646. They had
several children: son Mose (author of the book), Gutman,
Abraham, and daughter Sejla (wife of Abraham Bondy).
Abraham Porit worked as a rabbi in Kolin in the middle
of the 17th century and later as a “dajan”
in Prague. He died 14-Dec-1673 in Prague.
Gutman Porit became a dayan in 1646. His wife Dina
died in 1649 in Prague.
Ancestors
of my wife Anna Josefine Lippmann, born von der Porten by Dr. Leo Lippmann
A contribution to the history of the families of
Dr. Maximilian von der Porten (Hamburg) and Solomon Benedict
Goldschmidt (Frankfurt s/M)
To my mother-in-law,
Mrs Adele von der Porten, née Goldschmidt,
for her 85th birthday, with love and veneration
(Translation)
Introduction
For a long time I wanted to
write the history of my family and that of my wife, Anna Joséphine,
née von der Porten. During the preparatory work, which goes
back to several years, I realized the difficulty of the task. I
am not a genealogist and I do not know Hebrew, which is absolutely
essential to seek and check the origins of the history of my family.
Moreover, it is almost impossible, even for someone who has a basic
knowledge in Jewish sciences and Hebraic language, to describe accurately
the history of a Jewish family before 1800 and even 1830. The Jewish
communities, and particularly the smallest, did not hold registers
of births and deaths, as it became the practice later, in particular
with the marriage registers.
The tombstones, a major source for the history of Jewish families,
are often deteriorated, illegible, or even destroyed. Many documents
and registers are lost or not easily usable, because of careless
handling. In spite of that I hope that what I put together and written
will be as accurate as possible.
I could not have achieved
this work - remained certainly very incomplete - without the assistance
of Jewish experts who provided me with the information and documents
relative to the ancient past.
I am particularly grateful,
for all their help, to Rabbi Eduard Duckesz of Altona, to the director
of the office of the Jewish community of Frankfurt a/M., to Mr.
J Meyer, and professor Willy Goldberg of Bechhofen (Mfr.) and I
want them to find here the expression of my gratitude. In addition
to the material provided by the above specialists, I had access
to and printed works. In particular that of Prof. Dr. Stephan Meyer
(Vienna), of Dr. Wilhelm Pappenheim (Vienna), of Dr. Alexander Dietz
(Frankfurt a/M.) and of Prof. David Kaufmann (Budapest). I also
owe a great tribute to the publications of Rabbi Ed. Duckesz (Altona).
I had hoped that I could deepen
my search, fill the remaining gaps and clarify a few doubtful points.
The political events of the last months have rendered this hope
vain. Rabbi Duckesz and Professor Goldberg are no longer in Germany,
director J Meyer died suddenly. Despite those events, I have to
complete this work and put together the material that was left incomplete.
I fear, if I wait any longer, that the history of the family will
never be written and that the material that I gathered remains unused.
The family members of my generation
and of the following generations, more particularly nephews and
nieces, will have much difficulty, if not the impossibility, to
make a research about their ancestors who lived in Germany. It is
specially for them that I wrote this history of the family. They
want and have to know who their ancestors were. This history will
show them that they can be proud of them, and that they are the
great-grandchildren of noble and able men.
By putting together the material
for the history my wife's family, whose grandfather Solomon Benedict
Goldschmidt (1818-1906) has the same ancestors as Régine
Goldschmidt, née Oppenheim, the grandmother of Max M. Warburg,
Paul M. Warburg, Felix M. Warburg and Dr. Fritz Warburg, I had the
idea to collect concerning the Warburg family as well. The family
tree N° 16, which shows the same ancestors for my wife and Moritz
M. Warburg, will allow the members of the Warburg family an easier
reading of the family trees and the family history, for their own
family history.
The stories of my family and
that of my wife's family are presented in two separate volumes.
One single volume for the two families would have been too large
and not handy enough.
Moreover, the readers, according to which family they belong, will
only be interested by one of the volumes.
Hamburg, may 1939
copy for M. Warburg
My wife Anna Josefine,
née von der Porten, was born on October 31, 1881 in Hamburg
As family tree No.1 shows, my wife Anna Joséphine, born von
der Porten comes from the families von der
Porten and de Lemos of Hamburg
and
Goldschmidt of Frankfurt s/M and von Portheim of Prague.
Dr. Saly von der Porten
born in hamburg, Germany May 14, 1819
died Nov. 28, 1875
married Hana Antoinette von der Porten
née de Lemos (b. Hamburg 1821, d. 1895)
Hana Antoinette von der Porten
née de Lemos
(b. Hamburg 1821, d. 1895)
wife of Dr. Sally von der Porten
(b. 1819, d. 1875)
paternal grand mother of
Dr. Maximilian von der Porten
Courtesy of Helen Atteck (2002)
Here is what I discovered
about these families.
Time has not come yet to write
the life story my beloved wife. However, I cannot resist temptation,
and I do nothing but fill my duty of thankfulness, in evoking here
the following words that I wrote in my memories:
Carefully protected and educated
by outstanding parents, my wife and her three brothers enjoyed a
wonderful youth, like, even in those happier days, was given only
to very few children.
The material well-being of
my parents-in-law was lost by inflation. But the most invaluable
heritage my wife received from her parents was her exceptional character,
which enabled her to offer me a wonderful life, crowned with success
until March 1933.
Words cannot express what
I owe to my wonderful and intelligent wife, who has always remained
a partner and a comrade full of abnegation, sacrificing herself
and taking care of me. All the words are too weak. Besides, she
would be upset if I sang her praises in detail in these pages. The
President of the Delegation of Finances, Senator Dr. Walter Matthaei,
wrote very right words in his congratulations letter for our silver
wedding on September 17, 1931:
" Dear Mr. Lippmann, If you
obliged the State, by your intelligence and your zeal, with durable
thanks for your services rendered to the common good during these
25 years, your wife, by her faithful love, her care and her comprehension
of your work, knew how to give you new forces for your exhausting
activity."
In these difficult times for
the German Jews, since the beginning of 1933 and particularly since
1937, my wife was a real support to me. Without her help, her balanced
and pleasant nature, her optimism, always ready to comfort me, I
could not have been active any longer. Without her, I would probably
not have held until now.
Josefine Edle von Portheim
XX was a place of gathering,
not only for the family, but also for many guests who lived wonderful
hours there. This is what Charlotte Warburg wrote in her memories
and her private diary about Solomon Benedict Goldschmidt (1818-1906)
and his wife Josefine von Portheim:
The youngest brother of my
mother, Uncle Solomon Benedict Goldschmidt, lived in Mainz and was
the young president of the firm " Goldschmidt Brothers ". In association
with Leopold, his elder brother, he proved intelligence, zeal and
dynamism to develop the prosperity of the firm.
His wife, Josefine von
Portheim of Prague, was one of the finest and most noble women
that I know. She lived only for her husband and her children. Of
which she had seven, three girls and four boys.
My uncle liked the social
life which spread in his house, in particular with frequent concerts.
My uncle himself sang nicely, and we often heard in Frankfurt about
the delicious evenings which took place in his house.
In these times, the family
life of my uncle (with him at the head, a most successful tradesman,
at his side the best wife and mother, surrounded by a crowd of debutantes,
among which the eldest daughters, Clara and Pauline were specially
beautiful and charming ) was a model image of a happy and merry
family. But soon, dear Aunt Josefine fell sick. At the age of 46
only she was taken from her family. She was an angel of love and
kindness. The children who were taken such a mother felt infinitely
sorry; the house missed its crown and support. At the same time
the firm of Mainz dissolved. Uncle Leopold, whose son, Benedict,
had sown the discord, went away. Benedict settled in Brussels where
he created a metal trade with Auguste Morel. Uncle Solomon kept
the house of Mainz, that his sons Emile and Ernst joined. Clara,
the elder daughter, married Dr. Gotthelf Meyer in Vienna; Pauline
married Fred Brandeis, who created with Ernst Goldschmidt the firm
" Brandeis - Goldschmidt ". The third daughter, Adele, married Dr.
Maximilian von der Porten in Hamburg.
After the marriage of his
daughters, and his sons partly abroad, my uncle changed at the same
time his residence and his businesses and settled in Frankfurt.
In a few years, he had completely withdrawn from business. Today
(1901), suffering physically, he is only the shade of the society
man that I remember. But , in spite of his 83 years, he is incredibly
lucid and mentally fit. He still writes very nicely and makes even
verses during his leisure. He likes art and painting very much.
He shows his picture gallery - especially the old Masters- with
great pride. When he still lived in Mainz, he once invited inspector
Kohlbacher of the Gallery of the Town of Frankfurt and showed him
his treasures. After the meal, when a glass of good wine had untied
the tongue of his guest, and when my uncle spoke
Gütl
(Judith) Porges (b. 1764, d. 19/01/1824)
