Disambiguation : not to be confused with Simon Josef Porges (b. Prague 04/03/1802, d. Mödling 04/09/1869) — a different person of an earlier generation. See SimonPorges1801-1869.html for that family.
This page presents the faire-part (death announcement) of Simon Porges, who died in Vienna on 5 January 1919 in his 52nd year (b. ca. 1867). His parental affiliation is not yet established — see the methodological note below.
The faire-part of 5 January 1919 names the following persons :
Rosa Porges (mother of the deceased) — still living at the date of the faire-part (January 1919). (Maiden name not given in the user's reading of the faire-part. To be transcribed.) (The father of the deceased is not named in the faire-part — he had presumably predeceased Simon. His given name is therefore unknown from this source.)
Simon Porges — the deceased
b. ca. 1867 (in his 52nd year), d. Vienna 5 January 1919;
buried at the Vienna Zentralfriedhof, I. Tor (Old Israelite Section).
married Eugénie Porges, née Bouverot — widow at the date of the faire-part. ("Bouverot" is a French surname — Eugénie was probably of French, Belgian, or Suisse romande origin.
This is a relatively uncommon configuration for a Vienna Porges marriage of this period and may help locate the couple's wedding record.)
The faire-part may also list siblings, in-laws, professional colleagues, or a profession for Simon — to be completed once the document is fully transcribed.
Faire-part of Simon Porges — Vienna, 5 January 1919
Death announcement — Vienna, 5 January 1919.
Announces the death of Simon Porges, in his 52nd year.
Mourners listed (per current reading of the document) : his widow Eugénie née Bouverot and his mother Rosa Porges.
Burial : Vienna Zentralfriedhof, I. Tor (Old Israelite Section).
[Full transcription — profession, exact wording, additional mourners (siblings, in-laws), date and form of the funeral — to be added.]
Parental hypothesis — an open methodological question
Simon's parents are not directly identified by the present site. A natural candidate emerges from SimonPorges1801-1869.html :
Working hypothesis : Simon (b. ca. 1867) might be a previously-undocumented son of Josef Porges (b. 26/01/1835, d. 12/01/1895) × Rosa Schwarz (b. 02/12/1845) — a couple whose only currently recorded child on that page is Otto Porges (b. 06/03/1869). Rosa Schwarz being a "Rosa Porges" (by marriage) and Simon being two years older than Otto would be entirely consistent with Simon as a previously-overlooked elder son.
Difficulty — date conflict : the existing page records Rosa Schwarz's death as 19/03/1913. The 1919 faire-part of Simon, however, names "Mother: Rosa Porges" as a survivor — i.e. still living in January 1919.
The two statements cannot both be correct as written. Three resolutions are possible :
(a) The 1913 death date for Rosa Schwarz on the existing page is wrong — she actually outlived her sons and was alive in 1919. To verify against the IKG Wien register and the Vienna death certificates.
(b) The "Rosa Porges" of the 1919 faire-part is a different woman — not Rosa Schwarz. Simon's parents would then be a so-far-unknown couple. The mother might be a Rosa née Porges (cousin marriage) or a Rosa with another maiden name married to a Porges.
(c) The faire-part wording ambiguous — for example "Rosa Porges" could conceivably appear in a list of mourners with a notation such as selig / in pia memoria indicating the mother was already deceased. To be checked on the document itself.
Suggested next steps :
— transcribe the full faire-part text to confirm whether "Rosa Porges" is given as living or as deceased ;
— obtain Rosa Schwarz's death certificate from the Vienna IKG (registers, Sterbebücher) to verify the 19/03/1913 date ;
— search the Vienna marriage registers (1890-1900) for a wedding "Simon Porges × Eugénie Bouverot" — the rabbinical or civil entry will identify Simon's parents directly ;
— cross-reference the Zentralfriedhof I. Tor burial registers : Simon's grave was very likely in an existing family plot, the names already buried in that plot will identify his parents and siblings.
Burial — Zentralfriedhof, I. Tor (Old Israelite Section)
Simon was buried in the Old Israelite Section of the Vienna Zentralfriedhof, accessed via the 1. Tor. This section was opened in 1879 as the principal Jewish burial ground of Vienna and was the main Jewish section until the New Jewish Section at 4. Tor opened in 1917. Burials at 1. Tor after 1917 were typically continuations in pre-existing family plots.
The fact that Simon was buried in the Israelite section (and not in a Protestant or civil section, as several of his contemporaries on this site were) indicates that he and his immediate family had retained Jewish religious affiliation — a useful marker distinguishing his branch from the assimilatory trajectory of, for instance, Sigmund Porges (Döblinger Friedhof, 1918) or Dr. h.c. Philipp Porges (III. Tor, 1925).
Grave reference (section, row, plot number) : to be retrieved from the IKG Wien archives or the on-site directory. The plot will almost certainly hold the parents and possibly siblings of Simon, which would directly resolve the parental hypothesis above.
Sources : faire-part of Simon Porges, Vienna 5 January 1919. Cross-references : SimonPorges1801-1869.html (Josef Porges 1835-1895 × Rosa Schwarz family).
Anyone with information on this Simon Porges, his parents, or his marriage to Eugénie Bouverot is warmly invited to contact webmaster@porges.net.
Rosa Porges (mother of the deceased) — still living at the date of the faire-part (January 1919).