Ascendance of Joseph Porges
Full family tree since Natan Porges (Prague 1470)
Rabbi Moses ben Israel Naphtaly Hirsch
Porges (b. ca 1600 Prague, d. 1670 Jerusalem)
http://www.porges.net/FamilyTreesBiographies/MosesIsraelNaphtalyPorges.html
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Samuel Simcha Porges (1744<b.?<1804)
Father of Beer Samuel Porges; Samson Porges; Lewi Porges; ? Porges; ? Porges; ? Porges; Moses Porges; ? Porges; ? Porias; Simon Jakob Porges; Salomon/Kallmann Porges; Abraham Porges; Kopelmann Porges et Markus Porges
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Jozef Porges (1758<b.?<1818) married Kalrolina Raitler (b. ca 1790)
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Moritz Porges (b. Libeznice 1827, d. Prague 11/09/1906)
married Franziska Meisner (b. 1836, d.Prague 10/06/1906) |
Bowed down by the deepest sorrow, we hereby give all dear relatives, friends and acquaintances the sad news that it has pleased the Almighty to call to Himself our most beloved father, husband, brother, brother-in-law and grandfather, Mr Moritz Porges, former merchant and property owner, longtime chairman of the Jewish Burial Brotherhood of Elbe-Kostelec and chairman of the Prayer Association in Libeznice and of several charitable associations. He died after tireless work for the welfare of his family on Wednesday 11 September at 1.45 p.m., in the 79th year of his life, submissive to the will of God. The earthly remains of the dear departed will be escorted to eternal rest on Thursday the 13th of this month at 4 p.m. from the Ceremonial Hall of the Jewish Cemetery in Strašnice. Prague-Libeznice, 11 September 1906. Bohumil Porges (Velim), Amalie Kohn (Prague), Alois Porges (Libeznice), Adolf Porges (Zlonin), Anna Fuchs (Prague), Wilhelm Porges (Prague-Žižkov), Antoni Neumann (Hrablitz) — children. Franziska Porges née Meisner — wife. Sophie Schulhof — sister. Otto Kohn, on behalf of all the grandchildren. Hugo Kohn, Karl Fuchs, Karl Neumann — sons-in-law. Anna Porges, Henriette Porges, Hermine Porges, Helene Porges — daughters-in-law. All brothers- and sisters-in-law. Carriages will be available at 3.45 at the “Primas”, Wenceslas Square.
In the deepest sorrow, we give notice of the heavy blow of fate which has struck us through the death of our beloved mother, Mrs Franziska Porges of Libeznice. She passed away after barely three days of illness in the 70th year of her life, having survived by only a few weeks the death of her beloved husband, our father, to whom she had been most intimately joined in a happy 51-year marriage and whose passing had also broken her vital strength. The funeral of the dear departed will take place on Monday the 8th of this month at 3 p.m. from the Ceremonial Hall of the Jewish Cemetery in Strašnice. Bohumil Porges (Velim), Amalie Kohn (Prague), Alois Porges (Libeznice), Adolf Porges (Zlonin), Anna Fuchs (Prague), Wilhelm Porges (Prague-Žižkov), Antoni Neumann (Hrablitz-Pardubice) — children. Wilhelm Meisner — brother. Marie Freund — sister. Hugo Kohn, Karl Fuchs, Karl Neumann — sons-in-law. Anna Porges, Henriette Porges, Hermine Porges, Helene Porges — daughters-in-law. Carriages for the mourners will be available on the day of the funeral at 2.30 at the “Primas”, Wenceslas Square.
Bohumil Porges
Amalie Kohn
Alois Porges
Adolf Porges
Anna Fuchs
Wilhelm Porges
Antonie Neumann
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Izak Porges (b.1823)
married
Amalie Elbogen (b. 1823, d. 1905) |
Bowed down by deep sorrow, we hereby give notice that our beloved mother, mother-in-law, grandmother and sister-in-law Amalia Porges née Elbogen gently passed away on Friday the 24th of this month, around 5 in the afternoon, in the 83rd year of her life. The earthly remains of the dear departed will be laid to eternal rest on Sunday, 26 November at 3 p.m. from the Ceremonial Hall of the Jewish Cemetery in Strašnice. Carriages for the mourners will be available at half past 2 in the afternoon at the “Spinka”. Prague-Karolinenthal, 25 November 1905. Gabriele Porges née Wantoch — daughter-in-law. Hermann Goldstein — son-in-law. Advocate Dr. Josef Porges, Emilie Goldstein née Porges — children. Emil, Oskar, Robert Goldstein, Fritzi Porges — grandchildren. Friederike Elbogen née Pokorny, Anna Porges née Kadisch, Sofie Schulhof née Porges, Mosco Porges, Franziska Porges née Meißner — brothers- and sisters-in-law.
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Josef Porges (b.1853, d. Prague ca 1929)
married
Gabriele Wantoch (b. 1860, d. Prague 1920) |
We hereby inform all our relatives, friends and acquaintances that our dear J.U.Dr. Josef Porges has left us forever after a short illness, in the 76th year of his life. The funeral will take place on Wednesday the 13th of this month at 3.15 p.m. from the Jewish Cemetery in Strašnice. Karolinenthal (Karlín), 10 February 1929. On behalf of the bereaved: Felix Pauli — grandson; Emilie Goldstein — sister; Isidor and Friederike Pauli — children.
Advocate Dr. Josef Porges of Karolinenthal hereby gives, on his own behalf and on behalf of his children Isi and Fritzi Pauli, his grandson Felix and the other relatives, notice of the passing of his beloved wife, Mrs Gabriele Porges. We will lay our dear departed to rest on Wednesday, 27 October 1920 at 3 p.m. at the Jewish Cemetery in Strašnice.
Fritzli Pauli (Pascheles) (b. Prague 1886, d. NYC 1976)
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Emilie Goldstein (b. 1860, d. 1931) |
Our good mother and grandmother, Mrs Emilie Goldstein née Porges, passed away on 24 January 1931, in the 71st year of her life, after a short illness. The funeral took place quietly on 26 January 1931. Prague-Pötschmühle, January 1931. Families: Emil, Oskar, Robert Goldstein.
 Sofie Schulhof (b. 1824, d. 1912)
Wilhelmine Fischer née Gellner hereby gives, in the name of all relatives, the sad news of the passing of her beloved aunt, Mrs Sophie Schulhof née Porges, who passed away on the 20th of this month in the 88th year of her life. The transfer from the house of mourning at Castulusgasse 6 will take place on Tuesday at 9 a.m. The earthly remains of the dear departed will be laid to eternal rest on Tuesday the 23rd of this month at 2 p.m. in Brandeis an der Elbe (Brandýs nad Labem). Prague, 22 April 1912.
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Salomon Porges (b. 1820, d. Prosek Prague 1892)
married
Anna Kadisch (b. 1831, d. Prague 02/02/1906) |
Filled with sorrow, we give the distressing news of the passing of our unforgettable husband and loving father, Mr Salomon Porges, property owner. He gently fell asleep in the 71st year of his life. The funeral will take place on Wednesday the 10th of this month at 2 p.m. from the house of mourning in Prosek to the Jewish Cemetery in Libeň (Lieben). Prosek, 8 August 1892. Anna Porges née Kadisch — wife. Philipp Porges (machine manufacturer), Josef Porges (estate manager), Friedrich Porges (medical candidate), Babette Porges, Marie Porges, Antonie Porges — children.
Filled with sorrow, we hereby give, in the name of all relatives, the distressing news that our most dearly beloved mother, Mrs Anna Porges née Kadisch, gently passed away on Saturday 2 February, in the 76th year of her life. The earthly remains of the dear departed will be laid to eternal rest on Monday the 4th of this month at 11 a.m. from the Ceremonial Hall of the Jewish Cemetery in Strašnice. Prague, 2 February 1907. Babette Porges, General Director Philipp Porges (Vienna), Josef Porges (Prosek), Marie Gellner, Antonie Meißner, Dr. Fritz Porges (Prague) — children. Helene Porges, Anna Porges, Siegfried Gellner (Budapest), Dr. Rudolf Meißner (Vienna), Helene Porges — daughters-in-law and sons-in-law. Carriages for the mourners will be available on Monday at 10.15 a.m. at the Graben, “Spinka”.
 Babette Porges (b. 1855, d. 15/10/1912)
Deeply shaken, the undersigned hereby give notice of the passing of their beloved sister, sister-in-law and aunt, Miss Babette Porges, who gently passed away on 15 October 1912 after a long and serious illness. The funeral will take place on Sunday the 20th of this month at 10.15 a.m. from the Jewish Cemetery in Strašnice near Prague. Vienna, Prague, Budapest, 18 October 1912. Philipp Porges, Josef Porges, Dr. Fritz Porges — as brothers. Marie Gellner, Toni Meißner — as sisters. Helene Porges, Anna Porges, Helene Porges — as sisters-in-law. Siegfried Gellner, Dr. Rudolf Meißner — as brothers-in-law. All nephews and nieces.
Philipp Porges
Fritz Porges
Antonie Toni Porges Meissner
Marie Porges Gellner
Joseph Porges
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Joseph (Josef) Porges (b. Prague 1858)
married Anna Pick (b?, d. Prague 05/07/1927) |
Farmed and owned land and brickworks at Prosek, on the north west outskirts of Prague.
Josef Porges hereby gives, on his own behalf and on behalf of his sons Otto, Hans, Rudolf and Karl, and in the name of all relatives, the sad news of the passing of his most dearly beloved wife Anna Porges née Pick. She died after a long and serious illness on Tuesday, the 5th of this month. We will lay our dear departed to rest on Friday, 8 July at 2.30 p.m. at the Jewish Cemetery in Strašnice. Prosek, 6 July 1927.
Jan Klusak (b. 1934 Prague) Musician.
Hans (John) Jan Porges (b. 1900 Prague, d. 1963 London)
Known
in England as John. Engineer. Married Dora Lichtwitz. Came to
London 1938.
His
wife and children followed March/April 1939 after
tireless efforts by Dora to obtain an exit visa
from
the German authorities and a difficult 4 day journey.
(Dora was
the niece of Joseph Porges, see separate family tree below.
Homonym
to the above Joseph Porges)
Fritz (Fred) Porges (b. 05/1932 Prague, d. London 21/12/2002) Eldest of twins, engineer. Married
Yvonne Bishop
Sonia Gillian Porges (b. 1963 London) Teacher. Married Alec
Field.
Christopher John Field (b. 1993 London)
Richard Graham Porges (b. 1966 London)
Research worker at Southampton University. Married Lisa 1993.
George Porges (b. 1932 Prague)
Youngest
of twins. Engineer. Married Ann Carter. Lives in London.
Rosemary Ann Porges (b. 1963 London)
Medical
secretary. Married Andrew Rawlison.
Kirsty Louise Rawlison (b. 1989 Hertfordshire);
Daniel James Rawlison (b. 1992 Hertfordshire)
Robert John Porges (b. 1966 London),
runs a small hostal on Spain's Costa del Sol, with partner
Lin Cheng
Rudolf Porges (b. 1903, d. 1942 ) Married, no children
Karl Porges (b. 11/05/1906, d. 1942 ) Married Gertrud Porges
(daughter of Karl Porges (b. 21/01/1867, d. Litomerice 06/07/1931) and Hermina)
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Philipp Porges (b. 21/07/1856 Liebescitz (Bohemia, Csz),
d. 06/11/1925 Vienna).
married Helene Milchspeiser See biography below. |
On the occasion of the passing of my unforgettable husband, Mr Dr.-Ing. h.c. Philipp Porges, I have received so many tokens of sympathy that I am unable to thank each one individually. I therefore express in this manner my most heartfelt thanks to all friends and acquaintances, corporations and associations who have offered me consolation in these days. Vienna, 22 November 1925. Helene Porges.
1 foster son. No other information.
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Fritz Porges (b. 1873, d. Prague 4/11/1931)
married (1) Helene Porges-Kobler (2) ? |
X-ray specialist (must have been one of the earliest in this field, since X-rays were not discovered until 1895 by Röntgen)
My beloved husband, my irreplaceable father, Mr MUDr. Fritz Porges, gently passed away on Wednesday, 4 November, after a long and serious illness. Prague, 5 November 1931. Helene Porges-Kobler, Willy Porges, on behalf of all relatives.
Elizabeth Porges. Married Dr. Gregora Hannes. No other information.
Wilhelm Willy Porges
Marie Porges. Married Siegfried Gellner. Mother of Margit, Olga and Bela Gellner.
Antonie Toni Porges (b.1869, d.?). Married Dr. Rudolf Meissner, brother of Alfred Meissner, Czech Minister of Justice.
No children.
Josef Porges (b. Bohemia 1860, d. Vienna 1926)
Born in a small Bohemian village into a very poor family but worked hard and successfully. In 1912 moved with his family to Vienna where, in due course, he was appointed Managing Director of the Austrian Alcohol State Monopoly (Spirituszentrale) and, in 1918, Commercial Consultant of the Government (Kommerzialrat). Married in 1897 Pauline Weissberger (b. Kolin Bohemia 1875, d. Manchester 1944). Uncle of Dora Lipschtwitz who married Jan (John) Porges.
Our most beloved, Mr Commercial Councillor JOSEF PORGES, former Chief Director of the Austrian Yeast and Spirits Office, suddenly passed away on 22 January 1926, in the 66th year of his life. The dear departed will be committed to the flames on Tuesday the 26th of this month at 11.30 a.m. at the Crematorium of the City of Vienna. Those who knew him — who dedicated his entire life to the welfare of others — will understand our sorrow. Vienna, 24 January 1926. Albert and Paul Porges, Genoa; Hendra, Marie, Friedl; Pauline Porges née Weissberger — on behalf of all relatives.
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Albert (Bertl) Porges
(b. Prague 12/07/1898, d. Shanghai China 1932) |
Studied in Vienna and got his Doctorate in Genoa where he was employed by the American Express Company. After some time in New York he was appointed 1926 General Manager of Amexco in Piraeus and in 1929 Managing Director in Shanghai. In 1932 he was appointed Managing Director in London but was killed before he could leave Shanghai 4 days later. Killed in China.
Our pride, our beloved Dr. Albert Porges, director of the American Express Company Inc., Shanghai, was tragically taken from us on 24 January 1932, at the age of 33. Pauline Porges — mother. Hendra, Maria, Dr. Paul, Ing. Fritz Porges — siblings. Vienna, London, Genoa, Paris, 29 January 1932.
Henriette "Marietta (Hendra)", (b. Prague 10/01/1900, d. Prestbury
1990). Migrated to England.
Married
James Lilienfeld, member of London Stock Exchange. No children.
Marie (Manschi) Jacob (b. Prague 17/08/1901, d. Switzerland). Married Felix Julius Constantin Jacob , no children.
Lived at various times in London, S. Africa, Switzerland.
Paul Porges (b. Prague 03/08/1904, d. in Italy). Migrated to Italy,
then to Australia.
Albert Porges, daughters : Nicki and Mathilda
Paul Porges
Frederick Benjamin "Ben" Porges (b. Prague 14/06/1907, d. Manchester 06/12/1999).
Married
1934 in Moscow Marianne Raubitschek
Engineer.
Migrated to England. No children.
In January 2003, Michael Hilton provided the Curriculum
Vitae of Frederick Benjamin Porges, his great uncle :
1913-1917 : Primary School in Vienna.
1917-1924 : Secondary School (Realschule) in Vienna. Declared me
unanimously ripe for entering a Technical University.
1924-1930 : Studied Mechanica1 Engineering at the Vienna Technical
University, for the last 2 years. additionally Internal Combustion
Engines. Passed the Rigorosum unanimously "very well"
(sehr gut).
1930-1932 : Worked for Henri, Maurice and Dick Farman in Boulogne-Billancourt
(France), a well-known company manufacturing Luxury Motor Cars,
Aircraft and Aircraft Engines. In due course I was charged with
the design, fabrication and final testing of their 18T 12 Cylinder
Aircraft Engine. There I designed my first seals to prevent leakage
between compressors and engines.
1932-1936 : Invited to work in USSR as Head Engineer of the Engine
Department of the “Central Scientific Research Institute for
the Design of Aircraft Engines (ZIAM)” and as Head Engineer
of the Engine Department of the "Scientific Research and Projecting
institute of the Auto-Tractor Industry (NATI)
1934: Married in Moscow Marianne Raubitschek, a childhood friend,
Dentist with her Surgery in the centre of Vienna.
1936-1938: Had to leave the USSR because we refused to become Soviet
Citizens and Members of the Communist Party. We hoped to settle
in England but could not find suitable jobs. An old friend who worked
in the Oil Industry suggested to me to change to oil and after I
learned some months in the Antwerp Redeventza Refinery we moved
to Trieste where I worked in the Aquila Refinery.
1938-1945 : Invited to come to England as Chief Engineer of the
Solvent Refining and Dewaxing (Edeleanu) Plant of the Manchester
Oil Refinery under construction.
1945-1993 : Before the end of the war I suggested to thee Managing
Director of MOR the formation of a separate company for the. fabrication
and sale of the seals which I had further developed and successfully
used in the USSR, in Trieste and. in Manchester. He agreed and the
company was founded with me as Managing Director under the name
of Flexibox Ltd, a shares investment of £600, a disused air-raid
shelter, one second-hand lathe and one workman. The first two or
three years were rather difficult but then the company developed
and by now has seventeen subsidiaries all over the world, manufacturing
not only seals but shaft couplings and related units, used in all
sorts of industry.
PS: On May 12, 1993 the University of Manchester has conferred upon
me the Degree of Master of Science (honoris causa).
Marianne developed Alzheimer's Disease in 1985 and died in 1990.
After a marriage of 56 years I could not even think of ever going
into our secondary home in Ste. Maxime and I sold it as well as our
yacht, funding with the total receipt the "Ben and Marianne
Porges Chair" at the Manchester University. I hope that it
will help to find a cure for this terrible illness of which in Great
Britain alone suffer 750,000 and the world over many millions.
F.B. Porges 1993
Dr Ben Porges, an honorary graduate, MSc 1993,
of Altrincham, Cheshire. He died on 6th December 1999, leaving a
further £200,000 towards the Ben and Marianne Porges Fund
for Old Age Psychiatry, which includes research into Alzheimer's
Disease.
(University of Manchester, UK)
Source : George Porges (London), 1994. Michael
Hilton, 2003.
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Biography
of Philipp Porges, industrialist in Brno
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né
à Liebeschitz (Libesice, Bohême) le 21 juillet 1856,
décédé à Vienne le 6 novembre 1925.
Il fréquenta
jusqu'en 1876 le Polythechnikum de Prague; puis travailla comme
ingénieur dans une fabrique de machines à Prague,
puis à la fabrique métallurgique Witkowitz (Ostrava-Vitkovice)
et dans une fabrique de machines "Brand & Lhuillier" à
Brünn (Brno).
En 1890 il fonda une fabrique de machines (Lederer
& Porges) à Königsfeld (Kralovo Pole) près
de Brünn.
L'entreprise se développa rapidement et fusionna
en 1903 avec la fabrique de machines et de wagons S.A. précédemment
H.D. Schmid Simmering.
Porges fut directeur général
des deux fabriques dans lesquelles travaillaient 3.000-4.000 ouvriers.
Il fonda une filiale à Bucarest qui devint indépendante
comme S.A.
Source : Österreichisches
Biographisches Lexikon 1815-1950
(Wien 1983, in possession of Leo Baeck Institute New York)
About
the company of Philipp Porges .....
..... Another important factory, which was located in Brno was Lederer
and Porges, founded in September 1889.
This factory was also
known as Kralovopolska and by 1907 had 1,850 employees and was a
successful producer of medium - and high-pressure steam boilers,
railway storage tank cars, wood-working machines, cleaning machines,
deep freezers, steam engines, railway and road bridges, and steam
rollers.
To
read the full story, excerpt from the "History of Brno The
Years 1848 - 1918", click
here.
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