Family of Adam S. Porges (Prague)  
Family tree

This page consolidates the family of Adam S. Porges of Prague (b. ca. 1822-1823, † 8 February 1892, age 69, gewesener Kaufmann) and his wife Minna B. Porges, an extended late-imperial Bohemian-Jewish bourgeois sub-clan with at least six adult children spread across Prague and the broader Bohemia of the 1890s-1910s. The branch is documented through the patriarch's 1892 faire-part and through the 1901 announcement of his son Oswald, with multiple in-law connections to the Reiniger, Bayer, Karpeles and Weiß families.

Family of Adam S. Porges and Minna

Adam S. Porges (b. ca. 1822-1823, † Prague 8 February 1892, age 69), gewesener Kaufmann (former merchant)

   married Minna B. Porges (alive 1901, maiden name not stated)

Sigmund Porges (named as son in 1892, status in 1901 unknown)

Hermine Porges — married Hugo Reiniger (alive 1892, 1901)

Hugo Porges — alive 1892 + 1901 (probably married Ottilie Porges)

Emilie Porges — married Ignaz Bayer (alive 1901)

Oswald Porges (b. ca. 1850-1851, † Prague 13 October 1901, age 50, Assecuranz-Beamte)

   married Lucie Porges née Karpeles
   Son : Arthur Porges (only child)

Philippine Porges — married Ignaz Weiß (alive 1901)

Marriage alliance network

The Adam S. Porges children married into at least four distinct Bohemian-Jewish merchant families :

• Reiniger — through Hermine ⛔ Hugo Reiniger

• Bayer — through Emilie ⛔ Ignaz Bayer

• Karpeles — through Oswald ⛔ Lucie Karpeles (whose father W. R. Karpeles had at least 6 other named children : Anna, Clara, Helene, Siegfried, Otto, Hugo Karpeles)

• Weiß — through Philippine ⛔ Ignaz Weiß

Primary-source faire-parts

Faire-part

Prager Tagblatt, 8 February 1892

Faire-part of Adam S. Porges (Prague, † 8 February 1892)

The patriarch's own faire-part. Adam S. Porges died at Prague on Monday 8 February 1892, age 69 (b. ca. 1822-1823). The original announcement gives his profession as « gewesener Kaufmann » (former merchant) and his wife as Minna B. Porges. Specific named children include Sigmund, Hermine ⚭ Hugo Reiniger, Hugo (Porges).
Faire-part

Prager Tagblatt, 13 October 1901

Faire-part of Oswald Porges (Prague, † 13 October 1901, age 50)

The 1901 announcement for Oswald Porges, the deceased's son, expands the family roster substantially. Oswald, an Assecuranz-Beamte (insurance officer), died after a long, severe illness in his 51st year. The faire-part is signed by his mother Minna (now widowed nine years), his three siblings (Emilie Bayer, Hermine Reiniger, Hugo Porges), his wife Lucie née Karpeles, their only son Arthur, and an extended Karpeles in-law family of nine named relatives.

Funeral : Tuesday 15 October 1901 at 3:30 p.m., from the Israelite Badhof to the Strašnice cemetery.

The full mourner roster :

  • Mother : Minna Porges
  • Siblings : Emilie Bayer, Hermine Reiniger, Hugo Porges
  • Wife : Lucie Porges
  • Son : Arthur Porges
  • Father-in-law : W. R. Karpeles
  • Sisters-in-law : Ottilie Porges, Philippine Weiß, Anna, Clara and Helene Karpeles
  • Brothers-in-law : Ignaz Bayer, Hugo Reiniger, Siegfried, Otto, Hugo Karpeles, Ignaz Weiß
Faire-part

Prager Tagblatt, 8 July 1891

Note — A. S. Porges of Prague is a DIFFERENT person

An important disambiguation : the « A. S. Porges » whose faire-part appeared on 8 July 1891 (age 73, Privatier, ⛔ Rebeka / Katharina née Leipen) is a separate man, not Adam S. Porges of this page. The two share initials but lived different lives. The 1891 A. S. Porges patriarch had children Moritz, Alfred, Mathilde Sgalitzer, Ottilie Sgalitzer (all distinct from the Adam S. Porges children Sigmund, Hermine, Hugo, Emilie, Oswald, Philippine).

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