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Jacob and Esther Kac (Katz)

Our earliest known Katz ancestors are Yankel and Esther Katz.

Jacob (also known as Yankel) Kac was born about 1821, probably in Poland. He died around 1877-1878, while his wife was pregnant with their daughter.

Esther Jarmucz was born about 1839.

Sometime before 1861, they married.

They had four children that we know of: Joseph, Abraham, Liba, and Shmuel (Samuel).

Joseph Kac was born May 25, 1861 in Lublin, Poland.
Abraham Kac was born in 1863 in Lublin, Poland. He died at the age of nine.
Samuel Kac was born about 1863. He married Fagyl Berenhaut on July 12, 1888 in Lublin.
Liba Kac was born February 6, 1878 in Lublin, Poland.

Side note: Cousin Pearl Pollack Semer reported that Joseph " had a sister who married a Rosenberg." We don't know if this is Liba, or another as-yet-undiscovered sister.

Descendants of Jacob Katz

Jacob (Yankel) Katz 1821 - 1877
+Esther Jarmucz or Janssons 1839 - 1921 m: Bef. 1861
..... Joseph's sister Katz
..... +Mr. Rosenberg
............. Jack Rosenberg????
..... Joseph Katz 1861 - 1936
..... +Ida "Hyfreidie" (Chaje Freida) Pesachinsky 1869 - 1943 m: Dec 1887 in Pavlograd, Russia
............. Sadie (Scheindel) Katz 1888 - 1965 Hebrew Name: Scheindel
............. +Samuel Pollock 1886 - 1918 m: Dec 24, 1910 in New York
............. Jack (Jacob) Katz 1890 - 1972 Hebrew Name: Jacob, for Joseph's father
............. +Nora 1895 - 1948 Hebrew Name: Niwa m: Nov 3, 1913 in New York
............. Rose (Rosie) Katz 1894 - 1944 Hebrew Name: Rochel
............. +David Lapidus 1888 - 1957 m: Jun 17, 1911 in New York, New York
............. Child unknown Katz 1895 -
............. Herbert (Chaim) Katz 1900 - 1970 Hebrew Name: Chaim, for Ida's father Chaim Yehudah Pesachinsky
............. +Tillie 1897 -
..... Avrum Katz 1863 - 1872
..... Shmuel Katz 1863 -
..... +Faygl Berenhaut 1865 - m: Jul 12, 1888 in Lublin, Poland
..... Liba Katz 1878 -

 

 

 

 

   
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