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Hersz Yitzchak Kurtz[1]

Male 1903 - 1982  (78 years)


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  • Name Hersz Yitzchak Kurtz 
    Nickname Harry 
    Born 14 Apr 1903  Ostroleka, Lomza, Poland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 10 Apr 1982  Melbourne, VIC, AU Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 16 Apr 1982  Melbourne Chevra Kadisha, 50 Browns Rd, Noble Park North, VIC, AU Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I9429  Smithwick Family Tree
    Last Modified 26 Sep 2022 

    Father Israel (Srul) Kurtz,   b. Abt 1875, Wegrów, Poland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Zysla Topol,   b. 1879, Sokołów Podlaski, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1904  Wegrów, Poland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Family ID F2984  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Chaya Sheina Dronzek,   b. 14 Apr 1907, Zaruzie, Podlaskie, Poland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jul 1991, Melbourne, VIC, AU Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Esther Rachel Kurtz,   b. 14 Jan 1935, Ostroleka, Lomza, Poland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Sep 2007, Melbourne, VIC, AU Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
    +2. Solomon Kurtz,   b. Abt 1938, Poland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt Feb 2022, Melbourne, VIC, AU Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     3. Israel Kurtz,   b. 1 Jan 1948, Carlton, VIC, AU Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Dec 1955, Melbourne, VIC, AU Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 7 years)
    Last Modified 26 Sep 2022 
    Family ID F2985  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • From "CITY OF GLEN EIRA POST-WAR & HIDDEN GEMS HERITAGE REVIEW 2020" by Built Heritage, Melbourne, VIC, AU:

      "Born in Poland in 1930, Solomon (Sam) Kurtz was the eldest child of Herz Icko Kurcz (aka Harry Kurtz), who migrated to Australia in 1938. The family, comprising Kurtz, wife Sheine and their two young children, settled in Carlton North, which was then the principal heartland for Melbourne's Jewish community. Harry Kurtz duly became involved in the Rag Trade, entering into partnership with fellow émigré Leo Oberman as manufacturers of ladies' clothing, styled as the Supreme Mantle Company of 343 Little Collins Street, Melbourne (Age, 22/01/1951:7). That partnership dissolved in the early 1950s; by the end of that decade, Harry and son Sam had formed
      their own investment business, Kurtz, Son & Company, with an office in High Street, St Kilda."

  • Sources 
    1. [S251] JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR), (JewishGen.org), https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2133096:1411.

    2. [S580] Wegrow PSA Births, Marriages 1849-1904 Deaths 1854-1904, (JRI Poland), Akta 54.