The RITSCHER (also
spelled RITSER or RICSER) family is a large family
group in Körmend. One major branch of this
family was headed by Moses RITSCHER and his wife Roza/
Rozalia nee FRITZ. The family of Cornelia ELKAN
nee RITSCHER, daughter of Moses' and Roza's youngest
son, Jozsef RITSCHER, moved to Hódmezővásárhely around
1905. The complete story of Cornelia's family
can be found on the
Hódmezővásárhely Kehilalinks site.
Below is a family tree of the family of Moses RITSCHER and Roza/Rozalia FRITZ:
1) Moses RITSCHER (1785-1871) married Roza/Rozalia FRITZ (1788-1886)
2)Vilmos RITSCHER (1823-1902) married Rosalia SCHREINER. Rosalia SCHREINER is a member of the webmaster's family and the complete descendency chart can be found here
2) Johanna RITSCHER (1827-?) married first Moricz SPITZBERGER (1826-?) in 1852, then Lazar NEUFELD (1804-?), a widower, in 1862.
2) Zsigmond RITSCHER (1831-?) a hat merchant and furrier, married Amalia HOCHSINGER (1835-1932).
3) Adolf RITSCHER (1858-1922) married Vilma BERGER (1866-1936) in 1886.
4) Jozsef RITSCHER (1887-1923); Dr.
4) Ferencz RITSCHER (1888-1888); lived 8 months
4) Miklos RITSCHER (1891-1944; Auschwitz) married Piroska HIRSCH (1899-1980; Budapest)
4) female RITSCHER (1892-?) married Unknown DEUTSCH in 1913.
4) Andor/Endre RITSCHER (1895-1944)
4) Sara RITSCHER (1897-1944; Auschwitz)
4) Matyas Henrik RITSCHER (1904-?)
4) Agnes RITSCHER married Janos EHRENFELD
3) Julia RITSCHER (1859-1866)
3) Franciska/Fani RITSCHER (1862-1944; Budapest) married Soma/Samu BLAU (1852-1914) in 1877.
4) Gizella BLAU (1880-?) married Miksa KRAUSZ (1872-?) in 1900. Their surname was changed to KULCSAR. Gizella survived the Holocaust and lived at 41 Katona Jozsef after the war.
4) Ferencz BLAU (1883?-?); surname changed to BALAZST in 1911.
4) Irma BLAU (1885-1888)
4) Janka BLAU (1885-?); surname changed to BALAZS in 1907; married Imre SZAKATS (1872-?) in 1917.
4) Szeren BLAU (1886-1886; lived 5 days)
4) Irma BLAU (1890-194?) married Victor EHRENGRUBER (1877-?) in 1912 in Budapest. Their surname was changed to ERDOS.
4) Vilmos BLAU (1891-1891; lived 1 day)
4) Gyozo BLAU (1892-1944; Mauthausen); surname changed to BALAZS; converted to Roman Catholicism. He married his cousin Erzsebet BLAU (see below) and they and their two children lived in Vienna.
5) Andras BALAZS
5) Jozsef BALAZS
3) Sandor?/Karoly? RITSCHER (1863-1941)
3) Lotti RITSCHER (1866-?)
2) Samuel RITSCHER (1833-1871) married Mari KLEIN in 1862.
3) Zseni RITSCHER (1867-1885)
3) Paula/Janka RITSCHER (1868-?) married Moritz SCHWARZ (1871-?) in 1899.
4) female SCHWARZ (1900-?)
4) Erszebet SCHWARZ (1902-?)
4) Sandor SCHWARZ (1908-?)
2) Katarina RITSCHER (1834-?) married Zsigmond SCHONWALD in 1858.
2) Jozefa RITSCHER (1837-?) married Ignacz FRITZ (1836-?) in 1863. This family is interconnected to others on this website. Ignacz' brother Jakab FRITZ, married Roza RECHNITZER (Muraszombat branch) another brother, Karoly FRITZ, married Czili FURST, who can also be found on the SCHREINER branches page (see link for Vilmos RITSCHER, above)
2) Jozsef RITSCHER (1839-1913); a shoemaker, married Mari/Maria SPIEGEL (1846-1918) in 1868.
3) Mano RITSCHER (1875-1944; Auschwitz)
3) Cornelia/Nella/Nelly RITSCHER (1878?-1951) married Lajos ELKAN (1865-1920; Budapest), a widower with no children, in 1904. Nelly married her second husband Gyula WALLENSTEIN (1882-1944; surname changed to VERMES) in 1927.
4) Edit ELKAN (1906; Hódmezővásárhely-1965; Budapest) married Lajos ÓLAH (1897; Kunszentmarton- 1971). He was a Catholic who had served in the Austrian military in WWI.
4) Rudolf ELKAN (1907; Hódmezővásárhely-1942; labor battalion on the Russian front) married Ilona/Loni PORSZASZ (1907-?).
5) <living> son
4) Laszlo ELKAN (1910, Hódmezővásárhely-?). He moved to Paris and changed his name to Lucien HERVE.
3) Terez RITSCHER (1869-1871)
3) Rudolf RITSCHER (1861-1941)
3) Arnold RITSCHER (1871-?)
3) Hermina/Johanna RITSCHER (1873-?) married Armin GUNZ in 1896.
4) Erzsebet GUNZ married her cousin Gyozo BLAU (see above).
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Below is a family tree of the family of Moses RITSCHER and Roza/Rozalia FRITZ:
1) Moses RITSCHER (1785-1871) married Roza/Rozalia FRITZ (1788-1886)
2)Vilmos RITSCHER (1823-1902) married Rosalia SCHREINER. Rosalia SCHREINER is a member of the webmaster's family and the complete descendency chart can be found here
2) Johanna RITSCHER (1827-?) married first Moricz SPITZBERGER (1826-?) in 1852, then Lazar NEUFELD (1804-?), a widower, in 1862.
2) Zsigmond RITSCHER (1831-?) a hat merchant and furrier, married Amalia HOCHSINGER (1835-1932).
3) Adolf RITSCHER (1858-1922) married Vilma BERGER (1866-1936) in 1886.
4) Jozsef RITSCHER (1887-1923); Dr.
4) Ferencz RITSCHER (1888-1888); lived 8 months
4) Miklos RITSCHER (1891-1944; Auschwitz) married Piroska HIRSCH (1899-1980; Budapest)
4) female RITSCHER (1892-?) married Unknown DEUTSCH in 1913.
4) Andor/Endre RITSCHER (1895-1944)
4) Sara RITSCHER (1897-1944; Auschwitz)
4) Matyas Henrik RITSCHER (1904-?)
4) Agnes RITSCHER married Janos EHRENFELD
3) Julia RITSCHER (1859-1866)
3) Franciska/Fani RITSCHER (1862-1944; Budapest) married Soma/Samu BLAU (1852-1914) in 1877.
4) Gizella BLAU (1880-?) married Miksa KRAUSZ (1872-?) in 1900. Their surname was changed to KULCSAR. Gizella survived the Holocaust and lived at 41 Katona Jozsef after the war.
4) Ferencz BLAU (1883?-?); surname changed to BALAZST in 1911.
4) Irma BLAU (1885-1888)
4) Janka BLAU (1885-?); surname changed to BALAZS in 1907; married Imre SZAKATS (1872-?) in 1917.
4) Szeren BLAU (1886-1886; lived 5 days)
4) Irma BLAU (1890-194?) married Victor EHRENGRUBER (1877-?) in 1912 in Budapest. Their surname was changed to ERDOS.
4) Vilmos BLAU (1891-1891; lived 1 day)
4) Gyozo BLAU (1892-1944; Mauthausen); surname changed to BALAZS; converted to Roman Catholicism. He married his cousin Erzsebet BLAU (see below) and they and their two children lived in Vienna.
5) Andras BALAZS
5) Jozsef BALAZS
3) Sandor?/Karoly? RITSCHER (1863-1941)
3) Lotti RITSCHER (1866-?)
2) Samuel RITSCHER (1833-1871) married Mari KLEIN in 1862.
3) Zseni RITSCHER (1867-1885)
3) Paula/Janka RITSCHER (1868-?) married Moritz SCHWARZ (1871-?) in 1899.
4) female SCHWARZ (1900-?)
4) Erszebet SCHWARZ (1902-?)
4) Sandor SCHWARZ (1908-?)
2) Katarina RITSCHER (1834-?) married Zsigmond SCHONWALD in 1858.
2) Jozefa RITSCHER (1837-?) married Ignacz FRITZ (1836-?) in 1863. This family is interconnected to others on this website. Ignacz' brother Jakab FRITZ, married Roza RECHNITZER (Muraszombat branch) another brother, Karoly FRITZ, married Czili FURST, who can also be found on the SCHREINER branches page (see link for Vilmos RITSCHER, above)
2) Jozsef RITSCHER (1839-1913); a shoemaker, married Mari/Maria SPIEGEL (1846-1918) in 1868.
3) Mano RITSCHER (1875-1944; Auschwitz)
3) Cornelia/Nella/Nelly RITSCHER (1878?-1951) married Lajos ELKAN (1865-1920; Budapest), a widower with no children, in 1904. Nelly married her second husband Gyula WALLENSTEIN (1882-1944; surname changed to VERMES) in 1927.
4) Edit ELKAN (1906; Hódmezővásárhely-1965; Budapest) married Lajos ÓLAH (1897; Kunszentmarton- 1971). He was a Catholic who had served in the Austrian military in WWI.
4) Rudolf ELKAN (1907; Hódmezővásárhely-1942; labor battalion on the Russian front) married Ilona/Loni PORSZASZ (1907-?).
5) <living> son
4) Laszlo ELKAN (1910, Hódmezővásárhely-?). He moved to Paris and changed his name to Lucien HERVE.
3) Terez RITSCHER (1869-1871)
3) Rudolf RITSCHER (1861-1941)
3) Arnold RITSCHER (1871-?)
3) Hermina/Johanna RITSCHER (1873-?) married Armin GUNZ in 1896.
4) Erzsebet GUNZ married her cousin Gyozo BLAU (see above).
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