[6.3] Feist ESKELES
(b. 1828 Kelsterbach, d. 28 Dec. 1898).
Apprentice-tailor in Kelsterbach at age of 14.
Moved to Frankfurt where he was a merchant.
Feist ESKELES first married (1 Sep. 1858 Darmstadt)
[6.6] Eva GINSBERGER (Esther)
(b. 1832 Jaegersheim, d. 10 Jan. 1860 Kelsterbach).
They had three children all of whom were still born or died young.
- [5.30] unknown
- [5.18] Moses ESKELES (b. 2 Feb. 1858 Kelsterbach)
- [5.19] Eva ESKELES (b. 7 Jan. 1860 Kelsterbach, d. 14 Jan. Kelsterbach)
Feist ESKELES
remarried (18 Feb. 1861 Darmstadt)
[6.7] Jettchen Johanetta SALOMON
(b. 1827(1824) Amsbach, d. before 1890 Frank.)
They had three children of whom only one survived.
All of Hermann's descendants but one (Gerard KOCH) died or perished in the holocaust.
- [5.20] Emilie ESKELES (b. 11 Aug. 1861 Kelsterbach)
- [5.21] Malche ESKELES (b. 7 Feb. 1863 Kelsterbach)
- [5.22] Hermann ESKELES (b. 15 Jan 1865 Kelsterbach, deported 22 Oct. 1940
to Camp de Curs, d. 4 Jan. 1942 Camp Noe, France), merchant/businessman.
Sole survivor of the six children of his father Feist ESKELES.
Hermann married (27 Mar. 1890 Zweibruecken)
[5.26] Eva Susanna Katharina SIMON
(b. 14 Oct. 1866 Vilbel (Oberhessen), d. 30 Aug. 1937 Zweibruecken), maid of Christian
faith, daughter of a tailor and/or a postal agent.
Their children were brought up as Jews, and later deported and murdered as Jews.
- [4.45] Rosa ESKELES (b. 15 Dec. 1885 Frankfurt/M.,
deported 27 Jan. 1941) m. (17 Sep. 1919 Zweibruecken)
[4.48] Isidor FORST (b. 14 Nov. 1883 Bodenbach, d. 10 Feb. 1941 Bamberg)
- Sally FORST (b. 1899, d. 1939) married
Martha PHILIPP
- Helga FORST (b. 1931).
Daughter: Gabriela FOERSTER gabriela.foerster@volkswagen.de.
Thanks to Gabriela for information about this branch of the
family tree.
- [4.15] Henrietta Jette ESKELES (b. 10 Jan 1887 Offenbach)
m. (26 Feb. 1921 Zweibruecken)
[4.47] Rudolph NACHMAN (b. 6 Mar. 1884 Mainz)
- [4.16] Hugo Arthur ESKELES (b. 6 Feb. 1888 Offenbach,
deported 15 Nov. 1941 Ghetto Riga, declared dead 20 Nov. 1941), "unskilled labourer",
m. [4.17] Bertha Babette MARX
(b. 18 Mar 1895 Heilbronn, deported 15 Nov. 1941 Ghetto Riga,
declared dead 20 Nov. 1941).
Son: [3.47] Lore Ilse ESKELES
(b. 4 Oct. 192? Zweibruecken, deported 15 Nov. 1941 Ghetto Riga,
declared dead 20 Nov. 1941).
- [4.39] Amalie ESKELES
(b. 29 Dec. 1889 Zweibruecken, deported 1942 Drancy,
transferred 12 Aug. 1942 Auschwitz, d. 9 Apr. 1945)
m. (25 June 1921 Zweibruecken)
[4.40] Eugen KOCH (b. 10 Oct. 1886 Landstuhl, d. 24 Dec. 1930 Landstuhl).
- [3.59] Ingeborg Irene KOCH
(b. 11 Feb. 1923 Landstuhl, deported 1941 Camp de Curs, Camp Noe, Poland
probably Auschwitz).
- [3.58] Guenther Gerard KOCH (b. 10 Mar. 1926 Kaiserlautern)
m. [3.72] Therese BLOCH.
This is the only surviving branch of Line 4 of the ESKELES family tree.
Came to Paris in 1938 to study wood carving and sculpture.
Joined the "Toulouse" or "Jewish Brigade" of the British Army in 1944.
He arrived in Palestine via Spain.
In 1948, he joined the Israeli Army and was badly wounded at the battle of Negba.
Returned to Paris in 1950 where he worked as a wood sculpturer with his wife Therese.
- [2.106] Isabelle Irene KOCH (b. 16 June 1957 Paris) m. and divorced
a New Zealander. She studied dance with Maurice BEJART.
Son: [1.88] Garance Koch (b. 15 May 1989 Paris)
- [2.107] Vincent Daniel Hugues KOCH (b. 30 Mar. 1962). Studied photography. Painter.
- [4.46] Emilie ESKELES (b. 18 Dec. 1890,
deported 1941 Ravensberg, declared dead 31 May 1941)
Numbers in brackets are references to
The ESKELES Genealogy
by Zeev ESHKOLOT.
Daniel E. LOEB, eMail:
loeb17@gmail.com