Introduction

Bonyhad (46-17N18-31E) is a small town in Tolna County and listed 13 Jewish families in the 1746 Census. By 1802, there were 400 Jewish families and an impressive synagogue and yeshivah. The population of about 6,500 in 1930 consisted of about 15% Jews, the largest number of Jews in Tolna County. With the German occupation in 1944, 1,180 Jews were deported to Pecs and then to Auschwitz. All but 50 perished. In 1963, 4 Jewish families remain in Bonyhad.

Ludwig, brother of Samuel and Fransika, probably left Bonyhad for various locations at an early age and settled in Vienna where he raised his family there.

1. Ludwig Zwieback; born 25 May 1844 in Bonyhad, Tolna, Hungary; married Katharina Singer circa 1868 in Vukovar, Croatia; died 22 Jan 1906 in Vienna, Austria, at age 61.

Katharina Singer was born on 11 Jul 1845 in Apati, Hungary. She died on 23 Nov 1878 in Mariahilferstrasse 111, Vienna VI, Austria, at age 33.

Children of Ludwig Zwieback and Katharina Singer were as follows:

• + 2. i. Gisela, born 7 Apr 1869 in Mezobereny, Bekes, Hungary; married Marton Zirner.

• 3. ii. Josef; born 1 Oct 1870 in Vienna, Austria; died 6 Aug 1889 in accident, Neumarkt, Austria, at age 18.

• + 4. iii. Ella, born 12 Oct 1878 in Vienna, Austria; married Alexander Zirner.

• 5. iv. Malvida; born 1873 in Vienna, Austria; married Sigmund Kranz; died 1922 in Vienna, Austria.

2. Gisela Zwieback; born 7 Apr 1869 in Mezobereny, Bekes, Hungary; married Marton Zirner, son of Markus Zirner and Fanny Löwy, 10 Mar 1889 in Vienna, Austria; died 22 May 1930 in Vienna, Austria, at age 61.

Marton Zirner was born on 18 Jun 1857 in Pecs, Baranya, Hungary. He died on 16 Jun 1918 in Vienna, Austria, at age 60.

Children of Gisela Zwieback and Marton Zirner were as follows:

• 6. i. Josef; born 21 Dec 1889 in Vienna, Austria; married Regina Wiener, daughter of N Wiener, 1913; died 20 Jul 1915 in killed in action WWI, Russia, at age 25.

• + 7. ii. Katharina, born 24 Nov 1890 in Vienna, Austria; married Rudolf Rapaport.

• + 8. iii. Walther, born 11 Mar 1903 in Vienna, Austria; married Maria Eichinger.

• + 9. iv. Felix, born 10 Jan 1905; married Katherine Anges Bacon.

She immigrated to New York City, NY, USA.

Alexander Zirner was born on 5 Mar 1863. He died in Dec 1924 in Vienna, Austria, at age 61.

Children of Ella Zwieback and Alexander Zirner all born in Vienna, Austria, were as follows:

• 10. i. Renee Katharina; born 8 Oct 1899; married Hugo Eroes von Bethlenfalva; died 17 Jul 1948 in London, England, at age 48.

• 11. ii. Hans Erich; born 16 Dec 1900.

• + 12. iii. Ludwig, born 27 Feb 1906; married Laura Warndorfer.

7. Katharina Zirner; born 24 Nov 1890 in Vienna, Austria; married Rudolf Rapaport after 1918; died 1927 in during childbirth, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Rudolf Rapaport was born in 1891.

Children of Katharina Zirner and Rudolf Rapaport were:

• 13. i. Martin; born 29 Aug 1927 in Kathmandu, Nepal; died 28 Oct 1944 in Vienna, Austria, at age 17.

Maria Eichinger was born on 31 Aug 1913 in Pocking, Lower Bavaria, Germany.

Children of Walther Zirner and Maria Eichinger are:

• + 14. i. Gisela is still living.

Children of Felix Zirner and Katherine Anges Bacon are:

• + 15. i. Elisabeth is still living.

Laura Warndorfer was born on 17 Oct 1915. She died in Sep 1984 in Vienna, Austria, at age 68.

Children of Ludwig Zirner and Laura Warndorfer are:

• + 16. i. August is still living.

14. Gisela Zirner is still living.

Johannes Müller is still living.

Children of Gisela Zirner and Johannes Müller are as follows:

• + 17. i. Maria Christina is still living.

• 18. ii. Johannes is still living.

Redmond MacDonogh was born on 23 Mar 1913. He died in 1985.

Children of Elisabeth Zirner and Redmond MacDonogh are as follows:

• + 19. i. Jeremy Felix is still living.

• + 20. ii. Katharine is still living.

• + 21. iii. Giles is still living.

Katalin Zsygmondi is still living.

Children of August Zirner and Katalin Zsygmondi are as follows:

• 22. i. Johannes is still living.

• 23. ii. Anna is still living.

• 24. iii. Aurelia is still living.

• 25. iv. Leo is still living.

17. Maria Christina Muller is still living.

Herbert Langsner is still living.

Children of Maria Christina Muller and Herbert Langsner are as follows:

• 26. i. Leon is still living.

• 27. ii. David is still living.

Helen Kelsey is still living.

Children of Jeremy Felix MacDonogh and Helen Kelsey are:

• 28. i. Felix is still living.

Charles Sheppard is still living.

Children of Katharine MacDonogh and Charles Sheppard are:

• 29. i. Hortense is still living.

Children of Giles MacDonogh include:

• 30. i. Isolde is still living.

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