Maier Mendel (Stengel) Fuchs

1838 - 1911

• Name	Maier Mendel (Stengel) Fuchs  [1, 2]
  Born	16 Feb 1838	Weingarten, Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Anecdote	As Maier Mendle's parents were not married no father is listed on his birth record. When Maier was seven years old, his mother, Caroline, married Lehmann Fuchs. In Lehmann and Caroline's marriage contract, Lehmann agreed to adopt Caroline's son, Maier. From that time Maier used the surname Fuchs. It is interesting to note that the marriage contract states: "daß ihr Kind sofern bekannt ist, keinen Vater mehr habe" [that her child, as far as it is known, does not have a father anymore] and that therefore there are no obstacles to the adoption. This statement would indicate that Maier's father died prior to 1845. Maier Mendle's name lends a clue as to who his father may have been, although there is no way to prove this. Both of Caroline's grandfathers died prior to Maier's birth, so it would have been most likely for her first son to be named after one of them, either Löb or Joseph. Instead Caroline gave her son the name Maier Mendle. In Weingarten there was a Maier Mendle, a shoe maker apprentice from Fischach, Bavaria, who died on 19 August 1837. As this was only six months before the birth of Maier (Stengel) Fuchs it is very likely that this is the individual after whom Maier Mendle (Stengel) Fuchs was named. The fact that Maier Fuchs's father was no longer alive in 1845 also points to that Maier Mendle may have been his father, although after the passage of 170 years, there will likely be no way to prove this.
  Occupation	Handelsmann  [1, 2]
  Reference Number	1444
  Died	10 Aug 1911	Weingarten, Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany   [6]
  Buried	Weingarten Jewish Cemetery, Weingarten, Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany
  	Grave No. 9
  Person ID	I1444	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	25 May 2009

  
  

  Father	Lehmann Fuchs,   b. 05 Mar 1822, Weingarten, Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany ,   d. 11 Feb 1905, Weingarten, Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany
  Mother	Caroline Stengel,   b. 05 Mar 1813, Weingarten, Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany ,   d. 06 May 1879, Weingarten, Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany
  Married	16 Jul 1845	Durlach, Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany
  Family ID	F311	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Hannchen Prager,   b. 18 Apr 1833, Tairnbach, Baden, Germany ,   d. 18 Jan 1878, Weingarten, Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany
  Married	04 Dec 1862	Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany   [7]
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  Children	1. Sarah Fuchs,   b. 11 Nov 1863, Weingarten, Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany   2. Wilhelm Fuchs,   b. 11 Jan 1865, Weingarten, Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany ,   d. 31 Aug 1949, Chicago, Cook, Illinois   3. Babette Fuchs,   b. 02 Sep 1866, Weingarten, Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany ,   d. 20 Apr 1950, Buenos Aires, Argentina   4. Nanette Fuchs,   b. 17 May 1868, Weingarten, Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany ,   d. 30 Jun 1954, Lisbon, Portugal
  Family ID	F283	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Helena Hanna Prager,   b. 20 Jun 1845, Tairnbach, Baden, Germany ,   d. 11 Apr 1921, Weingarten, Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany
  Married	11 Nov 1878  [1, 8]
  Children	1. Male Fuchs,   b. 08 Dec 1871,   d. 08 Dec 1871   2. Nathan Fuchs,   b. 07 Dec 1879, Weingarten, Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany ,   d. 28 Feb 1880, Weingarten, Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany   3. Max Fuchs,   b. 01 Jul 1881, Weingarten, Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany   4. Klara Fuchs,   b. 25 Jul 1883, Weingarten, Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany ,   d. Abt 05 Aug 1942, Auschwitz, Poland
  Family ID	F310	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S157] Werner Frank (Frank4.FTW), Compiler: Werner Frank, (about 2000), Date of Import: Feb 16, 1999. [S156] Werner Frank, Compiler: Werner Frank, (circa 2000), Date of Import: 16 Feb 1999. [S152] Weingarten Jewish Records, Maier Mendle Stengel birth record, registered 25 February 1838. [S935] Karoline Fuchs née Stengel Probate records, (1879), Marriage contract between Lehmann Fuchs and Caroline Stengel. [S152] Weingarten Jewish Records, Maier Mendle death record, registered 28 August 1837. [S419] Hauser notes, Julchen Fuchs Hauser, copy provided by Garbiela Hauser Bordalo to Alex Calzareth, December 2003. [S364] JR-Karlsruhe, Marriage Record of Maier Stengel and Eva Prager, p.305, no. 11/1862. [S156] Werner Frank, Compiler: Werner Frank, (circa 2000), Date of Import: Feb 16, 1999.