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Emanuel (Eman) Robitschek (1852-1930)
Writer of the post cards; husband of Elise, brother of Moritz, father of Gerhart, Alfred, Margaret, Frida and Edith; grandfather of Antonette Edith Robitschek and Gerhart Stefan Wenger; partner in M. Robitschek & Co. Writer of the cards presented in this website.
Those to whom the cards are addressed:
Mrs. Elise Robitschek nee Elise Drach (c1867-1928)
Wife of Emanuel Robitschek; mother of Gerhart, Alfred, Margaret, Frida and Edith; grandfather of Antonette Edith Robitschek and Gerhart Stefan Wenger.
Gerhart Robitschek (?-c1916)
Son of Emanuel and Elise Robitschek; served in WWI in an artillery regiment, Feldpost 186.
Margarete (Grete) Kann nee Grete Robitschek
Wife of Dr. Eduard Kann (1880-1962); daughter of Emanuel and Elise Robitschek. First name may (?) also be spelled "Marguerit". Lived in China throughout the period of the correspondence. Eduard Kann, as a top adviser to the Chinese Ministry of Finance, ran the Chinese monetary system for decades, leaving China for Hong Kong when the Communists took over in 1949. He was the formost expert on Chinese currency and accumulated a vast collection of coins. His book, The Currencies of China, first published in 1927, is still in print.
Alfred Robitscheck
Son of Emanuel and Elise Robitschek; father of George Konrad Robitschek and Antonette Edith Robitschek. Served in WWI with Munitions-Staffel 4/518, Fieldpost 304.
Frida Wenger nee Frida Robitschek (c1897-1923)
First wife of Franz Wenger; daughter of Emanuel and Elise Robitschek; mother of Gerhart Stefan Wenger; married to Franz Wenger mid-May, 1918.
Edith Wenger nee Edith Robitschek (c1904-1930>
Second wife of Franz Wenger; daughter of Emanuel and Elise Robitschek.
Antonette Edith Robitschek
Daughter of Alfred Robitschek; granddaughter of Emanuel and Elise Robitschek. Possibly died in Holocaust; Swiss account left unclaimed.
Georg Konrad Robitschek (1914-?)
Son of Alfred Robitschek; grandson of Emanuel and Elise Robitschek. Possibly died in Holocaust; Swiss account left unclaimed.
Franz Wenger
Husband first of Frida Robitschek and, sometime after her death in 1923, to her younger sister Edith Robitschek; father of Gerhart Stefan Wenger.
Gehert Stefan Wenger
Son of Franz Wenger and Frida Wenger; grandson of Emanuel and Elise Robitschek.
Last revised 06/20/2014
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