Fleming, Susan, 1908-2002

The Marx family lived at the beginning at the twentieth century in Ludwigshafen am Rhein (Rheinland-Pfalz), Germany.

Sigmund Marx was born in Baierthal (near Heidelberg) on December 29, 1879, as the first child of Ricka and Lazarus Loewenthal. In 1911 he married Mathilde Marx, née Marx who was born in Wiesloch on July 31, 1888. Together with his younger brother Willy Marx, Sigmund Marx established a flour wholesale business in Ludwigshafen am Rhein. In 1934 Willy Marx left the family company to move to Palestine. It is not known exactly when Sigmund Marx emigrated to the U.S. and settled in New York City, but he was still in Germany whe his wife Mathilde Marx passed away on April 12, 1938. Sigmund Marx died in New York City on February 28, 1946.

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