Hedwig (Katz) Levy (1905 - 1991)

Born 22 Jul 1905 in Rodalben, Rheinland Pfalz, Deutschland

Died 5 Mar 1991 at age 85 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Hedwig was born July 22, 1905^[1] in Rodalben, Rheinland Pfalz, Deutschland.^[2] She married Ernst Levy and they had two children, Gert and Doris.^[3]

Hedwig, Ernst, and their children lived in Illingen, Saar, Deutschland until forced to flee to escape the Holocaust. After their travel documents were issued in Strasbourg on January 3, 1935, they left from Cherbourg February 2, 1935, aboard the SS Bremen and arrived in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States February 7, 1935. Hedwig was 5' 3" tall, fair complexioned, with brown hair and light brown eyes, and neither an anarchist nor a polygamist. Her closest relative still in Deutschland was her mother-in-law, Minna Levy, who lived in Haupster, Illingen, Saar, Deutschland. After arrival in the United States, she planned to join her husband's uncle, Mr. H. Kullman (see Notes) in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi.^[4]

In 1940, Hedwig (now known as Hede), Ernst, and their children were living in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, United States. Hede's widowed sister, Lilly (Katz) Heilberg and Lilly's son Herbert, recently arrived from Deutschland, had joined their household.^[3]

Hede died March 5, 2001 in Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi, United States and is buried there in the Natchez City Cemetery.^[2]

Notes

Hede, Lilly (Katz) Heilberg, Flora (Katz) Heilberg, and Erna (Katz) Landauer were sisters, although their parents names are not known. The husbands of Lilly and Flora were first cousins.

The relationship by which Herman Kullman was Hede's uncle is not known. Is it possible that Herman Kullman was acting as an agent to assist with obtaining visas for people attempting to escape the Holocaust by emigrating to the United States and permitted his name to be used as an "uncle"?

Sources

1. ↑ United States Social Security Death Index, index, FamilySearch (accessed 30 May 2015), Hede K Levy, 05 Mar 1991; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Find A Grave, memorial #30267262 for Hede Katz Levy, (accessed 5/30/2015).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} United States Census, 1940, index and images, FamilySearch (accessed 28 May 2015), Hede Levy in household of Ernst Levy, Ward 4, Natchez, Beat 1, Adams, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1-11, sheet 8B, family 182, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 2005.
4. ↑ New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957, index and images, FamilySearch (accessed 28 May 2015), Lilly Katz Heilberg, 1938; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,757,981.
   
   

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