NEÜSS
[Much of this information
remains to be confirmed]
An unknown paternal Neuss had at least five sons: Avram, Jacob, Mendel,
Oscar, and Moses (1852). When the original family name (which contained
the German umlaut character) was transcribed in America, it became
either NEUSS or NEISS depending on the particular branch.
- Mendel NEISS (1810) from Błażowa married Feiga GRINFELD (1818)
had children: Chaia (1845), Abraham (1848), Rifka (1851), Lea (1854),
Golde (1855), and Ester (1860) [Avrom, Chaim, Feiwel, Meyer, Shmina, Ruchel (1864),
Samuel (1870), and Brucha (1874). With his second wife, Yente Freund,
he had several other children including Ciel, Dassa, David, Ellsha,
Jacob, Lea, and Charles M. (1884).]. He died in Rzeszów in 1877.
- Ryfka NEUSS married Samuel Berl LAX from Krakowiec and had
children: Ettel Rojze (1880), Feiwel (1882), Leia (1884), Bruche
(1886), Majer (1888), Malie Mindel (1890), Sime (1892), and H. (1898).
She died in Krakowiec in 1914.
- A daughter of Mendel with unknown name married Moshe
NEISS, son of Oscar, and had at least three children: Eugina, Rusia,
and Yankek.
- Chaim NEISS had at least two children, Gelin and Mendel.
- Feiwel NEISS married Rachel and had at least four
children:
David, Frances, Max, and Minna.
- Shmina "Simon" NEISS and his wife Devorah had at least
one
child, Bea.
- Ruchel "Rose" NEISS first married Isaiah FROMMER, son of
Naftali, and
had three children: Malka, Minnie, and Abraham Jacob (1894).
- Abraham Jacob NEISS married Marion, lived in
Woodbridge, and had children: Mildred (1923) and Flora (1925). Abraham died in 1971.
- Flora
NEISS married Joseph Jacob LADEN. Joseph died in Palm Beach, Florida,
in 1999 followed by Flora in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, in 2012.
- Israel David "Samuel" NEISS married Sadie and had at least three
children
including Benjamin N. (1909) and Oscar (1914).
- Benjamin N. NEUSS married Ruth and died in 1989 in
Woodbrige, New
Jersey.
- Oscar NEUSS died in 1998.
- Brucha "Bertha" NEISS married Solomon FEUCHTBAUM, son
of Moses Chaim and
Sara Cypre nee KRUG,
and had eight children: Benjamin (1899), Bertha
(1904), Fannie (1905), Anna (1907), Maurice (1909), Freda (1911), Helen
(1913), and another daughter. She died in 1956.
- Ciel NEISS married a man with last name BAUER.
- Dassa NEISS married Aaron MEYER and had at least three
children: Albert, Elsa, and Toby.
- David NEISS married Rose ROSINSKY and died in 1915.
- Ellsha NEISS married Ben JOACHIM and had at least four
children: Charles, Ciel, Sam, and Marie (1896).
- Jacob NEISS married Sadie WEITZMAN and had at least four
children: Daniel, Esther, Frances, and Mathias.
- Lea NEISS married a man with last name FEIGELS and had at
least
one son, Abrams (1914) from Latvia.
- Charles M. NEISS, originally from Blazowa, Galicia, first
married Mabel GREEN in Kerhonksen, New York. His second marriage was to
Paula FARBER.
- Oscar NEISS had at least seven children: David, Moshe, Sam,
Chaim (1875), Max (1882), Bronya (1883), and Jacob (1888).
- David NEISS had at leas three daughters: Ann, Bertha, and
Rose.
- Moshe NEISS married a daughter of Mendel NEISS and had at
least
three children: Eugina, Rusia, and Yankek.
- Eugina NEISS married a man with last name Feld.
- Rusia married
Leon Eichbaum.
- Sam NEISS married Rose and had at least four children:
Arthur,
Doris, Earl, and Sylvia.
- Chaim "Hyman" married Lea "Lena" Frank,
daughter of Markus, and had at least three children: Breine (1904),
Feige (1907), and Jacob (1910).
- Breine NEISS, also known as Bertha, married Max Harwyn.
- Feige NEISS was also known as Fannie.
- Jacob NEISS, born in New Jersey, married Dorothy
BERGMANN.
- Max NEISS married Bertha and had at least six children
born in
New Jersey including David (1907) and Margaret (1911).
- David NEISS married Sarah STEMPLER.
- Margaret NEISS married Ben and died in Los Angeles,
California,
in 1997.
- Bronya NEISS, from Przemysl, married Samuel David NEUSS,
son of
Moses and Mary nee WANG, and had at least three children born in New
Jersey: Helen (1905), Jacob David (1907), and Milton S. (1910).
- Helen NEUSS married Max Slatnick and died in West Palm
Beach,
Florida, in 1999.
- Jacob NEUSS married Freda FEUCHTBAUM,
daughter of Solomon and
Brucha nee NEISS, and died in Westfield, New Jersey, in 1981.
- Milton NEUSS married Beatrice and died in Orange
county,
California, in 1988.
- Jacob NEISS married Yetta SANDBERG and had at least three
children born in New Jersey including Dorothy (1913).
- Dorothy NEISS married Jack ZITRON.
- Moses NEUSS married Mary WANG and had at least nine
children: Abe, Hancha, Samuel David (1882), Hyman H. (1883), Charles
(1885), Harry (1888), Jacob (1891), Joseph W. (1895), and Rose (1898).
- Abe NEUSS married Fannie NEISS.
- Hancha NEUSS was also known as Anna.
- Samuel NEUSS married Bronya NEISS, daughter of Oscar, and
their
descendants are listed above.
- Hyman NEUSS married Tessie and had at least two children
born
in New Jersey including Jerome W. (1907).
- Jerome NEUSS married Edythe.
- Charles NEUSS married Mollie SUSKIND.
- Harry NEUSS married Margaret BRESKY from Connecticut.
- Jacob NEUSS first married Saide and then Eva GROSSMAN. He
died
in West Orange, California, in 1980.
- Joseph NEUSS married Fay NEISS and died in Reseda,
California,
in 1972.
- Rose NEUSS married William KAPLAN.