Tom's maternal great-grandfather: Josua Zerdach
Tom's maternal grandfather: Adolph Marek
Tom's maternal grandmother: Camilla Zerdach Marek (died when Shulamith was 3 years old)
Tom's mother: Shulamith Marek Kastein, (born Margarete, changed her name to Shulamith when she moved to Palestine and married Kastein) born March 1, 1903 in Vienna, Austria, died July 20, 1983 in New York City
Shulamith's half-brother: Howard Marek, (Howard fathered Martin Marek, who fathered Melinda and Danny)
Tom's grandmother Camilla Zerdach before she became Camilla Marek with her father Josua Zerdach, photo taken 1897, probably in Austria |
Camilla Marek and Margarete (Shulamith) Marek |
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Shulamith (Tom's mother) in line waiting for the Kaiser
"Your grandparents, Adolph and Camilla Marek and your mother, 2 years old, holding her father's hand and a parasol at the formal opening of the Tauernbahn, July 1905, Schwarzach-St.Veit-Bad Gastein." |
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Shulamith Kastein (née Margarete Marek) photograph by Bradford Bachrach, around 1960, in New York. Married Alfred Vogl and mothered Tom Vogl. Divored Alfred and married Joseph Kastein | |
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Alfred Vogl, father of Tom, Walter and Melanie Vogl | |
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Joseph Kastein,
father of Gaby and others. Died in Palestine of turberculosis while married to Shulamith. |