Families: The Fuss Family of Galicia

Records of the Fuss family in the All Galicia Database

There are currently 742 records for the surname Fuss (including soundalike names and spelling variants) in the All Galicia Database (the AGD), Gesher Galicia's free searchable collection of genealogical and historical records from the former Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia, which is now eastern Poland and western Ukraine. Here is a sampling of some of the results you can find there:

• Abraham FUX
  1789 property record from Lwów Żółkiew District No. 3 Josephine Survey (1789)
• Feige, daughter of Wolf PFAN [PFAU]? and -
  1805 birth record from Lwów Jewish Births (1805-1872)
• Laje, daughter of Mayer FUX and -
  1805 birth record from Lwów Jewish Births (1805-1872)
• Wolf FEU
  1805 death record from Lwów Jewish Deaths (1805-1880)
• Mosses FUS? and Sare FOR?
  1805 marriage record from Lwów Jewish Marriages (1801-1866)
• Hirsch FUSS
  1806 death record from Tyczyn Jewish Deaths (1792-1876)
• Suscha, son of Hersch PFAU and -
  1806 birth record from Lwów Jewish Births (1805-1872)
• Owadje, son of Mayer FUX and -
  1806 birth record from Lwów Jewish Births (1805-1872)
• Feige Laye, daughter of Wolf PFANN [PFAU]?
  1806 death record from Lwów Jewish Deaths (1805-1880)
• Mindel, daughter of Mayer FUX
  1806 death record from Lwów Jewish Deaths (1805-1880)

Search the All Galicia Database to see the full information available for all 742 records. The AGD is updated with new records every few months, so check back often to see the latest results.

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Records of the Fuss family in Logan Kleinwaks' Genealogy Indexer website

There are 189 search results for the surname Fuss at Logan Kleinwaks' Genealogy Indexer website, a few of which are listed below. Note that results listed below are limited to purely Galician sources, such as telephone and business directories from Galician cities, or school records, but they do not include the many other sources available on his website that span all of pre-war Poland. You may need the free .DjVu web browser plugin to view these files.

• Brzozow Yizkor Book (1984), image 421 {y94}
  ... . Of Eliezer Kintzler’s family two daughters and the son, Moshc, came to Eretz Israel. Reb Itzhak Fass, son of Reb Eliezer Fass, opened a flourishing used-clothes store after the First World War. Reb Itzhak and his wife, Gittele, were ... buying the medicine. He died in 1936. The only survivor of the Fass family is their son. Eliezer, now with his family in New York ... a girl in the family — Haitscha, who later married Reb Yo’el Markel, eldest son of Reb David Yona Markel and Brosha, the daughter of Reb Eliezer Fass, God rest Ins soul. Reb Yo’el Markel and his brother, Eliyahu, are A LETTER ... . A total of one hundred members of my family were lost in the Holocaust. It is my wish to thank Mr. Ha’im Bank for taking upon himself the great task of perpetuating the me-mory of our ...
• Baranow Yizkor Book (1964), image 242 {y32}
  ... Bes Midrosh was the focal point of activity—religious, social and political. If one wanted to meet a person he went to the Bes Midrosh toward dusk, met him there and talked over the subject matter. The periods before elections, whether local or national, had the Bes Midrosh abuzzing. In the front pews, people would do the praying, but in the rear, the din of political or private discussions or deals would drown out ... of skit for the enjoy-meat of its followers. To those of the opposing camp, this merited excom-munication. During the summer the town was visited by a touring carousel and the youngsters would be busy riding it. The more sturdy youngsters who helped turn the wheel for nine rides, would gel the tenth one free. Also in summer, swimming in the clear waters of the Krzemenice was a ...
• Baranow Yizkor Book (1964), image 250 {y32}
  BARANOW On the cast was the road leading to the "Wasserlaeh" (a body of stagnant water) and to Tarnobrzeg (County seat). The "Wasserlaeh" also served modest economic and social functions. Its polluted waters furnished a limited supply of fish for the community. In winter it was used by the non-Jews for ice skating and on Rash Hashono by the Jews for Tashlich. The narrow lane in the north, paved with broad flagstones, led to the cluster of Jewish institutional buildings such as the Bes Midrosh (Syna-gogue), the Rabbi's residence, and the Mikveh. The road on the north-western corner pointed to Dolansky's "Castle" (The Hoif). This was an ...
• Bobrka Yizkor Book (1964), image 229 {y80}
  ... or Rcb Meyer the Miracle worker. Reaching the Shrine, we tried though it was still dark to look into the inner chamber. By pushing the gate the chain from inside loosened so that we were able to push our way in. Julius lit a match and we observed a copper basin filled with oil and some cotton little candles swimming in the oil. We lit all these liny cotton candles, and Julius asked us to empty ... streets of Ashkclon; Lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice. Lest the daughters of the uncircumsized triumph. Ye mountains of Gilboa. Let there be no dew nor rain upon you, Ncithicr fields of choice fruits: For there the shield of the mighty was vilely cast away. The shield of Saul, not anointed with oil. From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty. The bow of ...
• Bobrka Yizkor Book (1964), image 238 {y80}
  ... received in Boibcrkc was headed the parade astride a big white horse flanked by one or two aides. Their greatest, glory each year was on August 18th, the birth-day of the Austrian F.mpcror Franz Joseph I, whom many Jews of Galicia admired and loved as a friend of the Jews. On that day Nissan Katz, would be attired in an expensive new uniform, which he could ill afford to pay for. He and his unit would pass in review before the Austro-Hungarian Consul General in New York and from there they would proceed to the "Dukler Mogcn Avrohom Shul" on Altor-ncy Street (on the lower East Side), where the Cantor would chant a Mishcbirach for the Emperor. Some days later, Nissan Katz would proudly display a letter of thanks from the Austrian Ambassador in Washington. But the turnover in the regiment ...

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