David Fried

1. David was born 28 July 1850 in Vienna according to his marriage register (see FamilySearch).

2. David first appears in the address book in 1873 as a “schumacher-zugehordl en gros” living at Grosse Mohrengasse 11 (1873-74) when he would have been about twenty three.

3. In 1875 he moved to Lerchenselderstrasse 65 in Josefstadt and in 1876 he is listed as working from Lerchselderstrasse but living at Leopoldsgasse 24. Lehmann's 1876.

4. In 1880 he opened a second shop at V Hundsthurmerstrasse 98. Lehmann's 1880

5. Hermine Farber was born 26 February 1863 in Vienna and lived with her parents (David and Rosa Farber) at Schiffamtsgasse 7. See marriage register (FamilySearch).

6. Leopold Fried was born on 9 March 1883. See FamilySearch.

7. The bankruptcy hearing was reported Wiener Zeitung 20 October 1883

8. The bankruptcy accountants reported in Die Presse 23 Dec 1883.

9. Walter (spelt Walther) Fried was born 14 Aug 1884. See Genteam.

10. David working as a schumacher-zugehorhdl for D.Fried firma from II Schmelzgasse 3. Lehmann's 1885 and later Grosse Mohrengasse 12 and Hundthurmerstrasse 98. Lehmann's 1887

11. David and Anna both booked into Franzensstrasse 33 in Baden bei Wien on 15 October 1890. Cur- und Fremden-Liste des Curortes Baden bei Wien 15 Oct 1890

12. Hermine Fried died on 7 April 1891 and was buried in Baden bei Wien cemetery on 9 April 1891. Neue Freie Presse 9 April 1891. Her grave still stands in the cemetery. Grave-pictures.at

13. Both David and Salomon were listed as living at Schmezlgasse 9 in Lehmann's 1892

14. David moved to Grosse Mohrengasse 25 in 1895 (Lehmann’s 1895). After 1894 Salomon no longer appears in the address book but we know from Hugo’s university enrolment forms that they were also living at the same address.

15. David’s workshop was a Grosse Mohrengasse 26. Lehmann’s 1895

16. Quote: “The leather merchant…” (Neuigkeits) Welt Blatt, 17 Sept 1898

17. David retires. Neue Freie Presse 14 April 1900

18. Julie Flesch booked into Hillbrand 12, Aussee with her daughter (Anna Gerstmann) and nephew (fifteen year old Walter?) and their cook on 18 July 1899. Cur- und Fremden-Liste des Badeortes Aussee 22 July 1899. Julius Gerstmann and David Fried booked into the same guesthouse on 23 August 1899. Cur- und Fremden-Liste des Badeortes Aussee 23 August

19. Salomon Flesch, an agent from Vienna, booked into the Stadt London in Karlsbad the day after Julie booked into Aussee. Curliste Karlsbad 19 July 1899

20. David Fried died 27 November 1908 and was buried on 29 November 1908 (FamilySearch).

21. In the 1911 cadastre Leopold & Walter are listed as owners of two properties on Klosterneuburger Strasse (67 & 106), Brigittenau. Number 67 was a five story apartment containing 33 apartments; number 106 was a five story building containing 40 apartments.

22. The university records for 1902/3 winter term are missing but Walter registered for his second term on 9 May 1903 where he studied four subjects including Chemistry, chemical technology and theoretical physics. Phaidra Nationale der Studierenden der Philosophischen Fakultät Sommersemester 1903 Buchstaben A-F p446. He would have graduated in 1907.

23. Walter Fried (1906) Über die Darstellung des dem Äthoxylacetaldehyd entsprechenden Aldoles. Monatshefte für Chemie 27, 1251–1258. DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01525125

24. Walter Fried died on 10 September 1917. Neue Freie Presse 21 September 1917

25. Walter was reburied in the Vienna Zentralfriedhof on 27 May 1918. Neue Freie Presse 28 May 1918

26. Leopold Fried began to describe himself as a journalist from 1907. Lehmann’s 1907. We know that he worked for the Neue Freie Presse because the obituary for Walter “laments our colleague Leopold Fried his only brother” Neue Freie Press 21 Sept 1917 and an obituary for Leopold himself in the paper describes him as “our correspondent”. Neue Freie Presse 10 June 1924

27. Leopold joined Concordia on 2 March 1910. Concordia Annual report and accounts 1910. His birthdate confirms that this is our Leopold Fried.

28. He was elected as secretary on 29 May 1914. Neue Wiener Tagblatt 4 June 1914 and joined the board itself in 1916. Wiener Zeitung 3 June 1916

29. Leopold married Hildegard Eisner in 1917 according to Genteam but the precise date is not specified. It was probably in the last quarter of 1917 as Hildegard is mentioned on the funeral notice Leopold publishes in Neue Freie Presse 27 May 1918 but omitted from the one he posts in Neue Freie Presse 21 Sept 1917.

30. A brief obituary “one of the most reliable…” is published in Neue Freie Presse 10 June 1918 and followed with a more fulsome and personal obituary “... a fine, good-natured man…” in Neue Freie Presse 11 June 1918. No record of his death survives.

31. What became of his wife Hildegard remains a mystery other than she survived him.