Jeannette Eugenie Lichtenstein was born in Vienna on 16 Aug 1871. When she was 18, she married Julius Elbogen (born 27 Jul 1858 in Prague CZ) in the Stadttempel Wien on 20 May 1890. Julius was 32 years old. They had either 3 or 4 children: Margarete (b 1891), Elsa (b 1892), Hans (b 1894) and possibly Karl (b 1897). 

At some point before he died on 18 Jun 1921, Jeannette and Julius divorced and she re-married Alfred Landon, a Canadian whom, I believe, she met in Vienna. They immigrated to Canada where their only child Kirk Alfred Landon was born in Toronto on 20 Oct 1897.

I cannot find any death information about Jeannette (Jenny) Landon. She and her husband, Alfred, may have moved to the U.S. from Canada. I can find no information about her husband Alfred Landon. Also confusing is the possible presence of a fourth child from the first marriage, Karl Elbogen. In my files, he was born on 20 Oct 1897 the same day as his step brother Kirk Alfred Landon was born so there must be an error here.

My questions: 1) Any information about divorce/re-marriage residence and death information for Jeannette Lichtenstein Elbogen Landon. 2) Any information about her second husband, Alfred Landon, and 3) Any information about the possible 4^th child of the Lichtenstein-Elbogen union, Karl.

Thank you,
Tom Flanders

I find this decision to be incorrect. We had a family member, Lea Bondi Jaray, who owned an art gallery in Vienna in 1938. She and her husband decided to leave for London and bought tickets to take a train to Calais, then London. A Nazi collaborator came to her gallery and looked over her paintings. He said, “You do want to be able to get on your train tomorrow, right? I really like this piece by Egon Schiele - a portrait called “Wally”. I’m sure you would like to give it to me.” He offered her a couple of Marks for it and walked out with it under his arm. Long story short, after the war, the picture ended up in the Belvedere Art Museum in Vienna. Mrs. Jaray came from England numerous times to try and reclaim her painting to no avail. She died and eventually the painting came with an exhibit to MOMA. At the urging of the Issac-Bondi family, Senator Domenico of NY had the painting seized by the US Customs agency as looted art, and the family began a law suit. Eventually, at the family’s request the painting was returned to the Belvedere Museum upon the payment of $19 million to the family. There is a plaque beneath the painting indicating this. As I recall, the legal argument was the threat of being unable to emigrate unless the painting was sold to the Nazi for a few sou. 

The issue around the Spanish Museum painting sounds very similar. This family’s lawyers should look into the Bondi-Jaray case, decided in New York State. 

Kate Haas

Subj:  New York City 1940's Street a View Old City Tax Photos

These images are a wonderful resource for seeing the buildings where our ancestors lived. On that same site, there are also tax photos taken in color in the 1970s and 1980. But there are fewer images in this collection and most do not have exact street addresses unlike the 1940s images.  In the 1970s and '80s NYC was in financial difficulty and this is reflected in these images. There are many burned out structures and vacant lots where building once stood.  The scene looks like London after the Blitz. 

Jeffrey Gee
Arizona