Kurt Reinfeld

(1914-2000), ID #33
Kurt Reinfeld|b. 12 Nov 1914\nd. 19 Jun 2000|p33.htm|Wilhelm Reinfeld|b. Apr 1879\nd. May 1919|p149.htm|Regina Brüll|b. 2 Nov 1882\nd. 14 Jul 1939|p148.htm|Solomon Reinfeld|b. s 1852|p5893.htm||||Leo Brüll|b. s 1843\nd. 1927|p153.htm|Helene Stieber|b. s 1851\nd. 1927|p5892.htm|

Kurt Reinfeld
1969 photo

  • Kurt Reinfeld was born on 12 November 1914, in Vienna, Austria.
  • He graduated in 1936 with an Engineering diploma in mechanical engineering.1
  • He was employed in 1937 Zentral-Europaeischen-Laenderbank in their Coke and Coal Division as a heating engineer.1
  • He married Hedy Dicker, daughter of Nikolaus Dicker and Charlotte Blumenstein, on Sunday, 10 July 1938 in Vienna, Austria.
  • Kurt first went to England from Vienna. He went to Lord Kitchener Camp in Sandwich as a mechanical engineer.1
  • Kurt and Hedy arrived in New York on the ship "Britannic" which left on the 30th of Dec, 1939 and arrived on the 10th of January 1940. They both indicated they could read English. The closest relative identified was father-in-law, Nicholas Dicker, living at Schulerstrasse 22 (or 21) in Vienna. They had $180 (which was about average of what other immigrants had). Their contact was a cousin, Leo Rosenman, who lived at 61 (or 67) 2nd Street, Huntington Station, NY. After a two week stay they traveled by bus to Pittsburgh.1,2
  • In Pittsburgh at first he was a helper in an auto repair shop, and then he worked at the Duquesne Smelting Corporation.1
  • Kurt Reinfeld was employed between 1941 and 1983 in Pittsburgh, PA, Koppers as an engineer and created 50 patents.1
  • He was retired in 1983 from Koppers.1
  • He died on 19 June 2000 in Pittsburgh, PA, at age 85.3
  • An obituary was published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, in Pittsburgh, PA, on 21 June 2000.3
  • To view the notice, please click here.3

Children with Hedy Dicker b. 15 May 1917, d. 25 Jun 2000:

Sources of Information:

  1. [S202] "Stories and anecdotes relayed by Kurt Reinfeld to Bill, Susie and Ron", Dec 1992.
  2. [S1048] New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, online database, digitized by ancestry.com, . Original publication: Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957;, . Www.ancestry.com , searched Kurt Reinfeld, viewed Mar 2010.
  3. [S201] Personal Knowledge of Researcher.

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If I don't know a female last name she will be identified with a 'Mrs' and her husband's name.
MALE or FEMALE means I don't know the first name.