GINTHUM Eugène

Eugène GINTHUM was born in 1883 in Heidelberg, son of a Buchhalter.
He became an Elektriker-Monteur and came to Hollerich.
In 1913 Eugène married Margaretha MARX, born in Mondorff (Lorraine), daughter of an Angestellter. The MARX family resided in Mondorf-les-Bains (LU) at the time.
In 1920 Eugène GINTHUM and Emil MARX, his brother-in-law, founded the company:

“Ginthum & Marx, Elektrisches Installationsgeschäft” in Mondorf.

Emil MARX’s occupation was Geschäftsführer, Handeslmann, and later Hotelier). The company, however, was dissolved already in 1924 when GINTHUM created a new association with Joseph MONSHAUSEN, Kaufmann in Trier (DE):

“Eugen Ginthum & Monshausen” (Ausführungen sämtlicher elektrischen Arbeiten und Installationen).

In 1926 the couple GINTHUM-MARX took over the “Café Laroche” in Esch sur Alzette and renamed it “Café Ginthum-Marx”.
The couple, however, divorced in 1930.
It is not known when and where Eugène GINTHUM died.

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