Sam Marx Sam Marx Samuel Marx (born Simon Marx; October 23, 1859 – May 10, 1933) was the husband of Minnie Marx, and father of the Marx Brothers. According to his birth certificate, Marx was born as Simon Marx in Alsace, France. Due to his place of birth, he was known as "Frenchie". He met Minnie in New York where he was working as a dance teacher. They married in 1884 and had six sons. Their first son, Manfred, born 1885, died in infancy. The other children were Leonard (Chico), born in 1887, Adolph (Harpo) in 1888, Julius (Groucho) in 1890, Milton
Friedrich Adolph Roemer Versteinerungen des Harzgebirges" ("Fossils of the Harz Mountains"; 1843). He died in Clausthal. The mineral romerite commemorates his name, as does "Roemeriana", a publication issued by the Institute of Geology at the "Bergakademie" in Clausthal from 1954 to 1964. His younger brother, Carl Ferdinand von Roemer, was also a geologist. Friedrich Adolph Roemer Friedrich Adolph Roemer (15 April 1809 – 25 November 1869), German geologist, was born at Hildesheim, in the Kingdom of Westphalia. His father was a lawyer and councillor of the high court of justice. In 1845 he became professor of mineralogy and geology at Clausthal, and in