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
SS Adolph Woermann SS Adolph Woermann SS "Adolph Woermann" was a German ocean liner built in 1922 by Blohm + Voss in Hamburg, for the shipping lines Woermann-Linie (WL) and German East Africa Line ("Deutsche Ostafrika Linie", DOAL) and named after German merchant, ship owner and politician Adolph Woermann, and the fourth ship of the same name. "Adolph Woermann" ran aground at Cape Spartivento, Sardinia, Italy, on 24 October 1928. She was refloated on 26 October 1928. At the outbreak of World War II on the homebound trip "Adolph Woermann" lay at Lobito in Portuguese Angola and was detained by the Portuguese authorities.