https://www.geni.com/people/Mayer-Rachmiel-von-Mises-Edler/6... looks like a railroad Macher

(railroads were for my family what textiles were for my wife's; both techs were spiritual predecessors of inkering)

EDIT: helping grad students reminds me of the ending to Двенадцать стульев !

Lagniappe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcGnYLVixeY (pastiche of « La Danse Apache » )

VIU? Am I missing something? I see an embalming but not an ennoblement?