Editing Chico Marx (section)

==Early years==
Marx was born in [[Manhattan]], New York City, on March 22, 1887.<ref name=NYTobit/><ref name=age>During his lifetime, his year of birth had commonly been given as 1891 instead of the true year of 1887. As a result, obituaries reported his age at the time of his death as 70 rather than 74</ref> His parents were [[Sam Marx]] (called "Frenchie" throughout his life), and his wife, [[Minnie Marx|Minnie Schoenberg Marx]]. Minnie's brother was vaudeville  comedian [[Al Shean]], best known as one half of [[Gallagher and Shean]]. The Marx family was Franco-German [[Jewish]]. His father was a native of [[Alsace]] who worked as a tailor and his mother was from [[East Frisia]] in [[Germany]].<ref>{{cite journal| url=http://judaisme.sdv.fr/perso/marxbr/geneal.htm| title=La famille paternelle des Marx Brothers| first=Pierre| last=Kogan| trans-title=The paternal family of the Marx Brothers| language=fr| journal=The Jewish Genealogy Circle Review| date=July–September 2008| number=95}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=Mrs. Minnie Marx. Mother of Four Marx Brothers, Musical Comedy Stars, Dies |newspaper=The New York Times| date=September 16, 1929| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1929/09/16/archives/mrs-minnie-marx-mother-of-four-marx-brothers-musical-comedy-stars.html| page=21| url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=Samuel Marx, Father of Four Marx Brothers of Stage and Screen Fame |url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1933/05/12/105134141.html |newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 12, 1933| page=17| access-date=June 27, 2008| url-access=subscription}}</ref>