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Benjamin Wolf MIRELS (d. 22 March 1691) married Roesel BERMANN or LEVI (d. 6 April 1694)

Moved in 1671 from Vienna to Berlin, was the first 'Vorsteher' of the Berlin Jewish community. He is referred to as a "leader and wealthy man in Berlin". Vienna expulsion 1670 drove him to Berlin. Was so appreciated that he was chosen as leader of the community only 3 years after his arrival

Isachar Bermann MIRELS (d. 17 Feb 1739). Named after his maternal grandfather Isachar Bermann
Nechama MIRELS (d. 1742) married Moses Joshua (d. 28 April 1681). Eulogised by R Samuel ADMOR (Av Beit Din).
- Chaim.
  - Shlomo
- Sara Chaja married Rabbi Baruch KOHN RAPPAPORT
Pessel Bermann II MIRELS (d. 13 Feb. 1727) married Rabbi Jehuda Loeb FRAENKEL (d. 31 May 1735)
Naftali Hirsh Neumark MIRELS (d. 2 June 1742) first married Idel Edel STATTHAGEN (d. 7 April 1717 Berlin) daughter of Joseph STATTHAGEN.
- Rabbi Gerfon FRANKEL
  - Joel David FRANKEL married Edel FRANKEL daughter of Joseph Jonas FRANKEL.
    - Jonas FRANKEL (b. 1773 Breslau, d. 1846 Breslau). Contact: Jonas's nephew Nuchim FRAENKEL's grandson Michel JACOB
  - Gottschak FRANKEL (d. 1891 Lissa)
    - Leah FRANKEL married David ANSPACH
  - Juttchen FRANKEL (d. 1809 Berlin) married her half-uncle Joseph FRANKEL
  - Haymann Joseph FRANKEL (b. before 1750, d. 1825 Berlin)
  - David Joseph FRANKEL (b. 1750 Berlin, d. 1827 Berlin)
- Eli FRAENKEL
- Elke MIRELS married Heine Efraim Chaim FEITEL Nagid
- Rabbi David MIRELS FRAENKEL (b. 1705/1707 Berlin, d. 4 April 1762 Berlin) married Roesle HALBERSTADT (b. Hamberg, d. 20 Nov. 1769 Berlin)
  - Joel Wolf FRAENKEL (b. 31 Dec. 1746, d. 30 Dec. 1819) married the daughter of her cousin Idel THEOMIM (1749-1818).
    - Jette FRANKEL m. 1795 David Elias PULVERMACHER (b. 1763)
    - David FRANKEL (b. 1771 Braslau, d. 1837 Braslau)
    - Jonas FRANKEL (b. 1773, d. 1846 Braslau)
  - Jehuda Loeb MIRELS FRANKEL married Bella HELMANN daughter of Samuel HELMAN. Son: Michael David FRANKEL (d. 1840 Berlin).
  - Edel MIRELS FRANKEL
  - Lea Hendel MIRELS FRANKEL
- Roesel II MIRELS (d. 30 May 1764) first married Rabbi Chaim Jona II THEOMIM (d. 1728).
  Then Roesel remarried Rabbi Joshua II HESCHEL (b. 1693, d. 1759)
- Abraham FRAENKEL married Deborah WULFF
  - Moses FRAENKEL
- Joseph FRAENKEL married Jitche LANDSBERG/FRANKEL
- Moses FRAENKEL
  - Meir FRAENKEL married Rechle BAMBERGER
- Salomon FRAENKEL (d. 1789)
- Benjamin Berliner FRAENKEL married Lea. Remarried Mirel SANWEL.
Naftali later remarried Juttchen LANDSBERG (d. 1747 Berlin) daughter of Jechiel LANDSBERG, and sister of Rabbi Gershon LANDSBERG (1726-1740).

Information on this page contributed by David Peter John LEWIN davidlewin at btinternet.com and Susan WOOD. Also contact Shlomo Barnea s_barnea at netvision.net.il for more information.

Daniel E. LOEB, eMail: daniel.loeb at verizon.net