The names LOEB, LÖB, LEVI, LOW, and other variations stemmed from the German der Loewe (lion). [See Die Familiennamen der Juden in Deutschland by Kessler (trans. ARNSTEIN) in Stammbaum, Nos. 6 and 7, Dec. 1995.] According to another source, the name LOEB or Löb comes from die Liebe (love).
The Bohemian (Moravian) Rabbi HERZ was apparently a LOEB ancestor. Thus, LOEB could be a translation of Heart (lev in Hebrew).
The name LÖB was a popular first name in Southern Germany during the 1700s and when Napoleon required the adoption of surnames, many unrelated people simply converted their patronymics of Löb into surnames.
There is a town Loebau in Prussia east of Dresden near the Polish border. This could be another source of the name.
Samuel LOEB (born 1834), Butcher, married Mina WOLF. They had two children:
Jonas LOEB (b. 14 March 1864 Bad Nauheim, d. 16 January 1939 heart attack) married (22 April 1895) Nette RIES (b. 15 October 1868 in Michelbach on the Lucke, d. 15 April 1930 Bad Nauheim). (Norbert LOEB has birth certificates.) (Nette RIES's brother and nephew owned the Hotel Ulmann in Frankfurt. Relatives in the RIES family established a textile retail chain out of Cleveland, Ohio, and a gourmet chocolate company.)
Jonas LOEB and Nette RIES owned and managed the LOEB's Promenaden Hotel in Bad Nauheim on Alicenstrasse from Fürstenstrasse to Aliceplatz, across Alicenplatz from the park.
They sold the Hotel probably around 1920 when they started Villa Irene (hotel, boarding house) also in Bad Nauheim. Villa Irene was taken over by the Nazis. A court later sold the hotel and awarded the proceeds to Jonas's heirs.
He had been in Frankfurt after selling the LOEB's Promenaden-Hotel in the resort town of Bad Nauheim. Nette and Jonas were both buried in Bad Nauheim.
They had two children.
Julius (Yitzhak) LOEB was born February 13, 1896 in Bad Nauheim. He married Jeanette (Anne, Hebrew: Shprintz) DANNENBERG (pictured to the right) in 1921. His cousin Julius OPPENHEIMER from Koenig offered a furniture set a dowry for the marriage. They had two sons Norbert Hans and Stephen Gunther upon whom Julius doted as a loving father until his untimely death.
Julius was
somewhat adventurous. (Not many people traveled by plane in 1930 as
he did in a Ford Trimotor.) He loved skiing, was an expert chess player.
He loved to drive, and shared a car with three other families. Tragically, his
adventurous spirit may have led him to his death in 1932.
Julius tried to mount a moving streetcar, was severely injured, but lingered for seven weeks until he died
12 September 1932 (11 Elul) in Frankfurt.
Jonas LOEB set up Julius LOEB, his brother Sally, and Julius DANNENBERG in a joint venture crystal factory around 1923. The venture did well until their Czech craftsman left with the money, and they went out of business around 1926. Julius then became salesman for the Czech shirt factory "Max SCHWARTZ Nachfulger" which was bought out in 1930. Julius then became a sales representative selling shirts and neckties. His wife Anne continued this work after his untimely death.
Julius had no college education but loved poetry, wrote love poems and was consulted as an authority on Goethe.
Julius was very thoughtful, had a large circle of friends. People in the family and neighborhood turned to him to help settle their disputes.
Julius and Sally were Fierce competitors and close and loving brothers.
Julius LOEB's cousin Amanda (Miriam) FLORSHEIM
introduced Anne to her husband Gustav (Gedaliah) OPPENHEIMER's
brother
Carl OPPENHEIMER. Following this shiduch,
Jeanette DANNENBERG remarried (December 14, 1934)
Carl OPPENHEIMER (b. January 1, 1895, d. January 4, 1980, buried Oakridge Jewish Cemetery, Block #33, Lot #59).
Carl OPPENHEIMER was self-educated, and lived in rural Hemsbach. Was partner in
KAHN & OPPENHEIMER at Bahnhofsplatz 8, Frankfurt from around 1929. He enjoyed to follow politics.
Carl loved opera and could recite the Wagner operas.
In 1936, Anne and Carl visited the United States in order to ask various relatives for an affidavit required to immigrate to the United States. The affidavit was produced thanks to Carl's brother Jakob (Jack) OPPENHEIMER, Julius OPPENHEIMER and Arthur STERN from Kansas City. They sent their eldest son Norbert Hans LOEB ahead first to the United States where he lived in Toledo with Carl's sister Rebecka OPPENHEIMER. In 1938, Carl, Anne and their youngest son Stephen Gunther LOEB escaped Nazi Germany.
Carl and Gustav OPPENHEIMER founded OPPENHEIMER Brothers in Chicago (Later OPPENHEIMER
Brothers Incorporated).
Joan Dee (Hannah) LOEB
(b. 7 December 1945)
(cjonitype@verizon.net)
married (7 December 1968 Beachwood, Ohio)
Larry Alan O'DAY
(b. 27 November 1947) (loday at velaw.com). They live in the Washington area.
Changed spelling of last name to ODAY in 1969
when Larry converted to Judaism.
Stephen Gunther LOEB
(Hebrew: Shmuel Menahem) steve at loeb.org, was born
19 July 1928,
Frankfurt on Main, Germany named
Günter Manfred Stefan LOEB.
His name was Americanized to Stephen Gunther LOEB upon
his immigration to U.S. Stephen LOEB
graduated Roosevelt University in Business Administration.
He followed his father as
President of OPPENHEIMER Brothers Inc. Founded S. LOEB & Co. and
Collegiate Delmar Group. Married 14 August 1960
to
Sarane Rochelle
(Sarah Rachel) STARR, University of Chicago
graduate, high
school math teacher, University of Chicago Lab School (born 27
September 1934 Chicago, d. 3 June 2005 Chicago, buried Oakridge Jewish Cemetery, Block 42, Lot 48). See Mom's
memorial page.
[For more details about this branch of the family please consult
Family web page maintained by David LOEB.]
David Jerome (Yitzak David) LOEB, Managing Director,
Intellicorp, (born 14 September 1961, Chicago)
david@loeb.org.
Married (19 June 1989, Saratoga, California)
to Maureen O'GRADY. Former executive at US Robotics. Real Estate Agent in Reno.
"David LOEB, who has served IntelliCorp during the
past year as
Director of the G.T.E. project ($2,360,000 profit in 1994Q4), has been
appointed Managing Director, Consulting
and Training Services. Prior to joining the Company,
David, who began his
career at the I.B.M. Research Lab in Yorktown Heights, held
development and
consulting management positions at software companies such
as AI Corp." (Intellicorp 1994 4th quarter report)
Robert Mark (Moshe Reuven) LOEB
robert.loeb at usdoj.gov
or bob_loeb@yahoo.com
(born 1 May 1963, Chicago) lawyer,
graduate University of Chicago law school, Department of
Justice, represents U. S. government in civil lawsuits before
the Circuit and Supreme Courts.
Married (3 September 1989 New Haven) to Julia Dvora SACHS (b. 27 Sept. 1966)
daughter of Ruth and Daniel SACHS
sachsmd@yahoo.com>.
They live in North Bethesda, Maryland. Robert LOEB won the John MARSHALL Award for the Handling of Appeals.
Talia Arielle LOEB, born 13 January 1995 in
Rockville, MD.
Jonah David LOEB, born 1 October 1997 in Bethesda, MD. Named after his great-great-grandfather
Jonas LOEBand great-uncle Rabbi Donald STARR.
Ezra Joseph LOEB, born 4 June 2000 in Bethesda, MD.
Daniel
Elliott (Daniyel Elhanon) (born 19 January 1966, Chicago)
mathematician,
(daniel.loeb at verizon.net).
Dan attended Caltech where he and David GOLDREICH were
members of the Caltech Bayit, and did his graduate work at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology under the direction of
Prof. Gian-Carlo ROTA.
Dan married (7 June 1990 Toulouse, France)
to Hélène COHEN-SCALI
(born 7 June 1965 in Toulouse), aeronautical engineer, designed an
autonomous boat for the Port of Bordeaux as her Ph.D.
Thesis in
control theory from the Physics Department of the Université de
Bordeaux. (See CV.)
Dan worked six years at the University of Bordeaux's departments of Mathematics and Computer Science.
Dan now works in Statistical Arbitrage at Susquehanna
International Group.
Jonathan Maïmon (Yonatan Mimoun) LOEB
born 2 February 1994 in Bordeaux. Named after his great-grandfather Mimoun BERDUGO.
Jonathan will be attending Middle School at the
Perelman Jewish Day School, a Solomon Schechter Affiliate.
Jonathan enjoys studying and collecting rocks.
Jonathan is curator of
The Rocking Rock Museum located in his bedroom.
Jonathan is also a biking enthusiast.
His longest ride so far was the 35 mile Covered Bridges
Ride in Bucks County.
Jonathan plays the guitar and drum.
Benjamin Zelig LOEB (b. 28 April 1999 in Wynnewood, PA)
ben@pjvoice.com.
Named after his great-grandfather Rabbi Selig STARR and
uncle Rabbi David Benyamin ben Zelig (Donald STARR).
Benjamin attends the
Perelman Jewish Day School, a Solomon Schechter Affiliate..
(Photos of birth and brit milah and
first year.)
Benjamin enjoys swimming, and playing the violin.
Rachel Sarah LOEB (b. 22 May 2006 Bryn Mawr, PA). Named after
her grandmother Sarane Rochelle LOEB née STARR.
Hospital and home pictures.
Simchat Bat Celebration,
First Steps
