OPPENHEIMER family

Reb Joseph OPPENHEIMER

Joseph OPPENHEIMER (b. Heidelberg, d. Heidelberg before 1809) married Sara SALOMON or ODENHEIMORN? (b. 1749 Großsachsen, d. 7 May 1821 Heidelberg) (her brothers took the name KAUFMANN after she married Joseph)

• Madel (Magdalene) OPPENHEIMER (d. between 1804 and 1809 Großsachsen), married to her uncle Josel Salomon KAUFMANN (b. 21 March 1761 Großsachsen, d. 9 August 1843 Leutershausen), known as Joseph after moving from Großsachsen to Leutershausen.
  (NB: Josel's brother is Josef Salomon KAUFMANN, and Josel's father is Solomon KAUFMANN (b. 1730 Leutershausen, Germany).)
  Josel's second wife was probably Henrietta WEIL-SINZHEIMER (b. 23 March 1789, d. 23 May 1863 Leutershausen) daughter of Rabbi Solomon WEIL-SINZHEIMER (b. 1725 Sinzheim, d. 1794 Heppenheim). Josel and Henrietta had a son Baruch KAUFMANN (b. 15 January 1812 Leutershausen, d. 23 March 1888 Frankfurt). For more information, contact his great-great-grandson Jon HAAS JonHaas@AtlanticBB.Net (P. O. Box 514, Chester, MD 21619-0514, 410-827-7299) and his brother Robert HAAS.
  The following are the children of Madel and Josel:
  • Röschen (Rosina) KAUFMANN (b. 25 December 1791 Großsachsen, d. 18 November 1846 Rohrbach bei Heidelberg) married 26 May 1812 Wieblingen to Isaak MAIER (b. 15 June 1780 Rohrbach bei Heidelberg, d. 9 October 1845 Rohrbach bei Heidelberg) cattle trader
    • Maier MAIER (23 July 1813 Rohrbach bei Heidelberg, d. 19 July 1890 Rohrbach bei Heidelberg) tradesman, married 29 November 1843 to Jette LOBMANN (b. 17 April 1825 Rohrbach bei Heidelberg)
      • Malka (Amalie) MAIER (b. 7 March 1845 Rohrbach bei Heidelberg) married 2 September 1868 Heidelberg to Josef REINMANN (b. 18 January 1833 Feudenheim)
      • Rosalie MAIER (b. 15 May 1847 Rohrbach bei Heidelberg)
      • Isaak MAIER (b. 30 October 1849 Rohrbach bei Heidelberg, d. 16 April 1857 Rohrbach bei Heidelberg)
      • Nathan MAIER (b. 22 May 1852 Rohrbach bei Heidelberg, d. 20 June 1853 Rohrbach bei Heidelberg)
      • Joseph MAIER (b. 31 May 1854 Rohrbach bei Heidelberg, d. 24 May 1855 Rohrbach bei Heidelberg)
      • Bertha MAIER (b. 23 May 1856 Rohrbach bei Heidelberg)
    • Salomon MAIER (b. 5 April 1815 Rohrbach bei Heidelberg) master butcher, married 6 January 1848 Karlsruhe to Jette Willstätter from Karlsruhe. Jette's first marriage was to Isak Reutlinger.
      • Rosalie MAIER (b. 13 November 1848 Karlsruhe)
      • Isidor MAIER (b. 25 March 1850 Karlsruhe)
      • Eduard MAIER (b. 10 February 1851 Karlsruhe, d. 1 April 1851 Karlsruhe)
      • Stephanie MAIER (b. 20 July 1853 Karlsruhe, d. 14 August 1853 Karlsruhe)
    • Löb MAIER (b. 5 May 1817 Rohrbach bei Heidelberg, d. 6 January 1819 Rohrbach bei Heidelberg)
    • Joseph MAIER (b. 5 June 1819 Rohrbach bei Heidelberg)
    • Moses (Moritz) MAIER (b. 8 May 1821 Rohrbach bei Heidelberg, d. 6 February 1882 Rohrbach bei Heidelberg) master shoemaker, married 24 January 1853 Rohrbach bei Heidelberg to Rosa LIEBHOLD (b. 1 June 1823 Rohrbach bei Heidelberg, d. 25 August 1888)
      • Isidor MAIER (b. 22 July 1853 Rohrbach bei Heidelberg, d. 27 August 1928 Heidelberg) partner in the cigar factory Gebrüder MAIER with his brothers Wilhelm and Max in Heidelberg married 28 February 1884 to Clara HOFHEIMER (b. 9 March 1862 Buttenhausen, d. 12 September 1952 New York)
        • Betty Elsa MAIER (b. 31 May 1886 Heidelberg, d. 24 June 1980 Nyack NY) married 9 February 1908 Frankfurt am Main to Max BAER (b. 10 January 1880 Frankfurt am Main, d. 30 July 1950 New York) partner in the department store FRANK & BAER in Frankfurt with brother Julius BAER.
          • Willi (William, Willie in US) Leo BAER (b. 18 January 1909 Frankfurt am Main) living 1997 in Rydal, PA, married 24 December 1939 to Jennie MEYERS (b. 3 April 1916 Brooklyn, d. 14 March 1991 NJ)
            • Harry Max BAER (b. 7 June 1951 New York) medical doctor, married 29 October 1977 NJ to Barbara Weiner living in 1997 in Dresher PA
              • Emma Kate BAER (b. 19 March 1984 Philadelphia)
              • Alexander BAER (b. 15 October 1987 Philadelphia) attending Lafayette College.
        • Luise (Liesel) MAIER (b. 28 March 1888 Heidelberg, d. 16 January 1970 New York) married 14 February 1909 Frankfurt am Main to Julius BAER (b. 9 September 18881 Frankfurt, d. 20 October 1968 New York) brother and partner of Max BAER
          • Erich (Eric in US) Lincoln BAER (b. 3 January 1910 Frankfurt am Main, d. 1 September 1969 New York), owned liquor store. Married 31 August 1946 New York to Lore Irmgard GUNZENHAUSER (b. 9 August 1920 Aschaffenburg) living 1998 in New York.
            • Ralph Norman BAER (b. 2 January 1948 Flushing, NY) ursusminor at alum.rpi.edu mathematician working at the U. S. Naval Research Laboratory. Living in 1998 in Washington DC. Thanks to Ralph (1250 4th Street S.W. #707, Washington, D.C. 20024-2362) for information on this branch of the family.
            • Daniel Melvin BAER (b. 22 March 1951 Flushing NY), salesman, married 26 November 1978 New York to Debra Joyce YASSEN (b. 15 April 1955 New York).
              • Jennifer Brooke BAER (b. 5 May 1984 New York)
              • Emily Lauren BAER (b. 7 December 1986 New York)
          • Werner (Warner in US) Norbert BAER (b. 2 August 1913 Frankfurt am Main, d. 1 January 1979 New York) married 18 May 1946 New York to Ruth STRAUSS (b. 9 May 1920 Langen Hessen, d. 4 December 1983 New York)
            • Sandra Carol BAER (b. 31 October 1949 New York) married 20 June 1971 Bronx NY to HARRIS GOLDEN (b. 13 August 1947) chef, living 1998 in San Diego CA
              • Darren Jay GOLDEN (b. 18 March 1975 Phoenix AZ)
              • Brad Warren GOLDEN (b. 9 April 1980 Phoenix AZ)
              • Tyler Andrew GOLDEN (b. 9 December 1982 Phoenix AZ)
              • Erika Rachel GOLDEN (adopted 1998 Phoenix AZ, born 4 February 1988 Phoenix AZ)
            • Jane BAER (b. 10 January 1953 New York) married 22 June 1997 Garrison NY to Alan WEISSLER (b. 1947), living in 1998 in Fort Lee NJ
              • Brooke Ryen WEISSLER (b. 29 August 1997)
        • Ernst Moritz MAIER (twin of Rosel) (b. 2 August 1890 Heidelberg, d. 23 December 1891 Heidelberg)
        • Rosel MAIER (twin of Ernst) (b. 2 August 1890, died in Great Britain). Married 5 July 1914 Heidelberg to Otto LEVY (b. 7 March 1885 Köln=Cologne)
          • Kurt Paul LEVY (b. 27 August 1915 Köln, d. 27 August 2003) married Jo HIRCOMBE.
            • Mark Paul LEVY (b. 1956) married to Jay LOEIN, living in 1986 in London
            • Nicola Kim LEVY (b. 1957) living in 1986 in London
            Kurt later divorced and remarried.
          • Margret LEVY (b. 30 March 1922 Köln, d. 19 Jan. 2012 Silsoe, Bedfordshire, England). Married to Chris DEACON
            • Robin Kurt DEACON (later VELTMAN) (b. 22 July 1944) living in Soller Mallorca. bauerilse@yahoo.com
            • David Ralph Deacon (later VELTMAN) (b. 28 February 1947, d. 12 May 2009 London, England) artist.
              • Nellie VELTMAN (b. 17 June 1981)
              • Jessica VELTMAN (b. 10 November 1984)
            Margret divorced Chris. Remarried David VELTMAN (d. 2004 Australia of cancer). Divorced. Memorial Exhibition. Obituary.
      • Marx (Max) MAIER (b. 1 October 1854 Rohrbach bei Heidelberg, d. 24 September 1920 Heidelberg) partner in the cigar factory Gebrüder MAIER with his brothers Isidor and Wilhelm in Heidelberg. Married 16 February 1879 Rohrbach bei Heidelberg to Sara (Sophia) LIEBHOLD (b. 21 April 1857 Rohrbach bei Heidelberg, d. 1 August 1928 Heidelberg)
        • Rosalie MAIER (b. March 1879 Rohrbach bei Heidelberg, d. 25 December 1888 Heidelberg)
        • Martin MAIER (b. 23 September 1880 Heidelberg, d. 13 March 1915 Heidelberg) married to Alice SIMON
        • Moritz MAIER (b. 13 March 1882 Heidelberg, d. 5 August 1932 Heidelberg) married to ??? MOOS from Reutlingen
        • Michael (Michel) Kurt MAIER (b. 27 August 1889 Heidelberg, d. 14 October 1918)
          • Ruth MAIER
        • Walther MAIER (b. 17 May 1892 Heidelberg) partner in the cigar factory Gebrüder MAIER with his cousin Friedrich MAIER, later in Johannesburg South Africa
        • possibly other children who died young
      • Bertha MAIER (b. 21 February 1856 Rohrbach bei Heidelberg, d. 10 September 1914 Strasbourg) married to Rafael HAAS (b. about August 1850 Eichstetten, d. 8 May 1904 Strasbourg) merchant
        • Melanie HAAS (b. 13 December 1880, d. 26 July 1969 Rego Park NY) married to Max BEISSINGER (b. 5 June 1876, d. 4 August 1949)
          • Walther BEISSINGER (b. 9 April 1905, d. April 1986 West Orange NJ) married to Anne ??, no children
        • Moritz HAAS, merchant
        • Martha HAAS (b. 7 April 1895, d. April 1983 Forest Hills NY) married to Fred WEIL, no children
      • Wilhelm MAIER (b. 8 July 1858 Rohrbach bei Heidelberg, d. 23 September 1916 Heidelberg) partner in the cigar factory Gebrüder MAIER with his brothers Isidor and Max in Heidelberg. Married to Jeanette (Sofie) GUGGENHEIM (b. 30 April 1866 Baden, Switzerland, d. 21 February 1940 Heidelberg)
        • Friedrich MAIER (b. 13 May 1890 Heidelberg, d. Auschwitz Holocaust) partner in the cigar factory Gebrüder MAIER with his cousin Walther MAIER
        • Lilli Rosa MAIER (b. 6 January 1898 Heidelberg), married to Alfons Schönemann (b. 21 August 1893) Nürnberg, partner in tobacco firm Josef Schönemann GmbH with brother Lothar
          • Inge Schönemann (b. 25 August 1926 Heidelberg) lived in Philadelphia
      • Mathilde MAIER (b. 12 December 1860 Rohrbach bei Heidelberg, d. 3 May 1862 Rohrbach bei Heidelberg)
      • Dina MAIER (b. 25 March 1862 Rohrbach bei Heidelberg). Died in Holocaust. Deported from Frankfurt am Main, unmarried
      • Babette (Betty) MAIER (b. 26 July 1864 Rohrbach bei Heidelberg, d. 2 September 1942 Theresienstadt Holocaust) married to Abraham MUNZESHEIMER, lived in Frankfurt am Main
        • Louise MUNZESHEIMER (b. 26 February 1888 Bruchsal, d. 5 June 1959 Wien) married to Julius HIRSCH
          • Ilse HIRSCH (b. 10 February 1915 München) married January 1940 London to Carl BUCHBINDER from Frankfurt am Main. Living in 1987 in Bridgeport CT.
            • Paul BUCHBINDER (b. 23 October 1945 Bridgeport CT) married to Pat Weldon
              • Daniel BUCHBINDER (b. 9 July 1981 Bridgeport CT)
              • Laura BUCHBINDER (b. 6 December 1984)
        • Ernst MUNZESHEIMER (b. Bruchsal). Arrested by Nazis and reportedly died of a heart attack. Unmarried.
        • Rosa (Rosel) MUNZESHEIMER (twin of Erna) (b. 24 November 1898 Bruchsal, d. Holocaust) Lived in and deported from Frankfurt am Main. Married to Manfred OPPENHEIMER, divorced.
        • Erna MUNZESHEIMER (twin of Rosa) (b. 24 November 1898 Bruchsal, d. Holocaust) Lived in and deported from Frankfurt am Main. Unmarried.
    • Madel MAIER (b. 23 April 1823 Rohrbach bei Heidelberg)
    • Aaron MAIER (b. 2 March 1825 Rohrbach bei Heidelberg, d. 14 September 1834 Rohrbach bei Heidelberg)
    • Lazarus MAIER (b. 17 March 1827 Rohrbach bei Heidelberg)
    Brendel MAIER (b. 20 September 1831 Rohrbach bei Heidelberg)
  • Beßle (Babette) KAUFMANN (b. 4 May 1794 Großsachsen) married 17 December 1822 Mannheim to Isak Simon BENZINGER (b. 4 April 1785 Mannheim, d. 28 May 1824 Mannheim) butcher.
    • Simon BENZINGER (later BENSHEIM) (b. 14 October 1823 Mannheim, d. 26 October 1898) tobacco business, married 30 May 1852 Mannheim to Regine HAYMANN (b. 13 July 1828 Mannheim, d. 3 January 1869 Mannheim).
      • Julius BENZINGER (later BENSHEIM) (b. 25 April 1853 Mannheim)
      • Ottilie BENZINGER (later BENSHEIM) (b. 23 November 1854 Mannheim)
      • Emilie BENZINGER (twin of Louis) (b. 8 May 1856 Mannheim) married (23 Aug. 1877 Mannheim) J. KAUFMAN (b. 12 Oct. 1844 Leutershausein, d. 10 Nov. 1924 Mannheim).
      • Louis BENZINGER (twin of Emilie) (b. 8 May 1856 Mannheim, d.23 February 1865 Mannheim)
      • Jenny BENZINGER (b. 20 November 1857 Mannheim)
      • Pauline Frederike BENZINGER (b. 11 November 1862 Mannheim, d. 10 August 1932) married to Heinrich SCHWEIZER (b. 13 December 1850 Rottweil, d. 15 July 1901 Marienbad)
        • Lilli Regine SCHWEIZER (b. 31 August 1884 Stuttgart, d. August 1942 Auschwitz) married (2 April 1906 Mannheim) to Dr. Julius STRAUSS (b. 29 September 1875 Ulm, d. 1942 Auschwitz)
          • Lotte STRAUSS (b. 16 March 1907 Mannheim, d. 30 July 2008 Greenvale, New York) married (2 Aug. 1932 Mannheim) to Walter GRUENWALD (b. 13 December 1903 Stuttgart, d. 20 Dec. 1998 Newstadt/Weinstrasse, Germany)
            • Rolf GRUNWALD (b. 12 July 1932 Stuttgart, d. 30 Oct. 1958 Chile) married (Chile) Ruth BERNAES (b. 29 Nov. 1935)
            • Hans GRUNWALD (d. 24 July 1935 Stuttgart, Germany) married (4 Jan. 1969 New York City) Doris HEINE (b. 25 Aug. 1940)
              • Michael GRUNWALD, writer formerly for the Washington Post and now for Time
              • Judith GRUNWALD
              • David GRUNWALD
          • Gretel STRAUSS (b. 1 April 1910 Mannheim, d. 1 Dec. 1946 Los Angeles, CA) married (3 or 6 November 1938 Mannheim) Bruno Jacob LAMM (b. 3 June 1899 Erfurt, d. 28 Mar. 1968 Los Angeles, CA) son of Rudolph LAMM and Stephanie REISS.
            • Eva Joy LAMM (b. 20 April 1941 Los Angeles) evajruben@yahoo.com married (1 July 1962 Los Angeles) Dan West RUBEN (b. 11 Nov. 1938 Oakland, CA)
            • Steven Henry LAMM (b. twin 8 June 1942 Los Angeles) married (29 June 1986 Baltimore) Joanne SCHWARTZ (b. 13 Aug. 1947 Baltimore)
            • Roger Ernest LAMM (b. twin 8 June 1942 Los Angeles) married (10 May 1969 Los Angeles) Eveline KOTEK (b. 5 May 1945 Paris)
      • Karl Josef BENZINGER (later BENSHEIM) (b. 5 April 1868). (Not on the pedigree chart of Eva J. RUBEN.
    Beßle remarried Kallmann STERN. (More children?)
  • Salomon KAUFMANN (b. 19 December 1801 Großsachsen) married 28 April 1847 Heidelberg to Gutel STERN (b. 22 June 1802 Großsachsen)
  • Hendel (Hannchen) KAUFMANN (b. 8 May 1804 Großsachsen) married 2 January 1838 Heidelberg to her cousin David KAUFMANN (b. 28 June 1796 Großsachsen) tradesman, son of Josel Salomon KAUFMANN's brother Josef Salomon KAUFMANN.
    • Salomon KAUFMANN (b. 23 February 1839 Großsachsen) married 14 November 1869 Lützelsachsen to Fanny OPPENHEIMER (b. 15 January 1837 Pfaffen-Beerfurth)
    • Magdalena KAUFMANN (b. 26 April 1840 Großsachsen)
    • son (b. 19 November 1842 Großsachsen, d. 19 November 1842 Großsachsen)
    • Adelheid KAUFMANN (b. 19 August 1845 Großsachsen)
    • daughter (b. 31 October 1847 Großsachsen, d. 11 November 1847 Großsachsen)
  
  
• Moses Joseph OPPENHEIMER (b. 1775 Heidelberg, d. 16 July 1838 Heidelberg) trader of second hand goods. Married Merle (Mina) Speier (b. about December 1774 Mainz, d. 19 May 1846 Heidelberg).
  • Beßle (Babette) OPPENHEIMER (b. 1802 Heidelberg)
  • Salomon OPPENHEIMER (b. 4 December 1804 Heidelberg, d. 28 January 1856 Heidelberg) master tailor. Married 7 November 1832 Nußloch to Karolina EHRMANN
    • Joseph OPPENHEIMER (b. 1 May 1833 Heidelberg)
    • Leopold OPPENHEIMER (b. 27 July 1834 Heidelberg)
    • Barbara OPPENHEIMER (b. 5 January 1837 Heidelberg, d. 26 September 1843 Heidelberg)
  • Rosa (Röschen) OPPENHEIMER (b. 1806 Heidelberg)
  • Ager? OPPENHEIMER (b. about 1809 Heidelberg, d. before 1815)
  • Joseph OPPENHEIMER (b. 14 April 1811 Heidelberg, d. 22 March 1831 Heidelberg), medical student, unmarried
  • Susman OPPENHEIMER (b. 30 May 1813 Heidelberg, d. 24 January 1815 Heidelberg)
  • Eliezer OPPENHEIMER (b. 17 September 1815 Heidelberg, d. 22 October 1821 Heidelberg)
  • Amalie (Mattel) OPPENHEIMER (b. 21 February 1818 Heidelberg, d. 1 March 1818 Heidelberg)
  • Jechiel OPPENHEIMER
  
  
• Lemle Joseph (Ferdinand) OPPENHEIMER (b. 1777 Heidelberg) trader of second-hand goods and money lender. Married to Sara (b. 1775).
  • Babette OPPENHEIMER (b. 1800 Heidelberg)
  
  
• Daniel Joseph OPPENHEIMER (b. 1787 Heidelberg, d. 23 November 1854 Heidelberg) trader of second hand goods. Married (18 December 1811 Heidelberg) his cousin Rosina KAUFMANN (b. about 1790 Großsachsen, d. 11 June 1844 Heidelberg).
  • Joseph OPPENHEIMER (b. 12 March 1813 Heidelberg) master butcher. Married 26 June 1840 Bretten to Sara HERMANN (b. about 1818 Flehingen, d. 12 September 1860 Heidelberg)
    • Malchen OPPENHEIMER (b. 13 June 1841 Heidelberg)
    • Hermann OPPENHEIMER (b. 19 January 1843 Heidelberg)
    • Betti OPPENHEIMER (b. 11 July 1844 Heidelberg)
    • Rosalia OPPENHEIMER (b. 28 July 1846 Heidelberg)
    • Isak OPPENHEIMER (b. 16 May 1847 Heidelberg)
    • Julius OPPENHEIMER (b. 3 March 1849 Heidelberg)
    • Friederika OPPENHEIMER (b. 14 September 1850 Heidelberg)
    • Franziska OPPENHEIMER (b. 7 October 1851 Heidelberg)
    • Bernhard OPPENHEIMER (b. 21 September 1852 Heidelberg)
    • Karolina OPPENHEIMER (b. 29 November 1853 Heidelberg, d. 16 November 1858 Heidelberg)
  • Mahlche (Amalie) OPPENHEIMER (b. 18 May 1815 Heidelberg, d. 1 December 1817 Heidelberg)
  • Jette OPPENHEIMER (b. 30 April 1817 Heidelberg, d. 17 November 1825 Heidelberg)
  • Sara OPPENHEIMER (b. 13 July 1822 Heidelberg, d. 26 October 1822 Heidelberg)
  • Sprinz (Franziska) OPPENHEIMER (b. 18 April 1830 Heidelberg)
  
  
• Salomon Joseph OPPENHEIMER (b. about 1788 Heidelberg, d. 27 February 1810 Heidelberg) unmarried
  
• Rosine (Rosalie) OPPENHEIMER (b. 1791 Heidelberg) m. (17 Dec. 1817 Mannheim) Israel GERBER (b. 3 Apr. 1775). Contact: Marc HEYMANN HEYMANN Family Tree

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