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Jakob (Jack) OPPENHEIMER (b. September 2, 1890 Hemsbach, d. September 17, 1959, buried at Oak Woods Cemetery, 67th St and Woodlawn, Chicago). Jack immigrated to Kansas City from Germany 1905, and moved to Chicago in 1921.
Jack married 1923
Mabel SOLOMON (b. July 14, 1890,
d. January 21, 1952) aunt of Jerry POLLAK
jandmpollak at aol.com.
Jack was regional sales manager for
American Chicklets (chewing gum).
Jack and Mabel had two sons Robert (Bobby) and Edward:
Robert Leonard OPPENHEIMER (Bobby) (b. 13 May 1925, d. 7 October 1992 (Yom
Kippor) Miami, Florida). Robert was in the carpet business.
Leslie Merle OPPENHEIMER (b. 29 May 1953) leslie.taheri@aol.com
(assistant stock broker with Credit Suisse/First Boston
in Miami)
married Mansour (Mike) TAHERI
(b. 28 August 1949 Teheran, Iran).
Mike is an electrical engineer.
He came to the US in Feb of 1972 on a student visa, met Leslie and the rest shall we say, is history. He became a
US citizen in March of 1982. They lived in Iran for one year from 1977-78
and left just before the revolution.
They returned to Iran for a visit in 1999.
They left Florida for Roanoke VA in July 2018.
Thanks to Leslie for information about this branch of the family.
Dr.
Adrienne Mina TAHERI (b. 5 Jan. 1979) m. (12 Feb. 2005) Jason
KINSEY. Adrienne studied at Nova Southeastern University, did her residency at Carilion Medical Center (University of
Virginia, Roanoke, Virginia). She is now in private practice
in Salem, Virginia.
Jordan Yusef TAHERI (b. 7 Aug. 1983) jordan.taheri@gmail.com,
doctor of veterinary medicine (University of Florida
in Gainesville, Florida). Did equine internship in
Clermont, Florida near Orlando.
Worked as Veterinary Health Officer with the U.S.D.A. in Texas.
Now, he works as a veterinarian in Ft. Lauderdale.
Ross Aaron OPPENHEIMER (b. 14 July 1955)
married and divorced Claudia WILSON
(b. 29 May 1951, Bon Terre,
near St. Louis, Missouri).
Ross is a Certified Public Accountant; he took over his father's practice after his father
passed away. Claudia, works for BlueCross/Blue Shield in
Ft. Lauderdale.
Rachel Rebekah OPPENHEIMER (b. 19 April 1985)
married (25 Sep. 2015) Gil GIRARD (d. 21 July 2021 accident).
Rachel has a Ph.D. in psychology from Florida Tech, Melbourne, Florida
May 2012.
She is a practicing clinical psychologist working with autistic children. They lived in Dallas TX but Rachel has moved back to Fort Lauderdale FL.
Whitney Hope OPPENHEIMER (b. 19 Oct. 1989) married (6 July 2019) Zach KASHKETT.
Whitney studied
Theatrical Costume Design at the North Carolina School
of the Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
She is now working as a costume designer in Los Angeles.
Haylee Britten MADFIS (b. 5 May 1990) married (31 October 2022) Brooks ROGOW.
Haylee has a Masters in Urban Development from Cornell
University. She worked for the Los Angeles Metro. They now live in Asheville, NC.
Edward OPPENHEIMER (b. 4 July 1930, d. Fall 2018)
edoppy@bellsouth.net married (30 September 1953)
Betsy BOBINSKY. Divorced.
Moved from Chicago to Florida in 1963 where he still lives.
Remarried Shirley RICHMOND
Mark OPPENHEIMER (b. 1 December 1955)
markop55@gmail.com married Michelle
