ELEVEN Generations

0 FT H E GERSTLE Family

BY KAREN SPIEGE L FRANKLI N

Published privately at 104 Franklin A venue Yonkers, New York 10705 Copyright © 1982, by Karen Spiegel Franklin.

All rights reserved.

For information, address:

MRS. KAREN FRANKLIN 104 Franklin A venue Yonkers, New York 10705

Manufactured in The United States of America by

RAY FREIMAN & COMPANY

ELEVEN GENERATIONS OF THE GERSTLE FAMILY may be purchased by sending $12 to:

MRS . KAREN FRANKLIN 104 Franklin A venue Yonkers, New York, 10705

A note from the author: While compiling this book 1 accumulated much informa­ tion which was not included in the text. Should you desire more details about specific family lines or members, send any inquiries to the above address. Acknowledgments

It is proper and fitting to thank my grandfather, Stanley Sundheim, in the begin­ ning of this book. It was his interest in his family and his keen memory of names and places that inspired me to search for my relatives and enabled me to do so. He has been supportive throughout this venture. I would also like to thank the many cousins who helped me by sending in­ formation about themselves and their families. I would hesitate to name them here for I would undoubtedly forget some of them. I mention only the name of one cousin, Arthur Abrams, who helped me in my initial research and died before this project was completed. This book is de die a ted to my patient husband, Stephen, and my two sons, Ross Fauer and Andrew Julian IN MEMORY Victims of The Holocaust

EMILAUFHAUSER 1878-1945 Treblinka ISIDORAUFHAUSER 1884-1945 Treblinka SELMA HEIDECKER AUFHAUSER 1887-? SIEGFRIED AUFHAUSER 1874-? LOUIS BERNHEIM ER PAULA STERN BERNHEIMER SIGO BERNHEIMER HANSL GERSTLE EINSTEIN 1887-? LOUIS EINSTEIN THERESE ERLANGER ELNSTEIN 1880-1945 EMMA REGENSBURGER ERLANGER 1888-1942 INGEBORG ERLANGER 1928-1942 HANSLREGENSBURGER FRANKENHEIMER 1880-1943 LUDWIG FRANKENHEIMER 1875- I 943 BERTHA ROSENSTEIN GERSTLE DORA KLEIN GERSTLE d. 1941 GUSTAV GERSTLE d. 1941 HANNAH LAURA GERSTLE 1923-1941 JULIUS GERSTLE 1875-1942. Concentration Camp Hospital Toulouse JUSTIN GERSTLE LOUIS GERSTLE d. I 94 I OSKAR GERSTLE 1893-1945 ROSALIE HEIDECKER GERSTLE SOPHIE SCHWARZ GERSTLE d. I 944 Auschwitz. JULIE AUFHAUSER GRUNEBAUM 1882-1945 Auschwitz. ALFRED GRUNHUT 1910-? ELSA GERSTLE GRUNHUT 1895-? JOSEPH GRUNHUT 1893-? LAURA GERSTLE GRUN HUT 1886-? SIEGFRIED GRUNHUT 1876-? BELLA GERSTLE GUTMANN 1884-? IDA GERSTLE HEIDECKER 1862-? RICKA GERSTLE HEIDECKER 1866-? ALBERT HEIDELBERGER 1882-? NANETTE MANNHEIMER HEIDELBERGER 1896-? SALLY ERLANGER HEIDLERBERGER 1883· I 942 ULRICH HEIDELBERGER EDNA KUH HENLE d. 1943 (suicide) JOHANNA HENLE 1907-? MORITZ HENLE 1909-1943 (suicide) PAULINE GERSTLE HENLE 1877-? ELSBETH KOHLMAN 1907-? HUGO KOHLMAN 1886-? PAULINE GERSTLE KUSIEL 1864-? FERDINAND MEINSTEIN 1878-? ANNY KRAEMER OPPENHEIMER d. 1945 Mauthausen LEOPOLD OPPENHEIMER YAKOV OPPENHEIMER IN MEMORY JORAM PERES 1942-1969 Murdered in a terrorist attach in Zurich

9 INTRODUCTION

Little could Gerson Samuel Gerstle have imagined in the 1600's how many his descendants would be and how varied the routes their lives would take; that many would be slaughtered in Nazi Germany and none would remain in his home town of Ichenhausen, though a few would stay in Germany; that these descendants would live all over the world - in South Africa, South America, (Chile, Costa Rica, Uruguay and Mexico), Europe (Switzerland, England, Germany, Spain, France and Belgium), Australia, the United States, Canada and Israel; that some would give up their Judaism though one would become a reform rabbi and another, a yeshiva student; that one would be designing computer systems for the American Space Shuttle Program while others were to become doctors, lawyers, musicians and professionals; one would continue the family "business" generations later by raising horses; that one woman would become a judge while another woman would serve in the Israeli Air Force. This is the story of the descendants of Gerson Samuel Gerstle and the Gerstle family of Ichenhausen: their lives in Germany and throughout the world. It would be impossible to relate the life stories of every family member, but I have chosen to write about our common ancestors as well as a few of us in the more re­ cent generations, who have led interesting lives, and whose stories were related to me through interview or written record. First let us look at the history of the Gerstle family.

II Table of Contents

The Gerstle Family 15 Ichenhausen 17 How the Research was Done 19 Our Ancestors 21 Samuel Loeb and his Children 23 Edele's Descendants 24 Esther's Descendants 24 Abraham's Descendants 25 Jakob and his Sons 27 Samuel Loeb's Descendants 28 Moses' Descendants 29 Abraham Moses August ... Sarah ... Peppi ... Samuel Moses Isak Rafael and his Son 31 Abraham's Descendants 31 Carolina ... Isak .. . Ephraim ... Fanni ... Ida ... Pauline ... Ricka ... Gustav Babette's Descendants 36 Sources and Related Material on the Gerstle Family 38 Names and Addresses 39 Photographs 45 Introduction to the Charts 55 Charts 56 About the Author 71 THE GERSTLE FAMILY

The origin of the Gerstle family can not be known for sure, but there is a tradi­ tional story: Gerstle ancestors accompanied a mass migration of Jews from Italy to southern Germany by way of the ancient Roman military highway, the Heeresstrasse, about a thousand years ago. This migration followed an invitation from Charlemagne to the Jews of Italy to settle in his kingdom, an invitation prompted by the understanding that Jews in the Roman world prospered in business and were good for the general economy of the community. Charlemagne hoped that this prosperity would spread to his own kingdom. The German rulers following Charlemagne were not so tolerant in their attitude towards Jews. Life was difficult forthe Jews in the following centuries in Germany. In fact, one theory of the origin of the Gerstle name is that it was deriv­ ed from the Hebrew word garash, meaning "to expel" or "cast out" with the addi­ tion of the German diminutive ending "le" for "little." Perhaps the name would have identified that man or family expelled in one of the many Jewish expulsions which occurred near Ichenhausen, in Neuburg on Kammel and Thannhausen. A second possible derivation of the name is from the German word for barley (Gerste) with the same diminutive ending. Support for this origin is a Gerstle coat of arms containing three barley stalks on a blue background, shown in Planches de L'Armorial General by J.B. Rietstap. If authentic, this "coat" could suggest that the Gerstle name literally stems from barley. It is possible, however, that the coat of arms was created because of the similarity of the name to the barley symbol. It is interesting to note that one line of the family living in Israel hebraized the Gerstle name to the Hebrew word for grain, dagan. (See Chart III) The Gerstles are known to have lived in Ichenhausen, a small southwest Bavarian town, halfway between Augsburg and Neu-Ulm, since 1538. Gerstles are also mentioned in documents from Krombach, a nearby town, in 1598. An unusual feature of this name is that so many of the residents of the town of Ichenhausen

15 used it. In this century the inhabitants of the town believed there were 27 to 33 distinct and unrelated Gerstle families. Though my research has shown many of these families to be related, the fact remains that the name was extremely popular. One possible explanation for the frequency of the name is its relative age. Most Jews received last names in the Napoleonic period when these names were required by law. The Gerstles, however, appear to be one of the few Bavarian families whose name had been established already in the 16th century. It is impor­ tant to remember here that Jews had large families in the ensuing centuries. Thus by the time that many other Jewish households were just receiving their family names, the Gerstle name was already extremely common in the town, and the number of Ger stle families continued to increase disproportionately to other families because of the 100-year head start. It is not surprising that many Gerstle families did not know their relation to each other; the connections in some families were many generations back. It is interesting to reflect on the fact that those families who carry the Gerstle name today represent nine or ten genera­ tions of sons of sons.

16 ICHENHAUSEN

Ichenhausen is a small town, relatively undistinguished in architecture or historical importance. Yet it was unique because of the unusually high percent­ age of Jewish inhabitants until the Nazi period. Of the 2000-3000 inhabitants, a stable 25-30% of the population was Jewish, a percentage encouraged by the good relations with the Christian community. Many Jews, including the Gerstle families, were quite comfortable financially in the 18th and 19th centuries. There were far fewer Jewish persecutions in Ichenhausen than in other parts of Bavaria. How ironic it is that false hope in the goodness of gentile neighbors may have disuaded some of the Jewish inhabitants of Ichenhausen from leaving Ger­ many in time to avoid the Nazi Holocaust. The synagogue, built in 1681, was the center of Jewish life in Ichenhausen for several centuries. The Gerstle family played a significant role in the growth and development of this institution, as can be evidenced in the following pages. Converted into a fire station after the Nazi period, the synagogue is presently be­ ing restored as a memorial museum to the Jewish population of Ichenhausen. Several members of the Gerstle family have returned to Ichenhausen to search for their roots and to see what the town is like today. They found the ap­ pearance of the town to be similar to 40 years ago, and the people to be friendly. But according to one family member who had left Ichenhausen in the 1930's, the town will never recover from the loss of its Jewish population. She found the place void of character and said, "The only place I felt at home was the cemetery. There I was surrounded by my family." From the Nazi period until the restoration of the synagogue was begun, the only visible reminder of the Jewish community was the cemetery. Though some sections were desecrated during the Nazi period, a number of tombstones remain standing, and the cemetery itself is cared for by the town. A Gerstle family member from the San Francisco clan, Robert Samuels, (not descended directly from Gerson Samuel Gerstle though related to some of the family through mar­ riage) visited Ichenhausen in 1977 with his family and catalogued all of the tomb­ stones with the Gerstle name. He recorded 35 names (including husbands and wives). Of these, almost half can be identified as descendants of Gerson Samuel Gerstle. In the charts in the back of this book there is a special notation next to the names of those family members whose tombstones are still standing.

Postcard of Ichenhausen, ca.1937

18 HOW THE RESEARCH WAS DONE

The active research for the Gerstle family tree began in the summer of 1980. The first step was to ask living relatives about the family history. My grandfather, Stanley Sundheim, has a remarkable memory, knows a great deal about the fami­ ly, and was able to identify many cousins and relatives. The second step was to consult Dan Rottenberg's book about Jewish genealogy, Finding our Fathers. The "Gerstle" listing here indicated that there was material under this name, held by the American Jewish Archives in Cincinnati. I sent for the material and found it to be the voluminous memoirs of Alice Gerstle Levison of San Francisco, compiled in 1967. I did not recognize any of the Gerstle family mentioned in the memoirs, but I did find a footnote to another book about a Gerstle family, Hannah and Lewis Gerstle, written by Mrs. Levison's cousin, Gerstle Mack, who was living in New York City in that year - but what of 1980? How could I locate the book? I estimated Mr. Mack's age to be about 90. Hoping I would find him alive I checked the Manhattan Telephone Directory. Sure enough he was listed. I called ... he told me the book could be found at the New York Public Library. The book, written in 1953, dealt also with the San Francisco Gerstle family whom I did not know. However, reading the book carefully I discovered that a Gerstle from the San Francisco family had married a Gerstle from another line which I recognized (by means of mutual cousins who were mentioned) as my family. In addition, the book stated that this Gerstle line (my family) had been traced back to 1670, to Gerson Samuel Gerstle. I was ecstatic! I had traced my family to 16 70. But, two major problems remained. First, I wasn't certain how my immediate family was related to the cousins mentioned in the book. Moreover, three generations between 1670 and the 1800's were missing - how was I to find them? As for the first problem, I guessed at the relationships among the cousins in the 19th century. My guess later proved to be wrong, but without major consequence. The second problem was much more important - I was not sure if any records could be found to supply the missing generations of the 1700's. I tele­ phoned Mr. Mack to find the source of his information - Germany? public records? relatives? He said that the information came from family members by the name of Frankenheimer, all of whom he thought had died. A dead end? I checked the New York phone book only to discover that Harold Frankenheirner was indeed listed. Mr. Frankenheirner was, in fact, alive and related, and was able to supply me with the names of other cousins to call. Among them was a name with which I was already familiar, Gretl Regan (shortened from Regensburger), whom I already knew to be a cousin. The peculiarity of the situation was that Mr. Frankenheimer was related to Gretl's late husband, Martin, and I knew I was related to her. Subsequent research showed that Gretl and Martin were distant cousins, a fact they had never known. I later found that the parents of Anne Rotenberg (another cousin) were also distantly related to each other. In the months that followed I discovered many fascinating relatives. Three belonged to Riverdale Temple in Riverdale, New York, the synagogue where my husband is Rabbi. A high school chum of mine turned up on the Gerstle tree, and so did other friends whom I did not know were related. The Gerstle family was to be found all over the world, and six cousins were situated within five miles of my home. In June 1981 a member of the Philadelphia Gerstley clan, Kiefer Gerstley, sent me a copy of a family tree compiled in 1927 which included all of the missing generations I had been searching for; the tree traced the family from 1670 to the mid 1800's. Combined with the research I have done, the family tree now spans 11 generations of the Gerstle family. Of course I have not been able to trace every d~scendant of Gerson Samuel Gerstle. Genealogy is an endless process and there are always more cousins to be "discovered." I have chosen to complete this book at this point in my research because I feel it is more important to keep the family informed of its origin and present status than to keep a record that may never be available to those whom it would interest. I request that the family be in touch with me in the future so that I might continue to keep accurate and up-to-date records on the extensive Gerstle family.

20 OUR ANCESTORS

Gerson Samuel Gerstle was born in about 1670 in Ichenhausen. His wife's name is not known, but we do know that he had two sons, Reuben and Solomon Isak. On­ ly a few records have been located concerning Reuben's branch. It is likely that many of the "unrelated" Gerstles in the town actually stem from Reuben's side. This book traces the descendants of Solomon Isak, born in about 1700. Solomon's wife's name was Hendel, daughter of Isak. She died in November 1789. Solomon died in 1774 leaving two sons, Abraham and Gerson. Nothing is known for certain about this Abraham, but an interesting theory exists concerning his identity. The famous San Francisco Gerstle family written about by Gerstle Mack in his book Hannah and Lewis Gerstle, and by Irena Narell in Our City: The Jews of San Francisco, traces itself to one Abraham Gerstle born in 1740. Could this be the very same person? It is certainly possible though difficult to prove. If the linkage could be made this would unite the two major Gerstle families on one tree, making traceable a clan of extremely large size. Two differing tracli tions have been passed down concerning Gerson Gerstle, though we can be fairly certain that both are about the same person. One family tree places his birth in 1741, his death in 1827 and states that the name of his wife was Jette. A second source places his birth in 1743, his death on February 13, 1828 (28 Shevat 5588) and his wife's name as Babette (Bele), the daughter of Chone. She died in May 1822 according to this source. I suspect that the latter source is correct because of a common Ashkenazic Jewish tradition in which newborn babies are named in memory of deceased relatives - often children are named after grandparents who have died. (It is most likely that Gerson Samuel Gerstle died before Gerson Gerstle was named after him). Gerson Gerstle's granddaughter born in August 1822 was named Bele or Babette. It would seem that she was named after her grandmother Bele who had clied just three months earlier.

21 Gerson was a dealer in horses and farms. Thus he earned the nickname Ross-Gerson, ''Ross" being the German word for horse. He was referred to in records as "Gerson Alt" in order not to confuse him with his younger cousin Ger­ son, the son of Reuben. The Gerstle family at this time was among the wealthiest in the community. Ross-Gerson and Bele had five sons: Samuel Loeb, Jakob, Isak Rafael, Anschel and Abraham. Descendents of the first three sons are traced here - little information about the descendents of Anschel and Abraham could be found. It is quite striking that so many Gerstles married within the family. In ad­ dition, Gerstles often married siblings and cousins of in-laws; that is, they mar­ ried into the same families. The Gutmann name reappears many times throughout the Gerstle tree. The names Einstein, Erlanger, Aufhauser, Heidelberger, Bissinger, Weil, Kahn and several others occur more than once. Three cousins married Bacharachs - in the United States! A fourth Bacharach on the tree may also be from the same family, and the Bacharachs were not even from Ichenhausen! Five sets of sisters married brothers; Bernheimer-Levite, Frohlich-Maier, Urnstein-Gerstle, Gerstle-Griinhut, and Gerstle-Heidecker. The Gerstle sisters' brother married a Heidecker cousin, too. In the case of the Rosskams and the Sunsteins, each man married two sisters - the second after the first had died. These complicated family connections and marriage of cousins makes the precise division of family into sections nearly impossible. The problem begins with the generations following Ross-Gerson's sons. Samuel Loeb's daughters' (Edele or Adelheit and Esther) children married Jakob and Isak Rafael's grand­ children. Two family members, Alfred and Warren Regan, are consequently descended from all three brothers. Therefore, the division of family in the follow­ ing sections is, in some cases, arbitrary.

22 SAMUEL LOEB and his Children

Samuel Loeb, born in 1775, was a trader of horses and grain. His first wife, Breindl or Braunle (the discrepancy because of illegible recqrds), born in 1781, died at the age of 32 after having borne him six children. He was remarried within a few months to Sprinz, or Sophie (1789-1861). She bore him two more children. In 1840 Samuel Loeb was elected to serve in the administration of the synagogue; he died on March 17, 1850. Hirsch, the firstborn child of Samuel and Breindl, moved to the Pfalz region of Germany and remained a bachelor until his death; their daughter Edele (or Adelheit or Judele) married Ulrich Rosskam. According to family legend, when Edele was dying she begged her husband to remarry quickly for the benefit of their young son, Isaac. Ulrich appeared in her bedroom and said, "Congratulate me. I am a bridegroom!" Then he introduced his bride-to-be, Esther, Edele's sister! Ulrich married Esther only six weeks after Edele's death. The descendants of Ulrich are mentioned in other sections; two sons, Isaac and Samuel, married Gerstle cousins. Daughter Rosa (or Rosie) from Samuel Loeb's second marriage married Simon Winschbacher. Of the Winschbacher line I could find little. Records show that a house on 7 Hohe Briihl in Ichenhausen was purchased by a Windsbacher (sic) in 1850, about the time Simon and Rosle would have married. The same house was in the possession of N. Windsbacher (sic) in 1934. One may assume that this is the same family since there was only one family by this unusual name in the town. What became of most of the family? It would be difficult to trace, but we do know that in 1939, 17 year-old Erich Winschbacher left Ichenhausen for Yugoslavia. His father, Nathan, brother and sister were deported in 1942. Of Samuel Loeb's son, Abraham, whose mother died when he was- less than six months old, we know a great deal. Abraham had 10 children by his first wife, Helene Gradmann. After she died he married Karoline Kress Kahn. She died at age 34, only two months after their wedding. Abraham then married Sofie Laemmle. She outlived him by nine years.

23 Edele's Descendants

Isaac (Edele's son) and Bertha Gerstley Rosskam's family had great success in America. Isaac and Bertha had come to the United States in the 1860's and were married in Elmira, New York. They were second cousins (Bertha's grandfather Jakob was a brother of Samuel Loeb, Isaac's grandfather). Isaac went into business with William Gerstley, his wife's brother, and started a liquor company, Rosskam, Gerstley and Co. Their main product was a whiskey called, "Old Saratoga." The bottle labels, quite interestingly, show a Magen David, a Jewish star, as the company emblem. Large and intricate company bar signs hang today in the San Francisco Steak House in San Antonio, Texas, and in a museum in Crim­ mins Creek, Colorado. In 1893 the family sold the liquor company. Isaac's son, William, founded the Quaker City Chocolate and Confectionery Co. with the proceeds of this sale. One of the most well-known candies they sold was Good and Plenty. The name "Good and Plenty" was chosen, according to family legend, after a horse which William had bet on (and lost). The company was sold in 1974 to the Warner Lambert Company. Walter Rosskam, son of Samuel Leon, has recently retired from the flavor extract business to write his own memoirs. He was married to Elizabeth Schults, adopted daughter of his uncle William. Much of the family is still in­ volved in the extract business today.

Esther's Descendants

An initial glance at the Heidelberger line of the family tree tells a story in itself. Clara (Esther's daughter) and Moritz Heidelberger had 12 children - 11 sons and finally a daughter. One can imagine that the parents were delighted with their female offspring, but there is an unusual twist to this tale. As the family legend goes, the German rulers encouraged large families, presumably so that there would be enough men to serve in the army. When the seventh son was born in a family, the Prince Regent bestowed a gift upon them. Had the twelfth Heidel- berger child been a boy, the King of Bavaria would have recognized the family in some way. But, alas, Miriam was born! Of the 12 children, Albert, his wife Nanette, and brother Ulrich were vic­ tims of the Nazis. Most of the family came to the United States, with the exception of David's son Fritz, who remained in Germany and lives there today. Of those who came to the United States, several worked in the family businesses (See Edele's Descendants). Louis and Gustav ran the Quaker City Candy Factory. Isaac and Joe worked at the Old Saratoga Distilleries. Harry and Sam were employed there later. Isaac and Joe then formed their own business, Heidelberger and Co. The main product of this concern was a blended whiskey, ''Regal." The present generation is involved in a variety of enterprises: Roger Brown is in the auto business with his father in Hatboro, Pennsylvania; Dorothy Freedman works for the Jewish Community Relations Council in Philadelphia; Joan Woycik raises registered Quarter Horses in Virginia - ironically pursuing the same type of business, horses, as her ancestors in Ichenhausen centuries earlier.

Abraham's Descendants

The most striking characteristic of the descendants of Abraham and his wives is that so many of them have maintained Orthodox J udaism. From the generation of son Jacob's children, only two family members survive; Leo's wife Emma, who lives in New Jersey, and Paula Oppenheimer in Brussels. Paula lost both sons, Leopold and Yakov, in the Holocaust. Two of Abraham's grandchildren married each other; Sidonia (Jacob's daughter) and Emil (Lazarus' son) were first cousins. Emil and Sidonia's son, Theodor David, immigrated to Israel (then Palestine) in 1936. Today his 19 grand­ children thrive there. Two of his sons, Menachem and Yakov, changed their names to Dagan, the Hebrew word for grain (see Chapter on 'The Gerstle Family"). Menachem, Yakov, and their families live on kibbutzim. Theodor's brother, Alfred, the family historian who helped provide much of the information for this branch of the tree, lives in New York. Alfred's son, Edwin, is in the business of refurbishing kitchen cabinets. The descendants of Jacob's son Theodor David live in Missouri and Costa Rica. Theodor's son, Elmer, settled in St. Louis; later he lived in J apan where he worked for the Naval Civil Service. Elmers daughter Katherine married Edwin Chaverri, a Costa Rican. They travelled to Costa Rica in 1951 on vacation and "are still on vacation"; they settled there and raised six children. Katherine's brother, David, a physical education teacher, lives in Missouri. Leo's descendants have varied professions: Ernst is a purchasing agent for Albert Einstein Hospital in the Bronx; Kurt handles the electrical conversion of antiques into lamps; his son, Leon, is a paint contractor; Kurt's daughter, Esther, and son-in-law, Danny Rothschild, are in the housewares business in Switzerland. The entire family is extremely proud of Naomi's husband, Shmuel Feinstein, grandson of the esteemed Rabbi Moshe Feinstein. Gustav's children, Jack and Ina, live in the New York area. Jack is in the photographic supply import business. His two children attend Harvard College. Ina Pretsfelder, who dwells in Riverdale, Bronx, is a Job Counselor for the Jewish Community Council of Washington Heights. Ina's daughter, Evelyn, lives in Israel. Son, Steven is a lawyer and Gary, a college student. Arnold's son Jack is in Newcastle, England. Sons Manfred, Walter and their families reside in Israel. The family has lost touch with (Jacob's brother) Lazarus' grandson, Fritz Lehmann. When last contacted he was a practicing physician in Mexico City. Grandaughter Ilse Peres lives on a kibbutz in Israel. Her son, Joram, a commer­ cial airline pilot trainee, was tragically killed in a terrorist attack at the Zurich airport in 1969. JAKOB and his Sons

Jakob ( 177 6-1865), the second son of Ross-Gerson, dealt in horses and farms. He was married to Esther (1775-1846). Jakob took a leading part in the governing of the Jewish community and in January 1810 he was elected a member of its govern­ ing body. On August 14, 1846, the community decided to introduce a tax on meat in order to meet its financial obligations. Twelve men were elected to administer the newly-collected funds. Jakob was among them. The resolution was signed also by Gerson Gerstle and by Samuel Loeb Gerstle. In 1842 a vote was taken to enlarge the synagogue in order to accom­ modate the growing Jewish community. Among those who voted for this measure were the three Gerstle brothers, Samuel Loeb, Isak Rafael, Jakob, and Jakob's son Samuel Loeb. Samuel Loeb (1811-1860), the fourth child of Jakob and Esther, was listed as an Okonom, a tradesman and dealer in farm properties. On June 30, 1835 he married Sofie Marx from Moenchsroth. Samuel Loeb's tombstone is still standing in the Ichenhausen Jewish Cemetery. Moses, the fifth child of Jakob and Esther, was born on February 8, 1817. He, too, was an Okonom, dealing in farm properties and domestic animals. Moses was married in 1847 to Handele Gerstle, daughter of Isak Michael Gerstle (who was not related as far as can be established. Handele's brother was the famous Lewis Gerstle, a San Francisco merchant who established the Alaska Commercial Company. The Gerstle River in Alaska is named in honor of Lewis Gerstle). Moses spent his free time playing cards in coffee houses, earning him the nickname Kaf­ feehaus Mosche. He died while playing cards at a coffeehouse on January 27, 1893, presumably of a heart attack. Moses and Handele had nine children. Descendants of the four who survived to adulthood are mentioned in the following section. Samuel Loeb's Descendants

Three sons of Samuel Loeb, Lazarus, Wilhelm and Hirsch, (who changed their names to Louis, William and Henry and added a "y" to Gerstle) left Germany in the 1860's and came to Philadelphia. Their families, along with the families of their sisters Babette and Emma (who also immigrated to the same area), distinguished themselves in the Philadelphia Jewish community already in the late 19th cen­ tury. Their families were literally part of the fiber of growing Philadelphia. William's participation in business is described in the section concerning Isaac Rosskam, his brother-in-law, cousin and partner. The descendants of William left their mark in building and real estate development. Daughter Emma's husband, Arthur Loeb, was involved in building construction. His fi rm was responsible for the construction of the City Hall com­ plex, the Warwick Hotel and 30th Street Bridge in Philadelphia. Selma's first husband, Alfred Fleisher, was a partner in the large and prestigious Mastbaum Brothers and Fleisher Real Estate Company. After Alfred's death in 1928, Selma married Leon Sunstein, who had been married to her younger sister, Florence (who had died). Selma and Alfred's son, Robert. is also in the real estate business and is extremely active in Philadelphia Jewish philan­ thropic and social organizations. Daughter Jill is married to a lawyer; Nancy, to an antiquarian book dealer. Isaac formed the Gerstley and Sunstein brokerage firm which grew to be quite large and successful. There are no living descendants of Henry today. His line is one of the few that died out completely. His daughter Rebecca marr ied but had no children; sons Leon and William never married. Of Louis' descendants, Samuel and his son Kiefer entered the legal pro­ fession; Louis is a physician, and the rest of this branch of the family consists of stockbrokers and businessmen, except for Louis Hecht, who deals in antiques. The descendants of Babette and Emma are well represented in the business and engineering professions. An outstanding member of the family is Dr. Jane Oppenheimer, Professor Emeritus of Biology and History of Science at Bryn Mawr College. Moses' Descendants

ABRAHAM MOSES AUGUST

The Holocaust claimed the lives of several descendants of Abraham Moses August and his wives, Sarah and Henriette: Julius, Laura and Siegfried Gri.inhut, and Elsa and Joseph Griinhut. Bella Gutmann was hidden in a convent during the war. The family lost contact with her when the war was over. The remaining family is found today in New York, Israel, London, and Australia. The family has lost touch with Hans Gardner and the children of Selma and Arthur Einstein in London and Australia. Sisters Martha and Selma Froeh­ lich married brothers Louis and Herbert Maier. Martha, Selma and Herbert live in Riverdale, New York today, near their sister-in-law Hilde Froehlich. The families are founding members of Riverdale Temple, where my husband, Stephen, is Rabbi.

SARAH

The descendants of Sarah and Elias Wasserman lost touch with each other because of the intermarriage of the two sisters, Helene and Klara, in the early part of the 20th century in Germany. Little is known of their side of the family. Kurt Wasserman came to the United States in 1937 with the help of the influential James Gerstley, head of the Borax Consolidated monopoly in England. Kurt's father, David, was not quite so lucky. In 1938, alerted at night by a gentile neighbor that he would be arrested the next day, he left Coblenz and fled to Dusseldorf, where he was nonetheless arrested and sent to Dachau. Kurt con­ tacted James Gerstley in London, who was able - startling though it is - to secure David Wasserman's release from Dachau through the influence of the famous munitions family, Krupp, in Germany. James Gerstley (related to the Wassermans through Sarah's mother, Handele Gerstle) supported David and Eva Wasserman in London until they were able to secure a needed affadavit to travel from Europe to America. Kurt's cousins Senta and Paul Cahn live in New York City. Kurt's sister Hilde and her husband Bruno live in Florida.

29 PEPPI

The descendants of Peppi and Abraham Regensburger have led various and in­ teresting lives. The Holocaust claimed the lives of Emma Erlanger and her daughter Ingeborg, Hansl and Ludwig Frankenheimer, and Pauline Henle and her daughter Johanna. Moritz and Edna Henle committed suicide rather than be cap­ tured by the Nazis. Other family members left Germany and now live in Israel and the United States - mostly in the New York City area and California. Their occupations are varied; Kathe Biglovsky and Anne Rotenberg are nurses, Mark Henle is a teacher, Renee and Herman Scherk are interior decorators, and Arno Regensburger is in the car business.

SAMUEL MOSES

Although Samuel Moses and Peppi had 10 children, very few of their descendants are alive today. There are a number of reasons for this lack of reproduction: Sophie died in infancy; Max and Hugo died in World War I; Hansl and her hus­ band Louis Einstein were victims of the Nazis; Emil, Moritz and Henry had no children. Several of the brothers married women much younger than themselves. The lives of the few remaining descendants are indeed fascinating. Gudrun, the daughter of Doris and Eugen Goldberg, became a stockbroker and worked for Merrill Lynch throughout Europe. Eventually settling in Frankfurt, she died of cancer there in 1973. Renate, Jacob and Johanna's daughter, married Ernst Mogendorff, a cat­ tle owner. The couple resides in Mercedes, Uruguay with their daughter, Sonia Ruth, a bilingual secretary, and son George, a chemistry student at the University. Siegbert, Renate's brother, is an extremely successful businessman with residences in Chile and Uruguay. He owns a large fruit farm and has half owner­ ship of two large plumbing supply factories and a construction company. His four children are in various stages of completing their university educations in the fields of economics, education and agronomy. ISAK RAFAEL and his Son

Isak Rafael (February 12, 1787) was the third son of Ross-Gerson. Like his father and many other Jews in the town, his occupation was listed as a trader of horses and farms. In 1814 he married Esther Gutmann ( 1797). The couple had 13 children over a 23 year period. Isak Rafael died on September 2, 1851; his wife, 16 years later, on December 21 , 1867. It is recorded that in 1863 she gave her seats in the synagogue to her son, Gerson. Abraham Isak Gerstle, born on February 13, 1819, was the third child of Isak and Esther. He was married on July 3, 1851 to Peppi Gutmann (1827). The ceremony was performed by Rabbi Hochheimer in Ichenhausen. It is likely that Peppi and her mother-in-law were related to each other. We know a fair amount about Peppi's family. The Gutmann family had been in Ichenhausen for some years, and was large and well established. Peppi's father, Elias, was born in 1798. Her father's parents were Ephraim (1768) and At­ tele (1776). Peppi's mother was Fanni Schlenker from Sulzbach in the Bavarian region of Oberfalz, east of Nuremburg. Peppi's grandfather was Feist Schlenker, listed in a House Register from Sulzbach (1804-1808) as a "schutzjude" or pro­ tected Jew. Ab raham died in 1902. His tombstone is still standing in the Jewish Cemetery of Ichenhausen.

Abraham's Descendants

CAROLINA

Lina, or Carolina, born on March 14, 1855, was the eldest child of Abraham and Peppi. Carolina's name was also spelled "Karolina," as evidenced by a kiddush cup

31 given to her by her father and passed down through the family. The cup is in­ scribed, "To K.R. from A.G." (To Karolina Rosskam from Abraham Gerstle). Carolina married Samuel Rosskam (b. August 1, 1850), a successful businessman in retail men's clothing, on August 27, 1874. Samuel was the son of Ulrich Rosskam (1804-1880) and grandson of Uri Hirsch Rosskam. Samuel's mother was Esther Gerstle, the daughter of Samuel Loeb. Carolina and Samuel were second cousins - their grandfathers were brothers. Samuel and Carolina led a happy and prosperous life. They had four daughters; Eugenie, Franzl (Fannie), Clara and Idl. Though all four daughters im­ migrated to the United States, Samuel and Carolina never left Ichenhausen. Eugenie (1876-1932) travelled to the United States by herself in 1891. In Philadelphia she met and married Harry Sundheim. The descendants from this line have attained an impressive variety of undergraduate and graduate degrees from such schools as the University of Pennsylvania, Bowdoin, Emory, Rice, Wellesley, Syracuse, George Washington University, Temple, and Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Of the descendants, Frank Sundheim is a rabbi, Richard Sundheim an accountant, Rebecca Singer an attorney, James Spiegel a computer systems analyst, and Karen Spiegel Franklin (this writer) a religious educator, genealogist, and "producer" of one of the first members of the tenth generation of descendants of Gerson Samuel Gerstle: Ross Fauer Franklin. Franzl married Herman Loewenberg. Herman went into his father-in­ law's retail clothing business and later came to the United States with Franzl in 1938. Their daughter, Gretl, married Martin Regan, who, unbeknownst to either, was a cousin. Daughter Erna married Erich Marx in 1944 and presently lives in Queens, New York. Their daughter, Carol, is an Assistant Professor of Biology at the State University of New York, Dryden campus. Clara came to Philadephia in 1900 and married Alexander Abrams (shortened from Abraham) at Adath Jeshurun in 1903. Sons Lester and Arthur re­ tained the shortened form of the name while Herbert and Norman chose the full form. Lester, involved in the shoe business, lives in Ohio. Arthur, an artist, had retired in Florida until his death in 1981. Ironically, although some of Norman's activities were legally questionable, his daughter, Lynne, has become a distinguished judge in the Common Pleas Court of Philadelphia. Idl never married. She moved to Philadelphia in 1938 and lived with her sister, Franzl.

32 ISAK

Isak Gerstle married Lena Hirsch, whose mother was one of the best-known mid­ wives in Munich. Lena, who is remembered by the family as being very short, vivacious and quite beautiful, gave birth to one son, Justin. Isak died soon after. Justin left Munich in 1914 to avoid military service and went to New York where he worked for Hirsch and Co. in the import-export business. He married a pianist, Olga Barabini. They had one son, Justin Jr., who lives in Greenwich, Connecticut today and works in the advertising business.

EPHRAIM

Ephraim lived in Ichenhausen as a boy. Upon his marriage to Rosalie Heidecker (a cousin of Jacob and Zacharias who married Ephraim's sisters), the family moved to Kham in the Oberfalz region. Ephraim's family ties were closest with his wife's family. Ephraim and Rosalie had three sons; Justin, Leo and Julius. All three sons married women by the name of Bertha. Leo married Bertha Greenhut in Germany. There he was in the retail iron piece business. Leaving Germany on the last ship, 1he Exeter, in 1941, the couple escaped Nazi persecution. They settled in Queens where Leo worked in the wholesale food business until his retirement. Leo is the oldest surviving grand­ child of Abraham and Peppi Gerstle. Julius was a director of Keim and Company, the Heidecker family factory. Justin owned a department store.

FANNI

Fanni married Aaron Heller, a successful businessman who ran a paper goods, novelties and toy shop. Aaron Heller apprenticed the famous Carl Laemmle in his store for three years. Carl later immigrated to the United States and became the founder and President of Universal Studios. The Hellers had 11 children, three of whom died in childhood. The oldest daughter, Frieda, married Carl Laemmle's brother, Louis. The youngest daughter, Peppi, married Edward Laemmle, Carl's nephew. Peppi lives today in Los Angeles with her daughter, Constance. Flora's husband, David Weglein, went into the Heller family business. Eventually the Wegleins along with the rest of the family came to California.

33 Flora and David's son, Rolf, is a Research Engineer and Consultant in microwave technology today. Cousin Albert Heller is also in the aerospace engineering field. Rolf's daughter, Naomi, is an ultrasound technician. Son Stephen is in the ceramics business. Though Fanni and Aaron were quite prolific, their descendants are not great in number. Of the generation of their great grandchildren, only six can be counted.

IDA

Ida and Zacharias Heidecker lived in Nuremberg. Ida was an attractive woman, even through her seventies. Various legends have been passed down about Zacharias and his trips to Russia for trading teas and furs. According to one such story, while riding through the snow on a sleigh, he was chased by wolves. Ida and Zacharias had three children. Herbert came to the United States and at one time was the conductor of an orchestra in Evansville, Indiana. His son, Larry, lives in Los Angeles. Emma was quite musically talented. Her husband, Hugo Kohlman, was in business with Hugo Heidecker at Keirn and Co., a tin can and toy factory in Furth. Emma, Hugo, and their daughter Elsbeth were victims of the Holocaust. Their son Hans, who later changed his name to Harry (Coleman), escaped the Nazis through Switzerland to England; he was then interned in Canada for a year and a half. He lives in Toronto today. He has two daughters: Eleanor, an educa­ tional consultant, lives in Los Angeles; Gloria, who plays French horn in the Win­ nipeg Symphony Orchestra, lives in Winnipeg. Selma, her husband Siegfried Aufhauser, and her mother, Ida, were murdered by the Nazis (Zacharias died in 1926). Son Walter went to Jerusalem in 1939; today he teaches piano to professionals in Tel Aviv where he lives with his wife Madeline, also a pianist. Walter's daughter, Semandar, is at present serving in the Israeli Air Force. Walter's sister, Hertha, left Germany for England in 1939. Hertha continues in the nursing profession at present, while one of her three children, Robert, studies in a yeshiva in Jerusalem.

34 PAULINE

Pauline and Isidor Kusiel lived in Ludwigsburg, where Isidor supplied the Ger­ man army with horses. The couple had four children: Pepi was born in 1900. She married Ludwig Ottenheimer, a dress designer and cutter in his family's manufacturing company. Daughter Gretel was born in 1923. Ludwig was, in his daughter's words, "pessimistic and intelligent;" aware of Hitler's threat, the family moved to N.Y. in 1937. In New York Ludwig worked in clothes manufacturing, but disliked New York City so intensely that he moved the family to Vineland, New Jersey and went into chicken farming. Pepi still lives in Vineland today. Gretel was married in New York to Erwin Hamburger by the famous Rabbi de Sola Pool. Erwin died several years later, leaving Gretel with 2 daughters, the younger only 3 months old. Gretel remarried Rabbi Gunther Gates who had come to the USA from Germany via Shanghai. Gretel had two more children by Gunther, who served the Alameda Jewish community for 34 years un­ til his death in 1981. Pauline and Isidor's son, Gustav, who was in the tobacco business, left his wife and daughter Elsbeth, when the girl was only four. Elsbeth was raised by her Kusiel grandparents and her aunt, Trude Kusiel. She remained in Germany dur­ ing World II and after the war moved to France with a French husband, Andre, whom she had met in Germany. She presently lives outside of Paris with her hus­ band, now retired from his management position at a Citroen factory. Siegward led a fascinating career including a stint as European repre­ sentative for Universal Studios. His daughter, Susan, works today for the American Broadcasting Company in New York. Son Stephen is employed by the Federal Government in the field of law. Justin dealt in horses, his father's business, and later became a salesman. Justin's wife Trude lives in Queens today.

RICKA

Ricka married Jacob Heidecker, a brother of her sister Ida's husband, Zacharias. Jacob died in Nuremberg. The Heidecker family of Munich was greatly effected by the Nazi regime. Ricka died in a concentration camp. Daughter Erna married a Swiss citizen, Her-

35 man Bernheim. Because of his nationality, they could not be interned by the Nazi's - she moved to Zurich. Her son, Heinz, miraculously survived an ex­ tremely premature birth and lives in Zurich today. Jacob and Ricka's son Hugo worked for Carl Laemmle and Universal Studios before World War I. Hugo later became owner of Keim and Company. There are many stories of his thrilling escape from Germany with the SS Storm Troopers pursuing at his heels. The most reliable story is that he forced a taxi driver at gunpoint to take him to Munich where he hid in the British Consulate and eventually escaped to England with his family. The family has lost touch with Hugo's children, but it is believed that his son George returned to Germany after the war to reclaim the family business. His daughter, Rosemarie, is married and living in England.

GUSTAV

Gustav immigrated to South Africa after serving one year in the army. There he met and married Marie Cohen. In 1914 the entire family made a trip to Europe. They were held as civil prisoners in Munich for the duration of World War I because Gustav was a British subject, having been naturalized in 1913. After five years in Germany the family returned home. Gustav died only a few months later. Beatrice, their daughter, married Ferdinand Moos, a Swiss, and Director of the Dresdener Bank in Koenigs burg, East Prussia. They had twin boys, Henry and Jackie. The family moved to the UnHed States, but later returned to Zurich. Son Arthur came to the United States in 1930 and married the first girl he met, Estelle Ruben. Arthur is now a retired cameraman for Universal Studios and presently living in Los Angeles.

Babette's Descendants

Babette, or Bele, married Isaac Oswald Gerstle, who was not related as far as can be determined. It is not certain how many children they had. By my combining a family tree and archival records sent from Germany the offspring seems to number 15. The descendants of three children whose names appear in the ar­ chival material, however, remain unidentified. We do know about many of Babette's descendants. Eldest daughter Mina married a man by the last name of Hirschkind. Their son Albert married his first cousin, Emma Gerstle. Albert and Emma's son, Lothar, dwells today in New York with his wife, Ruth. Emma was the eldest daughter of Leopold. Her brother, Moritz Leopold, lived in London. Arthur Abrams, whose mother was Moritz's first cousin, wrote to me before his death in 1981 about his fond memories of many visits to Moritz in London while Arthur was on furlough from the American Army in World War II. Moritz had been a manufacturer of ladies' handbags. Rudolph was a wholesaler of cigars. His son, Julius, was, in his you th, the track and field champion of Bavaria. Today he resides in Germany. In this family two generations span an unusually long period of almost 130 years; Rudolph was born in 1853. It is even more unusual that Rudolph has two living cousins of the same generation. Emma Levi and Julius Gerstle (of California); their father was born in 1860. Fanny married Samuel Aufhauser and bore nine children. Three of them, Isidor, Emil and Julie, died in concentration camps. Descendants from the other children can be found today in Jerusalem, Israel, Queens, New York City, Erie, Pennsylvania, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and San Francisco, California. Sara's husband, Moritz Erlanger, was a butcher. Their granddaughter, Anny Oppenheimer, was murdered in Mauthausen. Daughter Theresa Einstein was also killed by the Nazis. Her sons, Siegfried and Martin, were able to im­ migrate to Israel where their families reside today. Nathan was a dealer in real estate and horses. His wife, Sophie, was murdered in the gas chambers of Auschwitz in 1944. His oldest son Isak died in World War I. Second son, David, emigrated from Munich to the United States in 1940. Third son, Gustav was killed in a concentration camp in 1941. Daughter Em­ ma Levi lives in New York today. The youngest brother, Julius, resides in Califor­ nia with his wife, Eva, a survivor of three years of concentration camps. Julius met his wife after the War at a Sabbath service for Army personnel at Wiesbaden, where he was stationed as an American soldier.

37 Sources and Related Materials on the Gerstle Family

PUBLISHED MATERIALS

Ganzenmuller, Eugen, Ichenhausen (Ichenhausen: Anton H. Konrad), 1970. Mack, Gerstle, Lewis and Hannah Gerstle, 1953. Narell, Irena, Our City: The Jews of San Francisco (San Diego: Howell­ North Publishers), 1981. Rottenberg, Dan, Finding our Fathers: A Guidebook to Jewish Genealogy (New York: Random House), 1977. Sinz, Heinrich, Erganzugen zur Geschicte von Ichenhausen und Umgebung Ichenhausen, 1955. Sinz, Heinrich, Geschichtliches vom ehemaligen Markte und der nunmehrigen Stadt Ichenhausen, 1926.

PRIVATE PAPERS

Aufhauser Family Tree: Beginning with Israel Aufhauser b. 1810. Provided by Ephraim Grunebaum. Family Tree of the Gerstle Family from lchenhausen Bavaria. Compiled by M. Schuster, Teacher in Ellingen, 1927. Provided by Kiefer Gerstley. Gerstle Family Tree: Beginning with Gerson Gerstle, traced through Samuel Loeb. Provided by Alfred Gerstley. Gerstle Family Tree: Beginning with Isaak Oswald Gerstle and Babette Gerstle. Provided by Julius Gerstle. Gerstle Family Tree: Beginning with Gerson Gerstle, traced through Moses and Handele Gerstle. Provided by Arno Regensburger. Gerstle Family Tree: Beginning with Moses and Handele Gerstle. Compiled and provided by Gerstle Mack. List of Gerstle family tombstones standing in the Jewish Cemetery of Ichenhausen, 1977. Compiled and provided by Robert Samuels. Names and Addresses

Direct descendants of Gerson Samuel Gerstle are italicized. Listed next to each name is the appropriate chart number.

v1 Honorable Lynne Abraham 1v Seymour Jr. and Marlene Beere v11 Thomas B. Bernheimer and Edward Felbin ?SU Tookany Creek Pkwy. 1010 Crownhill Ct. 296 St. James Place Cheltenham, PA 19012 Villa-Hills, KY 41016 Phila., PA 19106 1v Theodore and Florence Begun v11 Walter and Ruth Bernheimer v1 Herbert and Shirley Abraham 35 Van Wyck Dr. 4511 Sunny Slope Terr. 14760 Wildflower La. Princeton Junction. NJ 08550 Cincinnati, OH 45229 Delray Beach, FL 33446 n Mrs. Claire Berg v11 Mrs. Bertha Bertheim 1v Robert and Jane Abrahams 30-11 Parsons Blvd. 8319 116th St. 1014 Hortter St. Flushing, NY 11354 Kew Gardens, NY 11418 Phila., PA 19119 v Barry and Barbara Berkowitz v1 Mrs. Sally Abrams 3 Second Rd. v Sidney and Kathe Biglovsky 3024 Chase Circle Great Neck, NY 11021 580 Radnor Rd. Sarasota, FL 33551 Oakland, CA 94606 v1 Heinz Bernheim v1 lester and Blanche Abrams 31 Lenggstrasse 1v Cary and Joanne Blum 1851 King James Ave. #202C 8008 Zurich, Switzerland 7164 Manor Oaks Dr. Westlake, OH 44145 Dallas, TX 75248 vu Daniel Bernheimer v1 Paul Abrams 9505 Royal La. Apt. 2105 11 Jon and Nancy Blum 230 Central Park West Dallas, TX 75243 8450 St. Martins La. New York, NY 10024 Phila., PA 19118 vn Herman and Maurice Bernheimer VIII Alar and Jane Arras 3131 Meetinghouse Rd. 11 Kurt and Jane Blum 128 Windcrest Dr. Bootbwin, PA 19061 Foxcroft Square Suite 5 Camillus, NY 13031 Greenwood Ave. & vu Ms. Jacqueline Bernheimer v11 Fred and Eva Aufhauser 331 E. 29th St. Meetinghouse Rd. 76·36 113th St. New York, NY 10016 Jenkintown. PA 19046 Forest Hills. NY 11375 u Dr. Joan Bernheimer 11 Michael and Irma Blum v1 Walter and Madeline Aufhauser 82 Cedar St. 524 Arbutus St. 11 Zeitlin St. Sharon, MA 0206 7 Phila., PA 1911 9 Tel Aviv, Israel 11 John and Lotte Bernheimer 1v Sheldon and Jill Bonovitz v1 Mrs. Carolyn Bacharach 1900 John Kennedy Blvd. 2116 Delancey St. 662 Foxcroft Rd. Phjla., PA 19103 Phila., PA Elkins Park, PA 19117 va Ms. Karen Bemheimer 11 Steven and Jane Brown v Arthur and Francine Baer 640 Timm Valley Rd. N.E. 666 Glenwyd Rd. 348 E. 58th St. Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 New York, NY 10022 Atlanta, Georgia 30305 v John and Ruth Baer vu Max and Pearl Bernheimer 11 Roger and Mimi Brown 427 Sleepy Hollow Road 127 Daisy Farm Dr. 21 Red Fox Dr. Briar Cliff Manor, NY 10510 New Rochelle, NY 10084 New Hope, PA 18938 111 Danny and Ve red Bauer vn Paul L. Bernheimer vn Salvatore and Susan Butacci Yehoshua Ben Nun St. 25-2 3021 Fairfield Ave. 100 Maple St. Apt. 53 Jerusalem, lsrael Cincinnati, OH 45206 Garfield. NJ 07026

39 v Paul and Senta Cahn 1v Howard and Adele Fleisher v1 Ms. Debbie Gerstle 97 Arden St. 1091 Mill Rd. Circle 2001 N. Adams St. 11740 New York, NY 10040 Meadowbrook, PA 19046 Arlington, VA 22201

1v David and Margot Charles 1v Robert and Janet Fleisher VI Eric and Margaret Gerstle 7701 Palmetto Coun 8363 Fisher Rd. 145 Ponderosa Dr. Miami, FL 33156 Elkins Park, PA 19117 Beaver Falls, PA 15010

111 Edwin and Katherine Chaverri vn Arthur and Joanne Frank 111 Mrs. Emma Gerstle Ave. 4 Calles 2-4 279 Grayson Pl. Palisades Gardens Heredia, Costa Rica Teaneck, NJ 07666 Oak Tree Rd. 111 James and Chris Chaverri v Mrs. Anni Frankenheimer Palisades, NY 10964 P.O. Box 32 II Jerusalem St. vm Gustave and Hedda Gerstle Humphreys, MO 64646 27000 Kiryat Bialek, Israel 245 E. 63rd St. v1 John and Gretl Coleman v Harold Julius and New York, NY 10021 455 Cumberland Dr. Fanja Frankenheimer vm Harold and Vera Gerstle Burlingame, CA 94010 835 Las Gallinas Ave. Apt. 207 306 Lake Dora Dr. San Rafael, CA 94903 v1 Harry Coleman West Palm Beach, FL 33411 34 Brookview Dr. v1 Rabbi Stephen and Karen Franklin v Henry and Thea Gerstle Toronto, Ontario MA6 2K2, Canada 104 Franklin Ave. 900 W. 190th St. Yonkers, NY 10705 u Harold and Susan Craige New York, NY 10040 15653 E. Chenango 1v Ms. Margery Freedman Aurora, CO 80015 Heather Pond Rd. 111 Jack and Epsie Gerstle 255 Lakeview Terr. Watermill, Long Island, NY 111 Menachem and Mirta Dagan Teaneck, NJ 07666 Kibbutz Chafetz Chayim 11 Milton and Dorothy Freedman Israel 7 Mill Rd. 111 Jack and Lore Gerstle Elkins Park, PA 19126 105 Bennet Ave. 111 Yakov and Batya Dagan New York, NY 10033 Kibbutz Cha£etz Chayim 1v Robert and Diane Freedman Israel 2003 Pine St. vu Jack Gerstle Phila., PA 19103 P.O.B. 37 VII Joram and Barbara Einstein Dayton, OH 45404 179b Sea Road 111 Avi and Shifra Friedman Haifa 34748, Israel Rehov Haro'eh 25 vu Ms. Jacqueline Faye Gerstle Rehovot, Israel 6255 Rancho Mission Rd. Apt. 322 v11 Mrs. Marianne Einstein San Diego, CA 92108 30500 Benjamina 111 Yehoshua and Yehudit Friman Israel II Ohr Hachayim 111 Jacob and Helga Gerstle Old City, J erusalem, Israel 96 Kenton Rd. 1v Jerome and Sally Epstein Gosforth, Newcastle·upon-Tyne 521 Delancey St. v Eugen and Lillian Froehlich NE34NP Phila., PA 19106 575 West End Ave. England New York, NY 10036 111 Fred and Judy Farbman 306 W. Henrietta Ave. v Mrs. Hilde Froehlich vm Joel and Myra Gerstle Oceanside, NY 4670 Livingston Ave. 5803 Amelia St. Bronx, NY 10471 Springfield, VA 22150 vn Shmuel and Naomi Feinstein 1905 Red Rose Way v1 Mrs. Gretel Gates v11 Julius and Eva Gerstle Santa Barbara, CA 1048 Jost Lane LaMesa, CA Alameda, CA 94501 Ill Menajen and Cynthia Fialko VII Julius Gerstle 25 vis. oste de la escuela c u. v1 Arthur and Es telle Gerstle Wetterstein Apt. 216-18 San Francisco de Heredia UJ47 Kling St. Grunwalderstr. 14B Heredia, Costa Rica N. Hollywood, CA 91602 8000 Munich 90, Germany v Herman and Irma Fleischacker v111 Claude and Ellen Gerstle v1 Justin and Rogette Gerstle 3166 Haberlein Rd. 806 Minsi Trail Thunder Mountain Road Gibsonia, PA 15044 Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417 Greenwich, CT 06830 1v Kiefer and Jean Gerstley m Edgar and Carol Gutmann v111 Leo and Libby Gerstle Ashbourne and Hopeland Rds. 1479 E. Terrace Circle 330 Lake Dora Dr. Wyncote, PA 19095 Teaneck, NJ 07666 West Palm Beach, FL 33411 1v Dr. Louis JI I and Betty Gerstley m Leon and Rita Gutmann v1 Leo and Berta Gerstle 900 Homestead Rd. 137 Sunfield Ave. 45-25 Kissena Blvd. Jenkintown, PA 19046 Staten Island, NY 10312 Flushing, NY 11355 1v Virginia Gerstley m Theodor Gutmann 301 E. 79th St. 111 Leon and Barbara Gerstle 615 W. 183rd St. 140 E. Linden Ave. New York, NY 10021 New York, NY 10033 Englewood, NJ 07631 1v William Jr. and Carol Gerstley m Willie Gutmann 947 Frog Hollow Terr. 615 W. 183rd St. 111 Leonard and Adina Gerstle Rydal, PA 19046 3215 Cambridge Ave. New York, NY 10033 Bronx, NY 10463 1v William Gerstley, Ill vu Werner and Suzanne Haas 235 E. 73rd St. 54 Rue Henri Gerard Ill Louis E. and Ruth Gerstle New York, NY 10021 Les Bouchardees 21-121 64-16 215 St. Ill David and Ziloa Gilad Fontaine Le Dijon Oakland Gdns., NY 11364 Kibbutz Shluchot Cotes D'or, France Israel m Manfred and Ruth Gerstle v1 William and Ruth Hartenstein 25 Bar Ilan St. u Ms. Anna Tamar Glenn 2390 Willow Tree Trail Kiryat Shmuel, Haifa, Israel 845 West End Ave. SD Clearwater, FL 33515 New York, NY 10025 v Moritz Gerstle v11 Hans and Ruth Hauser 345 8th Avenue n Mrs. Jlse Glenn 4611 N. Marlborough Dr. New York, NY 10001 210 W. Cheltenham Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53211 Phila., PA 19120 vm Robert and Nancy Gerstle 1v Julien and Elizabeth Hecht 273 Deepwood Dr. vm Mrs. Carolyn Goetke 4422 Wickford Rd. Long Meadow. MA 163 Mockingbird Way Baltimore, MD 21210 Whiting, NJ 08759 111 Ms. S.l. Gerstle 1v Louis and Shirley Hecht 1v Lawrence and Jan Gratz 325A Chingford Rd. 3502 Overbrook Rd. 485 Hillside Court Walthamstow, London E17SAE, Baltimore. MD 21208 Melbourne, FL 32935 England 1v Louis Jr. and Nancy Hecht 1v Mrs. Margaret Gratz v Siegbert and Carmen Gerstle 3275 C. Sutton Place N.W. Elkins Park House Washington, D.C. 20016 Dolores 5625 Elkins Park. PA 19117 Vidacura, Santiago, Chile v1 Gunter Heidecker vn Ephraim Grunebaum rn Sophie Gerstle Esperanto Str. 3 6 Alfasi St. D 85 Niirnberg, Germany Kibbutz Chafetz Chayim 92303 Jerusalem-Rehavia Israel Israel 11 Bernard and Betty Heidelberger 1203 Claridge Rd. 111 Walter and Rebecca Gerstle vm Mrs. Edith Gunz Wyndmoor, PA 15 Massada St. I Arbor St. Haifa 33074, Israel Whiting, NJ 08759 11 Mark and Vera Heidelberger m Yehudit Gerstle m George Gutman 915 W. Stetson St. Kibbutz Maaleh Gilboa 3080 Tylor Way Orlando, FL 32804 Israel Costa Mesa, CA 92626 1v Dr. Paul and Kay Heimowitz 111 Alfred and Hilde Gerstley 111 Peter and Frances Gutman New York Hospital 20 Magaw Pl. 116 Pinehurst Ave. 21 Bloomingdale Rd. New York, NY 10033 New York, NY 10033 White Plains, NY 10605

111 David and Marva Jo Gerstley m Tom Gutman 1v John and Nancy Hellebrand 1706 E. Washington 6411 Firefly Dr. 2210 Delancey St. Kirksville, MO 63501 San Jose, CA 95120 Phila.. PA

41 v1 Albert and Judy Heller VI Mrs. Trude Kusiel 1v William A. Loeb 12117 Maxwe ll ton Rd. 137-47 45 Ave. c/o Flory's Studio City, CA 91604 Flushing, NY 11 355 Rooks, PA 17572 v Mrs. Ellen Henle v1 Mrs. Peppi Laemmle and 1v William S. and Nancy Loeb 687 W. 204th St. Constance 521 Spruce St. New York, NY 10034 432 So. Curson Ave. Phila., PA 19106 Los Angeles, CA 90036 v Mark and Sima Henle v11 Robert and Carol Logan 3 Fraser St. v111 Dr. Marguerite Larsen P.O. Box 7167 Staten Island, NY 10314 105 Longview Dr. Ardsley-on-Hudson, NY 10503 Princeton, NJ 08540 11 Dr. Howard and Gail Henry 1v M. Philip and Joa11 Lorber 3 Candlewood Dr. v11 Sigo Lawrence Larch Tree Lane Brantford, Ontario Canada 303 E. 57th St. Westport, CT 06880 New York, NY 10022 vm Adolph and Diana Lurie 111 Juan Carlos and Grace Hernandez I Daybreak La. Ave. 4 Calles 2-4 VII Mrs. Emmy Levi Westport, CT 06880 Heredia, Costa Rica 102-10 66 Rd. Apt. 14K Forest Hills, NY 11375 v Louis and Selma Maier v11 lothar and Ruth Hirschkind 3875 Waldo Ave. 100 Overlook Terrace v11 Dr. Gerard and Phyllis Levi Bronx, NY 10463 New York, NY 10040 93 Woodlake Dr. West Woodbury, NY 11797 v Mrs. Martha Maier 11 Richard Ulich 3050 Fairfield Ave. 6 Kensington v Jean and Elizabeth Levi Bronx, NY 10463 Arlington, VA 22204 50 Avenue de la Belle Gabrielle 94130 Nogent S. Marme, France 1v Greil and Jenny Marcus 11 Gilbert and Florence Illich 828 Contra Costa Ave. 8340 Greensboro Dr. v Mrs. Thea Levi Berkeley, CA 94707 McLean, VA 22102 14 Rue Campagne Premiere 750!4 Paris. France v1 Erich and Erna Marx v11 Dan and Tamar lubar 88-34 St. James Pl. D'lsraelistr. 22 v11 Mrs. Herta Levite Elmhurst, NY 11375 Haifa, Israel 4445 Post Rd. Bronx, NY 10471 VII Menachem and Rachel Matetyahu v1 Mrs. Elsbeth Jerome Rehov Histadrut 7115 14 Rue George Sand A3 v11 Marrin and Selma Levite Kiryat Yam, Israel 911 20 Pa laiseau, France 1201 S. Hillcrest Ct. 11 Ms. Dorothy Meyers Hollywood, FL 3302 1 v1 Joseph and Eleanor Juliano 2200 Ben Franklin Parkway RR #1 Box lOSF v1 Frank and Hertha Linden Phila., PA 19130 Gilbert, SC 29054 73 Greenfield Rd. v Ernst and Re11ate Mogendorff Birmingham Bl70EH, England 11 Bruce and Nancy Kanter Florencio Sanchez 1053 8217 Marion Rd. vt Mrs. Sylvia (Kusiel) Lipkin Mercedes-Soriano, Uruguay Elkins Park, PA 19117 170 West End Ave. Apt. SH v1 Walter Monasch and New York, NY 10023 11 Mrs. Suzanne Krasnoff Brenda Gates-Monasch 130 Spruce St. 27 A v Mrs. Rose Lipman 1921 S.E. 7th St. Phila., PA 19106 165 E. 66th St. Portland, OR 97214 New York. NY 10021 v1 Peter and Helene Kusiel v1 John and Carol Morris 14401 S.W. 7lst Lane 1v Arrhur and Laura Loeb 22 Gee Hill Rd. Miami, FL 33183 7809 Ardmore Ave. Dryden, NY 13053 Phila., PA 19118 v1 Stephen Kusiel 11 Robert and Cathy Nathan 20 W. 86th St. 1v George and Caroline Loeb 1007 Prospect Ave. New York, NY 10024 7149 Anderson St. Melrose Park, PA 19126 Phila., PA 19119 v1 Susan Kusiel and Richard 11 Dr. Jane M. Oppenheimer Bessemyer 1v Thomas Loeb Mayflower Apts. Kl 40 W. 67th St. 245 E. 63rd St. 922 Montgomery Ave. New York, NY 10023 New York, NY 10021 Bryn Mawr, PA 19010

42 111 Mme. Paula Oppenheimer 1v Ralph and Suzanne Roberts vu David and Chava Scheps I Ave. Paul Dechanel Sura! Lane Rehov Vered 411 Brussels 1030, Belgium Elkins Park, PA 19117 Kiryat Motzki, Israel v1 Mrs. Pepi Ottenheimer 1v Martin and Nancy Rosen v1 Barry and Sylvia Scher 1172 New Pear St. 1236 Red Rambler Rd. 12605 E. Bates Circle Vineland, NJ 08360 Rydal, PA 19046 Aurora, CO 80014 11 1 Mrs. Ilse Peres v Bruno and Hilde Rosenberg v Herman and Renee Sherk Kibbutz Maayan Zvi 30805 3801 S. Ocean Dr. Apt. 7U 70.17 Ingram St. Israel Hollywood, FL 33019 Forest Hills, NY 11375 v1 Barry and Beverly Philip 11 George and Vicki Rosskam 11 Steven and Mary Jo Sims 575 Canewood Crescent 925 Woodcrest Rd. 308 McPherson St. Waterloo, Ontario N2LSP8 Abington, PA 19001 Warren, PA 16365 Canada 11 Leon and Loris Rosskam v1 Gil and Betsy Singer 11 Thomas and Maryanne Pickering 8117 Heacock La. 10521 Orange Grove Dr. Wyncote, PA 19095 29 Toledo St. Tampa, FL 33618 Delaware, OH 43015 11 Lester Jr. and Irene Rosskam vn Dr. Leonard and Lore Snider 991 Frazier Rd. 111 Otto and Ina Pretsfelder 4601 Glenwood Park Ave. Rydal, PA 19046 3725 Henry Hudson Pkwy. Erie, PA 16509 Bronx, NY 10463 11 Richard Rosskam v1 James and Lee Spiegel 910 Benson East. 9014 Breezewood Terr. 103 vu Alan and Nancy Rabb Jenkintown, PA 19046 lOOI S.W. 74th Ave. Greenbelt, MD 20770 N. Lauderdale. FL 3306b 11 Stephen and Merle Rosskam 928 Pleasant v1 Walter and Jeanne Spiegel vu Bert and Cer1rude Rabb Highland Park, IL 60035 405 Lodges Lane 113 Beacon Hill Rd. Elkins Park, PA 19117 Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522 11 Walter Rosskam Elkins Park House v1 Walter and Rosemary Spiegel tv William and Nancy Rackoff Elkins Park, PA 19117 6842 Ben Franklin Rd. Woodcliff Rd. Springfield, VA 22150 Pittsburgh, PA 15238 n William 8. Jr. and Edith Rosskam 487 Clavey La. VI Robert and Lenore Steinberg v1 Gary and Gloria Radcliff Highland Park, IL 60035 1802 Angelo Dr. 717 River Rd. Beverly Hills, CA 90210 11 William and Marilyn Rosskam Winnipeg, Manitoba R2M4A2 B. /II 824 Pardee La. 111 David and Tova Stern Canada Wyncote, PA 19095 Rehov Schachal 21 vt Alfred and Eda Regan Jerusalem, Israel v Murray and Anne Rotenberg 6378 Valley View 110-50 71st Rd. 1v Mrs. Hilde Stern Oakland, CA 94611 Forest Hills, NY 11375 4280 Gold Ocean Dr. 17L Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33308 v1 Warren and Carol Regan v Anthony and Marguerite Rothschild P.O. Box 462 383 Cedar Dr. 1v Louis and Carol Stern El Granada, CA 94018 Briar Cliff Manor, NY 10510 1411 Hunter Rd. Rydal, PA 19046 v Arno and Ruth Regensburger 111 Danny and Esther Rothschild 5 Blossom Rd. St. Gallering #212 m Max Stern Suffern, NY 10901 Basil 4054, Switzerland 309 W. Mandalay Dr. San Antonio, TX 78212 v Mrs. Dora Regensburg v Richard Rothschild Grace Plaza of Great Neck do Roohey & Pace, Inc. n Peter and Jill Stern l5 St. Pauls Place 1 State St. Plaza 914 Warwickshire Ct. Great Neck, NY 11021 New York, NY 10004 Great Falls, VA 22066 v Mrs. Lotte Regensburger v11 Amos and Ruth Schalev v1 David and Eleanor Stoloff 700 Ft. Washington Ave. Kibbutz Hamadia 3326 Sawtell Blvd. #26 New York, NY 10040 Emek Beth Shean, Israel Los Angeles, CA 90066

43 11 Bernard and Betty Strouse 1v Charles Jr. and Gayle Sunstein 1v Richard and Ellen Watson 110 N. Sumner Ave. 1801 Wicks Valley Dr. 2 Walt Lane Margate, NJ 08402 Marietta, GA 30062 Wyncote, PA 19095 v1 Rabbi Frank and Adrianne Sundheim iv Leon C. Jr. and Emily Sunstein v1 Rolf and Ruth Weglein 524 W. Davis Blvd. 1100 W. Allens La. 6317 Drexel Ave. Tampa, FL 33606 Germantown, PA 19144 Los Angeles, CA 90048 v1 Jon and Shelly Sundheim 1v Ms. Lynn Sunstein v Doyle and Ronny Wiseman 12908 Greenway Chase Ct. 3472 Creatwood Trail I Pine Ridge Houston, TX 77072 Smyrna, GA 30080 Mill Valley, CA 94941

VI Richard and Joan Sundheim vm Vincent and Barbara Tirola 11 William and Joan Woycik 1003 Prospect Ave. 18 Punchbowl Dr. Star Route 2 Box 319 Melrose Park, PA 19126 Westport, CT 06880 Banco. VA 22711 v1 Stanley Sundheim vu Mrs. Ruth Traver v Ariel and Edna Zafran Wyncote House #434 1831 35th St. 60 Rehov Tznabar Wyncote, PA 19095 San Francisco, CA 94122 Naveh Monoson, Israel v1 Charles and Caroline Sunstein v Kurt and Gerta Wasserman 8360 Fisher Rd. 660 Franklin Blvd. Elkins Park, PA 19117 Long Beach, NY 11561

44 Interior of the Synagogue in Ichenhausen before the Nazi period. Reproduction by Arnold Danzig.

The Regensburger home in Ichenhausen about the turn of the century. Courtesy o f Gretl Coleman. The Rosskam home in Ichenhausen, ca. 19ll. In windows: Franzi Loewenberg and Ida Heidecker. Children: Gretl (Coleman) and Erna (Marx). The men were employees of the Rosskam clothing manufacturing business. Courtesy of Erna Marx. Reproduction by Erich Marx. The Regensburger brothers and sisters in the early 1930's. In back: Max, Wilhelm, Martin. In front: Pauline Henle, Hansl Frankenheimer, Emma Erlanger, Mina Gutmann (Chart V). Courtesy of Gretl Coleman.

The Heller Family, ca. 1924. Standing: Emma, Fanni, Aaron, Frieda, Gertrude. Seated: Eleanor, Louis, Richard, Flora, David, Rolf (Chart VI). Courtesy of Rolf Weglein. Tombstone of Mina Gerstle in the Ichenhausen Jewish Cemetery, 1977 (Chart I). Courtesy of Robert Samuels.

Leo, Arnold and Gustav Gerstle, 1916, World War I. (Chart III). Courtesy of Gary Pretsfelder. The Rosskam Family: Clara, Fanni, Carolina, Eugenie, Samuel and Idl (seated); (Chart VI). Courtesy of Erna Marx. Reproduction by Erich Marx. The Rosskam Family: Four more generations-Jeanne Spiegel, Ross Fauer Franklin, Stanley Sundheim, Karen Franklin, Carolyn Sundheim Bacharach, Andrew J ulian Franklin. Courtesy of Walter F. Spiegel.

NET CONTCNTS ONE PINT

EXTRA FINE WHISKEY VATl!!:D & BLENDED • Ross~ .:~~~"&Co. Ofdelr1•no"'hl """hh ALCOHOLIC STRENGTH 44% PHILADELPHIA U .S .A

Label from an Old Saratoga Whiskey bottle. Courtesy of Walter R osskam. Dr. James and Sylvia Oppenheimer, 1935 (Chart IV). Courtesy of Jane Oppenheimer. Emma Kohlmann, ca.1934 (Chart VI). Courtesy of Harry Coleman. Lottie and Isaac Gerstley, 1930's (Chart IV). Courtesy of Margaret Gratz. Hedwig Ka lmheimer Gerstley (Chart IV). Courtesy of Margaret Gratz.. William Gerstley (Chart IV). Courtesy of Margaret Gratz. Introduction to the Charts

If one studies the family tree charts carefully there is so much that can be learned about the attitudes of our ancestors, the quality of their lives, and sociological changes that have occurred throughout the centuries. The charts that have been passed down from the first four generations do not include man~ daughters. Moreover, only some of the wives have been listed. Perhaps women were not considered important enough to mention - or, only men who carried the family name were thought valuable enough to be recorded. From these charts we can speculate that the life for women in the 18th and 19th centuries must have been very difficult. Many of them had large families and the death rate among infants was high. It is no surprise that many women died young. The tree has many branches that were cut off by the Holocaust. One may only guess how many more branches would have grown and flourished had Hitler's death camps not taken their toll. In addition, the growth of the tree has slowed in recent years because women have been producing fewer children. Some branches of the tree have com­ pletely died out. Popular names on the tree have changed throughout the years. Abraham's, Isaak's and Gerson's abound in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Moritz, Samuel Loeb, Mina, and Emma then became popular. Some names like lgnatz and Klotilde seem peculiar to us today. The most recent generations in­ clude Jason's, Jacqueline's and Alysa's. It is ironic that several members of the newest generation have been named Ross, which is the nickname of our ancestor, Gerson, born in 1743. While many of the newest names are in Hebrew, others reflect the influences of an assimilated American, South American or European culture.

The following symbols and abbreviations are used: b. - year born 1., 2., 3., 4. - Marriage number or child from marriage d. - year died ¢ - Died in the Holocaust m. - married n - Tombstone standing in Ichenhausen Jewish Cemetery d. - divorced Name change is indicated by small capital letters in parentheses a. - adopted Nickname is indicated by parentheses - -unknown

55 CHART I

Solomon Isak 1700?-1774 m. Hendel -­ d . 1789

Gerson Abraham 1743-1828 d.1791 m. Babene -­ d.1822

Samuel Loeb m. I. Breindl Jakob 1775-1850 1781- 1813 1776-1865 2. Sprlnz m. Esthcr -- 1789- 1861 1775-1846

Hcndlc Hirsch Jene Samuel Loeb Moses Hi rsch Madel Abraham Babelle Rickclc b. 1802 b. 1806 b. 1808 1811- 1860n 1817-1883 b. 1815 b. 1817 1819-1902n b. 1822 b. 1824 m. Sofie Marx m. Handele Gerstle m. Naneltc Neuburger m. Peppi Gutmann m. Isaak (Stt Chart IV) 1822- 1879 1829- 1889 (Sec Chan VI) Oswald Gerstle (SttChan V) (Sec Chan VII)

I. Hirsch I. Edclc I. Hcndle L Jette I. Esther I. Abraham 2. Babcnc 2. Rosie b. 1802 1804- 18~1 b . 1806 b. 1808 b. 1809 1812- 1891 1814-1814 1826-1912 m. Ulrich Rosskam m. -Kahn m. Ulrich Rosskam m. I . Helene Gradmann m. Simon Winschbachcr 1804-1880 1804-1880 2. Karoline Kress Kahn I 1824-1858 Isaac 3. Sophie 1..aemmlc 1839-1904 d . 1902 m. Bertha Gcrs1 Icy (See Chart Ill) (Sec Chan II) I Bcr1ha Samuel Clara m. Joseph S1cidlcr b. 1850 m. Moritz Heidelberger m. Carolina Gcrs1lc (Sec Chart 11) b. 1855 (Sec Chan VJ)

Elias (EMIL) Ephraim Isak Sigmund Mina Mina m. Laura b. 1851 1852- 1878 b.1854 1856-1856 b.1857 Frankcnhcimcr m. Mina Hirsch m. Gerson Leopold Gerslie 1855- 1921n b. 1847

Albert Emma Sophie Nathan Isidor Clara Julie Richa Rosa 1877- 1877 b. 1878 b. 1879 b. 1881 1883-1884 1883-1884 b. 1885 1887-1887 m. Sigmund Weil m. Meno Auerbach m. Herman Wenhcimer m. Herman Weil I Rita Eric Selma Ema lrma Leo Herbcn Ilse m. -- Guggenheim

Isidor Herman Meta Hedwig Daniel Sophie Nanni b. 1875 b. 1877 b. 1879 1880-1880 b. 1881 b. 1887 b. 1889 m. Thekla Bergman m. Moritz Wolf m. Samuel Faibel

56 DESCENDANTS OF G ERSON SAMUEL GERSTLE

Gerson Sa muel Gerstle b. 1670 m . -

Reuben b. 1702? m . -

Hirsch Lazarus Maier Samuel Gerson 1752- 1829 1755- 1813 1760-1829 1767-1826 m.Rita - m. Babettc- Jcuc- 1756-1826 d 1816 d. 1837

Isak Gerson Abraham 1786-1852 b.1797 m. - m. Jochebet - m. Rachel Kramer 1 1793-1825 b. 1806 Mina (Sec Chart Vlll) 1830-1830

Voge le Banc I Regina Karoline l..aiarus Reuben b. 1816 b. 1818 b. 1820 1823- 1830 1825-1826 1828- 1830

Isak Rafael Anschel Abraham 1787- 1851 1789-1850 b.1792 m. Esther Gutmann m. Esther Gerstle m. - 1797-1867 I Nathan b.1824 Efrnim Hindcl Kindel Sara Gerson Elias Samu~! Jakob m~ Fannie Bergman 1825-1859 b. 1827 b.1828 b. 1830 b.1831 b. 1832 b. 1835 1838 m. Peppi Aufhauser m. I. Nanette Rosenthal 1841-1862 I I 2. Rosa Rosenthal Adolph Regina Babette Pauline Isidor Julie Pauline Sara Emil Emma b. 1854 b. 1855 1856-1856 1857-1858 b. 1862 b. 1863 b. 1864 b. 1866 b.1869 1874-1874 m. - m. - Unterrnayer I Paul Hans Fritz Grete Max (R•tM6R)

Mina Jakob Sara Gerson b. 1831 b. 1833 b. 1834 b.1836

I. Nanette 2. Pauline 2. Isak 2. Hannchen 2. Gustav 2. Albert 2. Emilie 2. Fanny 2. Ephraim 2. Rika 2. Karolina 2. lda 2. Malch"n b. 1862 b. 1864 b. 1865 b. 1867 b . 1868 b. 1870 b. 1871 1873-1875 b. 1874 b . 1876 b. 1878 b.1882 b. 1883 m. Joseph Bissinger m. Cilli Wein m. Bemhard m. Morltz Buxbaum Bacharach

57 CHART II

Isaac Rosskam m. Bertha Gers1ley 1839- 1904 1842-1918

Alberl Benno David Samuel Leon Joseph William 1882-(1 m. Blanche Lehman 1873-1940 1865-1917 1867- 1912 1871-1946 m. Naneue I m. Sally m. Emma Nlederheimer m. Florence Pu ttcl Mannheimer Michael Erlanger 1870-1968 1882-1954 1896-(1 m.-- 1883- (1 a. Elizabeih I Schults Naneue Ulysses Henry Lcs1er WaherMarks Edwin Bernard 1890-1892 1893-1967 b. 1896 b. 1903 I m. I . Alice Maher m. Elizabeth m. I. Peggy Lipps Claire Fritz 1901- 1955 Schuhs 2. Louise Rosenbaum b. 1905 b. 1911 2. Madeline Wilson 1900-19$0 b. 1910 m. Max Berg m. Anne- 1907-1969

I . Lcs1er I. Richard Susan Anita b. 1924 b. 1927 b. 1949 b. 1952 m. Irene Pie m. I. Roberta Feld d. Richard Marchon 2. Hana Deme1z b.1946 I I Cathy Leslie David I b. 1952 b. 1955 b. 1956 Jennifer Timothy m. Robert b. 1971 b . 1973 Na1han I I I I. Carol I . Joanne I . Ellen Alicia b. 1957 b. 1959 b. 1960 b. 1979

WilliamB. Jr. Leon George Florence Ellen b. 1921 b. 1922 b. 1927 m. Ediih Cahcn m. Loris Ancker m. Gilbert Illich b. 1922 b. 1923

a. Richard a. Mary Ann WilliamB. Ul Stephen b. 1952 b.1956 b.1946 m. Merle Silberstein m. Diane Edmunds m. Thomas Pickerin8 m. Marilyn Zell b.1950 b. 1949 1 Lauren Gall Nancy George A. b. 1980 b. 1946 b. 1948 b. 1953 Andrew Julie m. 1.A. Sbawn m. Bruce Kanter m. Victoria Decker b. 1975 b. 1980 2. Howard Henry b. 1948 b. 1953 I 2. David I b. 1980 Michael Adam Gabrielle b . 1967 b. 1969 b . 1973

58 DESCENDANTS OF SAMUEL LOEB

Clan Rosskam m. Moritz Heidelberger

Isaac Joseph Harry Gustav Louis Sam Ulrich Lazarus Miriam m. ThcoBa11 1874-1957 m. Mary- 1877-1945 1882-1958 d.1942¢ 1885-1958 m. Eva Stein m. Elsie m. Celia Weiss m. Johanna Solomon m. Ludwig Blum 1886- 1962 Nicholsberger 1884-1966 I 1874-1923 1881-1946 Ilse m. Mcnachcm Glenn Claire Beuy Bernard Mark Janel I b. 1906 ~W13 ~1~8 b. 1917 1912- 1975 I m. Victor m. Bcmie Strouse m. Be11y Steiner m. Vera Baker m. I. Clarence Wolf Jr. Uri Anna Gros.sman b. 1909 b. 1920 b.19U 2. Anhur Isaac Sims b. 1946 b.1949 b. 1902 Ri c~~!d I b. 1915 b. 19~ Louis Theresa Margaret b.1948 b . 1949 b. 1950

Jane Ruth b. 1948 b.1951 2. Joan 2. Steven 2. Jill m. Peter Sculley rn. Richard Cinkowski b.1944 1945 b . 1947 I m. William Woycik m. MaryJo- m. Peter Stem Ryan b.1938 b. 1980 I I Janelle Jacqualine Janelle Joshua Leslie Jason b.1979 b. 1973 b. 1975 b. 1979 b.1973 b.1975 Bertha Miriam Fenton

Kun Lotte Evelyn Dorothy b. 1909 b. 1913 1914-1979 b. 1917 m. Jane Lieberman m. Jon Bcmheimcr m. Emic Brown m. Milton Freedman b.1909 b. 19ll b.1909 Jon Michael b. 1934 b. 1936 Susan Joan Roger Steven Morton Gustav m. Nancy Scholnick m. Inna Kreitner m. Harold Craige b. 1945 b. 1937 b. 1945 b. 1942 b.1945 b. 1936 b . 1936 m. Mimi Barsch m. Jane - m. Jacqueline Sand I I ' I I----, David Cathy I I Lisette Ellen Adam Natha.n Rachel b. 1964 b. 1967 S

59 CHART III

I. Bertha I. Mathilde I. Lazarus I. Peppi I. Anna b. 1840 1842-1843 1844-1912() b. 1845 111 . Sigmund Erlanger m. Sophie Milnstcr m. -- Wohlfan b. 1849

Helena Emil Louis b. 1873 1873-1924 1882-1941* I. Theodor David I. Ella I. Hi lda I. Hedwig m. Eduard Lehman m. Sidonia (Toni) m. Dora Klein 1875- 1952 1876- 1978 1878- 1878 b. 1880 Gerstle d.1941* m. Katherine Hartman m. Herman Gutmann I (See Chart Ill) I d. 1918 Kurt Fritr. Use I d. 1918 b. 1920 Elmer A. (GERSTLEY) m. Gershon Peres 1900-1952 1916- 1980 m. Anna Morgan

Jo ram Tamar Katherine David 1942-1969 b. 1953 b. 1931 b. 1939 m. Liya Tai m. Dan lubar I ~1 Sharon ..rrot:~·ri . ··-·Jo&;.~~ b. 1969 Adam Ron b. 1975 1981

Siegfried Paula Sally Selma James Cynthia Erick Grace Gina Bruce 1881-1936 m. Albert Stern 1883-1942* m. -- b. 1952 b. 1953 b. 1955 b. 1958 b. 1963 b.1963 m. Emma Regensburger m. David Steinharter m. Chris Curtis m. Menajen Fialco m. Juan Carlos Hernandez 1888- 1942* Heidelberger I I I (See Chart V) (See Chart II) Siegfried Jeremy Tricia Jessica Paul b. 1974 b. 1979 b.1973 b. 1982 Frieda Max Me ta d. 1981 d . 1956 m. -- Schafheimcr m. --Schafer Max (PETER) Arthur Theodor Willie b.1904 1906-1971 m. Frances Reitman m. Hilde Lowenstein b.1912

Edgar Leon Hedy Tom George b. 1931 b. 1939 b.1944 b. 1942 b. 1945 m. Carol Greenberg m. Rita Schacfermann m. Tobi Lcwcnstein

Cheryl Lisa Allen Leni b. 1966 b. 1968 b. 1972 b. 1974

60 D ESCENDANTS OF S AMUEL L OEB

Abraham m. I. Helene Gradmann 1812-1891 2. Karoline Kress Kahn 1824- 1858 3. Sofie Laemmle d. 1902

I. Jacob I. Regin• I. Amalie I . Jeuc 1846-1921 m. - Erlanger m. t. Karoline Obernzenner 1854--1891 2. Ida Harburger 1862-1942

I . Leo I. Selma I. Sidonia (Toni) I. Bettina I. Gustav I. Emst 2. Amold 2. Rosa 2. Paula 1883- 1948 b. 1884 m. Emil Gerstle 1887-1945f"I 1888- 1945 1890- 1918 1894- 1958 b. 1896 b.1900 m. Emma Urnstcin m. Laura Benjamin m. Henrietta m. Ludwig Oppenheimer b. 1891 (Jenny) Umstein Jack Regina (Ina) Leopoldo Yaakovl) Jacob Kurt Louis Ernst b. 1922 b. 1925 b.1924 b. 1925 m. Else (Epsie) Neu m. Ouo Pretsfelder m. Lore Katz m. Ruth Weissberger b. 1926 b.1923 b. 1926 b. 1928 I

Linda Gary Evelyn Steven Gary Judit h Leonard b. 1952 b.1954 b. 1953 b.1953 b.1960 b. 1954 b. 1957 m. Yisroel Gottlieb m. Fred Farbman m. Adena Frieman b. 1955 b. 1952 b. 1959 I I Tamara Stephanie b. 1979 b. 1979

Jack Walter Manfred (Freddy) Leon Esther Naomi Miriam b.1923 m. Rebecca Janiak b.1929 b. 1950 b.1954 b. 1959 b. 1962 m. Helga Baum b. 1933 m. Ruth - ­ m.Sarbara m. Danny Rothschild m. Shmuel b. 1928 b.1931 S..huster Feinstein I I Abraham Benjamin Zivia Yael Noah Shoshana b. 1959 b. 1961 b. 1962 b. 1978 b.1982 b.1981 m. Esther Roth b. 1961

Adina Dodi Alisa Avron Susan Sandra Jacqueline David (GtLAD) Jonathan Yehudit b.1964 b. 1966 b.1979 b. 1981 b. 1954 b. 1958 b. 1964 b. 1953 b. 1956 b.1956 m. Ziloa Bco David m. Chanah Shapiro b. 1953 b. 1959 Alfred (GERSTLEY) Theodor David Kaethe Ludwig b. 1907 1908-1971 1910- 1911 1913- 1914 I m. Hilde Mann m. Sophie Zipora Emanuel Yaniv Saar Yotan I b. 1915 b.1976 b. 1978 b.1980 Edwin b. 1946 m. Sara Honigsfeld b. 1947 I Darby Alysa David b. 1972 b. 1974 b. 1977

Tova Yehudit Vercd Menachem (DAC•N) Yakov (DAGAN) Shifra m. David Stem b. 1939 b. 1947 b.1949 b.1951 b.1954 m. Ychoshua Frlman m. Danny Bauer m. Mirta Gans m. Batya Shalem m. Avi Freidman I I Ezreil Nadav Naama Oded Avi Shai Benaya Kfir Neta Orit David b. 1965 b. 1967 b. 1970 b. 1974 b.1978 b.1980 b. 1977 b.1979 b. 1974 b. 1976

Shlomo Moshe Dalit David David Zvi Nisan Ve red Emanuel b.1960 b. 1963 b. 1969 b.1971 b. 1972 b. 1973 b. 1974 1979 b.1981 CHART IV

Emma Babette (Bele) Hirsch (HE-><•v GERSTL£v) Gerson Benha Esther Lazarus b. 1836 b.1837 1839-1899 1840-1841 (See Chart U) b. 1847 (Louis C£RSTLBV) m. Mark Schwartz m. Louis Stiefel m. I. Rosa Weinstock 1849-1931 I 1850-1874 m. Rosa Einstein 2. Henrleua Springenberg 1869-1942 Wile Sarah 1850-1942 m.-- 186S-1927 Het•n m. l..ouisStem Samuel Ruth Henry m. Al Finn 1852-1928 I . Rebecca I.Leon 2.William 1895-1961 1897-1956 b. 1899 1870-1959 1868-1897 1891- 1966 m. Sophie Neuman m. Julian Hecht m. Selig Schever 1903-1963 1899-1956

Jesse (Shorty) Leon Blanche d . 1966 m. Esther -- m. Simon Freedman Kiefer Louis m. Eva Blum I b.1926 b.1923 d . 1959 Elsie m. Jean Re!owich m. Beny Jane Silverstone Will iams. Elinor George.\. I m. Abe Berg b.1930 b. 1928 b. 1904 1903- 1947 m. Joannc - Edna m. Nancy Amold m. Richard Weingart 1906- 1977 I I m . Seymour Beere Loma Alan Linda James Robert Dorothy Thomas 1901- 1970 m. Ed Hoopes m. I. Betty Smith b.1955 b.1956 1961 b. 1956 1959 William A. Arthur George I 2. Marlene b. 1934 b.1937 m. Caroline- Seymour J r. Herring m. Laura Rieger 1 b. 1927 3.Sidelle- Richard Louis Joan Jason m . Marlene Marcus 4. Marlene 1924-1972 b. 1922 b.1926 I b. 1981 Herring m. J. Jean Brllenberg m. Shirley For m. M. Philip Jonathan Nina I I 2. Phyllis Fine b. 1924 Lorber b.1969 1972 Brian Jamie I . Andrew I b. 1960 b. 1963 Joanne Richard Alli Beth Bria.n Thomas Nancy b. 1948 b. 1950 b. 1958so~ b. 1956 b. 1959 b . 1950 b.1951 m. Cary Blum m. Eric Rehm m. Willlam I Rackolf I Louis Jr. Julien Jora Rehm.Lorber Dena Andrew b. 1949 b. 1952 b. 1981 b. 1975 1979 m. Nancy m. Elizabeth William Jr. Bumstine O'Connor 1910-1981 m. Carol Kalfenburah Sylvia Paul Della Florence I I 1887-1955 m. I. Naneue -- 1892-1944 William ill Virginia David Cm! m. James Oppenheimer 2. Hilde Kaufmann m. Leonard Meyers b. 1940 b. 1948 1952-1975 1885-1938 1887-1955 d.. Jamcs I I Dubin Jane Suzanne Louis Sally Dorothy b. 1911 b.1928 b. 1934 b.1938 b. 1913 d. Howard Krasnoff m. Carol Cross m. Jerome Epstein I b. 1941 b.1935 I I I Jeffrey Peter Natalie Lawrence Gregg Michael b. 1955 b . 1957 b. 1965 b.1971 b. 1959 b.1962 DESCENDANTS OF JAKOB

Samuel Loeb m. Sofie Marx 1811- 186on

Wilhelm (WILLIAM GERS1'L£Y) Abraham b. 1851 b. 1852 m. Hedwig Kalmheimer

Emma Isaac Selma Florence Louis Jr. b.1879 1880- 1952 1884-1966 m . Leon Sunstein b. 1894 m. Arthur Loeb m. Louie Greil m. I . Alfred Fleisher m. Rita Bacharach _J 1883- 1946 d. 1928 2. Leon Sunstein d . 1968 Louise Nancy Elaine b.1923 b.1925 b. 1930 m. I. Lee Raden m. Manin Rosen m. James Fuld I. Robert I. Howard I. Suzanne 2. Sydney Pols b.1912 b. 1915 b. 1921 I m. Janet Schafer m. Adele Fisher m. Ralph Roberts I Joan James Nancy I.Ann I. Richard b. 1944 b. 1947 b. 1954 b.1947 b. 1950 Jill Nancy Ellen Joanne Nora Alfred (Nick) b. 1940 b. 1944 b. 1943 b. 1944 b. 1947 b. 1950 m. Sheldon Bonovitz m. Jon Hellebrand m. Richard Watson d. Robert Vogel m. Robert Liulefield m. Peggy Fidler Robert Carol I b.1954 b. 1957 I I I I Christopher Erik Kiersten Ross Maggie Lisa Beth Justin Emily b.1968 b. 1970 b. 1969 b. 1971 b. 1974 b. 1970 b.1972 b. 1976 b. 1979

Jana Adam

Catherine Lisa Ralph Brian Douglas b. 1950 b. 1952 b. 1954 b. 1959 b. 1960 m. Anthony Clifton

Margaret Greil Jane Charles Leon Jr. b. 1913 1920- 1944 b. 1914 b. 1917 b. 1921 m. Earl Iay Gratz m. Eleanor Hyman Ma.rcus m. I. Abraham Freedman m. Caroline Ne tter m. Emily Weisbe rg 1905- 1976 I 2. Robert Abrahams Greil Gerstley Marcus I I b. 1945 I Florence Lynne Charles Jr. Margot Lawrence m. Jenny Bernstein I . Robert L. I. Margery b. 1946 b. 1948/ b.1952 b. 1938 b. 1942 I b. 1940 b. 1941 m. Theodor Begun m. Gayle Reingold m. David Jay m. Jan Zacharchuk m. Diane Stoller I Charles Emily Cessie b. 1935 b. 1970 b. 1972 I Jeffrey Andrew Paul Kay Marie Lauren Elizabeth Paul Jonathan b. 1975 b.1978 b. 1946 b. 1948 b. 1954 I m. Paul Heimowitz m. Ralph Zanipora Daniel Margery I b. 1967 b. 1970 I Gabriella Daniel Nora b. 1979 b. 1978 b. 1980 CHART V

Gerson Abraham Moses Augusl Esther Sofie Sara 1846-1847 1848- 1908 n 1849-1849 1850-1850 1855-1940 m. I . Sara Thellhei mer m. Elias Wassermann 1853- 1883 2. Henrlcne Major 1857- 1905

I . Julius I . Gustav I . Sophie I. lgnatt I. Hansl 2. Bella 2. Laura 2. Else 2. Sicgele 2. Irma 1875-1942() 1878-1952 b. 1881 1884-Q 1886-0 1895-0 b. 1897 m. I. Matilde Simon m. David Froehlich m. Isaac Gerstle m. Samuel Gutman m. Siegfried Crunhut m. Joseph Crunhut m. Ma.• Cartner b. 1874 1870-1951 b. 1868 1874- 1939 1876-0 1893-Q (GAttD1<£tt) 2. Klara Scheuer I 1881-1953 b. 1876 r----1 Susan I I Alfred Esther (Thea) b. 1925 Hans (JOHN ALAN) I I b. 1910 b. 1910 b.1923 Ludwig (Louis) Selma Martha m. S haul Peer m. Gaby Heilbron 1898-1962 b. 1909 b . 1903 b. 1930 m. Hilde Haas m. Louis Maier m. Herbert Maier b. 1907 I I Ronnie llan b. 1940 b. 1940 Waher Frank Ruth Marguerite (Meg) Eugen Rosemarie b. 1923 b. 1926 b. 1925 b. 1929 b. 1933 b. 1937 m. John Baer m. Anthony Helene David Klara Julius m . Lilllanc Plessner m. Jack Lipman I Ro1hschild b. 1884 b.1886 b.1888 1890-1965 I Arthur m. Willie m. Eva Levy m , Fran7. m. Lina Mettcnlcitcr b. 1952 S pangenberg h.1890 Pluemer 1891-1976 Debbie S1ephen m. Francine Mason I b.1960 b.1961 Senta Hilde Kurt b. 1913 Richard Michael Andrew b. 1910 h. 1912 m. Paul Cahn David Mark Andrew b. 1956 b.1960 b. 1964 m. Bruno Rosenberg m. Gerta Cross b. 1958 b. 1959 b. 1960 b. 1905 h. 1920 I Selma Eugen Martin Jean Ann I b. 1900 1903- 1929 d. 1918 1941- 1965 Lorraine Joyce Alan m. Arthur Einstein 1947- 1952 b . 1953 b. 1955 b. 1889

Trude Hans b. 1924 b. 1926 m. -- Ornstein (ORR) DESCENDANTS OF JAKOB

Moses m. Handele Gerstle 1817- 1883 1822- 1879

Peppl Babelle Isak Michael Samuel Moses 1854-1934 b. 1856 b. 1857 1859-t924n m. Abraham Regeosburger m. Pcppi Blssinger 1852- 1917 b. 1863

Pauline Hans I Wilhelm Emma Mina Martin Max 1877-Q 1880.-19431) 188:'>-1952 1888- 1942 Q b.1890 m. Gn:tl b. 1899 m. Max Henle m. Ludwig m. Dora m. Siegfried m. Richard Loewen berg m. I. Hede Schwartz 1861- 1935 Frankcnhcimer Possen h eim~r Erlanger Gutman (Sec Chart VI) 1905-1960 1875- 1943 Q b. 1902 1881- 1936 b. 1891 2. Lo11e Taffe l I Arno Hugo Morlti Johanna Justin Anne Ingeborg b. 1931 1902-1938 1903- 1943 Q 1907- Q 1913- 1972 b. 1925 1928-1942 Q m. Ruth Heineman m. Josephine -- m. Edna Kuh m. Ellen Lion m. Morris Rotenberg b. 1936 d. 19431) b. 1920 I Mark Irmgard Renate Brenda Jeffrey b. 1949 b. 1923 b. 1925 b. 1956 b. 1958 m. Sima luak m. Hcnnan Fleischacker m. I. Fred Rosenberg 1918- 1951 I 2. Herman Scherk Jennircr Jeffrey Sam Edna Jonatha.n I Kacthc Charlotte b. 1975 1978 b. 1961 b. 1963 b. 1968 I. Barbara b. 1920 b. 1927 b. 1951 m. Sidney m. Martin Stem m. Barry Berkowitz Biglovsky Samuel Leo Martin Harold Julius b. 1937 1901-1971 1903- 1971 1906- 1972 b. 1910 I m. Ida Nachman m. Anni Strauss m. Helga Cohn m. Fanja Michelis I Pia Marc Roger b. 1902 b. 1915 b. 1923 b. 1915 Laurie Brian b. 1952 b. 1954 b. 1958 b. 1968 1981

Edna Gil Ronny Karen Diane William Susan b. 1946 b. 1950 b. 1946 b. 1949 1947 1951- 1968 b. 1955 m. Ariel Zar ran m. Doyle Wiseman m. Barry Poris I --, I Ehud Ruthie Yael Tara Nicole

Jacob Rosa Hans I Max Emil Hugo Doris Morit1' Henry Sophie 1883-1955 1884-1918 1887- Q 1888- 1917 1889-1946 1890-1917 n 1893-1980 b. 1894 b.1899 m. Johanna Hess m Ferdinand m. Louis Einstein Q m. Charlotre Juhl m. Eugen Goldberg m. 1.Ethel m. Thea Lang b. 1898 Mcinstcin b.1907 1884- 1947 1. Dorothy Carnot b. 1916 1878-Q I 3. Dorothy Cohen I Gudrun Thea 1915-1973 b. 1909 m. Alfred Levi d. 1939 I Jean b. 1938 m. Elizabeth Berger

Siegbcrt Rena re b. 1926 b. 1933 m. Carmen Martinet Cordero m. Ernst Mogendorff I John Joe Carmen Carola Sonia Gorge b. 1957 b. 1959 b. 1961 b. 1963 b. 1958 b.1962

65 CHART VI

Carolina Isak (Julius) Efralm b. 1855 1856-1893 1857- 1926 m. Samuel Rosskam m. Mina (Lena) m. Rosalie b. 1850 Hirsch HcideckcrQ 1863- 1959 I Eugenie Franil Clara ldl Justin 1876-1932 1877- 1964 1881- 1971 b. 1885 1894- 1971 m. Harry Sundheim m. Herman Loewen berg m. Alexander Abraham m. Olga 1873-1957 1880-1969 1877- 1961 Barbarlni 1900-1980 I Stanley Carolyn Justin T. b. 1901 b. 1916 b. 1930 m. I. Julia Nusbaum m. I. Israel Soltroff m. Rogeu e 1901-1974 2. Irving Osser Brassel 2. Evelyn Gartman 3. Augus tus Bacharach b. 1937 d.1980 I Grctl Ema Justin T. Jr. Scan Claudia I. Jeanne I . Ric.hard I. Frank b. 1905 b. 1909 b. 1962 b. 1963 b. 1967 b. 1926 b. 1932 b. 1932 m. I. Martin Re11ens­ m. Erich Marx m. Walter Spiegel m. Joan David m. Adrianne Bauer burger (REGAN) b. 1907 b. 1922 b. 1934 b.1935 1896-1977 I Justino Leo Julius I 2. John Coleman Carol m. Bertha Rosenstein Q b. 1896 1896-1971 b. 1950 m. Bertha Grcenhut m. Bertha Mansfield David Carol Linda m. John Morris b. 1898 1904- 1971 b. 1956 b. 1958 b. 1960 I b. 1947 I. Alfred I. Warren H. Eric Hannah Laura Walter Karen James b. 1930 b.1935 b. 1928 1923- 19410 b. 1951 b. 1954 b. 1957 m. Eda Mendels m. Carol Ung Taylor m. Margaret Sichel m Rosemary m. Stephen Franklin m. Lee Vant b. 1930 Fordham b.1941 b. 1962 I b. 1953 I a. Nona a. Vivian a. . Mark a. Nicole Luana Deborah b. 1949 b. 1950 b. 1968 b. 1969 b. 1959 b. 1958 Ross Andrew m. -- b.1980 b. 1981 Ulysses Herbert Lester (ABRAMS) Arthur (ABRAMS) Norman (Herbert) b. 1905 1909- 1981 1911-1971 Jonathan Rebecca Sara b. 1904 m. Blanche Seltzer m. Sally Frank m. I. Bessie Shaph·o b. 1954 b.1957 b. 1962 I. Claire Weltiekorn b. 1907 I 2. Dorothy Brcgan m. Shelly Starr m. Gi!Singer 2. Sophie Miller a. Paul 3. Gladys Weisberg 4. Shirley Bemer Beverly Lynne I. Eleanor I. Ruth b. 1936 b. 1941 b. 1942 b. 1944 m. Barry Phi lip m. Edward Felbia m. Joseph Juliano m. William Hartenstein b. 1938 b.1945 I I Robert Christopher Lawrence Keri Michael b.1967 b. 1969 b.1969 b . 1968 b.1970

66 DESCENDANTS OF ISAK RAFAEL

Abraham m. Pcppi Gutmann 1819- 1902 n b. 1827

Fanni Ida Mathilde Pauline Rkka Gustav l861- 1929n 1862- (r b. 1864 1864-(r 1866-(r 1868-1919 m. Aaron HclJcr m. Zacharias Heidecker m. Isidor Kusiel m. Jacob Heidecker m. Marie Cohen 1852-1931n d. 1926 d.1934 d. 1929 Hugo Ema Emma Selma Herbert b. 1894 m. Herman Bernheim b. 1885 1887-(r b. 1895? m. Thea Silverma.n I m. Hugo Koh.Iman (r m. Siegfried Aufhauser m. Sadie - - I Heinz 1874-(r I I Lawrence Gunther Rosemarie Elsbeth Hans (H•••Y CoLEMAN) 1907-(r b. 1920 m. Esther Gustav Siegward Justin Pepi 1920-1980 m. Maria Pclikanova m. Sylvia Reiner d. 1971 b. 1900 1896-1960 m. Trude Weil m. Ludwig Ouenheimer I I I 1896-1975 Gloria Eleanor Elsbeth Stephe.n Susan Peter I b.1944 b. 1949 b. 1921 b. 1946 b. 1948 b. 1933 Gretel m. Gary Radcliffe m. David Stoloft m. Andre Jerome m. Helene Scmier b. 1923 I I b. 1938 m. I. Erwin Hamburger Glynis Marlene d. 1947 b. 1975 Hertha Walter b. 1948 2. Gunther Gates b. 1921 b. 1924 m. -- David Jane 1913-1981 m. Frank Linden m. Madeline Olive.r 1 b. 1962 b.1965 Nicolas I b. 1981 I Steven Robert Janet Semandar David I.Sylvia I. Brenda 1. David 1. Miriam b. 1952 b. 1954 b. 1959 b. 1962 b. 1964 b.1942 b. 1947 b.1958 b. 1962 m. Sima Mawas m. Barry Scher m. Walter Monasch I I Naomi Michele Susie b. 1982 b. 1968 b.1971

Frieda Emma Siegfried b. 1884 Gertrude Willie Flora Berthold Peppi b. 1882 1883- 1954 m. Rose Loeb 1885-1959 1886-1916 1889-1965 1891- 1950 m. Edward Laemmlc m. Louis Laemmle m. David Weglein 1886-1959 I Albert William I Constance Carlotta Eleanor Richard m. Judy b. 1929 Rolf m. Justin Hilb b.1915 b.1912 I b. 1920 d. Milton Musser Naomi m. Ruth Schwarz I I b. 1965 b.1921 Rosemarie Heide Pep pi I b. 1960

Stephen Naomi b.1948 b. 1954

Beatrice Arthur Leonard m. Ferdinand Moos b. 1906 d. 1931 m. Estelle Ruben I Jackie Henry Lenore b. 1937 m. Robert Steinberg I Roxanne Morley Eliza b. 1960 b. 1964 b. 1966 CHART VII

Mina Leopold Rudolph Charloue Rebekka Fanny Sara 1847- 1917 1848-1895 1853-1926 m . Morin 1854-1854 1855- 1931 1856- 1937 m.-- m . Helene m. -- Bernheimer m. Samuel m. Mori1z Hirschkind Weimersheimer I Aufbauser I Julius 1847-1918 Alben 1872- 1959 m . Emma Gcrs1le '[__ 1878- 1963 I Lo1har b.1899 m . Ruth Weinberg b. 19U

Emma .Morilz Leopold Jette Sophie Alben Leopold Kio tilde m . Alber! 188()..1956 1881-1942 b. 1882 b. 1884- 1916 b. 1886 Hirschkind m. Grete m. Meier (see Alben Oppenheimer Hlrschkind)

Louis Sigo Alfred Eugenia Lina 1875- 1945. d. 1945' 1877- 1948 1879- 1958 m. Sigmund uvi1e m. Paula Siem m.Alma m. Fanny m. Hyman Levi1e I 1879-1945' Pfefferkorn Gem gross 1872- 1940 Sigo (L•w•ENcE) I 1889-1981 b. 1907 Rudolph 192()..1970 I I I I I I Frid rich Irene Waller Hena Ber1ha Mar1in Sen1a 1902-1953 1904-1978 b . 1913 b. 1907 b. 1910 b.1912 b. 1918 m. Eliane Meier m. Erwin Haas m. Ru1h m . Kurt Ber1hcim m . &Ima Uffner m . Arthur Frank b. 1905 1897- 1980 Oppenheimer d. 1947 b. 1916 I Ar1hur I I I I b. 1947 Marc Brigiue Paul Thomas m. Joanne b. 1938 b. 1940 b . 1946 b.1947 Bai zinger mb~:;:e Brods~h Danon b. 1947

Mau hew Rebecca b. 1981 b. 1981 Michal Na1haUe b. 1959 b. 1963 Max Herman Gertrude b.1912 b. 1917 b. 1920 Dinah Frederic Eva m . Pearl Holzman m. Maurice Marion m. Berl Rabb b.1962 b. 1963 b. 1965 b. 1921 I Daniel b. 1955 Werner Jacqueline Karen Alan Carol b. 1924 b. 1951 b.1954 b.1949 b. 1950 m. Suzanne m . 1ancy Clark m . Rober! Logan Lejzerowic.z. b.1929 I S1ephanie Craig I I I I I I b. 1975 b. 1977 Didier Michel Alan Jr. Jona1han Kaihleen Joshua b. 1952 b. 1957 b. 1973 b . 1976 b. 1978 b.1981

68 DESCENDANTS OF ISAK RAFAEL

Babette - m. Isak Oswald Gerstle b.1822

Abraham Anselm Elias Nathan Julie Karoline Emil Eduard 1858-1858 1858-1858 b. 1859 1860-1939 b. 1861 b.1866 d.1930 d.1924 m. Sophie Schwan: m. Frieda Meier m. Karoline d. 1944' d. 1942 Pichard Osk~9451) I 189~

Therese Elsa Lyda Eugenia 1880-1945 1883-1910 m. Wolfgang Vogel d.1953 m. Samuel Einstein m. Albert Kraemer I m .. Adolph KeUever I Ann Mary I Anny m. --Conine Pau.la d. 1945* I m. Alfred Bob Oppenheimer

Martin Siegfried Simon !904-1972 1906-1955 m. Marianne Veith m. Gina Loffier b. 1913 b.1914 I Joram Ruth Rachel Chava b. 1945 b. 1937 b. 1939 b.1943 1.Zur Arie m. Menachem m. David Scheps !. Amos Schalev Matetyahu b. 1935 b.h h ·1 I I I I I. Tarit I. Dorit Osnat Tigalit Ofer Hadass Yael Tamar Oren b.1961 b. 1962 b. 1959 b . 1963 b. 1966 b. 1969 b. 1969 b. 1974 r Isaak David Gustav Emma Julius 1892-1914 1894- 1958 1897- 19411) b. 1898 b. 1906 m. Alice Schlacter m. OskarLevi m. Eva Wertheimer d. 1976 I I Gerard Jack m. Phyllis Levine Susan Jacqueline b. 1948 b. 1952 m. Salvatore Eric Nlna Carla Butacci b. 1960 b. 1962 b. 1966

Betty Alfred Emil Rudolph Julie Gustav Isidor Leo Emma 1876-1925 1877- 1878 1878- 19451) 1881- 1956 1882-19451) b. 1883 1884-19451) b. 1886 1887- 1887 m. Martha Bollag m. Louis m. Alice Feibelman m. Stefanie 1894- 1961 Grunebaum I Halberstadt I Hans (HAUSE.a) I Eduard (EPHRAIM) m. Ruth Hollander Ruth Fritz (FR£D) Lore b. 1911 m. --Traver b.1921 b. 1923 m. - Dublon m. Eva m. Leonard Frankenstein Snider b. 1930 I I Susan Jeffrey Karen~ Mark Richard Gary b.1959 b. 1961 b. 1948 b. 1952 CHART VIII DESCENDANTS OF GERSON

Gerson m. Rachel Kramer b. 1797 b. 1806

Moryam Sophie Babe11e Clara Anselm Hanna Leopold 1828-1829 1831- 1904 1834-1911 1841- 1905 d. 1895 d. 1886 1848-1918 m. -Hirsch m. I . Regina Oc11ingcr 1852- 1891 2. Belly Vogelbaum 1861-1932

I . Gus1av I . Adolph I. Rohen Rafael 1. Rosa I. Lydia I. Albcri I. Bcrihn 2. Ida 1875- 1889 b. 1876 1877-1877 b. 1878 1880- 1880 b. 1881 1883-1980 1895-1936 m. Lena Scha17. m. Marcus Gunz m. Frieda Lahm m. Karl Levi m. I. Benjamin d. 1936 1889- 1982 1884-1959 Weiler I 2. David Filstein Carolyn Alfred Adolph (LuR1El b. 1906 1913-1966 b. 1909 m. Conrad Goctke m. Edhh Jackson m. Diana Hohzman 1902-1980 I b. 1910 I Jane I Margucri1e (Peggy) b. 1950 Barbara m. I. Bernhard Deutsc h m. Alar Arras b. 1934 2. Frank Llnge·Larsen I m. Vin~c n1 Tirola Paul I b. 1981 Douglas 2.Eric 2. Inger 2. Torben b. 1966 b.1964 b. 1966 b. 1968

Custa\•c Leo Hans (H•aot.o) b. 1905 b. 1907 b. 1912 m. I . Alice Singer m. Libby Sachs m. Vera Unger 2. Hedda Horner I I b. 1909 Joe.I Alan b.1933 m. Myra Wendel I. Rober1 I. Claude b. 1945 b. 1945 b . 1947 I m. Nancy Goodman m. Ellen Cohen b.1945 b. 1946 Bradley Lisa I I b. 1958 b.1960 Michael Amr J~ ss 1 ca Ari Jeremy b. 1971 b. 1974 b. 1972 b . 1974 b. 1977

70 About The Author

Karen Spiegel Franklin received her bachelor of arts degree from Wellesley College and her master's degree in the Department of Religion at Temple University. She has taught at Temple University, Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, and at the Daroff Campus of Senior Adult Studies in Philadelphia. Mrs. Franklin currently teaches in the adult education program of Riverdale Temple. She is on the faculty of the Temple Emanuel Religious School, Yonkers, New York. She lectures frequently in the community on topics such as genealogy, Jewish history, and women in Judaism. Mrs. Franklin is the wife of Rabbi Stephen D. Franklin, Rabbi of the Riverdale Temple, Bronx, New York. The couple has two children, Ross Fauer and Andrew Julian.

71 This book was produced for the publisher by RA Y FREIMAN & COMPANY STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT o6903

72 ... -- \ I~ I