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WACHENHEIMER Family

Herz Löb WACHENHEIMER (b. 1785, d. 1848 Biebesheim, Gross-Gerau, Germany) married (before 1819) Mindel (b. around 1790, d. 21 May 1851 Biebesheim, Gross-Gerau, Germany), daughter of Itzig LEIB.

Rosina WACHENHEIMER (b. 1818)
Lazarus WACHENHEIMER (b. 18 Nov. 1825 Biebesheim, Gross-Gerau, Germany, d. 20 Jun. 1896 Biebesheim, Gross-Gerau) m. Charlotte STERNFELS (b. 29 Sep. 1829 Erfelden, Germany, d. 20 May 1910 Biebesheim, Gross-Gerau, Germany)
- Minna OPPENHEIMER (b. 10 Sep. 1855 Biebesheim, Gross-Gerau, Germany)
- Mayer WACHENHEIMER (b. 14 Jan. 1857 Biebesheim, Gross-Gerau, Germany, d. Johanesburg, South Africa) married Klara ROTHSCHILD (b. 28 Aug. 1865 Schluchtern, Germany)
  - Meta WACHENHEIMER (b. around 1905, d. 1945 London) m. Jacob SIMON (b. around 1900, d. London). Children: Richard SIMON, Ruth SIMON
  - Hermann WACHENHEIMER
  - Ella WACHENHEIMER (b. 10 July 1893 Biebesheim, Gross-Gerau, Germany, d. 1945 London)
  - Selma WACHENHEIMER (b. 10 Oct. 1895 Biebesheim, Gross-Gerau, Germany, d. 24 Feb. 1938, Johanesburg, South Africa) m. Fritz ROSENTHAL. Son: Eric ROSS.
  - Leo WACHENHEIMER (b. 23 Mar. 1897 Biebesheim, Gross-Gerau, Germany, d. Johanesburg) m. Minna ALEXANDER (b. 22 Dec. 1897 Kassel, Germany, d. 1990 Johanesburg, South Africa). Children: Lotte WACHENHEIMER, Siegbert WACHENHEIMER.
  - Julius WACHENHEIMER (b. 18 July 1903 Biebesheim, Gross-Gerau, Germany, d. 15 Nov. 1991 France)
- Herzloeb WACHENHEIMER (b. 23 May 1853, Biebesheim, Gross-Gerau, Germany, d. 25 Nov. 1938 Frankfurt a/Main, Germany) m. Betty ROTHSCHILD (b. 4 Nov. 1870 Schluchtern, Germany, d. 21 Oct. 1938 Frankfurt a/Main).
  - Moritz Max WACHENHEIMER (b. 16 Jan. 1891 Biebesheim, Gross-Gerau, Germany, d. 3 May 1957 London) m. Erna GORNY (b. 9 Nov. 1904 Berlin, d. Nov. 1997 London)
  - Josef WACHENHEIMER (b. 9 Jan. 1892 Biebesheim, Gross-Gerau, Germany, d. 23 Feb. 1964 Verbank, New York) m. Karolin WEIL (b. 5 May 1901 Gernsheim, Germany, d. 23 Oct. 1972 Poughkeepsie, New York) daughter of Amalia and Jakob WEIL. (Contact Jakob WEIL's brother Ferdinand (Feiste) WEIL's great-grandson Frank WEIL fbweil545@gmail.com)
    - Edmund WACHENHEIMER (b. 31 May 1924 Biebesheim, Gross-Gerau, Germany, d. U.S.A.) married Ellen. Sons: Steven WACHENHEIMER, Donald WACHENHEIMER.
  - Mathilde WACHENHEIMER (b. 15 Sep. 1893 Biebesheim, Gross-Gerau, Germany, d. 25 Feb. 1931 Frankfurt a/Main) married ??? ROSENBAUM.
  - Emma WACHENHEIMER (b. 30 Oct. 1895 Biebesheim, Gross-Gerau, Germany, d. 5 Sep. 1970 U.S.A.) m. Leo SELIG (b. 18 July 1894 Schluchtern, Germany, d. 8 July 1972 South Africa).
    - Aenne SELIG m. Arthur WEISS (b. around 1915 Germany, d. 25 May 1974 South Africa)
      - Elaine WEISS
      - Michael WEISS m. Irene GREENBERG. Sons: Saul WEISS, and Adam WEISS.
  - Settie WACHENHEIMER (b. 15 Nov. 1897 Biebesheim, Gross-Gerau, Germany) m. Leopold SONNEBORN (b. 2 June 1891 Woelfersheim, Germany, d. 12 May 1974 Youngstown, Ohio) son of Olga ROSSMAN, (b. 15 Jan 1858 Woelfersheim, Germany, d. July 1943 New York) and Isack SONNEBORN (b. 31 Aug. 1843 Breidenbach, Germany, d. 1911 Marburg, Germany) son of Meriam STERN (b. 23 Nov. 1806 Breidenbach, d. 8 Aug 1883 Breidenbach) and Joseph SONNEBORN (b. 3 Aug 1802 Breidenbach, Germany, d. Oct 1877 Breidenbach) son of Hannel (b. 1771 Germany, d. 8 Feb 1840 Breidenbach) and Feibel Uri SONNEBORN (b. 1772 Germany, d. 16 Dec. 1836 Breidenbach) son of Sprintz and Aaron LOEW (b. about 1726 and came to Breidenbach after 1742). (Contact: Walter Rees STROMQUIST mail@walterstromquist.com and his wife Mary Elizabeth SONNEBORN, descendant of Feibel Uri SONNEBORN and Sprintz.)
- Berta WACHENHEIMER (b. 18 Oct. 1859 Biebesheim, Gross-Gerau, Germany, d. Altwiedermuss, Oberhessen, Germany) m. Gustav ADLER (b. around 1855). They had six or seven children.
- Fanny WACHENHEIMER (b. 11 Nov. 1861 Biebesheim, Gross-Gerau, Germany, d. 27-28 Sep. 1920 Biebesheim, Gross-Gerau, Germany) m. Liebmann GOLDSCHMIDT (b. 7 Feb. 1871 Geinsheim, Germany?).
  - Herman GOLDSCHMIDT (b. 10 Oct. 1896 Germnay, d. July 1988 New York City) m. Gerdi MEYER (b. 23 Oct. 1896 Crumstadt, Germany).
    - Else GOLDSCHMIDT m. Jules SPITZ.
    - Walter GOLDSCHMIDT (d.) m. Karla ??? (d.).
  - Melitta GOLDSCHMIDT (b. 27 Sep. 1899 Germany, d. June 1955 New York City) m. Ferdinand ERMANN (b. 6 July 1893 Germany, d. 15 July 1988 New York City).
    - Richard ERMANN married Ruth HEIDT
    - Manfred ERMANN (b. 3 Sep. 1934 Darmstadt, Germany) changed his name to Fred ERMAN , married (22 Nov. 1961 Gluckstern's on Delancey Street, New York City) Sandra LIEBERMAN (b. 6 July 1936 Brooklyn, New York). They live in Parsippany, New Jersey. Thanks to Fred for information on this branch of the family tree.
      - Gregory ERMAN (b. 27 Oct. 1963 New Jersey) married (22 May 1994) Deborah NORKIN. Daughters: Lita ERMAN (b. 22 Aug. 1998) and Eliza ERMAN (b. 4 June 2001). They live in Massachussetts.
      - Lisa ERMAN married Larry. Children: Rebecca Daniel, Seth, Benjamin, Joshua, and Miriam.
      - Andrew ERMAN (b. 22 Sep. 1969 New Jersey) married (22 Aug. 2000) Juna MARTIN (b. 22 May 1964 Arkansas). Children: Kyla ERMAN (b. 17 Dec. 2002) and Garret ERMAN (b. 4 Mar. 2005). They live in Virginia.
- Bernhardt WACHENHEIMER (b. 5 July 1863 Biebesheim, Gross-Gerau, Germany)
- Isaac WACHENHEIMER.
- Gustav WACHENHEIMER (b. 20 April 1877 Biebesheim, Gross-Gerau, Germany, d. Nov. 1931 Aschaffenburg, Germany) m. Franziska EPSTEIN (b. 15 May 1877, d. 16 Nov. 1914).
  - Amalia WACHENHEIMER (b. 2 Mar. 1904, d. 1979 Israel) married Salomon WOLFF (b. around 1900).

Information on this page due to Alan James EHRLICH alan.ehrlich at ehrlich-online.com and his web site.

Daniel E. LOEB, eMail: loeb17@gmail.com