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The Ancestors ofFamily Steinbergerfrom Hünfeldwithin the State of Hessen, Germany December 2019Contact: YitzieSteinberger@Gmail.comMost of the graves plus supplementary informationcan be found through this search page:https://www.lagis-hessen.de/de/subjects/xsform/sn/jufSee our extensive tree on Geni:https://www.geni.com/people/Isak-Steinberger/4085266346900027085

Isak & Hulda Steinberger Yad Vashem entries by Grandad Martin

Contents Isak SteinbergerHulda nee Rabenstein Jakob Steinberger Joseph Steinberger Fred Stone Martin Steinberger Bina nee Rosskamm Dina nee Katz Markus Rosskamm Ernestine nee Rosenmann Meier Rabenstein Moses Rabenstein Breine nee Stern Baer Rosenmann Pauline nee Zeilberger Jette nee Kaufherr S1 a-b S2 S3 S4 R1 a-b R2 R3 R4 See the page with “S2” in the title at the top left corner

Part I – Family Steinberger et al

S1a: Family Steinberger from Hünfeldhttp://www.alemannia-judaica.de/huenfeld_synagoge.htm http://www.hassia-judaica.de/Lebenswege/English/Braunschweiger_Manfred_English/index.html#titelseite.htmlCemetery: BurghaunIsak Steinberger Hulda nee Rabenstein Jakob Steinberger Joseph Steinberger Fred (Jakob) Stone Martin (Moshe) Steinberger Dina Bina Yitzchok 1787-1868 aged 84, 16 Av Kever in Burghaun Entitled “ Chaver ” and was the official religious leader of the Hünfeld community His role included being the Jewish teacher, Chazan, Shochet and Bodek His wife Dina was born in Hünfeld , and I assume that he came from a different town. Probably moved to Hünfeld to marry Dina and take up the positionHis father was also entitled Chaver so either he taught him himself or he went somewhere else to train 1829-1907, 16 AvKever in BurghaunJakob first married Mina Halberstadt in 1870 but she died shortly after childbirth Jakob then married Bina Rosskamm in 1873 Entitled ChaverWe are still trying to discover where he came fromHe must have passed away before 1824, as his son Joseph named one of his sons to be Isak, after Joseph’s father Source: Joseph and Jakob’s graves are on the LAGIS websiteAlso sourced from Grandad Martin’s Yad Vashem entryWe have copies of Jakob’s wedding certificates, kindly sourced by Elisabeth S.S. Further Research:-Where did Joseph and Yitzchok come from?-Any more information on Joseph’s parents 1921-2008 1915-1975

S2: Family Katz from Hünfeld, Kohanimhttp://www.alemannia-judaica.de/huenfeld_synagoge.htm Cemetery: BurghaunIsak Steinberger Hulda nee Rabenstein Jakob Steinberger Joseph Steinberger Dina nee Katz Jakob Katz Naftali Hirsch Katz Alexander Katz Nesanel Katz 1798-1887, 8 Tammuz Kever in Burghaun Born in Hünfeld Based on a copy of her death certificate 1762-1828, 28 Elul Kever cannot be found Source: The death certificate of Dina nee Katz was kindly found by historian Anja Listmann It states that Dina’s parents were Jakob and Pess Katz and that she was born in HünfeldThe kevarim and further notes can be found on LAGISI have made the assumption that Jakob was the son of Naftali Katz, and that thus part of the wider Katz family of HünfeldThe names Jakob and Mendel can be found in both parts of the Katz families at the same times, which is another clue that they are related Jacob and Pess Katz had three children born between 1798-1804, of whom Dina was the eldest Further Research:-To confirm that Jakob Katz was the son of Naftali Katz-Any further info on Sarah Pess Löwenstein-Who were the siblings of Dina Katz? Jakob Steinberger was named after Jakob Katz and was born just one year after the latter’s passing d. 1803, 12 Kislev Kever in Burghaun d. 1786, 2 Adar RishonKever in Burghaun Chava Esther d. 1783, 26 Adar RishonKever in BurghaunDaughter of Menachem HaLevi Sarah Pess d. 1819, 13 CheshvanKever in BurghaunMaiden name Löwenstein

S3: Family Rosskamm from Weyhers, descending from Family Müller from Eiterfeldhttp://www.alemannia-judaica.de/weyhers_synagoge.htmhttp://www.alemannia-judaica.de/eiterfeld_synagoge.htmCemetery: Rosskamm in Weyhers Cemetery, Müller from Eiterfeld in Burghaun Cemetery Isak Steinberger Hulda nee Rabenstein Jakob Steinberger Bina nee Rosskamm Markus Mordechai Rosskamm Salomon Rosskamm Pess nee Müller David Müller haLevi Elchonon Ahron Müller haLevi Siblings: Yaacov Koppel, Naftali Hirsch, Bunim Jette Yittel Source: The kevarim and further notes can be found on LAGIS The wedding certificate of Jakob Steinberger and Bina nee Rosskamm from Weyhers was kindly found by Elisabeth S.S. Cousin Stanley Stone has a Chumash with Markus Rosskamm written into it. Therefore I have assumed that Bina is a daughter of Markus. There was only one Rosskamm family in Weyhers: Salomon Rosskamm and his 4 sons, one of which was MarkusPess was the daughter of David from Eiterfeld (LAGIS/archives). I found only one David from Eiterfeld at this period in the local cemetery so I assume that he is the father of Pess. He had a son Joseph born just a few years after Pess; I assume he was her younger brother of Pess Further Research:- To confirm that Markus Rosskamm was indeed the father of Bina Steinberger- To confirm that Pess Rosskamm was indeed the daughter of David Müller 1803-1887, 2 NissanKever in WeyhersStanley has his Chumash in which he wrote that he was born on 7th May 1803 1771-1852, 1st day of Rosh Chodesh TammuzKever in Weyhers d. 1800, Isru Chag SuccosKever in Burghaun d. 1804, 28 ElulKever in Burghaun showing a jug, representing the Levi tribe. It says Segal on the grave rather than Müller or haLevi 1843-1929, 4 Adar SheniKever in Burghaun <<Photo on left holding baby Fred

S4: Family Kaufherr et al from Lütter Cemetery: WeyhersIsak Steinberger Hulda nee Rabenstein Jakob Steinberger Bina nee Rosskamm Markus Rosskamm Jette nee Kaufherr Meier Kaufherr Menachem Kaufherr Siblings: Menachem, Yitzchok , Yaacov 1751-1842 age 90, 28 Tammuz Kever in Weyhers Source: Bina nee Rosskamm’s wedding certificate says that she is a daughter of Jette Kaufherr I have assumed that family Kaufherr means the family of Meier Kaufherr from Lütter, which is just 3km from Weyhers. There is only one family Kaufherr in the entire region/LAGIS websiteMeier had three sons and based on the timings it makes sense that they are Jette’s brothers Merle 1764-1824 age 60, 10 CheshvanKever in WeyhersDaughter of Daniel HaKohen Further Research:- To confirm that Meier Kaufherr was indeed the father of Jette nee Kaufherr-Any further info on Merle. Her maiden name was probably Katz, given that her father was a Kohen

Part 2 – Family Rabenstein et al

R1a: Family Rabenstein from Tann http://www.alemannia-judaica.de/tann_synagoge.htmCemetery: TannIsak Steinberger Hulda nee Rabenstein Meier Rabenstein Moses Rabenstein Shimshon Rabenstein Jakob Rabenstein Yitzchok Nesanel 1813-1884 age 71, 5 Teves Kever in Tann Grandad Martin (Moshe) Steinberger was probably named after him as he was his great grandfather d. 1787, 18 Adar Moved from Netra around 1750 to start small community in Tann Had 8 children, each chose their own surname including Rabenstein , Nelkenstock , Sichel , Heilbronn, JungsterHas around 800 traced descendants on family tree Pess Rivkah SarahBreine Ernestine d. 1862, 14 ElulKever in TannShimshon passed away in old age d. 1866, 22 Adar Kever in Tann d. 1837, 15 IyarKever in Tann d. 1768, 11 ShvatKever in TannDaughter of Ascher Source: Almost all the graves can be found on the LAGIS website.Further info can be found in the website notes d. 1819Kever is in Tann but can no longer be identified 1854-1924 age 70, 10 SivanKever in TannMarried Ernestine Rosenmann (mother of Hulda )After Ernestine passed away aged just 44, Meier married Marie Franken (Miriam bas Naftoli)Meier was alive and well when Uncle Fred and Grandad Martin were born. Photo Below

R2: Family Stern from Geisahttp://www.alemannia-judaica.de/geisa_friedhof.htmCemetery: GeisaIsak Steinberger Hulda nee Rabenstein Meier Rabenstein Moses Rabenstein Breine nee Stern Ahron Stern Guedel Stern Siblings: Loeb, Gelle ( Plaut ), David, Betti (Stern), Brendel ( Braunschweiger ) Source: LAGIS/Archives say that Breine’s maiden name was Stern and she came from Geisa In the small village of Geisa there was a family Stern.They had three daughters each with a name beginning with the letter B, and interestingly they each had different nicknames beginning with the letter B. For example, our ancestor’s kever says Breine, but she was also known as Bertha and Babette. Brendel was buried in Burghaun and Betti married and moved to the USAThere is a record on JewishGen with the full family of 6, and the parents listed as Ahron and Guedel b. 1765Meier Rabenstein’s brother Ahron is probably named after this Ahron, who is their grandfather 1815-1894 age 79, 20 CheshvanKever in Tann Further Research:-To find out further information about family Stern from GeisaGeisa is in Thuringia rather than Hessen, and I cannot yet find the right archives and info 1774-1844 Breine’s Kever

R3: Family Rosenmann et al, from Kleineibstadt et alhttp://www.alemannia-judaica.de/kleineibstadt_synagoge.htmIsak Steinberger Hulda nee Rabenstein Meier Rabenstein Ernestine nee Rosenman Pauline Baer Rosenmann Goetz Baer Rosenmann Siblings: Feist, Marcus Cousin: Gustav Roan ( Rosenmann ) Sources: Grandad Martin captioned a picture of his grandmother, Ernestine Rosenmann 1845-1899 Gustav Roan (cousin from London) entered a Yad Vashem record for his father Feist Rosenmann , writing that Feist’s parents were Baer and Pauline Rosenman from Kleineibstadt Cousin James Woodley made an amazing find – the will of Marcus Rosenmann states that he gives $500 to his niece Hulda Steinberger, Hünfeld. This proves that Marcus was a brother of Ernestine. The surname is Rosenmann, but has in some secondary sources been misspelt as Rosemann, omitting the “n” in the middle 1845-1899Kever in Tann but can no longer be identifiedHebrew name Esther 1862-1929Marcus moved to America as a young adult (somewhere between ages 13-23) but it is not known who accompanied him. He included Hulda, his niece, on his will. Photo above ^^Our family had not heard of the American branch of the family until this research Gustav moved to London long before the war. He was close with Grandad Martin from when he arrived in 1938, and was in contact with the wider family until his passing in 1983 He was a son of Feist, and shortened his surname to Roan Further Research:-To find further documents mentioning Ernestine-To find out any information about Baer, for example the marriage certificate probably exists-To find any records of Goetz Baer-Is it possible that Baer and Pauline travelled to America with their younger son Marcus, leaving the older Ernestine and Feist behind? -Further information about Gustav Roan Married Pauline in 1853, with a dowry of 1,000 Gulden(Credit: Doron Zeilberger et al) Mentioned on the Alemannia Judaica page with his trade “Kleinhandel” Ernestine

R4: Family Zeilberger et al, from Ermershausen et alhttp://www.alemannia-judaica.de/ermershausen_friedhof.htmIsak Steinberger Hulda nee Rabenstein Meier Rabenstein Ernestine nee Rosenman Pauline nee Zeilberger Baer Rosenmann Regina Rechel nee Schönemann Lazarus Feist Zeilberger Feist Marx Zeilberger Kusel Schönemann 1780-1859, 8 Adar Rishon Presume Hebrew name was Elazar, known as Lozi Cattle Trader 1781-1846, 17 Sivan Source: An amazing project of our cousin Doron Zeilberger, descendant of Pauline Rosenmann’s brother Uri Shraga/Feist ZeilbergerGustav Roan (cousin from London) entered a Yad Vashem record stating that his grandparents were Baer and Pauline Rosenman from Kleineibstadt Further Research:-To find further documents and graves showing this family-To find evidence showing that Pauline is that daughter of Lazarus and Regina Rechel-To find the graves of our ancestors in the Ermershausen Cemetery. Recehel is on this text list http://www.rijo.homepage.t-online.de/pdf/EN_BY_JU_ermers.pdf b. 1819 Siblings: Uri Shraga/Feist, KuselSiblings: Abraham Kusel Siblings: Feist, Kusel From Burgpreppach , which is 10km south of Ermershausen Siblings: Feist, Marcus Feist was clearly a name that was in the family. The custom in those days in Germany was that the son would sometimes use his father’s first name as his second name, as was the case for Lazarus Feist Zeilberger

Part 3 – Siblings of families Steinberger and Rabenstein Additional Notes:This presentation focuses primarily on ancestorsWe also have extensive information about the siblings of our ancestors, which can be found extensively on Geni or by contacting us directly. Most of this further research for family Steinberger was kindly provided by Elisabeth Sternberg-Siebert and presented during our Hünfeld tripMany distant living relatives can also be found on the Geni website in various locations, a few of whom I have been in contact with, and we look forward to finding more relatives in the futureWe also look forward to finding out more about previous generations of cousins and we are regularly updating the wider family tree on Geni

S1b: Family Steinberger from Hünfeld incl. Siblings http://www.alemannia-judaica.de/huenfeld_synagoge.htmCemetery: BurghaunIsak Steinberger Hulda nee Rabenstein Jakob Steinberger Joseph Steinberger Fred (Jakob) Stone Martin (Moshe) Steinberger Siblings: Isak, Betti ( Klebe ), Sarah, Mendel, Juda Siblings: Joseph, Berta (Frank), Sali , Dina ( Saalberg ), Hanna Yitzchok Source: Jakob’s siblings were helpfully identified by Elisabeth S.S. based on the Hünfeld archives Isak’s siblings were mostly identified through Grandad Martin’s sources Joseph: Born in 1873 and moved to America around the turn of the century. Had daughters who were in contact with our family Berta and Dina: Grandad Martin wrote into Yad Vashem for them Sali: Identified from archives, nothing further known (Credit: Elisabeth S.S.). Probably named after Salomon RosskammHanna: Kever in Burghaun. Passed away in 1929 aged approx. 50, never married Isak and Sarah: Identified from archives, nothing further known (Credit: Elisabeth S.S.)Betti: Married Salomon Klebe from Rhina. Further info on Geni (Credit: Ingrid M.)Mendel: Moved to Furth. Further info on Geni (Credit: Elisabeth S.S.). Two descendants wrote into Yad Vashem for their parents, but we do not currently have contact details of their descendants Juda: Further info on Geni (Credit: Elisabeth S.S.) Further info has been loaded onto Geni -It would be amazing to learn anything more about these uncles, aunties and cousins Based on this extensive family tree, we can see almost all of the Steinberger siblings were named after ancestors that we have identified.

R1b: Family Rabenstein from Tann incl. Siblings http://www.alemannia-judaica.de/tann_synagoge.htmCemetery: TannIsak Steinberger Hulda nee Rabenstein Meier Rabenstein Moses Rabenstein Shimshon Rabenstein Jakob Rabenstein Yitzchok Nesanel Siblings: Ahron Siblings: Max Rabens ( Rabenstein ), Shimshon Max moved to London many years before the war Grandad Martin was close with him Shimshon passed away as an infant Kever in Tann Presumed ancestor of Rabenstein families of Cincinatti and Be’er Sheva Source: Almost all the graves can be found on the LAGIS website.Further info can be found in the website notes Siblings: Eliezer Lipmann Nelkenstock, David Sichel, Yehudah Loeb Heilbronn, Isaac Jungster, Sarah (Stern) Siblings: AscherSiblings: Nesanel , Meyer, Besschen At the time there was a new law that everyone had to have a surnameEach sibling chose their own surname, and Isaac was the youngest so he chose the name Jungster (means youngest) Each have huge family trees on Geni

AppendixAcknowledgementsHow to find kevarim on the LAGIS-Hessen.de website

Acknowledgements The Hünfeld VisitShoshana & Hadassah Steinberger arranged the trip to Hünfeld in October 2019, which Yitzie participated inThank you to Dr Rudolf Summa for giving us an extensive tour of Hünfeld, and to Elisabeth Sternberg-Siebert amongst others for making the second day special, including a visit to Burghaun CemeteryFurther ResearchThe following researchers and relatives have kindly put in efforts to find further information for us: Elisabeth Sternberg-Siebert, Anja Listmann, Ingrid Meissner, Doron Zeilberger, James WoodleyA special thank you to Elisabeth Sternberg-Siebert, who has been researching the Jewish families of Hünfeld, and authored a book about the Jewish people of Hünfeld (http://www.hassia-judaica.de/Lebenswege/English/Braunschweiger_Manfred_English/index.html#titelseite.html). Thank you for looking extensively through the archives for us and finding such interesting information about Family Steinberger, and also guiding us to further information on the LAGIS Hessen websiteThese websites have been very useful: LAGIS-Hessen.de, Alemannia-Judaica.de, JewishGen.org, Geni.com – A big thank you to the people who have made such tremendous efforts, which have been invaluable in finding out more about our familiesWe look forward to keeping in touch and making more discoveries together about our family in the near future Note: This family tree and acknowledgement are intended to supplement the Hünfeld visit project, and not to replace it

Kevarim (Graves) The LAGIS-Hessen.de website has so many kevarim of our ancestorsVery helpfully, they have transcribed the wording from each kever, and even translated it into German, which can then easily translate into EnglishThere are further notes below with helpful information found in the archives about each person and their immediate family

How to use the LAGIS-Hessen.de website This website can only be used for the families in the Hessen region, which include Steinberger, Rabenstein, Rosskamm, Kaufherr and KatzGo to this page https://www.lagis-hessen.de/de/subjects/xsform/sn/jufType the Surname in the first box (“Name”) and press enterYou will see a list of all the family members whose graves could be recordedUpon clicking, you will see lots of amazingly helpful information You can also scroll down to the “Indizes” section where it will also show you links to immediate relativesNote 1: for family Katz, you will need to add Huenfeld under “Ortsname”, otherwise you will get an extremely long list. Similarly for family Mueller, type the place EiterfeldNote 2: Our other ancestral families (Stern, and the extensive Rosenmann family) lived outside of the Hessen region so are not included in this website. I have not been able to find websites with pictures and further information, but please let me know if you are able to