[8.1] Gabriel ESKELES (b. 1750 Wien, d. 1753 Fuerth).
Founder of Line 1 of ESKELES Family Tree
married [8.9] Hanne SIMONIS (b. Rotterdam)
- [7.1] Moses ESKELES (b. 2 July 1776 Fuerth, d. 12 Dec. 1829 Kelsterbach)
m. (11 June 1825) [7.9] Babette Braunle SONNEBERG
(b. 1798, d. 10 Jan. 1874 Kelsterbach) daughter of a Schutzjude (protected Jew) Herz Loew SONNEBERG
- [6.1] Abraham ESKELES (b. 7 Jan 1819 Kelsterbach, d. 15 May 1883 Kelsterbach) tailor, peddler, food merchant.
He married (4 July 1849 Darmstadt) [6.4] Hannche MANNHEIMER
(b. 1 Jane 1821 Graefenhausen, d. 29 Jan 1890 Kelsterbach)
sister of [6.27] Joel MANNHEIMER.
They purchased a home in 1858 which remained in the family until 1907.
- [5.1] Hermann Naftali ESKELES
(b. 2 Aug. 1855 Kelsterbach, d. 17 Feb. 1888 Offenbach)
m. (b. 4 May 1882 Offenbach) [5.4] Mathilde FRANK
(b. 3 June 1860 Arnstein, d. 28 Nov. 1919 Frankfurt/M.).
- [5.2] Henriette Jettchen ESKELES (b. 1 July 1853 Kelsterbach,
d. 9 Feb. 1928 Nashville, TN) m.
[5.27] Lee Simon GOLDNER
(b. 8 Sep. 1852 Frankfurt/M., d. 29 Jan. 1932 Nashville, TN)
- [5.3] Babette Bettchen ESKELES
(b. 12 Nov. 1857 Kelsterbach, d. 15 Mar. 1942 Franfurt).
m. (1 Jan. 1886 Kelsterbach)
[5.25] Bernhard SPEIER (b. 17 Mar. 1852 Burghaun, d. 29 Jan. 1890 Kelsterbach).
- [5.6] Moses Moritz ESKELES (b. 24 June 1851 Kelsterbach,
d. Offenbach) m. [5.8] Jeanette FRANK (b. 28 May ???? Arnstein),
sister of [5.7] Mathiilde FRANK.
Moeses Moritz and his brother Hermann Naftali ESKELES were partners in a leather accessories business.
- [4.3] Joseph Max ESKELES (b. 3 Nov. 1879, Offenbach, d. New York), salesman of leather accessories.
Perhaps continued father's business. Imprisoned one and a half months in Buchenwald in 1938.
Released and came to Palestine in 1940. Emigrated in U.S.A. Not married.
- [4.4] Alfred (Ferdinand?) ESKELES (b. 7 July 1899 Offenbach,
d. 22 Aug. 1884? Frankfurt)
- [4.5] Arthur Hermann ESKELES
(b. 29 Mar. 1899 Offenbach, d. 1941 Holocaust, Litzmanstadt)
m. [4.61] Grete STERN (b. 8 July 1906, d. 1941
Holocaust Litzmanstadt) daughter of a wealthy family. Arthur was a great motorcycle fan.
They lived in Frankfurt in a luxurious flat.
- [5.4] Amalie ESKELES (b. 31 July 1859 Kelsterbach)
m. (7 Aug. 1889) [5.24] Leopold MAYERFIELD
(b. 9 May 1858 Biebesheim, d. 4 Oct. Frankfurt/M.)
- [5.5] Meyer Max ESKELES (b. 3 Oct. 1861 Kelsterbach).
m. (12 Jan. 1890) [5.29] Dorothea Dora MANNHEIMER (b. 13 Mar. 1867 St. Louis, MO,
d. 21 May 1921 St. Louis, MO)
- [6.2] Gabriel ESKELES
(b. 1817 Kelsterbach, d. 13 Feb. 1896 Kelsterbach)
married (3 Dec. 1845 Darmstadt)
[6.5] Hannche LILIENSTERN (b. 1822 Ortenburg,
d. 30 Mar. 1863 Kelsterbach).
- [6.3] Feist ESKELES
(b. 1828 Kelsterbach, d. 28 Dec. 1898)
married (1 Sep. 1858 Darmstadt)
[6.6] Eva GINSBERGER (Esther)
(b. 1832 Jaegersheim, d. 10 Jan. 1860 Kelsterbach).
Remarried (18 Feb. 1861 Darmstadt)
[6.7] Jettchen Johanetta SALOMON
(b. 1827(1824) Amsbach, d. before 1890 Frank.)
- [7.2] Yehuda Loeb ESKELES (b. 30 Aug. 1773 Fuerth, d. 26 Nov. 1852 Fuerth), teacher. No children.
Numbers in brackets are references to
The ESKELES Genealogy
by Zeev ESHKOLOT.
Daniel E. LOEB, eMail:
daniel.loeb at verizon.net
