Sigmund OPPENHEIMER Family Tree

[1] Sigmund OPPENHEIMER (b. 1 June 1801 Michelfeld, Baden, Germany, d. 31 May 1872 Michelfeld). [Note: BD from Judisher Friedhof Angelbachtal-Michelfeld records. Stammboum gives 1804 as his birthdate.] Sigmund married (5 March 1829 Bruchsal, recorded in Michelfeld) Jette LEVIS (b. 1 November 1806 Karlsruhe, d. 23 February 1862 Michelfeld) daughter of Seligman LEVIS and Rika ROSENFELS.

Jette LEVIS was the daughter of Seligman LEVIS son of Seckel LEVIS from Karlsruhe and Rika ROSENFELD. (Contact David OPPENHEIMER for family tree he received from George BRUCHS, or contact Jacquie BUTTRISS jacquie.buttriss@onetel.net great-great-granddaughter of Jette's sister Hanche LEVIS (b. 1812 Mosbach am Neckar) and her husband Simon MAYER himself the great-grandson of Brendel ASTRUCK descended from Moses Abraham ASTRUCK.

1. Marum OPPENHEIMER married his cousin Brendel OPPENHEIMER
   • Fanny OPPENHEIMER (b. 26 March 1844) married (17 August 1868) Leopold I. KIRCHHEIMER (b. 7 June 1842)
   • Joseph M. OPPENHEIMER (b. 28 February 1845) married (10 July 1873) Mina KIRCHHAUSEN (b. 21 March 1848)
     • Moses OPPENHEIMER (b. 1874, d. 1940)
       • Anne OPPENHEIMER (b. 9 May 1919) married Leopold BERGER (b. 1918, d. 1962).
         • Irit BERGER married Yehuda GAL yehudagal@bezeqint.net. Thanks to Irit for information about this branch of the family tree.
   • Rachel OPPENHEIMER (b. 23 October 1850) married Joseph Karl KIRCHHAUSEN (b. June 1846)
   • Karoline OPPENHEIMER (b. 30 August 1852) married (10 July 1879) Isac KIRCHHAUSEN (b. 9 March 1852)
   • Hannchen OPPENHEIMER (b. 22 October 1854)
   • Hermann OPPENHEIMER (b. 6 July 1858)

2. [2] Zacharias Hugo OPPENHEIMER. (b. 8 January 1830 Michelfeld, d. 25 June 1904 Heidelberg). (Dr. Med. 3 Jan. 1855, Professor of Medicine at the Univ. of Heidelberg) who married (5 March 1857 Weinheim) Mathilde FRANK (b. 26 Dec. 1836 Veits-Hochheim, Germany, d. 9 Dec. 1915 Heidelberg)
   • [10]] Anna OPPENHEIMER (b. 21 Jan. 1848, d. about 1940 Bern, Switzerland) married (14 Oct. 1877 probably Heidleberg) Prof. Adolph SAMUELY (b. 21 July 1834 or 1843, d. 29 Aug. 1881 Heidelberg) and lived in Heidelberg. Children: Paul SAMUELY (b. 11 July 1878), Franz SAMUELY (b. 8 Dec. 1879)
   • [11] Dr. Oscar Wilhelm OPPENHEIMER (b. 7 July 1860 Heidelberg, Germany, d. 9 May 1920 Freiburg, Germany), doctor specializing in stomach and intestinal disease. Oscar married (10 June 1887 Frankfurt) cousin Frieda OPPENHEIMER (b. 6 Oct. 1877, d. 24 July 1905)
     • [29] Dr. Ernst Adolf OPPENHEIMER (b. 30 December 1888 Frankfurt, d. February 1962 Mill Valley, CA). Married (12 April 1919) Emma Sophie MULLER (b. 26 January 1893 Hanau, d. 4 January 1979 Seattle, WA). Ernst Adolf OPPENHEIMER was a Regimental Doctor (II Abteilung, Feld artillerie, Reg. 237, 119 Infantry Div.). Ernst Adolf emigrated to US with family 23 Dec. 1936, NY, SS Aquitainia. Emma was naturalized 6 Sep. 1944 Newark, NJ, US District Court.
       • Klaus OPPENHEIEMR (b. 2 Feb. 1920 Freiburg, Germany, d 16 May 1939 Troy, NY). Immigrated 11 Aug. 1937 NY, SS Champlain.
       • [42] Liselotte Margarete OPPENHEIMER married (June 1946 Summit, New Jersey) Walter Nelson HOLMSTROM. Liselotte immigrated 23 Dec. 1936 to New York.
         • [56] son HOLMSTROM
         • daughter HOLMSTROM
       • [43] Renate OPPENHEIMER Red at McVittie.com married (5 April 1952 Summit, NJ) Donald Robert McVITTIE. Thanks to Renate for information on this branch of the family. Three children and three grandchildren.
     • Georg OPPENHEIMER (b. 26 Sep. 1890, d. about 1940 Auschwitz, Holocaust) unmarried
     • Gertrude OPPENHEIMER (b. 19 Feb. 1893 Frankfurt, d. 28 August 1948 Kern County, California). A chemist, she left Germany around 1933 for England, coming to the US around 1940. unmarried. Worked in Pasadena.
   • Paul OPPENHEIMER (b. 8 May 1865, d. 1 Jan. 1874)

3. [3] Louis OPPENHEIMER (b. 8 October 1831 Michelfeld, d. 5 May 1907 Bruchsal) m. (28 April 1861 Bruchsal) Bertha BAR (b. 9 Feb. 1839 Untergrombach, d. 13 Apr. 1883 Bruchsal) daughter of Regina and Jakob BAR.
   • [12] Jakob OPPENHEIMER (b. 15 Feb. 1862 Bruchsal, d. 4 Sep. 1933 Bruchsal) married Hedwig WALDER (b. 4 Dec. 1874, d. 1942 Theresienstadt, Holocaust). Jakob compiled information on this branch of the family tree around 1891.
     • [30] Gertrude OPPENHEIMER (b. 23 March 1895 Bruchsal, d. 1993) m. (22 July 1919 Bruchsal, Germany) Siegfried BERNKOPF (b. 8 June 1879 Forth bei Nurnberg).
       • [44] Walter BERNKOPF.
     • Bertel OPPENHEIMER (d. Lodz) m. FROEHLICH.
   • Dr. Karl (Carl) OPPENHEIMER (b. 29 Aug. 1864 Bruchsal)
   • Eugen OPPENHEIMER (b. 7 Nov. 1867 Bruchsal, d. 15 Mar. 1868 Bruchsal)
   • [13] Henny OPPENHEIMER (b. 30 Mar. 1869 Bruchsal, d. 19 Aug. 1942 Mannheim) m. (12 May 1889 Bruchsal) Joseph WOLF (b. 26 Sep. 1859)
     • Franz Julius WOLF (b. 19 Dec. 1890)
     • [31] Gretel WOLF married ROTHSCHILD.
       • [45] Lore ROTHSCHILD married BIALECK (b. about 1910). Children: daughter and son.
   • Lina OPPENHEIMER (b. 1 Nov. 1870, d. 15 Nov. 1875)
   • [14] Otto OPPENHEIMER (b. 7 Sep. 1875 Bruchsal, d. 8 Feb. 1951 New York City) m. (6 May 1901 Rothweil a N.) Emma WALDER. By German law, Otto officially adopted the name Israel on 17 Aug. 1938. The second name was rescinded by law in absencia on 19 June 1946. Immigrated to New York 12 Dec. 1941 on SS Shawnee, detained one day.
     • [32] Suse OPPENHEIMER (b. 4 Jan. 1903 Bruchsal) m. (30 Dec. 1924 Bruchsal) Max ETTLINGER (b. 11 Feb. 1892 Karlsruhe, Germany). Lived Dec. 1941, 82 Seymour Ave., Newark, NJ.
       • [46] Heinz Ludwig ETTLINGER. Children: Robert ETTLINGER, Paul ETTLINGER, and Amy ETTLINGER.
       • Klaus Leopold ETTLINGER
       • Rolf Karl ETTLINGER.
     • [33] Annie OPPENHEIMER (b. 10 Feb. 1906 Bruchsal, d. Sep. 1976 New York City) m. (1 May 1928 Bruchsal, Germany) Richard BAR (b. 28 Jan. 1898 Bruchsal, d. 6 Aug. 1965 New York City) son of Fritz BAER and Tilli SIMON.
       • [47] Hanne BAR (b. Karlsruhe, Germany) married ANSELL. Children: William Fredrick ANSELL, and Deborah ANSELL.
       • Martin BAR (b. Karlsruhe, Germany)

4. [4] Caroline OPPENHEIMER (b. 13 February 1833 Michelfeld) first married (1 Nov. 1853 Seinheim, Bruchsal, Germany) Seligman OPPENHEIMER (b. 25 Jan. 1827 Michelfeld, d. 4 Sep. 1857 Mannheim) son of Liebman OPPENHEIMER and Adelheid LOEB.
   • [15] Zacharias OPPENHEIMER (b. 1 Oct. 1854 Mannheim) m. (24 April 1876) Therese SPANNIER (b. 26 May 1860).
     • Carl Sigmund OPPENHEIMER (b. 3 April 1889)
     • Gilda OPPENHEIMER (b. 7 Dec. 1890).
   • [16] Friedricka OPPENHEIMER (b. 2 Dec. 1855 Mannheim) m. (24 Apr. 1876) Moritz FUNKENSTEIN (b. 23 June 1848, d. 27 June 1887). Children: Otto FUNKENSTEIN (b. 23 Mar. 1877), Hedwig FUNKENSTEIN (b. 7 Aug. 1879).
   Caroline remarried (1 Mar 1860) Malgman KAUFMAN (b. 3 Oct. 1838)
   • Joseph KAUFMANN (b. 8 Jan. 1861) m. (3 Mar. 1889) Louise SIMON (b. 23 Mar. 1863)
   • Heinrich KAUFMANN (b. 21 Mar. 1862, d. 10 May 1881)
   • Wilhelm KAUFMANN (b. 22 June 1863)
   • Henriette KAUFMANN (b. 23 Sep. 1867) m. (22 Nov. 1885) Albert ROOSE (b. 16 Oct. 1855)

5. Hanne OPPENHEIMER (b. 6 August 1834 Michelfeld, d. 6 Feb. 1835 Michelfeld)

6. [5] Heinrich OPPENHEIMER (b. 13 August 1835 Michelfeld, d. 19 Jan. 1915 Stuttgard) first married (18 June 1863) Franziska GERSOG (b. 10 Jan. 1839, d. 23 Oct. 1864 Mannheim).
   • Ernst OPPENHEIMER (b. 12 Oct. 1864, d. 1 Nov. 1864)
   Heinrich OPPENHEIMER remarried (9 Jan. 1867) his first wife's sister Henrietta GERSOG (b. 10 Apr. 1847 Mannheim, d. 13 Feb. 1882 Mannheim)
   • [17] Frieda OPPENHEIMER (b. 6 October 1867 Mannheim, d. 24 or 25 July 1905 Frankfurt) married her cousin Oscar Wilhelm OPPENHEIMER.
   • [18] Anna OPPENHEIMER (b. 30 June 1870 Stuttgart, d. 1951 Summit, New Jersey), who married (after 1890) Otto ROSENFELD (b. 23 June 1863 Stuttgart, d. before 1939 Stuttgart).
     • [34] Grete ROSENFELD (b. 2 Dec. 1900 Stuttgart) m. Walter Gustav Adolf JOSENHANS (b. 6 May 1896 Biberach, Wurtenberg, Germany). Son: Reiner JOSENHANS (b. about 1925).
     Anna was widowed and fled in 1939 to spend her remaining years with nephew Ernst ADOLF.

7. [6] Isaak OPPENHEIMER (b. 19 October 1836 Michelfeld, d. 9 Dec. 1887) m. (1 Dec. 1862) Lina HERZ (b. 18 Nov. 1841)
   • [19] Henrietta OPPENHEIMER (b. 7 Oct. 1863) m. (26 Dec. 1883) Heinrich ISAAC (b. 18 Nov. 1841). Child: Elise ISAAC (b. 10 Jan. 1887)
   • Arthur OPPENHEIMER (b. 31 Oct. 1864 Michelfeld, d. 8 Nov. 1864 Michelfeld)
   • Hugo OPPENHEIMER (b. 23 Apr. 1866 Michelfeld)
   • [20] Richard OPPENHEIMER (b. 19 June 1867 Michelfeld) m. (15 Jan. 1890) Oda GODFRAY (b. 25 Feb. 1865). Daughter: Sophia OPPENHEIMER (b. around 1891).
   • Ludwig OPPENHEIMER (b. 25 Dec. 1868 Michelfeld)
   • Albert OPPENHEIMER (b. 30 Sep. 1871)
   • Ernst Sigmund OPPENHEIMER (b. 26 Jan. 1873)
   • Marie OPPENHEIMER (b. 25 July 1875)

8. [7] Leopold OPPENHEIMER (b. 23 March 1838 Michelfeld, d. 28 March 1876) m. (30 Aug. 1868) Bertha HIRSCH (b. 25 Oct. 1846)
   • Oscar OPPENHEIMER (b. 2 Aug. 1869)
   • Hanna OPPENHIMER (b. 1 Jan. 1872)
   • Stella OPPENHEIMER (b. 31 May 1874)

9. [8] Rebecca OPPENHEIMER (b. 10 July 1839) married her cousin Henry OPPENHEIMER

10. [9] Liebmann OPPENHEIMER (b. 25 March 1842 Michelfeld) married (24 May 1868) Mathilda HAHN (b. 11 May 1845)
    • [27] Hedwig OPPENHEIMER, (b. 3 April 1869) m. (13 Sep. 1890) Sigmund ADELUNG (b. 13 Oct. 1857).
      • [41] Paul ADELUNG married Hilde A... (d. 13 May 2000). Two Daughters
    • Johanna OPPENHEIMER (b. 13 June 1872)
    • [28] Siegfried OPPENHEIMER (b. 26 Sep. 1873). Children: Rudy OPPENHEIEMR (d.), and Hans OPPENHEIMER (d.)
    • Laura OPPENHEIMER (b. 11 Nov. 1874)
    • Luise OPPENHEIMER (b. 18 Sep. 1876)
    • Paul OPPENHEIMER (b. 11 April 1880)
    • Franz OPPENHEIMER (b. 29 Aug. 1884)
    • Robert OPPENHEIMER (b. 11 Sep. 1886)

Thanks to Renate McVITTIE Red at McVittie.com for information on this branch of the family tree.

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