The Levisohn-Family from Elbersdorf/Spangenberg
FIRST GENERATION :
1. Mordechai Markus Levisohn, born in July 1783 in Elbersdorf. He married Jette Goldschmidt, born in 1781. Markus and Jette Levisohn had three son:
2. Hirsch Hermann Levisohn, born in Elbersdorf, he emigrated into the USA and lived in
Wilkes-Barre, PA., he was still alive in 1890.
(Familientafel Winter-Levisohn von Arthur Winter, Goeteborg, Sweden)
+ 3. Gabriel Levisohn, born 13.12.1819 in Elbersdorf.
+ 4. David Levisohn, born in Elbersdorf.
Mordechai Markus Levisohn died on 19.04.1844. He is buried on the jewish cemetery of Binsfoerth, grave no. 45. Jette Levisohn died on 09.03.1867 at the age of 86 years and three days (death-list no. 65).
SECOND GENERATION :
3. Gabriel Levisohn, born 13.12.1819 in Elbersdorf. He was a merchant. He married first on 10.09.1851 Reichel Stockhauser, 28 years old, from Franckershausen, born about 1823, daughter of Callmann Stockhauser and his wife Gidel, nee Neuhaus (wedding-list no. 35). Gabriel and Reichel Levisohn had two children:
5. Marcus Levisohn, born 03.02.1853 in Elbersdorf (birth-list no. 3). He died on 26.02.1855
(death-list no. 188).
6. Hendel Levisohn, born 08.02.1855 in Elbersdorf (birth-list no.22). She died on 27.03.1855
(death-list no. 19).
Reichel Levisohn died on 11.04.1855 at the age of 32 years (death-list no. 20). Gabriel Levisohn married a second time on 28.01.1857 Amalie / Merle Mueller, born 23.05.1835, daughter of Meier Mueller and his wife Adelheit, nee Rosenstein (wedding-list no. 11). Gabriel and Amalie Levisohn had nine children:
+ 7. Hirsch Levisohn, born 13.12.1857 (birth-list no. 38)
+ 8. Jacob Levisohn, born 18.08.1859 (birth-list no. 47)
+ 9. Adelheid Levisohn, born 19.01.1861 (birth-list no. 52)
+ 10. Malchen / Amalie Levisohn, born 18.09.1863 (birth-list no. 64)
+ 11. Meier Levisohn, born 16.07.1865
+ 12. Marcus David / Max Levisohn, born 30.05.1867 (birth-list no. 81)
+ 13. Jettchen / Henriette Levisohn, born 24.09.1869 (birth-list no. 89)
+ 14. Bertha Levisohn, born 03.11.1870 (birth-list no. 102)
+ 15. Selma Levisohn, born 07.01.1873 (birth-list no. 115)
+ 16. Simon Levisohn, born 12.10.1874 (birth-list no. 126).
Amalie Levisohn died on 13.01.1905 (death-list no. 173). She is buried on the jewish cemetery of Spangenberg. Gabriel Levisohn died on 24.06.1901. He is buried on the jewish cemtery of Spangenberg.
4. David Levisohn, born in Elbersdorf, he lived in Bochum, he had a son:
+ 17. Max Levisohn, born 30.12.1879 in Bochum.
David Levisohn died in Cologne. (Familientafel Winter-Levisohn, a.a.O., Hermann
Schröter: Geschichte und Schicksal der Essener Juden, a.a.O., p. 632)
THIRD GENERATION :
7. Hirsch Levisohn, born 13.12.1857. He married on 24.05.1887 Jettchen Goldschmidt, born 27.07.1863 in Abterode, daughter of Liebermann Goldschmidt (wedding-list no.62). Hirsch and Jettchen Levisohn had six children:
+ 18. Max Levisohn, born 29.02.1888 in Spangenberg
19. Siegfried Levisohn, born 01.06.1889 in Spangenberg (birth-list no. 196), he died 03.10.1904
in Spangenberg (death-list no. 171).
+ 20. Moritz Levisohn, born 15.12.1890 (birth-list no. 201)
+ 21. Flora Levisohn, born 16.10.1892 (birth-list no. 205)
+ 22. Hedwig Levisohn, born 16.06.1894 (birth-list no. 213)
+ 23. Meta Levisohn, born 04.03.1898 (birth-list no. 218).
Hirsch Levisohn died on 01.11.1926 in Frankfurt/Main (death-list no. 203). Jettchen Levisohn moved on 15.03.1937 to Frankfurt/Main, Danziger Platz 15. (Meldekarte Spangenberg)
8. Jacob Levisohn, born 18.08.1859. he was a whip manufacturer. He married on 17.08.1886 Ranchen / Rosa Spangenthal, born 01.06.1866, daughter of Herz Spangenthal and his wife Gidel, nee Bachrach (wedding-list no. 61). Jacob and Ranchen Levisohn had three children:
+ 24. Margarethe Levisohn, born 27.05.1887 (birth-list no. 186)
25. Ida Levisohn, born 11.02.1889 (birth-list no. 193), she died 29.02.1960.
+ 26. Herbert Levisohn, born 03.02.1893 (birth-list no. 206).
Jacob Levisohn died on 02.02.1907 (death-list no. 178).
9. Adelheid Levisohn, born 19.01.1861, she was married to Isaak / Ike Strassburger. Adelheid and Isaak Strassburger had a daughter:
+ 27. Sara / Sadi Strassburger, born 24.09.1884
Adelheid Strassburger died on 17.08.1934. (Familientafel Winter-Levisohn, a.a.O.)
10. Malchen / Amalie Levisohn, born 18.09.1863, she was married to Abraham Baum. Malchen and Abraham Baum had six children:
+ 28. Berta Baum, born 20.05.1890
29. Ida Baum, born 02.03.1882, she died on 11.01.1953.
30. Adele Baum, born 02.09.1895, she died in August 1961.
+ 31. Leo Baum, born 05.11.1897
+ 32. Max Baum, born 08.01.1899
+ 33. Claire Baum, born 11.10.1900.
Amalie Levisohn died on 28.02.1943. (Familientafel Winter-Levisohn, a.a.O.)
11. Meier Levisohn, born 16.07.1865, he married Emilie /Milla Winter. Meier and Emilie Levisohn had three children:
34. Max Levisohn, born 12.11.1896, he married Mia N.N. He died 24.08.1962.
35. Ida Levisohn, born 10.02.1901, she was married to Harry Conitzer.
+ 36. Gabriel (Gabi) Levisohn, born 13.02.1903.
Meier Levisohn died 31.01.1935 (Familientafel Winter-Levisohn).
12. Markus David / Max Levisohn, born 30.05.1867, he married on 23.10.1899 Fanni Trepp born 08.05.1876 in Fulda (wedding-list no. 66). Markus David / Max Levisohn and Fanni Levisohn had four children:
37. Ida Levisohn, born 13.03.1901 (birth-list no. 222), she died 08.10.1901 (death-list no. 168).
38. Klara Levisohn, born 05.09.1902 (birth-list no. 223), she died 23.08.1903 (death-list no. 170).
+ 39. Gustav / Gavriel / Halevy Levisohn, born 12.12.1904 (birth-list no. 230), he moved on
07.07.1930 to Frankfurt/Main and lived in Roederbergweg 36,I (Meldekarte Spangenberg).
+ 40. Julius Levisohn, born 11.05.1907 (birth-list no. 241).
Max and Fanni Levisohn moved on 01.10.1936 to Frankfurt/Main. They lived in Rueckerweg 10, II
(Meldekarte Spangenberg). Markus Levisohn died in 1950.
13. Jettchen / Henriette Levisohn, born 24.09.1869. She was married to Siegmund Winter. Jettchen and Siegfried Winter had three children . Jettchen Winter died 03.03.1948.
(Familientafel Winter-Levisohn, a.a.O.)
14. Bertha Levisohn, born 03.11.1870, she was married to Salomon Wolff. Bartha and Salomon Wolff had three children:
+ 41. Leopold Wolff, born 18.08.1892
42. Gitta Wolff, born 01.04.1896, she was married to Jakob Seckels.
43. Salomon Wolff, born 21.07.1900. He married Edith Wunderlich. He died 15.12.1959.
Berta Wolff died 03.03.1948. (Familientafel Winter-Levisohn, a.a.O.)
15. Selma Levisohn, born 07.01.1873, she was married on 29.04.1900 in Abterode to Moses Goldschmidt, born 10.12.1864, son of Liebermann Goldschmidt and his wife Frommet, nee Westheim. Selma and Moses Goldschmidt had three children:
44. Siegfried Goldschmidt, born 20.08.1897, he died 01.04.1917.
+ 45. Flora Goldschmidt, born 20.06.1902, she was married to Sallo B. Hamberg.
+ 46. Mali Goldschmidt, born 07.11.1905. (Familientafel Winter-Levisohn, a.a.O.)
Moses Goldschmidt died on 14.05.1920 in Abterode, he is buried on the jewish cemetry of Abterode, grave no.,319. Selma Goldschmidt died on 17.11.1932 in Treysa, she is buried on the jewish cemetery of Treysa (lagis, juedische Friedhoefe, Abterode).
16. Simon Levisohn, born 12.10.1874, he married on 18.02.1903 Selma Goldschmidt, born 16.07.1880 in Spangenberg, daughter of Ruben Goldschmidt and his wife Fanny, nee Wolf. Simon and Selma Levisohn had four children:
+ 47. Irma Levisohn, born 03.11.1903 (birth-list no. 226)
+ 48. Gabriel Levisohn, born 14.11.1904 (birth-list no. 230)
+ 49. Fritz Simon Levisohn, born 11.03.1907 (birth-list no. 240)
+ 50. Mary / Merry Levisohn, born 30.06.1913 (birth-list no. 257).
Simon and Selma Levisohn emigrated on 27.12.1936 to Jerusalem. Simon Levisohn died 08.01.1945.
17. Max Levisohn, born 30.12.1879 in Bochum. He was teacher and cantor. He lived in Essen Von-Seeckt-Strasse 47 and Saarbruecker Strasse 39. He married Paula Loewenstein, born 09.07.1888 in Bochum. Max and Paula Levisohn had two children:
+ 51. Heinz Levisohn, born 27.06.1912 in Essen
+ 52. Ruth Levisohn, born 13.01.1922.
Max, Paula and Ruth Levisohn were deported on 22.04.1942 from Duesseldorf to Izbica.
(H. Schroeter: Geschichte und Schicksal der Essener Juden, a.a.O., p. 632, Gedenkbuch Bundesarchiv, a.a.O.)
FOURTH GENERATION :
18. Max Levisohn, born 29.02.1888 in Spangenberg, he married Mary N.N. Max and Mary Levisohn had a daughter:
53. Marilyn Levisohn, born 07.12.1916.
Max Levisohn died 23.04.1948.
20. Moritz Levisohn, born 15.12.1890, he took part in WW I, he died on 08.02.1916.
21. Flora Levisohn, born 16.10.1892, she was married on 01.09.1920 to Moses / Max Neuhaus, born 26.01.1885 in Baumbach, son of Samuel Neuhaus and his wife Bertha, nee Wallach (wedding-list no.80). Flora and Moses Neuhaus had two children:
+ 54. Hilde / Berthilde Neuhaus, born 12.06.1921 (birth-list no. 262) She lives in Seattle, USA.
+ 55. Gerhard Neuhaus, born 18.02.1922 (birth-list no. 266). He lives in San Francisco.
The family emigrated on 13.05.1937 to San Francisco, USA. Flora Neuhaus died 13.04.1962.
22. Hedwig Levisohn, born 16.06.1894. She was married on 24.08.1923 to Erich Cahn, born 03.05.1893 in Eschwege, son of Selmar Cahn and his wife Minna, nee Mendelsohn from Giessen. (wedding-list no. 15, Standesamt Spangenberg no. 1923/85) Hedwig and Erich Cahn emigrated on 03.12.1923 to Alameda, California, USA. Erich Cahn died on 24.10.1927 in San Francisco, USA. (Kollmann /Koenig, a.a.O., p,.27)
23. Meta Levisohn, born 04.03.1898. She was married on 13.08.1923 to Moritz Freimark, born 04.03.1890 in Homburg/Main, living in Erfurt (wedding-list no. 14, Standesamt Spangenberg, no.1923/86).
24. Margarethe/Grethe Levisohn, born 27.05.1887. She was married to David Sommer. Margarethe and David Somer had a daughter:
+ 56. Claire Sommer, born 02.08.1913.
Margarethe Sommer died 28.05.1938.
26. Herbert Levisohn, born 03.02.1893, he married first Anneliese N.N. He married a second time Betty Kussel. Herbert and Betty Levisohn had a daughter:
+ 57. Helene Levisohn.
Herbert Levisohn died 01.12.1974.
27. Sara / Sadi Strassburger, born 24.09.1884. She was married to Carl Craner. Sara and Carl Craner had a son:
+ 58. Arthur Craner, born 07.12.1909.
Sara Craner died 18.04.1965.
28. Berta Baum, born 20.05.1890, she was married to Karl Winter. Berta and Karl Winter had two children.
31. Leo Baum, 05.11.1897, he married Ruth Zeitzew. Leo and Ruth Baum had three children.
Leo Baum died in September 1969.
32. Max Baum, born 08.01.1899, he married Mali Goldschmidt (no. 46 of this genealogy). Max and Mali Baum had two children.
Max Baum died 04.12.1977. Mali Baum died 03.06.1964.
33. Claire Baum, born 11.10.1900, she was married to Isaac Julius Ochs. Claire and Isaac Julius Ochs had four children.
36. Gabriel/Gabi Levisohn, born 13.02.1903, he married Hilde Goldberg. Gabriel and Hilde Levisohn had two children. Gabriel Levisohn died 03.04.1961.
39. Gustav/Gavriel/Haley Levisohn, born 12.12.1904. He moved on 07.07.1930 to Frankfurt/Main and lived there in Roederbergweg 36/I (Meldekarte Spangenberg). He mariied first Margot Bickhard. Gustav and Margot Levisohn had two children.
Gustav Levisohn married a second time Lotte Daniel. He died 10.12.1951.
40. Julius Levisohn, born 11.05.1907. He lived for a certain time till 29.02.1927 in Frankfurt/Main (Meldekarte Spangenberg). He emigrated on 15.03.1936 to Jerusalem. He married first Lore Weilburg. Julius and Lore Levisohn had two children.
Julius Levisohn married a second time Ruth Katzmann. Julius and Ruth Levisohn had a daughter.
Julius Levisohn was renaturalized in 1957 (Meldekarte Spangenberg).
41. Leopold Wolff, born 18.08.1892, he married Lotte Weissmann. Leopold and Lotte Levisohn had a son-
46. Mali Goldschmidt, born 07.11.1905, she was married to Max Baum (no. 32 of this genealogy, look there.) Mali Baum died 03.06.1964.
47. Irma Levisohn, born 03.11.1903, she was married on 25.07.1923 to Siegfried Windmueller, born 15.04.1897 in Langenschwarz, son of Samuel Windmueller and his wife Betty, nee Simon (wedding-list no.13, Standesamt Spangenberg no.1923/84). Irma and Siegfried Windmueller had a daughter:
76. Betty Ruth Windmueller, born 20.07.1924 (birth-list no. 271).
The family emigrated on 25.03.1937 to Brasil.
48. Gabriel Levisohn, born 14.11.1904, he emigrated on 14.10.1935 to Palestine. He married Kaete Goldmann. Gabriel and Kaete Levisohn had a daughter.
Gabriel Levisohn died 02.10.1976.
49. Fritz Simon Levisohn, born 11.03.1907. He was a merchant, he moved in 1931 from Spangenberg to Cologne (Meldekarte Spangenberg). He emigrated in May 1933 to Jerusalem. He married Grete Herz. Fritz and Grete Levisohn had two children.
50. Mary Levisohn, born 30.06.1913, she emigrated on 27.12.1936 with her parents to Jerusalem. (Meldekarte Spangenberg)
51. Heinz Levisohn, born 27.06.1912 in Essen. He emigrated to Jerusalem and changed his name into David Bar-Levi. (H. Schroter, a.a.O., p.632)
52. Ruth Levisohn, born 13.01.1922 in Essen, she was deported with her parents on 22.04.1942 from Duesseldorf to Izbica.
FIFTH GENERATION :
54. Bernhilde / Hilde Neuhaus, born 12.06.1921 in Spangenberg, she was married to Wayne Droker. Hilde and Wayne Droker have three children.
55. Gerhard Neuhaus, born 18.02.1922 in Spangenberg, he married Renee Cohn. Gerhard and Renee Neuhaus have three children.
Sources:
– Hessisches Hauptstaatsarchiv Wiesbaden, Bestand 365, Standesbuecher der juedischen
Gemeinden, no. 781-787 Spangenberg
www.lagis-hessen.de – Juedische Friedhoefe
– Hessische Geburten-, Ehe- und Sterberegister
http://www.bundesarchiv.de/gedenkbuch/directory,html
Jechiel Ogdan, Dieter Vaupel: „Sie werden immer weniger !“ Die Geschichte der juedischen
Gemeinde Spangenberg. Spangenberg 2004.
Karl Kollmann, York-Egbert Koenig: Namen und Schicksale juedischer Opfer des Nationalsozialismus aus Eschwege. Ein Gedenkbuch. Frankfurt/Main 2012.
Hermann Schröter: Geschichte und Schicksal der Essener Juden. Essen 1980.
Familientafel Winter-Levisohn, Teil 2: Familie Levisohn. Zusammengestellt von Arthur Winter, Göteborg, Sweden (handwritten)
Meldekarten der Stadt Spangenberg
Compiled by Hans-Peter K l e i n Melsungen, April 2015