The Abraham Family from Niederurff (Bad Zwesten)

The descendants of Fred and Martin Abraham (New England, USA)

F I R S T G E N E R A T I O N :

1. Michael Abrahambo, born in or before 1746 in Niederurf, Schutzbrief 1771. He had a son:

+ 2. Hirsch Abraham, on 1792/1800 in Niederurff

(Information from Barbara Greve, Gilserberg-Lischeid 10.08.2017)

S E C O N D G E N E R A T I O N :

2. Hirsch Abraham, born 1792/1800 in Niederurff. He married Mirjam Heilbrunn. Hirsch and Mirjam Abrahan lived in Niedrurff, house no, 57, they had three children:

3. Michael Abraham, born 1819 in Niederurff

+ 4. Joel Jakob Abraham, born 26.10.1820 in Niederurff

(Standesamt Niederurff, death record 14/1897, Jakob Abraham)

+ 5. Edel / Adelheid Abraham, born 02.04.1825 in Niederurff

(Information von Barbara Greve)

T H I R D G E N E R A T I O N :

4. Joel Jakob Abraham, born 26.10.1820 in Niederurff, merchant. He married Roeschen Frank, born about 1826 in Momberg, daughter of Samuel Frank and his wife Sprintz, née Blumenfeld. Jakob and Roeschen Abraham lived in Niederurff, house no. 57. They had two children:

+ 6. Adelheid Abraham, born 19.09.1852 in Niederurff

+ 7. Hirsch Abraham, born 04.12.1858 in Niederurff

Roeschen Abraham died on 18.01.1880 at the age of 54 years in Niederurff, Jakob Abraham died on 05.08.1897 in Niederurff at the age of 76 years, 8 months and 10 days. He is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Bad Zwesten.

(Standesamt Niederurff, death records 5/1880 Roeschen Abraham, 14/1897 Jakob Abraham)

5. Edel /Adelheid Abraham, born 02.04.1825 in Niederurff, she was married to Suesskind Katz. Suesskind Katz married first Esther Isenberg from Gilserberg, daughter of Salomon Isenberg and his wife Hanne, née Katz. Esther Katz died on 07.04.1850. Sueskind Katz died on 03.11.1879 in Dodenhausen. Edel Katz emigrated with three underage children 1881 into the USA to one of her older sons, who live in the States. (Information von Horst Hecker, Frankenberg ueber Barbara Greve)

F O U R T H G E N E R A T I O N :

6. Adelheid Abraham, born 19.09.1852 in Niederurff, she was married on 17.11.1874 to Abraham Levi, born 19.10.-1844 in Neustadt, son of Herz Levi and his wife Bertha Breine, née Frank. Adelheid and Abraham Levi lived in Neustadt, they had ten childrern:

8. Samuel Levi, born 02.09.1875 in Neustadt

9. Minna Levi, born 06.11.1877 in Neustadt, she died 09.02.1878

10. Leo Levi, born 16.02.1879 in Neustadt

+ 11. Hermann Levi, born 20.02.1881 in Neustadt

12. Moritz Levi, born 15.04.1883 in Neustadt

13. Rosa Levi, born 29.05.1885 in Neustadt

14. Selma Levi, born 27.05.1887 in Neustadt

15. Sally / Friedrich Levi, born 12.06.1889 in Neustadt

+ 16. Setta Levi, born 19.05.1891 in Neustadt

+ 17. Johanna Levi, born 22.04.1893 in Neustadt.

Abraham Levi died on 19.04.1909, Adelheid Levi died on 03.12.1921.

(Alfred Schneider, a.a.O., p. 137)

7. Hirsch Abraham, born 04.12.1858 in Niederurff. He married first on 28.06.1889 Johanna Ruelf, born 21.11.1862 or 31.12.1863 in Holzhausen (Rauischholzhausen, district Kirchhain), daughter of Moses Ruelf (17.10.1828 – 30.04.1915) and his wife Gelle Katzenstein (03.12.1829 – 18.04.1904). Gelle Katzenstein was the daughter of Jakob Katzenstein and his wife Sarchen, née Lion from Jesberg.

(Alfred Schneider: Die jüdischen Familien im ehemaligen Kreise Kirchhain, a.a.O., p. 345, and Barbara Greve, Katzenstein genealogy)

Hirsch and Johanna Abraham lived in Niederurff house no. 57, they had a daughter:

+ 18. Rosa Abraham, born 01.08.1890 in Niederurff

(Standesamt Niederurff, birth record 31/1890 Rosa Abraham)

Johanna Abraham died on 12.08.1890 at the of 26 years, 8 months and 22 days in Niederurff. (Standesamt Niederurff, death record 20/1890 Johanna Abraham)

Hirsch Abraham maried a second time on 26.12.1891 Pauline Ruelf, born 25.09.1869 in Holzhausen, daughter of Moses Ruelf and his wife Gelle, née Katzenstein, sister of Johanna Abraham, née Ruelf. (Alfred Schneider, a.a.O., p.345) Hirsch and Pauline Abraham lived in Niederurff, house no. 57, they had six childreen:

19. Ricchen Rosa Abraham, born 20.11.1892 in Niederurff

+ 20. Julius Abraham, born 02.01.1894 in Niederurff

21. Meta Abraham, born 26.12.1894 in Niederurff

22. Sarah Abraham, born 28.05.1896 in Niederurff, she died on 25.06.1910

in Niederurff

+ 23. Samuel / Siegfried Abraham, born 20.06.1897 in Niederurff

24. Recha Abraham, born 16.01.1900 in Niederurff.

(Standesamt Niederurff, birth records 47/1892, 2/1894, 43/1894, 15/1896, 23/1897, 3/1900,

death record 14/1910)

Pauline Abraham died 22.03.1838 in Niederurff at the age of 66 years, 5 months and 25 days. (Standesamt Niederurff, death record 2/1938) She is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Bad Zwesten.

F I F T H G E N E R A T I O N :

11. Hermann Levi, born 20.02.1881 in Neustadt, he married Jettchen Rosenblatt born 07.02.1887 in Binsfoerth. Hermann and Jettchen Levi had six daughters:

25. Ruth Levi, born 26.06.1912 in Neustadt

26. Gertha Levi, born 23.06.1914 in Neustadt

27. Brunhilde Levi, born 01.11.1920, she died on 04.11.1920

28. Gertrud Levi, born 01.11.1920 in Neustadt, she emigrated on 21.11.1938

into the USA

29. Anneliese Levi, born 02.04.1922 in Neustadt

+ 30. Edith Levi, born 23.11.1923 in Neustadt.

Hermann Levi von deported into the refugee camp in Roth on 20.05.1941 and from there to Oranienburg. Jettchen Levi was deported on 20.05.1941 into the refugee camp in Roth and from there to Poland.

(Alfred Schneider, a.a.O., p. 137/138)

16. Setta Levi, born 19.05.1891 in Neustadt,she was married on 23.06.1919 to David Rosenblatt from Binsfoerth.

17. Johanna Levi, born 22.04.1893 in Neustadt, she was married on 03.02.1920 to Leopold Halberstadt, born 25.03.1880 in Frankfurt/Main, son of Salomon Halberstadt and his wife Beilchen, née Spier.

18. Rosa Abraham, born 01.08.1890 in Niederurff. She was married on 25.09.1921 in Niederurff to Jakob Hirschberg, born 15.04.1893 in Zwesten, son of Joseph Hirschberg and his wife Pauline, née Wallach. Wittnesses were Elieser Stern, 47 years old, from Niederurff and Levi Leiser, 37 years old, from Niederurff.

(Standesamt Niederurff, wedding record 11/1921)

20. Julius Abraham, born 02.01.1894 in Niederurff. He was businessman, tailor, shopowner and farmer. He married Senta Katz, from Jesberg, daughter of Markus Katz and his wife Nanni, née Wallach. Julius and Senta Abraham had two sons:

31. Martin Abraham

32. Fred Abraham, born 21.04.1934 in Jesberg.

The family emigrated on 02.07.1937 into the USA. Julius was working in the fur department of his uncle‘s Max clothing business „Abrahams Brothers“ in the office of New York. Julius Abraham died on 22.12.1959, Senta Abraham died on 15.10.2000 in Stamford, Connecticut.

(Information von Amy B. Cohen, USA, 10.08.2017)

23. Samuel / Siegfried Abraham, born 20.06.1897 in Niederurff. He took part in WWI (Musketier in der 9. Kompanie des 9. kurhessischen Infanterieregiments). He died by sever hurts (Durchschuss linker Unterarm und Bauchsteckschuss) on 13.04.1917. He was buried on 14.04.1917.

(Standesamt Niederurff, death record 15/1917, Siegfried Abraham)

S I X T H G E N E R A T I O N :

30. Edith Levi, born23.11.1923 in Neustadt, she was deported on 20.05.1941 into the refugee camp in Roth and from there on 08.12.1941 to Riga.

Sources:

www.lagis-hessen.de Hessian Vital Records, Niederurff

www.alemannia-judaica.de Ehemalige jüdische Friedhöfe,

Hessen, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Bad Zwesten.

Alfred Schneider: Die jüdischen Familien im ehemaligen Kreise Kirchhain. Amöneburg 2006.

Compiled and edited by Hans-Peter Klein Melsungen, August 2017

Revised and supplemented Melsungen, December 2017