The Appel Family from Felsberg and Altenburg
(Ancestors of Roeschen Appel)
FIRST GENERATION :
1. Moses Levi and his wife Guetel, from Altenburg (next to Felsberg), they had two sons:
+ 2. Leib Moses, born 07.01.1761 or 1767in Felsberg or Altenburg
+ 3. Heinemann Moses, born 07.05.1777 or 1778 in Felsberg or Altenburg
Moses and Guetel Levi died before 1808.
(HStAMR, Bestand 76a, no.,28, 39 Felsberg, no. 40, 42)
SECOND GENERATION :
In 1808 Leib Moses and Heinemann Moses accepted under the gouverment of Napoleon‘s youngest brother Jerome, King of Westphalen, the surname Apfel, later Appel.
2. Leib Moses Apfel, born 07.01.1761 or 1767 in Felsberg or Altenburg, he married Deichen Jonas. Leib Moses and Deichen Apfel had seven children:
4. Giedel Appel, born 1800 in Felsberg
+ 5. Moses Leib Apfel, born 06.06.1802 in Felsberg or Altenburg.
6. Solkchen Appel, born 1804 in Felsberg
7. Reischen Appel, born 1807 in Felsberg
8. Hendel Appel, born 1810 in Felsberg, she was married on 20.05.1851 in
Felsberg to Markus Plaut Taub, she died 04.04.1862 in Felsberg.
9. Goldchen Appel, born 1812 in Felsberg, she was married on 08.12.1839 in
Wanfried to Suesskind Brinkmann, she died 13.02.1870 in Eschwege.
10. Vogel Appel, born 1820 in Felsbereg, she died 10.09.1853 at the age of 33
years in Melsungen.
3. Heinemann Moses Appel, born 07.05.1777 or 1778 in Felsberg or Altenburg, he married Jentchen Levi Lilienthal, bor 1785 in Gudensberg. Heinemann Moses and Jentchen Apfel had seven children:
+ 11. Moses Heinemann Apfel, born 08.02.1811 in Felsberg or Altenburg.
12. Giedel Appel, born 1812 in Felsberg, she was married on 28.08.1839 in
Harmuthsachsen to Bendix Fuerst, she died 07.10.1899 in Harmuthsachsen.
13. Marjim Appel, born 1815 in Felsberg
14. Leib Appel, brn 1817 in Felsberg, he married on 29.10.1839 in Felsberg
Jettchen Goldschmidt.
15. Reichel Appel, born 1821 in Felsberg, she was married on 07.06.1854 in
Eschwege to Leon Levi Kahn. She died 19.03.1861 in Eschwege.
16. Roeschen Appel, born 12.10.1825 in Felsberg, she was married on
05.02.1865 in Malsfeld to Sussmann Goldschmidt.
17. N. N. Appel, born 24.12.1828 in Felsberg, he died 31.12.1828.
(HStAMR, Bestand 76a, no. 28, 39 Felsberg, no. 41, 43; Bestand 76a, no. 560, tax list from 1809,)
Genealogy „Descendants of Moses Appel“ from Christopher Kuehn 10.09.2016)
THIRD GENERATION :
4. Moses Leib Apfel / Moses Appel I., born 06.06.1802 in Felsberg or Altenburg, butcher. He married on 29.10.1839 in Bischhausen Jettchen Goldschmidt, born 1811 in Bischhausendaughter of Mendel Michel Goldschmidt and his wife Beschen, née Isac Gruenbaum. Moses and Jettchen Appel had ten children:
18. Leib Appel, born 03.09.1840 in Felsberg, he died 14.06.1841
19. Jittel Appel, born 14.03.1842 in Felsberg
20. Deichen Appel, born 02.03.1844 in Felsberg
21. Brendine Appel, born 14.05.1846 in Felsberg
22. Jonas Appel, born 17.07.1848 in Felsberg, he died 26.01.1849
23. Susmann Appel, born 25.12.1849 in Felsberg
24. Giedel Appel, born 19.03.1852 in Felsberg, she was married on 10.06.1874 in
Felsberg to Salli Reuter, she died 12.09.1914 in Felsberg
25. Goldchen Appel, born 08.12.1854 in Felsberg
26. Lieb(er)mann Appel, born 23.01.1856 in Felsberg
27. Isac Appel, born 09.12.1858 in Felsberg.
(HHStAWI, Bestand 365, no. 167, Felsberg, birthrecords,
genealogy „Descendants of Moses Appel from Christopher Kuehn 10.09.2016)
Moses Appel died in 1867 in Felsberg, he is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Obervorschuetz, grave no. 161 (www.lagis-hessen.de Juedische Grabstaetten).
Jettchen Appel died in 1868 in Felsberg. She is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Felsberg (photo).
5. Moses Heinemann Apfel / Moses Appel II, born 08.02.1811 in Felsberg or Altenburg, butcher. He married on 28.05.1839 in Felsberg Gelach / Gelchen Loewenstein, born in 1816 in Felsberg, daughter of Moses Samuel Loewenstein and his wife Esther, née Plaut Mondschein. Moses and Gelach Appel had ten children:
28. Jentchen Appel, born 25.05.1840 in Felsberg
29. Breinchen Appel, 10.10.1841 in Felsberg
30. Giedel Appel, born 27.08.1843 in Felsberg
31. Meier Appel, born 22.07.1844 in Felsberg, he died 18.07.1845.
32. Heva Appel, born 19.04.1846 in Felsberg, she died 16.01.1847.
+ 33. Moses (Jacob) Appel, born 27.12.1847 in Felsberg
34. Reichel Appel, born 17.04.1849 in Felsberg, she died 10.05.1850.
35. Reikchen Appel, born 31.01.1852 i Felsberg
36. Heinemann Appel, born 06.03.1854 in Felsberg
+ 37. Roeschen Appel, born 24.10.1856 in Felsberg.
(HHStAWI Bestand 365, no. 167, Felsberg birthrecords)
Gelchen Appel, died 10.10.1869 in Felsberg. She is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Felsberg (photo).
FOURTH GENERATION :
33. Moses (Jacob) Appel, born 27.12.1847 in Felsberg, butcher, he lived in Friedberg, Judengasse no. 285. He married first N. N. As a widower he married a second time on 20.10.1885 in Borken Dina Blum, born 11.05.1854 in Borken Todtenstrasse no. 13, daughter of Haune Blum and his wife Jette, née Rosenbusch.
37. Roeschen Appel, born 24.10.1856 in Felsberg. She was married on 19.02.1885 in Friedberg to David Steinhardt, born 25.02.1858 in Neumorschen, butcher, son of Jacob Steinhardt, merchant, and his wife Minna, née Hahn. Jacob and Minna Steinhardt lived in Witzenhausen. Roeschen and David Steinhardt lived in Friedberg. (www.lagis-hessen.de Hessian Vital Records, Standesamt Friedberg, Heiraten 3/1885) They had a son:
38. Moritz Steinhardt, born 1885 in Friedberg.
Blue: the direct ancestors of Roeschen Appel.
You will find the next generations in the Steinhardt genealogy.
Abbreviations:
– HStAMR - Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg
– HHStAWI - Hessisches Hauptstaatsarchiv Wiesbaden
Compiled by Hans-Peter K l e i n Melsungen, September 2016