The ancestors of Paula Baruch, nee Rothschild, part II (The Rothschild Family from Oberaula)
The Rothschild family is one of the two oldest jewish families in Oberaula, going back to the end of the 16. century. Since many years Barbara Greve is busy with ther history of the jewish communities and families in the
Simon Jud is the first one, he is mentioned in 1611 and in 1615 we find Simon and Aron. Juda, born 1598, and Aron are called in a tax avluation from 1622. Both, Juda and Aron are the „Stammvaeter“ of the jews in Oberaula.
FIRST GENERATION :
1.Juda / Judmann Jud / Judmann Suessmann lived since about 1620 in Oberaula, He had three children:
+2. Salomon
3.daughter, she was married to Jacob.
+4. Suessmann Juda sen.
Juda / Suessmann had a protective paper (Schutzbrief) from 1663. Two years later, in 1665 his son Suessmann sen and his son in law Jacob got protective papers too. In 1668 Judmann Jud asked for exemption from the protective tax. He said he lives in Oberaula since 47 years now, is 70 years old. He had an accident last sommer with a broken leg and was confined to bed for half a year. He died some years later, before 1671.
SECOND GENERATION :
2.Salomon, he had a son:
+ 5. Jacob
Salomon, who lived about 1672 in Rotenburg/Fulda and married there four or five years ago, wanted to come back to Oberaula and asked for a protective paper.
In 1699 Salomon lived with his wife, three step children and a maid in Oberaula without a protectiove paper.
4.Suessmann Juda sen., he had a son:
+ 6. Judmann Jud / Suessmann Juda jun.
Suessmann sen. lived in 1699 in Oberaula with his wife and seven children with a protective paper. He died after 1703.
THIRD GENERATION :
5.Jacob, he had a son:
7. Salomon, born 1757 in Oberaula.
6.Judmann Jud / Suessmann Juda jun. In 1729 he asked for a protective paper. He lived in Oberaula with his wife, three children and a maid. He had a house, dealed with thread and slaughtered. One of his sons was:
+ 8. Joseph / Jacob Jud, born 1731 in Oberaula, he had a protective paper since 1756.
FOURTH GENERATION:
8.Joseph / Jacob Jud, born 1731 in Oberaula, he had two sons:
9.Aaron Jud, born 1770 in Oberaula, he had a protective paper since 1795. Aaron Jud died about 1801.
+ 10. Juda Jud, born 1774 in Oberaula.
(Barbara Greve: Bruchstuecke, a.a.O., p. 561 - 577)
FIFTH GENERATION :
10.Juda Jud / Juda Rothschild, born 1774 in Oberaula. He married in 1800 Beier Israel, born 1773. Juda and Beier Jud had six children:
+11. Aron (Jud) Rothschild, born 1803 in Oberaula
+12. Suessmann (Jud) Rothschild, born December 1807raula
+13. Joseph (Jud) Rothschild. born 1810 in Oberaula
+14. Israel Rothschild, born 1813 in Oberaula
15.Minna Rothschild, born 1816 in Oberaula
16.Veilchen Rothschild, born 1820 in Oberaula.
Beier Rothschild died in 1823 in Oberaula. Juda Rothschild died on 19.05.1847 at
the age of 74 in Oberaula. (Barbara Greve: Bruckstüecke., a.a.O., p.576 – 578)
In 1824 mayor Weidemann from Oberaula wrote a reputation paper for Aron Rothschild:
„Dass der israelitische Handelsmann und Staatsbuerger Juda Rothschild so nahe 54 Jahre alt und derselbe und seine VorEltern in Oberauila gezogen und geboren sind, auch derselbe ein großes Vermögen besitzt und derselbe sich in der Gemeinde gut betragen, auch wurde derselbe voriges Jahr in Witwenstand gesetzt mit sechs Kintter, ferner sey der aeltere Sohn Aron Rothschild 22 Jahre alt, und sey der Eintzige Sohn welcher zum handel gewidmet sey: und die uebrigen Soehn wie das Gesetz besagt in der Loehre (Lehre) in Franckenberg um die Prefesion als Ferber und Lohgerber zu erlernen. Was aber das Betragen des Aron Rothschild wie auch desen Vatter betrifft, so kann man denselben mit Wahrheit nicht das geringste von Schlechtigkeit nachsagen: Auch waer zu wuenschen dass demselben sein Gesuch hoeheren Orts moege gestattet werden. Ein solches wird demselben hiermit auf Verlangen pflichtgemaess attestirt.
Oberaula am 28ten Octobri 1824 |
Der Buergermeister Weidemann“ |
(zitiert nach Barbara Greve: Bruchstuecke, a.a.O., p. 578) |
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SIXTH GENERATION :
11. Aron Rothschild, born 1803 in Oberaula, merchant, he married on 02.06.1830 in Oberaula Natalie Rubin, born 1810, daughter of Rubin Juda and his wife Merle
Rubin. (HHStAWi, 365, No. 644, Trauregister Oberaula
bought the house of his grandfather Jacob in Oberaula (No. 94).
(Barbara Greve: Bruckstuecke, a.a.O., p. 579)
Aron and Natalie Rothschild had three children:
17.Beschen Rothschild, born 01.03.1831 ín Oberaula
+18. Sara / Sarchen / Rosalie Rothschild, born 13.01.1833 in Oberaula
19.Juda Rothschild, born 10.07.1852 in Oberaula, he died 09.06.1855 in
Oberaula.
(HHStAWi, 365, No. 648 Birthregister Oberaula
Aron Rothschild died 20.09.1876 in Oberaula, Natalie Rothschild died 06.12.1884
in Oberaula. (HHStAWi, 365, No. 647 Deathregister Oberaula
12.Suessmann Rothschild, born December 1807 in Oberaula, dyer. He married on 28.08.1838 in Oberaula Hannchen Blumenthal, 21 years old, born 1817,
daughter of Elias Bluhmentahl and his wife Ester nee Heinemann.
(HHStAWi, 365, no. 644, no.15)
Suessmann and Hanchen Rothschild had twelve children:
+ 20. Bettchen Rothschild, born January 1839 in Oberaula
21. Jetchen Rothschild, born 18.10.1840 in Oberaula, she died 20.08.1843 in Oberaula.
22.Froma (?) Rothschild, born 31.01.1843 in Oberaula
23.Elias Rothschild, born 09.12.1844 in Oberaula, he died 25.03.1845 in
Oberaula.
+24. Sarchen Rothschild, born 21.01.1846 in Oberaula
25.Bertha Rothschild, born 14.12.1847 in Oberaula
+26. Minna Rothschild, born 17.09.1851 in Oberaula
27.Verchen Rothschild, born 27.11.1849 in Oberaula
+28. Juda Rothschild, born 22.11.1855 in Oberaula
29.David Rothschild, born 18.02.1858 in Oberaula
30.Joseph Rothschild, born 30.01.1860 in Oberaula, he died 21.10.1864 in
Oberaula.
31. Meier Rothschild, born 14.05.1864 in Oberaula.
(HHStAWi, 365, No. 648, cur. no. 53, 63,79, 92, 101, 112, 123, 138, 163, 176, 184, 196)
Suessmann Rothschild died on 09.10.1865 in Oberaula, Hannchen Rothschild died
on 13.04.1881 in Oberaula. (HHStAWi 365, No. 646, cur. no.105, No. 647, cur. no. 34)
13.Joseph Rothschild, born 1810 in Oberaula, leather merchant. He married on 04.11.1845 in Oberaula Fromina / Mina Birnbaum, 21 years old, born 1824, daughter of Moritz Birnbaum and his wife Schoenchen nee Brand. Joseph and Fromina Rothschild had nine children:
32.Juda Rothschild, born 09.06.1847 in Oberaula
33.Moses Rothschild, born 28.08.1849 in Oberaula
34.Israel Rothschild, born 03.06.1851 in Oberaula, he died 06.03.1866 in
Oberaula.
35.N. N., stillborn, male, born 04.10.1852 in Oberaula
36.Heinemann Rothschild, born 04.10. 1852 in Oberaula
37.Aron Rothschild, born 08.10.1856 in Oberaula
38.Jeisel Rothschild, born 10.12.1858 in Oberaula
39.Sussmann Rothschild, born 21.11.1862 in Oberaula
40.Bertha Rothschild, born 09.03.1865 in Oberaula.
(HHStAWi, 365, No. 648, cur.no. 110, 122, 133, 149, 150, 168, 179, 191, 200)
14. Israel Rothschild, born 1813 in Oberaula, butcher and landlord (Gastwirt). He married first on 25.02.1842 in Oberaula Jude Rosenberg, born 1818, daughter of Manus Rosenberg and his wife Elkel nee Heinemann. Israel Rothschild married a second time on 14.08.1843 in Oberaula Reischen Schoenstadt, born 1820, daughter of Hirsch Schoenstadt and his wife Hannchen nee Susmann from Landau. Reischen Rothschild died on 09.09.1844 in Oberaula. Israel Rothschild married a third time on 04.05.1847 in Blankenhain in the district of Rotenburg/Fulda Sophie Jakob, nee Nagel, born 1822, daughter of Seligmann Nagel and his wife Jette nee Hoexter from Felsberg, widow of Joseph Jakob from
Naeherstille (Schmalkalden). (HHStAWi, 365, 644, cur. no. 22, 27, 30)
Israel and Sophie Rothschild had four children:
41. Juda Rothschild, born 08.03.1848 in Oberaula, he died on 03.11.1848 in Oberaula.
42.Seligmann Rothschild, born 05.01.1850 in Oberaula
+43. Joseph Rothschild, born 12.02.1852 in Oberaula
44.Moses Rothschild, born 23.11.1857 in Oberaula.
(HHStAWi, 365, No. 648, cur. no. 115, 125,140,174)
Israel Rothschild died on 05.06.1875 in Oberaula (HHStAWi, 365, No. 647, cur. no. 46)
SEVENTH GENERATION :
18.Sara / Rosalie Rothschild, born 13.01.1833 in Oberaula. She was married on 18.04.1855 in Kassel to Moses Gabriel Alsfeld, born 25.04.1816 in Schlüchtern, son on the jewish teacher Michel Abraham Alsfeld and his wife Karoline nee Anspach from Schlüchtern. Moses Gabriel Alsfeld was a rabbi candidate and
teacher in Wolfhagen. (Helmut Thiele,.a.a.O., p. 407)
20.Bettchen Rothschild, born January 1839 in Oberaula, she was married on 07.05.1863 in Treysa to Meier Hirschberg, 36 years old, born 1827, son of
Seligmann Hirschberg and his wife Hanna, nee Hess from Zwesten.
(HHStAWi, 365, No. 644, cur.no. 50)
24, Sarchen Rothschild, born 21.01.1846 in Oberaula. She was married on 13.07.1870 in Josbach to Salomon Kadden / Katten, born 17.06.1842 in Josbach, son of Joseph Kadden and his wife Scheinchen nee Stern.
(HHStAWi, 365, no. 644, cur. no. 73, Alfred Schneider, a.a.O., p.271/272)
Sarchen and Salomon Kadden lived in Josbach house no. 25, they had four children:
45.Joseph Katten, born 18.05.1871 in Josbach
+46. Sussmann /Sally Katten, born 19.01.1874 in Josbach
+47. Biena / Lina Katten, born 14.01.1877 in Josbach
+48. Emil Elias Kadden, born 19.05.1880 in Josbach
(Alfred Schneider, a.a.O., p.272)
26.Minna Rothschild, born 17.09.1851 in Oberaula. She was married on 29.12.1878 to Geisel Wallach, cattle dealer from Breitenbach am Herzberg, son of Marcus Wallach, cattle dealer from Schwarzenborn. (HHStAWi, 365, No. 645, cur. no. 15)
28.Juda Rothschild, born 22.11.1855 in Oberaula, dyer he married 1881 Fanny Katz, born 1859. Juda and Fanny Rothschild had nine children:
+49. Siegmund Rothschild, born 23.08.1882 in Oberaula
50.Johanna Rothschild, born 04.10.1883 in Oberaula, she died 24.08.1904 in
Oberaula.
51. Sara Rothschild, born 08.07.1885 in Oberaula
52.Bertha Rothschild, born 15.02.1887 in Oberaula
53.Emma Rothschild, born 16.02.1889 in Oberaula
54.Adolf Rothschild, born 11.05.1891 in Oberaula, he died 16.09.1892 in
Oberaula.
55.Meta Rothschild, born 12.02.1893 in Oberaula
56.Eduard Rothschild, born 23.11.1894 in Oberaula, he died 02.01.1926 in
Oberaula.
57. Jakob Rothschild, born 09.07.1898 in Oberaula.
(HHStAWi, 365, No. 643, p.
Juda Rothschild died 05.06.1932 in Oberaula, Fanny Rothschild died 24.10.1935 in Oberaula.
(HHStAWi, 365, No. 647, cur. no. 150, Marga Spiegel: Retter in der Nacht, a.a.O., p.5, 7, 20)
43.Joseph Rothschild, born 12.02.1852 in Oberaula. He married on 04.03.1879 in Kreuznach Jenny Jacobi, born 28.06.1851 in Kreuznach, daughter of Carl Jacobi and his wife Sara nee Bollack. Joseph and Sara Jacobi had five children:
58. Betty Rothschild, born 24.12.1879 in Kreuznach, she died 12.01.1880 in Kreuznach.
+59. Pauline / Paula Rothschild, born 15.08.1881 in Kreuznach
60.Elsa Rothschild, born 10.12.1882 in Kreuznach
61.Julius Rothschild, born 28.01.1885 in Kreuznach, he died 28.10.1888 in
Kreuznach.
62. Albert Rothschild, born 07.09.1889 in Kreuznach.
Joseph and Jenny Rothschild moved on 25.06.1910 from Kreuznach to Frankfurt/Main.
EIGHTH GENERATION :
46.Sussmann / Sally Katten, born 19.01.1874 in Josbach, he married Jettchen Katz (Goldschmidt), born 29.05.1880. Sussmann and Jettchen Katten had three children:
63.Albert Katten, left Josbach before 1936
64.Ilse Katten, left Josbach before 1936
65.Siddy Katten, born 27.09.1921 in Josbach.
Sussmann, Jettchen and Siddy katten emigrated on 14.05.1937 into the USA.
(Alfred Schneider, a.a.O., p. 273)
47.Biena / Lina Katten, born 14.01.1877 in Josbach. She was married on 15.05.1901 to Moses Aron, born 23.04.1869 in Puderbach / Neuwied, son of Isaak Aron and his wife Adelheid nee Morgenthal from Puderbach.
(Alfred Schneider, a.a.O., p.272)
48.Emil Elias Kadden, born 19.05.1880 in Josbach. He lived in Babenhausen and Cologne. He married Selma Arnsberg, born 19.05.1886 in Babenhausen. Emil Elias and Selma Kadden had a son:
66. Siegfried Kadden, born 14.12.1923 in Babenhausen.
Emil Elias Kadden was arrested in Buchenwald on 11.11.1938 and deported with his wife Selma and their son Siegfried from Cologne to Minsk on 20.07.1942.
(Die juedischen Opfer des Nationalsozialismus aus Koeln. a.a.O., p.217., http://www.bundesarchiv.de/gedenkbuch)
49.Siegmund Rothschild, born 23.08.1882 in Oberaula. He married Cilly Rosenstock, born 23.12.1888, daughjter of Abraham Rosenstock and his wife Mina Abraham from Eiterfeld. Siegmund and Cilly Rothschild had two daughters:
+67. Marga Rothschild, born 21.06.1912 in Oberaula
+68. Hannchen / Inge Johanna Rothschild, born 23.01.1921 in Oberaula.
In 1934 Siegmund Rothschild was arrested in Marburg (Schutzhaft). Cilly Rothschild died on 18.03.1937 in Oberaula. (HHStAWi, 365, No. 647 cur. no. 152)
In April 1938 Siegmund Rothschild moved with his daughter Inge to Ahlen to his older daughter Marga, married Spiegel. On 14.06.1938 he was arrested and deported to
(Marga Spigel, a,a,O., p.19, 34)
59.Pauline / Paula Rothschild, born 15.08.1881 in Kreuznach. She was married on 09.03.1906 in Kreuznach to Berthold Baruch, born 27.12.1877 in
Niederwildungen.
(For the following generations look i to the genealogy „The descendants of Feibel Baruch“.)
NINETH GENERATION :
67.Marga Rothschild, born 21.06.1912 in Oberaula. She was married on 08.01.1937 in Oberaula to Siegmund Spiegel, cattle dealer, born 20.05.1899 in Ahlen, son of Simon Spiegel. Marga and Siegmund have a daughter:
69. Karin Spiegel, born 14.01.1938 in Ahlen.
68.Hannchen / Inge Johanna Rothschild, born 23.01.1921 in Oberaula. She was married to N.N. Spiegel. Inge and N. N. Spiegel lived in Ahlen, Dortmund and Essen. They were deported on 27.10.1941 from Duesseldorf to Lodz and from there on 12.07.1944 to Chelmo, where they were killed on 13.07.1944.
Sources:
Hessisches Hauptstaatsarchiv Wiesbaden, Bestand 365, No.
Barbara Greve: Bruchstuecke. Versuche einer Rekonstruktion der juedischen Gemeinde Oberaula bis zur Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts. In: Heimatvertriebene Nachbarn. Beitraege zur Geschichte der Juden im Kreis Ziegenhain. Band II.
Marga Spiegel: Retter in der Nacht. Wie eine juedische Familie in einem muensterlaendischen Versteck ueberlebte. Berlin 2009.
Alfred Schneider: Die juedischen Familien im ehemaligen Kreise Kirchhain. Amoeneburg 2006.
Die juedischen Opfer des Nationalsozialismus aus Koeln. Gedenkbuch. Koeln 1995.
Helmut Thiele: Die juedischen Einwohner zu Kassel 1700 – 1942. Familiennamen und Adressen. Als Manuskript vervielfältigt. Kassel 2006.
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