Excerpts from the genealogy of the Braunsberg-Family from Breuna
(starting with Mathias Braunsberg)
F I R S T G E N E R A T I O N :
1. Mathias Braunsberg, Nothaendler und Botengaenger (dealer and courier).
He had four sons:
2. Moses Braunsberg, born 08.09.1810 in Breuna, he is learning
the shoemaker-profession, he was to be a teacher.
3. Noa Braunsberg, born 05.12.1812 in Breuna, he is learning the
tailor-porfession
4. Herz Braunsberg, born 15.01.1817 in Breuna
+ 5. Heinemann Braunsberg, born 21.05.1823 in Breuna.
S E C O N D G E N E R A T I O N :
5. Heinemann Braunsberg, born 21.05.1823 in Breuna, he married on 31.01.1849
Miriam/Marianne Schoeneberg, daughter of Joseph
Schoeneberg, bookbinder in Zierenberg and his wife Minkel,
nee Mayer. Heinemann and Marianne Braunsberg had two sons:
+ 6. Joseph Braunsberg, born 26.06.1850 in Breuna
+ 7. Matthias Braunsberg, born 19.05.1856 in Breuna.
Marianne Braunsberg died 24.07.1877 in Breuna at the age of
56 years and 7 months (death-ist No. 25, gravestone no. 4)
Heinemann Braunsberg married a second time B. Schartenberg
They didn’t have children. Heinemann Braunsberg’s gravestone
is no. 28 (without dates).
T H I R D G E N E R A T I O N :
6. Joseph Braunsberg, born 26.06.1850 in Breuna, he married first on 13.08.1874 Rosa
Hamberg, 23 years old, born 23.04.1851, daughter of Joseph
Hamberg II and his wife Bertha, nee Goldwein. Joseph and Rosa
Braunsberg had five children:
8. Johanna Braunsberg, born 23.06.1875 in Breuna, she was married
to Wilhelm Cohen
9. Judchen / Henriette Braunsberg, born 17.07.1876 in Breuna, she
was married to Emil Kahlenberg
+ 10. Julius Braunsberg, born 05.02.1878 in Breuna
11. Max / Matthias Braunsberg, born 1881 in Breuna
+ 12. Salomon / Salo Braunsberg, born 19.07.1883 in Breuna.
Rosa Braunsberg’s gravestone is no. 8. She died in 1886 in Breuna.
Joseph Braunsberg married a second time Esther, nee Braunsberg.
born 12.11.1855 in Breuna. Joseph and Esther Braunsberg hat two
children:
+ 13. Hermann Braunsberg, born 29.03.1888 in Breuna
+ 14. Minna Braunsberg, born 16.06.1889 in Breuna.
Esther Braunsberg died 05.07.1890 in Breuna (gravestone no. 18).
Joseph Braunsberg married a third time Mathilde Hamberg, born
10.07.1855 in Breuna, daughter of Seligmann Selig Hamberg and his
wife Jette, nee Gans. Joseph and Mathilda Braunsberg had a son:
15. Moritz Braunsberg, he died at the age of three on 20.11.1896.
Joseph Braunsberg died on 15.09.1906 in Breuna (gravestone no. 30),
Mathilde Braunsberg died on 20.04.1930 in Breuna (gravestone no.
25).
7. Matthias Braunsberg, born 19.05.1856 in Breuna. He married
first Sarah Wolf, born 27.04.1864 in Schlüchtern. Matthias
and Sarah Braunsberg had two sons:
+ 16. Joseph Braunsberg, born 23.10.1885 in Breuna
+ 17. Victor Braunsberg, born 29.03.1887 in Breuna.
Sarah Braunsberg died on 15.06.1887 in Breuna (gravestone no. 16).
Matthias Braunsberg married a second time on 08.11.1887 Helene
Katzenstein, born 23.06.1861 in Hoeringhausen, daughter of Israel
Katzenstein II and his wife Betti, nee Goldwein. Matthias and
Helene Braunsberg had two children:
18. Albert Braunsberg, born 1890 in Breuna, he died 1952.
+ 19. Mathilde Braunsberg, born 1902 in Breuna.
Helene Braunsberg died 1935, Matthias Braunsberg died
18.12.1940 in Breuna.
F O U R T H G E N E R A T I O N :
10. Julius Braunsberg, born 05.02.1878 in Breuna, about 1911 he moved with his brother Salomon to Hannover,where they founded several textile facturies and an insurance company. Julius Braunsberg married Therese / Thesi Groeschler, born 10.08.1883 in Jever, daughter of Simon and Roeshen Groeschler. Julius and Therese Braunsberg had four children:
+ 20. Joseph Braunsberg, born 25.02.1909 in Schoeningen
+ 21. Hermann Braunsberg, born 18.09.1910 in Schoeningen
+ 22. Hans Braunsberg, born 29.06.1915 in Hannover
+ 23. Ruth Braunsberg, borm 1921
Julius Braunsberg was arrested in November 1938 with his brother Salomon and his son Joseph and deported to Buchenwald. Later he emigrated into the USA.He died on 26.09.1959 in Nassau County, NY, USA. Therese Braunsberg died on 10.0.1968 in New York.
12. Salomon / Salo Braunsberg, born 19.07.1883 in Breuna, about 1911 he moved with his brother Julius to Hannover, where they founded several textile facturies and an insurance company. Salomon Braunsberg maried Emmi Hirschfeld, born 10.12.1894 in Berlin. Salomon and Emmi Braunsberg had two sons:
+ 24. Gustav Braunsberg, born 11.10.1913 in Hannover
+ 25. Herbert Braunsberg, born 04.05.1916 in Hannover
Salomon and Emmi Braunsberg emigrated into the USA. Salomon Braunsberg died on 15.11.1947 in New York.
13. Hermann Braunsberg, born 29.03.1888 in Leipzig, he married
Erna Johanna Gutmann from Dessau. They lived in Leipzig
and had four children:
+ 26. Peter Heinz Braunsberg, born 26.01.1921 in Berlin
+ 27. Margarete Esther Braunsberg, born 29.08.1922 in Leipzig
28. Lolo Braunsberg, married Eldot, born 1924
29. Yvone Braunsberg, married Wagner, born 1929.
Erna Johanna Braunsberg died on 05.01.1941
Herman Braunsberg was deported on 20.09.1942 from Leipzig to
Theresienstadt and from there on 09.12.1944 to Auschwitz.
14. Minna Braunsberg, born 16.06.1889 in Breuna, she was married to Sally Hamberg,
born 16.05.1887 in Breuna, son of Baruch Hamberg and his wife
Sara, nee Herzfeld. Sally and Minna Hamberg had two daughters:
30. Edith Hamberg, born 23.10.1919 in Hannover, she was married
to Oscar Tarcov
31. Margot Hamberg, born 26.02.1924 in Hannover, she was married
to N. N. Ward
Minna and Sally Hamberg were deported on 15.12.1941 from
Hannover to Riga.
16. Joseph Braunsberg, born 23.10.1885 in Breuna, he married on 18.08.1918 in Hannover Erna Groeschler, born 08.07.1895 in Jever, daughter of Simon Groeschler and his wife Amalie,née Cohn. Joseph and Erna Braunsberg had two daughters:
+ 32. Ilse Braunsberg, born 11.07.1919 in Hannover
33. Eva Braunsberg, born 1921 in Hannover
Joseph Braunsberg died 25.11.1933 in Peine, Erna Braunsberg died 16.10.1960 in New York.
17. Victor Braunsberg, born 29.03.1887 in Breuna. He married Emilie Stern, born 01.06.1892 in Betziesdorf. They lived in Breuna. They were deported on 01.06.1942 from Kassel to Sobibor and murdered there on 03.06.1942.
19. Mathilde Braunsberg, born 1902 in Breuna, she was married to Herman Lenneberg. Mathilde and Herman Lenneberg had a daughter:
+ 34. Hanna Lenneberg, born about 1926
Mathilde Lenneberg died in 1992.
20. Joseph Braunsberg, born 25.02.1909 in Schoeningen, he was deported in November 1938 with his father Julius and his uncle Salomon Braunsberg to Buchenwald. He married Betty / Greta Leiser, born 02.05.1901 in Munich. They emigrated into the UK.Joseph Braunsberg died 1969 in Croydon, London, UK. Betty Braunsberg died 1983 in Canterbury, Kent, UK.
21. Hermann Braunsberg, born 18.09.1910 in Schoeningen, Hermann Braunsberg was a member of the football club Hannover 96. He moved to Niederoschel and was deported to Buchenwald. Later he was deported to Auschwitz, survived and emigrated after the liberation into the UK. He died 04.04.1979 in Glen Ridge. Essex County, NJ, USA.
22. Hans Braunsberg, born 2.06.1915 in Hannover, he emigrated into the UK and died on 30.07.1959 in Windsor, UK.
23. Ruth Braunsberg, born 1921, she was married toPeter H. Kaufmann, born 1918. They emigrated into the USA; Peter H. Kaufmann died in January 2014 in New York, Ruth Kaufmann died 24.11.2016 in New York.
24. Gustav Braunsberg, born 11.10.1913 in Hannover, he married Edith Alice H M Schneider, born 06.08.1914 in Magdeburg. Gustav Braunsberg was a member of the football club Hannover 96. They emigrated into the UK. Gustav died on 23.02.1987 in Stockport, UK, Edith Braunsberg died on 28.05.1984 in Manchester, UK.
25. Herbert Braunsberg, born 04.05.1916 in Hannover, He was a member of the football club Hannover 96. He married Frances Anneliese Leven, born 21.007.1920 in Krefeld, daughter of Ernst Leven and his wife Erna, née Marcus. He died on 28.05.1984 in Manchester. Frances Anneliese Braunsberg died in January 1979 in London.
F I F T H G E N E R A T I O N :
26. Peter Heinz Braunsberg, born 26.01.1921 in Berlin. He lieved in berlin and Leipzig. He emigrated on 28.12.1935 into Switzerland and France and was deported from Drancy on 04.11.1942 to Auschwitz and murdered there.
27. Margarete Esther Braunsberg, born 29.08.1922 in Leipzig, she was married to Fritz Grant. Margarete Esther and Fritz Grant had a daughter;
35. Helen Grant, born 29.06.1947 in London, she was married to N. N. Keats, she died
on 12.06.2006 in London.
32. Ilse Braunsberg, born 11.07.1919 in Hannover. She was married to Herbert Gruenberger / Greening, born 13.12.1912 in Hindenburg. Ilse and Herbert Greening emigrated into the USA. They had two children:
36. Michael Greening, born 1945, he died about 2019.
37. Joan Greening, born 1950.
Herbert Greening died on 30.04.2004 in Sarasota, Florida, USA, Ilse Greening died on 18.11.2018 in Sarasota, Florida, USA.
34. Hanna Lenneberg, born about 1926, she was married to N. N. Altbush, she died on 09.03.2009.
Compiled by Hans-Peter K l e i n Melsungen, March 2010
Revised May 2010
Revised and supplemented with information
from Hendrik Woy, Hannover
from Hartmut Peters, Groeschler-Haus Jever
from geni.com Melsungen, February 2021