The Katzenberg Family from Elmshagen

(originally from Niedenstein)

In a list from 1744 (Judenstättigkeit) we find two members of Katz families in Elmshagen: Moses Katz and Salomon Katz.

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

1. Moses Ka(t)z, he married Hendel Speier. Moses and Hendel Katz had a son:

+ 2. Joseph Ka(t)z, born 01.08.1746 in Elmshagen.

Moses and Hendel Katz died before 1812 in Wolfhagen.

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

2. Joseph Ka(t)z / Ka(t)zenberg, born 01,08.1746 in Elmshagen, merchant. He married Lewe / Loewe / Lieba Zeilern / Heilbrunn, born about1758. Joseph and Lieba Ka(t)z / Ka(t)zenberg had five children (The family contained of five male and 3 female members) :

3. Samuel Ka(t)z / Ka(t)zenberg, born 19.12.1787 in Elmshagen. He was a soldier under

Napoleon in the 5th Koenigliochen Westphaelischen Linieninfantrieregiment.

+ 4. Abraham Ka(t)z / Ka(t)zenberg, born 23.06.1791 in Elmshagen

+ 5. Salomon Katz, born about 1792 in Elmshagen

+ 6. Moses Katz /Katzenberg, born 15.03.1796 in Elmshagen

7. Sara Katzenberg, born 1798 in Elmshagen, she was a maid, she died on 30.10.1867 in

Elmshagen.

+ 8. Herz (Joseph) Ka(t)z / Ka(t)zenberg, born 02.06.1801 in Elmshagen.

Joseph Katzenberg died on 15.07.1829 in Elmshagen, Lieba Katzenberg died on 27.01.1833 atthe age of 75 years in Elmshagen.

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

4. Abraham Katzenberg, born 23.06.1791 in Elmshagen. He married Mindel Meier Oppenheim from Kirchberg, born about 1783. Abraham and Mindel Katzenberg had four children:

+ 9. Sussmann Katzenberg, born 25.09.1819 in Elmshagen.

+ 10. Elieser Katzenberg, born about 1821 in Elmshagen.

11. Hendel Katzenberg, born about 1822, she was a maid, she died on 04.02.1862 at the age of

40 years in Elmshagen.

12. Perle Katzenberg, born in May 1825 in Elmshagen, she was a maid, she died on

08.08.1879 at the age of 54 years and 3 months in Elmshagen.

Abraham Katzenberg died on 26.08.1851 in Elmshagen, Mindel Katzenberg died on 13.09.1863 at the age of 80 years in Elmshagen.

5. Salomon Katzenberg, born about 1792 in Elsmhagen. He was a soldier under Napoleon. He was missed in Russia.

6. Moses Katzenberg, born 15.03.1796 in Elmshagen, he was a soldier and fought 1814 against Napoleon. He married Sara Hecht, from Altenstaedt. He died 31.08.1878 in Altenstaedt.

8. Herz Joseph Katzenberg, born 02.06.1801 in Elmshagen, Lumpensammler (second-hand dealer). He married on 09.08.1836 Brenette / Brendel Nathan Levi, born in April 1810 in Altenstaedt, daughter of Nathan Levi and his wife Zerle, née Alba. Before Herz Jospeh and Brendel got married, they had two daughters, after wedding four children:

+ 13. Liba Helene Herz Katzenberg, born 08.03.1833 in Elmshagen

14. Caroline Herz Katzenberg, born 15.03.1835 in Elmshagen

15. Hindelchen Katzenberg, born 23.07.1837 in Elmshagen

16. Goldchen Katzenberg, born 17.02.1840 in Elmshagen

17. Hannchen Katzenberg, born 16.12.1842 in Elmshagen.

18. Joseph Katzenberg, born 1852 in Elmshagen, he died on 06.01.1854 in Elmshagen.

Brendel Katzenberg died on 18.11.1855 in Elmshagen.

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

9. Sussmann Katzenberg, born 25.09.1819 in Elmshagen. He married on 05.03.1851 Breine Loewenstein aus Kirchberg, born in May 1809, daughter of Abraham Loewenstein and his wife Betti from Kirchberg. Sussmann an Breine Katzenberg had three children:

19. Betti Katzenberg, born 23.09.1853 in Elmshagen

20. Abraham Katzenberg, born 11.03.1855 in Elmshagen

21. Hannchen Katzenberg, born 27.01.1861 in Elmshagen, sewer.

Sussmann Katzenberg died on 14.05.1864 in Elmshagen, Breine Katzenberg died on 04.07.1886 in Elmshagen.

10. Elieser Katzenberg, born about 1821 in Elmshagen. He married Breine. Elieser Katzenberg died on 22.06.1861 in Elmshagen, Breine Katzenberg died on 28.06.1861 in Elmshagen. Both are buried on the Jewish cemetery of Breitenbach (Schauenburg).

13. Liba / Helene Herz Katzenberg, born 08.03.1833 in Elmshagen, she was married on 05.05.1864 to Hirsch Stern from Ziegenhain, son of Baer Mendel Stern and his wife Marianne, née Heinemann.

Sources:

– Karl E. Demandt: Die hessische Judenstättigkeit von 1744.

In: Hessisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte, 23. Band, Marburg 1973.

– Karl E. Demandt: Bevölkerungs- und Sozialgeschichte der jüdischen Gemeinde Niedenstein

1653 – 1866. Wiesbaden 1980.

– Ölzweig und Eichbaum. Von der Verwurzelung der Schauenburger Juden. Eine Dokumentation

des Geschichtsvereins Schauenburg e.V. Schauenburg 2008.

– www.lagis-hessen.de Hessian Vital Records

Compiled by Hans-Peter K l e i n Melsungen July 2017