The Lehrberger Family from Borken (Hessen)


Descendants of Efraim


(blue: The ancestors of Charles Scheidt)


We have only a few documents about the first three generations, mostly grave inscriptions with dates of the death and prenames - to take new family names was ordered in 1808 by Jerome, King of Westphalen and Napoleons‘ youngest brother. But we could find the names Efraim and Juspa in every second generation, so it seems to be possible that they belong to one family. Later we can prove it by more information.



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


1. Efraim, he had two children:

+ 2. Roeschen

+ 3. Juspa.



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


2. Roeschen, she was married to Juspa, possibly Abraham Joseph, called Juspa, son of Isaak. Roeschen and Juspa had a son:


4. Abraham Chajim, he died on 10.05.1814, he is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Haarhausen,

grave no.72.


3. Juspa, he married Gidel. Juspa and Gidel had a son:


+ 5. Ephraim (Lehrberger).


Gidel died on 16.12.1790. She is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Haarhausen, grave no. 16.

Juspa died on 17.12.1803, he is buried on the the Jewish cemetery of Haarhausen, grave no. 44 a.



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


5. Ephraim Lehrberger, he married Fradchen Levie. Ephraim and Fradchen Lehrberger had three sons:


+ 6. Simon Lehrberger, born about 1773 in Borken

+ 7. Behr Lehrberger, born in February 1782 in Borken

+ 8. Isaak Lehrberger, born about 1784 in Borken.

Ephraim Lehrberger died on 26.05.1822 in Borken, he is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Haarhausen, grave no.67.





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


6. Simon Lehrberger, born about 1773 in Borken. He had a son:


9. Efraim Lehrberger, he died on 29.03.1825 in Borken, he is buried on the Jewish cemetery of

Haarhausen, grave no. 73.


Simon Lehrberger died on 02.10.1825 at the age of 52. He is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Haarhausen, grave no.64.


7. Behr Lehrberger, born in February 1782 in Borken. He married Gertruth Stern. Behr and Gertruth Lehrberger had three sons:


+ 10. Mailach /Melach Lehrberger, born 05.07.1812 in Borken

11. Noa Lehrberger, born 02.03.1825 in Borken

12. Siemon Lehrberger, born 28.05.1828 in Borken.

(Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg, Protokolle III, 1542-1547, Borken, Familienbuch 1798-1846)


Behr Lehrberger died on 19.08.1828 in Borken. He ist buried ion the Jewish cemetery of Haarhausen, grave no. 50.


8. Isaak Lehrberger, born about 1784 in Borken, he was a butcher. He married first Emilie Seligmann. Isaak and Emilie Lehrberger had a daughter:


+ 13. Jette / Jettchen Lehrberger, born 1819 in Borken.


Isaak Lehrberger married a second time Gelle Moses, born about 1772 in Poppenlauer / Unterfranken, Bavaria, daughter of Moses (Seligmann). Isaak and Gelle Lehrberger had two children:

+ 14. Simon Lehrberger, born 23.05.1827 in Borken

+ 15. Sarchen Lehrberger, born 24.06.1830 in Borken.

(HStA MR, Protokolle III, 1542-1547, Borken, Familienbuch 1798-1846)


Isaak Lehrberger died on 24.01.1880 at the age of 96. In 1880 he lived in Borken Eisenkaute no.157. He is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Haarhausen, grave no. 241.

(Standesamt Borken, death record 7/1880)

Gelle Lehrberger died on 14.06.1887 in Borken at the age of 105. In 1887 she lived in Borken Eisenkaute no. 167. (Standesamt Borken, death record 62/1887)



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


10. Mailach/Melach Lehrberger, born 05.07.1812 in Borken. He was a cattle dealer. He married on 10.11.1838 in Neustadt Esther Stern, born 1817 or 1820 in Neustadt, daughter of Mendel Stern and his wife Rechel, née Rothschild. Mailach and Esther Lehrberger had five children:


+ 16. Baermann Lehrberger, born 27.11.1840 in Borken

+ 16a. Rahel / Regine Lehrberger, born 04..10.1842 in Borken

+ 17. Ephraim Lehrberger, born 25.05.1844 in Borken

+ 18. Mendel Lehrberger, born 21.02.1846 in Borken

+ 19. Siemon Lehrberger, born 15.03.1848 in Borken

20. Frommet Lehrberger, born 23.11.1849 in Borken, she died 28.03.1851 in Borken.

(HStA MR, Protokolle III, 1542-1547, Borken, Familienbuch 1798-1846, birth records 1825-1850)


Mailach Lehrberger died on 10.08.1855 at the age of 44 in Borken. He is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Haarhausen, grave no. 154. Esther Lehrberger died on 15.03.1889 in Borken. In 1889 she lived in Borken Neustadt no. 37. She is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Haarhausen, grave no. 313. (Standesamt Borken, death record 48/1889)


13. Jette Lehrberger, born 1819 in Borken. She was married on 13.01.1869 in Kassel to Feibel Lewald, merchant, born 1823 in Mansbach, son of Jakob Mansbach and his wife Roeschen, née Moses. (Helmut Thiele, a.a.O., p. 431) Jette and Feibel Lewald lived in Borken, Bergstrasse no. 136 ½. Jette Lewald died on 28.11.1875 in Borken, she is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Haarhausen, grave no. 189. Feibel Lewald died on 17.06.1886 in Borken (death record no. 59/1886).


14. Simon Lehrberger, born 23.05.1827 in Borken, he married on 23.07.1857 Hannchen Baer, born 24.05.1825 in Falkenberg, daughter of Isaak Baer and his wife Beile/Leibe, née Rosenblatt. Simon and Hannchen Lehrberger had four sons:


21. Ephraim Lehrberger, born in December 1858 in Borken, he died 08.05.1859 in Borken.

22. Moses Lehrberger, born in October 1864, in Borken, he died 10.03.1872 in Borken.

+ 23. Herz Lehrberger, born 01.07.1867 in Borken, he died 20.05.1888 in Borken.

24. Isaac Lehrberger, born in October 1864, he died 10.03.1872 in Borken.

(HStA MR, Protokolle III, 1542-1547, Borken, death records 1850-1903)


Simon Lehrberger died on 29.01.1883 in Borken, he lived in 1883 in Borken Neustadt no. 39 ½ . Hannchen Lehrberger died on 24.12.1888 in Borken. She lived in 1888 in Borken Bergstrasse no. 117 ½ . (Standesamt Borken, death records no. 8/1883 und 107/1888) Both are buried on the Jewish cemetery of Borken.


15. Sarah / Sarchen Lehrberger, born 24.06.1830 in Borken. She had an illegitimate son:

25. Ephraim, born in August 1862 in Borken, he died 11.02.1863 in Borken.

(HStA MR, Protokolle III. 1542-1547, Borken death records 1850-1903)


Sarah Lehrberger died on 17.10.1893 in Borken. She lived in 1893 in Borken Eisenkaute no. 168 ½. (Standesamt Borken, death record no. 78/1893)



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


16. Baermann Lehrberger, born 27.11.1840 in Borken. He married on 15.05.1873 Roeschen Spangenthal, born 20.11.1847 in Spangenerg, daughter of Joseph Spangenthal and his wife Jette née Fackenheim. Baermann and Roeschen Lehrberger lived on borken Neustadt 37 ½. They had four children:


+ 26. Flora Lehrberger, born 1875 in Borken

+ 27. Manuel / Emanuel Lehrberger, born 30.12.1876 in Borken (birth record no. 158/1876)

+ 28. Meier Lehrberger, born 02.05.1878 in Borken (birth record no. 57/1878)

+ 29. Emil Lehrberger, born 25.06.1880 in Borken (birth record no. 71/1880).


Roeschen Lehrberger died on 09.12.1880 in Borken at the age of 33. She is buried on the jewish cemetrey of Haarhausen, grave no.245. (death record no. 93/1880)

Baermann Lehrberger died on 20.05.1885 in Borken at the age of 44. He is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Haarnausen, grave no. 260. (death record 56/1885)


16a. Rahel /Regine Lehrberger, born 04.10.1842 in Borken. She moved to Frankfurt and lived in Herderstrasse 30/III (house of the Sulzbacher family). In 1916 she moved with Flora and Karl Scheidt into Brueder Grimm Strasse 7/III. She died on21.04.1917 in Frankfurt. Her last address was Feldstrasse 78 (Anstalt für Irre und Epileptische in Frankfurt). She is buried on the Jewish cemetery Rat-Beil-Strasse in Frankfurt.


17. Ephraim Lehrberger, born 25.05.1844 in Borken. He married on 15.06.1881 in Borken Jettchen Kappenberg, born 25.05.1844 in Kestrich, daughter of Joseph Kappenberg and his wife Esther, née Daub. (wedding record no. 19/1881) Ephraim and Jettchen Lehrberger lived in Borken Neustadt no. 36. they had ten children:


+ 30. Menko / Mannie Lehrberger, born 23.04.1882 in Borken (birth record no. 54/1882)

31. Joseph Lehrberger, born 30.05.1883 in Borken, he died 02.05.1884 in Borken

(birth record no. 61/1883, death record no. 27/1884)

32. Behrmann Lehrberger, born 23.05.1885 in Borken, he died 19.12.1887 in Borken

(birth recoerd no. 54/1885, death record no. 111/1887)

33. Emma Lehrberger, born 12.11.1886 in Borken, she died 30.04.1887 in Borken

(birth record no. 135/1886, death record no. 45(1887)

+ 34. Frieda Lehrberger, born 06.03.1888 in Borken (birth record no. 35/1888)

+ 35. Esther / Irma Lehrberger, born 07.07.1889 in Borken (birth record no. 65/1889)

36. Sara Lehrberger, born 04.09.1891 in Borken (birth record no. 104/1891)

37. Recha Lehrberger, born 05.06.1893 in Borken (birth record no. 75/1893)

+ 38. Hedwig Lehrberger, born 04.11.1895 in Borken (birth record no. 106/1895)

39. Bertha /Bertel Lehrberger, born 17.03.1897 in Borken (birth record no. 36/1897), she was a

single, she died on 20.07.1918 in borken, she is buried on the

Jewish cemetery of Borken.


Jettchen Lehrberger died on 21.04.1912 in Borken. (death record no. 29/1912)

Ephraim Lehrberger died on 16.01.1917 in Borken. (death record no. 8/1917)

Both are buried on the Jewish cemetery of Borken.


18. Mendel Lehrberger, born 21.02.1846 in Borken. He emigrated into the USA. He died on 28.03.1902, he is bureid on the Heaven Cemetery in Schenecdaty, NY.


19. Siemon Lehrberger, born 15.03.1848 in Borken. He married first on 12.12.1877 in Borken Male / Amalie Lautmann, born 25.12.1848 in Abterode, daughter of Levi Lautmann and his wife Roeschen, née Katz. (wedding record no. 40/1877) Siemon and Amalie Lehrberger lived first in Borken Neustadt no. 32, from 1881 in Borken, Neustadt no. 71. They had two children:


+ 40. Moritz / Max Lehrberger, born 20.03.1879 in Borken (birth record no. 27/1879)

41. stillborn, 23.06.1880 in Borken (birth record no. 50/1880)

Amalie Lehrberger died on 25.06.1881, she is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Haarhausen, grave no. 248. (death record no. 50/1881)

Siemon Lehrberger married a second time on 22.01.1883 in Schenklengsfeld Roeschen / Rosa Nussbaum born 06.07.1858 in Schenklengsfeld, daughter of Leiser Nussbaum and his wife Reizchen, née Weinberg (Standesamt Schenklengsfeld, wedding record no 1/1883). Siemon and Roeschen lived in Borken Neustadt no. 55. They had seven children:


+ 42. Flora Lehrberger, born 06.11.1883 in Borken (birth record no. 104/1883)

+ 43. Johanna Lehrberger, born 01.06.1885 in Borken (birth record no. 58/1885)

+ 44. Regine Lehrberger, born 09.04.1887 in Borken (birth record no. 44/1887)

+ 45. Friedrich (Leopold J. Friedrich) Lehrberger, born 31.10.1888 in Borken

(birth record no. 143/1888)

46. Esther Lehrberger, born 09.09.1890 in Borken (birth record no. 95/1890)

+ 47. Meier Lehrberger, born 22.01.1893 in Borken (birth record no. 8/1893)

48. Bernhard Lehrberger, born 30.04.1896 in Borken (birth record no. 52/1896).


Simon Lehrberger died on 07.01.1923 in Borken. Rosa Lehrberger died on 25.02.1938 at the age of 79 in Borken (death record no. 6/1938). Both are buried on the Jewish cemetery of Borken.


23. Herz Lehrberger, born 01.07.1867 in Borken, worker. He was a single. He lived in Borken, Bergstrasse 147 ½ . He died on 20.05.1888 in Borken (death record, no. 53/1888). He is buried on the Jewish cemetry of Borken.



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


26. Flora Lehrberger, born 21.05.1875 in Borken, after the death of her parents in 1880 and 1885 Ephraim Lehrberger, her uncle and brother of her father, became her guardian. Later she moved to Frankfurt and lived with Rahel / Regine Lehrberger, a cousin and daughter of Meilach and Esther Lehrberger. In Frankfurt Jacques Snatich became her gurdian. He supported Regine and Flora Lehrberger by a annual payment. On 15.11. (Borken) / 23.12.1895 (Fankfurt) Flora Lehrberger was married at the age of 20 to Karl Paul Scheidt, 28 years old. Flora and Karl Paul Scheidt lived in Frankfurt Brueder Grimm Strasse 7/III. They had two sons:

40. Max Scheidt, born 25.10.1896 in Frankfurt

+ 50. Bruno Scheidt, born 08.09.1900 in Frankfurt.


Karl Paul Scheidt left Frankfurt in June 1921 and lived in Berlin, Charlottenstrasse 74/75. He died on 15.02.1922 in Berlin Urbanstrasse 182. he is buried on the Jewish cemetery Berlin Weissensee (Graeberfeld F 5 / Reihe 27). Flora Scheidt-Lehrberger was married a second time at the age of 49 on 02.02.1925 in Frankfurt to Georg Muensterberger, born 23.09.1872 in Muensterberg/Schlesien. Georg Muensterberger came in 1921 from Danzig to Frankfurt. He was married first to Hedwig Horwitz. Georg and Hedwig Muensterberger had a daughter:


51. Lotte Muensterberger, born 06.08.1912 in Berlin.


Flora and Georg Muensterberger lived with their three children Lotte, Max and Bruno in Flrankfurt Brueder-Grimm-Strasse 7/III. Bruno Scheidt moved in 1929 into Rhoenstrasse 125/I. In 1935 they emigrated to France and from Marseille they arrived on 13.06.1941 in New York. Flora Muensterberger died on 19.01.1947 in New York, Georg Muensterberger died on 21.12.1950.


27. Manuel / Emanuel Lehrberger, born 30.12.1876 in Borken. He emigrated at the age of 16 into the USA. He died on 28.11.1902. He is buried on the Heaven Cemetrey of Schenectady NY.


28. Meier Lehrberger, born 02.05.1878 in Borken. He emigrated at the age of 14 into the USA. He married Pauline Bernstein. Meier Lehrberger died i 1950, Pauline Lehrberger died in 1958. Both are buried on the Heaven Cemetery of Schenectady NY.


29. Emil Lehrberger, born 25.06.1880 in Borken. In 1898 he came from Darmstadt to Frankfurt and lived with the family of his sister Flora first Zeil 24 and from 1902 Herderstrasse 30/I. Emil Lehrberger took part in WWI and was wounded in December 1914. He married on 11.02.1916 in Frankfurt Lina Michel, born 25.11.1882 in Seibersbach, near Bad Kreuznach (Standesamt Frankfurt III, Wedding record no 30/1916). Emil and Lina Lehrberger lived in Frankfurt, Luetzow Strasse 13/II. Lina Lehrberger was the owner of the hatters‘ shop „Lehrberger“ Lützowstrasse 13 (today Karlsruher Strasse). Emil and Lina Lehrberger had a daughter:


+ 52. Rosa Lehrberger, born 02.05.1916 in Frankfurt.


In 1926 he became manager of the shop. On 10.11.1938 Emil Lehrberger was captured and arrested in the court-jail von Bad Kissingen till 18.11.1938. The spoh was closed on 30.12.1938. Rosa Lehrberger emigrated in 1938 into the USA. Emil and Lina Lehrberger were deported on 15.09.1942 from Frankfurt/Main to Theresienstadt. Emil Lehrberger was murdered there on 09.02.1943. Lina Lehrberger was deported on 16.04.1944 fro Theresienstadt to Auschwitz.


30. Menko / Mannie Lehrberger, born 23.04.1882 in Borken. He lived in Frankfurt/Main and Battenfeld. He married Alma Elsoffer, born 20.07.1898 in Battenfeld. Mannie and Alma Lehrberger had two children:


53. Irene Lehrberger, born 09.07.1927 in Battenfeld

54. Gertrud Hildegard Lehrberger, born 24.08.1932 in Battenfeld.


Mannie and Alma Lehrberger were deoprted on 09.12.1941 from Kassel to Riga.


34. Frieda Lehrberger, born 06.03.1888 in Borken. She was married on 28.11.1913 in Borken to Siegmund Poortje, butcher, born 21.101.1885 in Ochtrup, district of Steinfurt, son of Issak Poortje and his wife Paulina, née Mendel. (wedding record no. 39/1913) Frieda and Siegmund Poortje lived in Bentheim. They emigrated on 17.12.1938 into the Netherlands. They were arrested in Westerbork and deported from there in 1942 to Auschwitz, where they were murdered on 05.10.1942.


35. Esther / Irma Lehrberger, born 07.07.1889 in Borken. She was married on 27.06.1919 in Borken to Joseph Rosenbusch, born 05.10.1884 in Borken, son of Meier Rosenbusch and his wife Jeanette, née Adler. Esther an Joseph Rosenbusch had a daughter:


55. Ingeborg / Inge Rosenbusch, born 03.07.1922 in Kassel.


Irma Rosenbusch emigrated into the USA. She died in 1973 in Scranton, PA, USA. She is buried in Haifa/Israel.


38. Hedwig Lehrberger, born 04.11.1895 in Borken. She was married on 26.06.1922 in Borken to Sally Holzapfel, born 08.09.1884 in Zierenberg, son of Meier Holzapfel and his wife Regine, née Selig. (wedding record no. 40/1922) Hedwig and Sally Holzapfel lived in Zierenberg. They had a daughter:


+ 56. Ruth Holzapfel, born 01.11.1923 in Zierenberg.


Hedwig and Sally Holzapfel moved on 28.12.1936 to Kassel, Gruener Weg 31. Sally Holzapfel flet on 13.07.1939 to Belgium and from there to South-France. He was arrested in Gurs and died there on 05.01.1941. Hedwig Holzapfel was deported on 09.12.1941 from Kassel to Riga.


40. Max / Moritz Lehrberger, born 20.03.1879 in Borken. He lived in Giessen and Gambach. He was deported on 30.09.1942 from Darmstadt to Treblinka.


42. Flora Lehrberger, born 06.11.1883 in Borken. She was married on 31.12.1906 in Borken to Hermann Israel, born 07.05.1878 in Dillich, son of Benedick Heinemann israel and his wife Berta née Katz.


43. Johanna Lehrberger, born 01.06.1885 in Borken. She was married on 22.02.1909 in Borken to Levi David, born 23.06.1875 in Roehrenfurth, district of Melsungen, son of Sandel David and his wife Edel, née Levi. Johanna and Levi David lived in Roehrenfurth. They had a daughter:


+ 57. Else Elfriede David, born 21.01.1910 in Roehrenfurth.


Johanna and Levi David were deported on 09.12.1941 from Kassel to Riga.


44. Regine / Recha Lehrberger, born 09.04. 1887 in Borken. She was married on 23.05.1913 in Borken to Max Weinberger, born 08.08.1880 in Langendernbach, son of Nathan Weinberger and his wife Frommina, née Strauss. Recha and Max Weinberger lived in Frankfurt/Main. Recha Weinberger was deported on 11./12.11.1941 from Frankfurt/Main to Minsk. Max Weinberger was deported on 01.09.1942 fro Frankfurt/Main to Theresienstadt and from there on 09.10.1944 to Auschwitz.


45. Friedrich (Leopold J. Friedrich) Lehrberger, born 31.10.1888 in Borken. He married Lina Lydia Victor, born 04.09.1901 in Rhina. Leopold amd Lina Lehrberger had a daughter:


+ 58. Margot Lehrberger, born 09.07.1923 in Kassel.


The family was deported on 09.12.1941 from Kassel to Riga. Leopold Lehrberger was murdered in July 1944 in Riga-Jungfernhof. Lina Lydia Lehrberger was deported from Riga on 09.08.1944 to Stutthof. She died after the liberation on 25.05.1945. Margot Lehrberger was deported from Riga on 09.08.1944 to Stutthof. She is missed. (Gedenbuch Kassel, a.a.O., p.212)


47. Meier Lehrberger, born 22.01.1893 in Borken. He died during WWI on 13.03.1918. He is buried on the Jewish cemetrey of Borken.


52. Rosa / Rose Lehrberger, born 02.05.1916 in Frankfurt. She left Germany in 1838 and arrived in New York on 06.01.1939 from Le Havre / France.emigrated in 1938 into the USA. She lived with Bruno and Suse Lehrberger in New York. She was married to N. N. Grossman.



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


56. Ruth Holzapfel, born 01.11.1923 inZierenberg. She emigrated on 20.03.1939 to Palestine. She was married on 27.08.1947 Itzhak Barsam. Ruth and Itzhak lived in Haifa. They have three children. Ruth Barsam wrote in 1955 testimonies in Yad Vashem for her parents Sally and Hedwig Holzapfel. She died on 07.12.1977.


57. Else Elfriede David, born 21.01.1910 in Roehrenfurth. She was deported on 09.12.1941 with her parents from Kassel to Riga and from there on 02.11.1943 to Auischwitz, where she was murdered.


58. Margot Lehrberger, born 09.07.1923 in Kassel. She lived from 04.01.1939 till 23.02.1940 in Frankfurt/Main. She was deported on 09.12.1941 with her parents from Kassel to Riga and from there on 09.08.1944 to Stutthof.

(Gedenkbuch Kassel, a.a.O., p. 212)




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


Charles Scheidt, grandson of Flora Lehrberger (no. 26 of the genealogy).











Sources:

Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg (HStA MR), Protokolle III, 1542 – 1547, Borken

Standesamtsbuecher ab 1874: www.lagis-hessen.de Hessian Vital Records

Jewish cemeteries: www.lagis-hessen.de Jewish Gravesites

Gedenkbuch Bundesarchiv Berlin: http://www.bundesarchiv.de/gedenkbuch/directory.html

Namen und Schicksale der Juden Kassels 1933-1945. Ein Gedenkbuch. Kassel 1986.

Helmut Thiele: Die juedischen Einwohner zu Kassel 1700 – 1942. Familiendaten und Adressen.

Kassel (als Manuskript vervielfaeltigt) 2006.




Compiled by Hans-Peter K l e i n Melsungen, May 2016