The Meyerfeld Family from Spangenberg (originally from Treysa)
F I R S T G E N E R A T I O N :
1. Moses Meyerfeld, born about 1767, from Treysa, merchant, he married first N.N. Susmann. Moses and N.N. Meyerfeld had three sons:
+ 2. Isaak Meyerfeld, born 29.07.1800 in Treysa.
2 a. Susmann Meyerfeld, born about 1806 in Treysa. He married on 24.10.1833
in Treysa Telschen / Tetzchen Bachrach, 22 years old, born about 1811,
daughter of Moses Bachrach from Barchfeld.
2 b. Meyer Meyerfeld, born about 1810 in Treysa. He married on 06.03.1833 in
Treysa Beschen Stein, 25 years old, born about 1808, daughter of Joseph
and Reichel Stein. Meyer Meyerfeld died on 02.04.1870 in Treysa
at the age of 59 years and 8 months. Beschen Meyerfeld died on 18.01.1877
at the age of 68 years.
Moses Meyerfeld married a second time Sara / Jette Samuel born about 1772. Moses Meyerfeld died on 29.09.1847 in Treysa at the age of 80 years. Sara / Jette Meyerfeld died on 21.03.1850 at the age of 78 years,
S E C O N D G E N E R A T I O N :
2. Isaak Meyerfeld, born 29.07.1800 in Treysa, merchant. He married first on 24.02.1830 in Treysa Dorchen Ziegelstein, 24 years old, born about 1806, daughter of Moses Ziegelstein. Dorchen Meyerfeld died on 13.06.1833 in Treysa. Isaak Meyerfeld married a second time on 16.03.1834 in Treysa Suesschen Spangenthal, born 18.03.1810 in Spangenberg, daughter of Susmann Levi Spangenthal and his wife Lea, née Spangenthal. Isaak and Suesschen Meyerfeld lived first in Treysa, then in Spangenberg, Marktplatz 108. They had two children:
+ 3. Ruben Meyerfeld, born 18.08.1844 in Treysa
+ 4. Friederike Meyerfeld, born 22.11.1849 in Spangenberg.
Suesschen Meyerfeld died om 24.06.1878 at the age of 68 years in Spangenberg. She is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Spangenberg, grave no. 6. Isaak Meyerfeld died on 29.03.1880 in Spangenberg at the age of 79 years. He is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Spangenberg, grave no. 7.
T H I R D G E N E R A T I O N :
3. Ruben Meyerfeld, born 18.08.1844 in Treysa, merchant. He married on 04.11.1875 in Spangenberg Bertha Oppenheimer, born 19.05.1850 in Heiligenstadt, daughter of Moses and Sara Oppenheimer. Ruben and Bertha Meyerfeld lived in Spangenberg, Marktplatz 108. They had three children:
+ 5. Rosalie/Sara Meyerfeld, born 20.10.1876 in Spangenberg
+ 6. Moses / Max Meyerfeld, born 08.07.1878 in Spangenberg
+ 7. Sofia Selma Meyerfeld, born 10.01.1880 in Spangenberg.
Ruben Meyerfeld died on 13.05.1881 in Spangenberg at the age of 35 years. He is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Spangenberg, grave no. 8. Bertha Meyerfeld died on 22.10.1930 in Spangenberg. She lived Obertor 185/187. She is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Spangenberg, grave no. 36.
4. Friederike/ Rickchen Meyerfeld, born 22.11.1849 in Spangenberg, she was married on 04.11.1875 in Spangenberg to Meyer Joseph Spangenthal, born 05.02.1842 in Spangenberg, son of Joseph Spangenberg and his wife Jettchen, née Fackenheimer. Friederike/Rickchen and Meyer Joseph Spangenthal had three children:
+ 8. Leah / Lina Spangenthal, born 11.11.1876 in Spangenberg
+ 9. Moses / Moritz Spangenthal, born 18.04.1879 in Spangenberg
+ 10. Sophie Spangenthal, born 22.09.1885 in Spangenberg.
Meyer Joseph Spangenthal died on 25.11.1886 in Spangenberg at the age of 44.
Friederike Spangenthal died on 30.09.1924 at the age of 74 years in Spangenberg.
F O U R T H G E N E R A T I O N :
5. Rosalie Meyerfeld, born 20.10.1876 in Spangenberg. She was a single, she lived together with her sister Selma Loewenthal in Halle a.d. Saale, Uhlandstrasse 10. She was deported on 01.06.1942 to Sobibor and murdered there on 03.06.1942.
6. Moses Max Meyerfeld, born 08.07.1878 in Spangenberg. He married Flora Levy, born 01.03.1882 in Melsungen, daughter of Moses Levy and his wife Henriette, née Wertheim. Max and Flora Meyerfeld lived in Cologne, Gilbachstrasse 18 and in Bonn. They had two children:
+ 11. Rudolph (Rudy) Meyerfeld, born 13.10.1906
+ 12. Lotte Meyerfeld
Max and Flora Meyerfeld were deported from Cologne on 07.12.1941 to Riga and murdered there. In Cologne Stolpersteine were laid for them.
7. Sofia Selma Meyerfeld, born 10.01.1880 in Spangenberg. She was married to Arthur Loewenthal, born 01.02.1880 in Hamburg, son of Julius and Recha Loewenthal. Sofia Selma and Arthur Loewenthal lived in Spangenberg, Kassel and Halle a.d.Saale, Uhlandstrasse 10 together with her sister Rosalie Meyerfeld in the house of Johanna Ziegelroth, née Oppenheimer. Sofia Selma and Arthur Loewenthal had two children:
+ 13. Rudolph / Ruben Loewenthal, born 11.04.1908 in Goettingen
+ 14. Elfriede ((Bringfriede) Loewenthal, born 28.10.1915 in Spangenberg
Sofia Selma Loewenthal was deported on 01.06.1942 from Halle a.d.Saale to Sobibor and murdered there on 03.06.1942. Stolpersteine were put for Sofia Selma Loewenthal, Rosalie Meyerfeld and Johanna Ziegelroth in Halle/Saale, in front of the house Uhlandstrasse 10. Arthur Loewenthal died on 27.09.1948 in Shanghai.
8. Leah / Lina Spangenthal, born 11.11.1876 in Spangenberg. She was married to N.N. Heilbrun. Lina and N.N. Heilbrunn had two children:
+ 15. Katie Heilbrunn, born 1904
+ 16. Oscar Heilbrunn, born 1907.
Lina Heilbrunn died in 1968 in Haifa/Israel.
9. Moses / Moritz Spangenthal, born 18.04.1879 in Spangenberg, he married on 09.03.1909 in Spangenberg Frieda Windmueller, born 18.10.1884 in Langenschwarz (Fulda), daughter of Samuel Windmueller and his wife Betti, née Simon. Moritz and Frieda Spangenthal had three children:
+ 17. Max Spangenthal, born 25.01.1910 in Spangenberg
+ 18. Fred / Fritz Spangenthal, born 21.05.1911 in Spagenberg
+ 19. Paul Spangenberg, born 10.06.1913 in Spangenberg.
Moritz Spangenthal died in WWI on 31.08. or 16.09.1918 in France. He was a pilot (Fliegerabteilung A 241). He is buried on the soldiers‘ cemetery Le Cateau-Cambresis, block 2, grave 182. Frieda Spangenthal died on 03.11.1945 in Chicago.
10. Sophie Spangenthal, born 22.09.1885 in Spangenberg. She was married to Hermann Loewenheim, born 10.06.1883 in Dransfeld, son of Julius Loewenheim. Sophie and Hermann Loewenheim lived in Hann-Muenden / Hedemúenden. They had a daughter:
+ 20. Johanna Loewenheim, born 01.12.1910 in Hedemuenden.
Sophie and Hermann Loewenhein were arrested from 26.03.1941 – 31.03.1942 in the camp Hannover-Ahlem and deported from there on 31.03.1942 to Warschau Ghetto.
F I F T H G E N E R A T I O N :
11. Rudolph (Rudy) Meyerfeld, born 13.10.1906. He married about 1938 Gretl Rosenthal. Rudolph and Gretl Meyerfeld had a daughter:
+ 21. Evelyn Ann Meyerfeld, born 01.12.1938 in New York City
In November 1938, three weeks before their daughter Evelyn was born, Rudolph and Gretl Meyerfeld escaped from Hamburg to New York. Rudolph Meyerfeld died on 04.07.1985 in Fort Lauderdale.
12. Lotte Meyerfeld, she was executed with her husband in Prague for participating in the resistance to Nazi occupation.
13. Rudolph / Ruben Loewenthal, born 11.04.1908 in Goettingen. He married on 06.12.1935 in Stuttgart Herta Wohlmann. They emigrated to Columbia and lived in Medellin. They had two children:
+ 22. Miriam Loewenthal, born 11.12.1943 in Medellin/Columbia
+ 23. Micky / Michael Loewenthal, born 27.01.1947 in Medellin/Columbia
Rudolph Loewenthal died on 16.01.1988 in Medellin/Columbia.
14. Elfriede (Bringfriede) Loewenthal, born 28.10.1915 in Spangenberg. She was busy at the Jewish orphanage in Kassel, Giessbergstrasse 7. She was married on 29.02.1938 in Kassel to Oskar Heilbrunn, born 24.09.1912 in Kassel, son of Levi Heilbrunn and his wife Sara, née Neuhaus. Elfriede and Oskar Heilbrunn emigrated on 31.07.1939 to Australia. They have a daughter:
+ 24. Suzanne Heilbrunn, born about 1949 in Australia.
Elfriede / Bringfriede Heilbrunn died on 04.09.1997 in Sydney.
15. Katie Heilbrunn, born 1904. She was married to George Wolf. Katie and George Wolf had had a daughter:
25. Francoa Wolf.
16. Oscar Heilbrunn, born 1907. He married Yael Piperlang, born 1910. Oscar and Yael Heilbrunn had a son:
26. Uri Heilbrunn.
Oscar Heilbrunn died in 1979 in Haifa/Isreal at the age of 72 years. Yael Heibrunn died in September 1999 at theage of 89 years in Haifa/Israel.
17. Max Spangenthal, born 25.01.1910 in Spangenberg, he married Nurit Cox. Max Spangenthal died 1999 at the age of 89 years in Jerusalem.
18. Fred / Fritz Spangenthal / Spangler, born 21.05.1911 in Spangenberg, he married on 09.01.1938 in Cologne Henriette Eisler. Fred and Henriette Spangler had two children:
+ 27. Jane Spangler, born 19.07.1943
+ 28. Lee Spangler, born 05.02.1946.
19. Paul Spangenthal / Spangler, born 10.06.1913 in Spangenberg, he married Gertrude Buff. Paul and Gertrude Spangler had two children:
+ 29. Anne Spangler, born 21.08.1947
+ 30. David Spangler, born 02.11.1949
Paul Spangler died about 2002 at the age of 89 years.
20. Johanna Loewenheim, born 01.12.1910 in Hedemünden, she was married on 18.10.1936 in Hedemünden to Dettmar Nussbaum, born 30.06.1905 in Dermbach. Johanna and Dettmar Nussbaum had two children:
31. Hannalore Eleonore Nussbaum, born 11.03.1937
32. Franklin Nussbaum, born 16.04.1941.
Johanna Nussbaum died 07.11.1970 at the age of 59 yeras in Ottawa. Dettmar Nussbaum died 30.06.1981 at the age 76 years in Ottawa.
S I X T H G E N E R A T I O N :
21. Evelyn Ann Meyerfeld, born 01.12.1938 in New York City, she was married to Myles R. Levin. Evelyn Ann and Myles R. Levin have two children:
33. Peter Lawrence Levin, married, two children
34. David Michael Levin, married, six children
Evelyn Ann Levin died on 21.03.1993 in Berlin.
22. Miriam Loewenthal, born 11.12.1943 in Medellin/Columbia, married, two children.
23. Micky / Michael Loewenthal, born 27.01.1947 in Medellin/Columbia, married, a son.
24. Suzanne Heilbrunn, born about 1949 in Australia, she was married on 20.12.1970 in Sydney to Aslan Joe Moses, born 03.08.1947 in Bombay, son of Joseph Moses David and his wife Rosalind, née Ezekiel. Suzanne and Aslan Moses and have four children:
35. David Asher Moses, born in Sydney, married, three children
36. Daniel Moses, born in Sydney, married, three children
37. Sara Moses, born in Sydney, lives in Tel Aviv
38. Adam Moses, born in Sydney.
Aslan Joe Moses died on 12.10.2004 in Sydney.
27. Jane Spangler, born 19.07.1943, married, three children
28. Lee Spangler, born 05.02.1946, married, two children
29. Anne Spangler, born 21.08.1947, married
30. David Spangler, born 02.11.1949, married, three children
Sources:
– www.lagis-hessen.de sources – Hessian Vital Records – Spangenberg – Register
der juedische Gemeinden and Personenstandsarchiv 1874 ff
– www.bundesarchiv.de/gedenkbuch/directory.html searching engine
– Helmut Thiele: Die juedischen Einwohner zu Kassel 1700 – 1942. Familiennamen
und Daten. Als Manuskript vervielfaeltigt. Kassel 2006.
– Jechiel Ogdan / Dieter Vaupel: „Sie werden immer weniger !“
Die Geschichte der jüdischen Gemeinde Spangenberg.
Spangenberg 2004.
– Die jüdischen Opfer des Nationalsozialismus aus Koeln. Gedenkbuch.
Redaktion NS-Dokumentationszentrum der Stadt Koeln. Koeln 1995.
Blue: The direct ancestors of Suzanne Moses
Green: The direct ancestors of Peter Lawrence Levin
Researched and compiled by Hans-Peter Klein Melsungen, December 2017
Revised and supplemented Melsungen, November 2020