Ancestors of Hedwig / Hedy Westheim, née Nussbaum from Neumorschen
(Grandmother of Aviva Westheim)
F I R S T G E N E R A T I O N :
– Jakob (Naftali) Nussbaum, born about 1750, he married about 1780 Juettchen Moses, born about 1755. Jakob and Juettchen Nussbaum lived in Adelsdorf near Bamberg.
S E C O N D G E N E R A T I O N :
– Moses / Mosche Jakob Naftali Nussbaum, born about 1779/83 in Adelsdorf near Bamberg. In 1809 he moved to Neumorschen. He married first Roeschen / Reisschen / Reiss / Reisgen Mentel Kaufmann, born 1769 or 1770/71 in Melsungen, daughter of Mentel Kaufmann. Roeschen Nussbaum died on 29.03.1841 in Neumorschen at the age of 79 years. She is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Binsfoerth, grave no. 142. Moses Nussbaum married a second time on 27.08.1846 Dina Apt / Abt, 26 years old, born about 1820 or 1824 in Niederaula, daughter of Moses Apt / Abt and his wife Sara, née Kaufmann. Dina Nussbaum died on 09.05.1864 in Neumorschen, she is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Binsfoerth, grave no. 199. Moses Nussbaum died on 01.10.1870.
T H I R D G E N E R A T I O N :
– Hirsch Nussbaum, born 23.07.1812 in Neumorschen, son of Moses Nussbaum and his first wife Roeschen, née Kaufmann. He married first on 04.06.1837 Hindel / Hendel Kaufmann, born September 1817 in Melsungen, daughter of Joseph Mendel und Roeschen Kaufmann (Reiss Mentel). Hindel Nussbaum died 28.05.1846 in Neumorschen. She is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Binsfoerth, grave no.119. Hirsch Nussbaum married a second time on 04.05.1847 Sara Goldberg, born 1823 in Mansbach, daughter of Juda Goldberg and his wife Giedel, née Isak. Sara Nussbaum died on 04.08.1877 in Neumorschen, she in buried on the Jewish cemetery of Binsfoerth, grave no. 208. Hirsch Nussbaum died on 27.10.1862 in Neumorschen, he is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Binsfoerth, grave no.237.
F O U R T H G E N E R A T I O N :
– Isaak Nussbaum, born 06.10.1851 in Neumorschen, son of Hirsch Nussbaum and his second wife Sara, née Goldberg. He married on 18.02.1879 in Neumorschen Peschen / Bertha Oppenheim, born 03.10.1850 in Niederaula, daughter of Jeisel Oppenheim and his wife Beilche, née Nussbaum. In 1877 they lived in Neumorschen house no. 63, in 1882 house no. 64. Bertha Nussbaum died on 15.06.1934 in Neumorschen, she is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Binsfoerth, grave no. 47. Isaak Nussbaum moved on 10.03.1938 from Neumorschen to Reichensachsen. He lived there in Landstrasse 48, the house of Renate Pfifferling, née Frank, where he died on 28.01.1942 at the age of 90 years by infirmity. He might be buried on the Jewish cemetery of Reichensachsen, Today there is no grave or gravestone. Renate Pfifferling, born 09.12.1877 in Bibra, was married to Bernhard Issacher Pfifferling
from Datterode. He was a brother of Albert Pfifferling, who married Antonia Westheim from Waltersbrueck, a sister of Auguste Westheim, David Westheim‘s grandmother.
F I F T H G E N E R A T I O N :
– Joseph Nussbaum, born 24.12.1882 in Neumorschen. He married on 26.05.1911 in Waltersbrück Auguste Rothschild, born 28.08.1884 in Waltersbrück, daughter of Seligmann Rothschild and his wife Hanchen/Johanna, née Katzenstein. Joseph and Auguste Nussbaum lived in Neumorschen house no. 64. Joseph Nussbaum died on 28.12.1934 by a road accident. He is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Binsfoerth, grave no. 42. Auguste Nussbaum emigrated with her daughter Hedwig Nussbaum on 04.05.1938 into the USA.
Researched and compiled by Hans-Peter K l e i n Melsungen, April 2018
Revised Melsungen, March 2019