The Steinhardt Family from Neumorschen

(Ancestors of Moritz Steinhardt)


FIRST GENERATION :


1. Ruben Steinhardt, born about 1777 in Treis (Mosel), merchant, he married Beile Heilbrunn, born about 1783 in Rotenburg/Fulda. Ruben and Beile Steinhardt had four children:


+ 2. Betty / Pesche Steinhardt, born in August 1810 in Neumorschen

2a. Schafte Steinhardt, born 1813

+ 3. Jacob Steinhardt, born 14.08.1817 in Neumorschen.

3a. Benjamin Steinhardt, born 1821.


Ruben Steinhardt died on 24.11.1828 at the age of 51 years in Neumorschen, Beile Steinhardt died on 25.10.1830 in Neumorschen ath the age 49 years.

(HHStAWI, Bestand 365, no. 69 Beiseförth Sterberegister no. 4, 11)



SECOND GENERATION :


2. Betty / Reisgen / Pesche Steinhardt, born in August 1810 in Neumorschen. She was married to Hirsch /Henoch /Chanoch Fuchs from Stadtlengsfeld. Betty and Hirsch Fuchs had a daughter:


+ 4. Bertha Fuchs, born 05.08.1845 in Stadtlengsfeld.


Hirsch / Henoch Fuchs died before 10.11.1875. Betty Fuchs lived in Witzenhausen with her daughter Bertha. She died 12.12.1887 at the age of 77 years and 4 months. She is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Witzenhausen, grave no. 151.

(www.lagis-hessen.de Juedische Grabstaetten Witzenhausen)


3. Jacob Steinhardt, born 14.08.1817 in Neumorschen, shoemaker. He married at the age of 32 years on 20.11.1849 in Neumorschen Minna /Muendel Hahn, 23 years old, born 26.02.1826 in Rhina, daughter of Mayer Samuel Hahn and his wife Hendel, née Jaffa. (HHStAWI, Bestand 365, no. 67, Beiseförth Trauregister no. 42)

Jacob and Minna Steinhardt had six children:


5. Ruben Steinhardt, born 07.02.1851 in Neumorschen, he died 29.06.1854.

(HHStAWI, Bestand 365, no. 65 Beiseförth, birthrecords no.118)

6. Anette / Betti Steinhardt, born 05.09.1853 in Neumorschen

(ibid. no. 66 Beiseförth birthrecords no. 5)

+ 7. Samuel Steinhardt, born 25.06.1856 in Neumorschen (ibid. no. 25)

+ 8. David Steinhardt, born 25.10.1858 in Neumorschen (ibid. no. 41)

9. Sarchen Steinhardt, born 07.06.1861 in Neumorschen (ibid. no. 56)

+ 10. Meier (Max) Steinhardt, born 14.12.1864 in Neumorschen (ibid. no. 70).


Jacob Steinhardt died on 09.02.1897 in Witzenhausen, he is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Witzenhausen, grave no.170.

(www.lagis-hessen.de Juedische Grabstaetten Witzenhausen)



THIRD GENERATION :


4. Bertha Fuchs, born 05.08.1845 in Stadtlengsfeld. She was married on 10.11.1875 in Gerstungen to Menke Katzenstein, butcher, born 30.05.1846 in Abterode, son of Aaron Katzenstein and his wife Hewe, née Katzenstein. Bertha and Menke Katzenstein lived in Witzenhausen. They had four children. Menke Katzenstein died on 18.10.1910 in Witzenhausen, he is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Witzenhausen, grave no.228. (ibid.) Bertha Katzenstein died on 20.02.1914 at the age of 68 years in Witzenhausen.


7. Samuel Steinhardt, born 25.06.1856 in Neumorschen, he married on 28.11.1883 in Reichensachsen Sara Eichenberg, born 10.11.1858 in Reichensachsen, daughter of Jehuda Eichenberg. Samuel and Sara Steinhardt lived in Witzenhausen. They had two sons:


11. Rudolf Steinhardt, born 29.04.1885 in Witzenhausen

+ 12. Max Steinhardt, born 07.12.1886 in Witzenhausen

13. Alfred Steinhardt, born 11.07.1888 in Witzenhausen, he died in WW 1.


Samuel Steinhardt died on 06.01.1925 in Witzenhausen, he is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Witzenhausen, grave no. 243. Sara Steinhardt died on 17.06.1932 in Witzenhausen, she is buried on the Jewish cemetery of Witzenhausen, grave no. 256. (ibid.)


8. David Steinhardt, born 25.10.1858 in Neumorschen, butcher. He married on 19.02.1885 in Friedberg Roeschen Appel, born 24.10.1856 in Felsberg, daughter of Moses Appel II and his wife Gelach, née Loewenstein. David and Roeschen Steinhardt lived in Friedberg. They had a son:


+ 14. Moritz Steinhardt, born 1885 in Friedberg.

15. Robert Steinhardt, born 29.07.1887 in Friedberg, he died on 24.06.1916 in

WW 1.

+ 16. Hugo Steinhardt, born 13.11.1888 in Friedberg

+ 17. Greta Steinhardt, born 1891 in Friedberg

+ 18. Max Steinhardt, born 16.05.1891 in Friedberg

+ 19. Bertha Steinhardt, born 17.08.1896 in Friedberg.


After Roeschen Steinhardt died, David Steinhardt married a second time Regine Schack. David and Regine Steinhardt had a daughter:

+ 20. Jenni Steinhardt, born 26.09.1903.


David Steinhardt died in 1929.


10. Meier / Max Steinhardt, born 14.12.1864 in Neumorschen. He was a teacher and worked from 1886 more then 40 years in the Jewish community of Magdeburg. He was busy with the Jewish teachers‘ union. He married Anna Loewenstein. Meier and Anna Steinhardt lived in Magdeburg, Uhlandstrase 19, they had a son:


21. Waldemar Steinhardt


Meier Steinhardt moved after 1934 to Bad Ems and from there to Dresden. He died on 22.12.1940 in Dresden. On 28.09.2016 Stolpersteine will be layed in Madgeburg for Meier Max, Anna and Waldemar Steinhardt.



FOURTH GENERATION :


12. Max Steinhardt, born 07.12.1886 in Witzenhausen, merchant, he married in 1926 in Wichmannshausen Therese Katzenstein, born 10.01.1899 in Wichmannshausen, daughter of Isaak Katzensetin and his wife Emma, née Heilbrunn. Max and Therese Steinhardt had two children:


+ 22. Marga Steinhardt, born 08.08.1927 in Witzenhausen.

23. Alfred Steinhardt, born 04.11.1932 in Witzenhausen.


Max, Therese and Alfred Steinhardt were deported on 09.12.1941 from Kassel to Riga. Max Steinhardt was deported on 06.08.1944 from Riga to Stutthof, on 17.11.1944 to Haifligen-Tailfingen, Aussenlager of the concentration camp Natzweiler-Struthof, where he was murdered on 21.11.1944. Alfred Steinhardt was deported on 09.08.1944 to Stutthof and from there on 10.08.1944 to Auschwitz.Therese Steinhardt survived and lived after the war in Ridgefield, USA.


14. Moritz Steinhardt, born 1885 in Friedberg. He emigrated and lived in Australia. He married 1913 in Friedberg Selina Seligmann, daughter of Emmanuel Seligmann and his wife Jeanette née Weil. Moritz and Selina Steinhardt had three children:


+ 24. Rose Steinhardt, born 08.08.1914 in Bad Nauheim

+ 25. Liesel Steinhardt, born 23.01.1920 in Bad Nauheim

+ 26. Kurt / Keith Steinhardt, born 16.06.1922.


Moritz Steinhardt died in Melbourne in 1956.


16. Hugo Steinhardt, born 13.11.1888 in Friedberg. He married Johanette Butzbach, born 03.01.1898. Both lived and died in England.

17. Greta Steinhardt, born 04.04.1891 in Friedberg. She was married to Meier Rosenthal, born 06.10.1884 in Wenings / Büdingen, son of Emanuel Rosenthal and his wife Roeschen née Gruenebaum. Greta and Meier Rosenthal had two sons:


+ 27. Erwin Rosenthal, born 03.05.1920 in Wenings / Buedingen

+ 28. Kurt Jacob Rosenthal, born 10.05.1923 in Wenings / Büdingen.


Greta and Meier Rosenthal lived in Friedberg. They were deproted on 27.09.1942 from Darmstadt to Theresienstadt. Greta Rosenthal was deported from Theresienstadt on 09.10.1944 to Auschwitz. Meier Rosenthal was murdetred in Theresienstadt on 17.06.1944. (Testimonies 1999 from Renate Schwarz Rosenthal, niece, 317, West Englewood Ave., Teaneck, N.J., USA)


18. Max Steinhardt, born 16.05. 1891 (?) in Friedberg. He married first Rose Liebmann, she died in 1934. Max Steinhardt married a second time Ida Rothschild, born 14.05.1901 in Heldenbergen. Max and Ida Steinhardt lived and died in the USA.


19. Bertha Steinhardt, born 17.08.1896 in Friedberg. She was married in 1935 to Theodor Rothschild, born 14.08.1893 in Heldenbergen. Theodor Rothschild was deported on 30.09.1942 fro Darmstadt to Treblinka.


20. Jenni Steinhardt, born 26.09.1903. She was married to Wilhelm Meyer, born 02.01.1900 in Brauneberg /Bernkastel (Mosel). Jenni and Wilhelm Meyer lived in Friedberg. They had a daughter:


29. Gisela Meyer, born 15.10.1931 in Friedberg.


Jenni, Wlhelm and Gisela Meyer were deported on 30.09. 1942 from Darmstadt to Treblinka.


FIFTH GENERATION :


22. Marga Steinhardt, born 08.08.1927 in Witzenhausen. She was married to Ernest Griesbach, born in Hamm. Marga and Ernest Griesbach had two daughters.

Ernest Griedbach died in 1992.


24. Rose Steinhardt, born 08.08.1914 in Bad Nauheim. Shewas married to Wilhelm Hanau. Both lived and died in Australia.


25. Liesel Steinhardt, born 23.01.1920 in Bad Nauheim. She was maried to John Mense, born 1911 in Vienna. Both lived and died in Australia. Liesel and John Mense had a daughter.


26. Kurt / Keith Steinhardt, born 16.06.1922. He married Ursula Reich, born 06.07.1930 in Kassel.


27. Erwin Rosenthal, born 03.05.1920 in Wenings / Buedingen. He was deported form Darmstadt in 30.09.1942 to Treblinka.


28. Kurt Jacob Rosenthal, born 10.05.1923 in Wenings/ Buedingen. He was deported form Darmstadt on 30.09.1942 to Treblinka.

(Testimonies 1991 from Helga Brown, née Steinhardt, cousin of Erwin and Kurt Jacob Rosenthal, niece of Greta Rosenthal, 30, Medlicott Drve, Abingdon, Oxon, England)




HHStAWI – Hessisches Hauptstaatsarchiv Wiesbaden


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