The descendants of Suessmann Stern from Gilserberg
FIRST GENERATION :
1.) Suessmann Stern, merchant, he married Schaine, nee Rothschild. Suessmann and
Schaine Stern had a son:
+ 2. Herz Stern, born 14.12.1815 in Gilserberg.
SECOND GENERATION :
2.) Herz Stern, born 15.11.1815 in Gilserberg, merchant and collecteur. He married on
21.02.1842 Rebekka Hirschberg, born 18.03.1820 in Zwesten, daughter of
Seligmann Hirschberg, merchant in Zwesten and his wife Hannchen, nee
Hast (Marriage-list No. 11). Herz and Rebekka Stern had three sons:
+ 3. Levi Stern
+ 4. Gutkind Stern, born 19.04.1842 in Zwesten (Birth-list No.23)
Annotation in the birth-list: “Gutkind Stern was born legitimately in Zwesten
before his parents moved to Gilserberg.”
5. Jakob Stern.
They lived in Gilserberg, house-no. 11
Rebekka Stern died 30.06.1884 in Gilserberg at the age of 64 (Death-list No. 39).
Herz Stern died 04.03.1891 in Gilserberg. Both are buried on the jewish
cemetery of Hatzbach (Bernd Raubert: Struktur und Geschichte der laendlichen
Synagogengemeinde Gilserberg. a.a.O., p.767).
THIRD GENERATION :
3.) Levi Stern, he had a son:
6. Siegmund Stern.
4.) Gutkind Stern, born 19.04.1842 in Zwesten, he married Johanna Marx, born
10.01.1848 in Gruesen, daughter of Herz Marx and his wife Jette Marx,
nee Katz Stiefel (Mariage-list No. 25). Gutkind and Johanna Stern lived in
Gilserberg, house-no. 25 ½ . Gutkind Stern bought the house from
Mendel Heilbrunn on 26.10.1863 and expanded it in 1892.
(B.Raubert, a.a.O., p.754). Gutkind and Johanna Marx had seven children:
7. Jeanette Stern, born 01.07.1869 in Gilserberg (birth-list No. 87),
she died 13.02.1873 in Gilserberg (death-list No. 35)
8. Jakob Stern, born 09./10.12.1870 in Gilserberg (birth-list No. 89)
9. Hermine Stern, born 21.12.1871 in Gilserberg (birth-list No. 92),
she died 22.12.1877 in Gilserberg (death-list No. 38)
10. Jette Stern, born 12.02.1874 in Gilserberg (birth-list No. 95),
she died 12.10.1874 in Gilserberg (death-list No. 36)
11. Liebmann Stern, born 03.02.1879 in Gilserberg (birth-list No. 101)
12. Bienchen Stern, born 04.07.1883 in Gilserberg (birth-list No. 108)
+ 13. Rebekka Stern, born 17.04.1890 in Gilserberg (birth-list No. 122).
Gutkind Stern bought another house in Gilserberg, house no. 40 in 1899
and donated it to the jewish community of Gilserberg for the synagogue.
In 1901 he reached that the jewish community got their own cemetery in
Gilserberg (B. Raubert, a.a.O., p. 756 ff., 767 ff.).
Gutkind Stern died 25.08.1907 in Gilserberg (death-list No. 53 or rather 56).
Johanna Stern died 28.02.1909 in Gilserberg (death-list No. 55 or rather 57).
Both are buried on the jewish cemetery of Gilserberg.
FOURTH GENERATION :
13.) Rebekka Stern, born 17.04.1890 in Gilserberg, she was married to Abraham
Loewenstern. Abraham and Rebekka Loewenstern lived in Kassel,
Weissenburgstrasse 9. They had three children:
14. Johanna Ilse Loewenstern, born 22.09.1912 in Kassel
15. Fritz Wilhelm Siegfried Loewenstern, born 15.02.1915 in Kassel
16. Grete Loewenstern, born 28.05.1916 in Kassel.
She died 21.10.1916 in Kassel.
For further information go to the genealogy „The descendants of Israel Isaac Javed from Breitenbach” and “Familie Loewenstern aus Hoeringhausen”
Sources: Hessisches Hauptstaatsarchiv Wiesbaden, Abt. 365, Personenstandregister der jüdischen Gemeinden,
Nr. 359-362 Gilserberg
Nr. 351 Gemünden / Gruesen
Bernd Raubert: Struktur und Geschichte der laendlichen Synagogengemeinde Gilserberg.
in: Heimatvertriebene Nachbarn. Beitraege zur Geschichte der Juden im Kreis
Ziegenhain. hrsg. H. Bambey, A. Biskamp, B. Lindenthal. 2 vol.
Schwalmstadt-Treysa 1993. Vol. II, p.723-784.
Compiled and edited by Hans-Peter K l e i n Melsungen, July 2008