A Descendants List, or Nachkommenliste as it is known in German, can look pretty straightforward in its 2016 computer programmed representation. But behind each list lie precious documents such as the ones shown here, held and treasured in family archives for centuries.
For an historian, such a document is a treasure trove of valuable data. The Nachkommenlisten hints at decisions made and strategies implemented as family members engaged with the political, social, and economic change sweeping Germany in the late 1800s/early 1900s. As the Meier & Karoline (née Eisenfresser) Mayer Descendants List illustrates, the results were varied: some left Germany and Europe altogether; most, however remained in Germany: a few Friedmanns remained in Berkach but most moved to other, usually larger — but not too large — urban centres in Germany, including Themar. As well, the Descendants Lists reveals connections between families that were probably well known then but have faded or disappeared in the years since — for example, the connection between the Schwab family of Berkach, and the Ernst Gassenheimer and Moritz Sachs families of Themar!
The links below take you to Descendants Lists for the Jewish families of Themar but, since Themar only acquired a Jewish community in the mid 1860s, we have included Descendant Lists that take us back into the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. As well we include related families in surrounding towns and villages, such as Bauerbach, Berkach, Hildburghausen, Marisfeld, Walldorf/Werra, who interacted with family branches in Themar. Finally, the listing include the families of the religious Lehrer/Teachers, who were an important part of the Jewish community for the period of the Lehrer’s appointment.
Please note:
- The outlines uses the word ‘murdered’ in the sense defined by the Yad Vashem database, namely, “During the Shoah, Jews were murdered in a variety of ways, among them gassing, shooting, burning, drowning or burial alive, exhaustion through forced labor, starvation, epidemic diseases, deprivation of medical care and minimal hygienic conditions, and more.”
- As always, these outlines are works in progress and we welcome any corrections/ amendments/additions, etc. [email protected]
THE BÄR/BAER FAMILY
Emanuel BÄR (1797-1883)
Samuel BÄR (1793-1854)
Samuel (Hirsch) & Jette BÄR/BAER
Nathan & Sara REIS
Jacob SCHLOSS of Oberwaldbehrungen
Hirsch & Fradel/Fanny STERN
Lazarus & Marianne (née Gutmann) STERN
THE COMPART FAMILY
Kalmann/Carl & Ida COMPART
THE FRANK FAMILY
The Family of Jacob Samuel & Fradel FRANK
THE FRANKENBERG & WERTHEIMER FAMILY
1. Nathan & Regine (née Neuberger) FRANKENBERG
2. Löb & Jette (née Hermann) FRANKENBERG
3. Jacob & Betti (née Kohler) WERTHEIMER
4. Mendel & Sarah (née Gutmann) WERTHEIMER
5. Joseph & Rosel MÜHLFELDER
THE FRIEDMANN FAMILY
1. Hugo & Eva (née Kahn) FRIEDMANN
2. Jakob & Golda FRIEDMANN
3. Berman & Rachel/Rosa KAHN
THE GASSENHEIMER FAMILY
1. Isaac & Maile (née Gassenheimer) GASSENHEIMER3.
2. Joseph GASSENHEIMER & Betti NN, and Lotte STEIN
3. Leopold & Fannie (née Lulley) GASSENHEIMER
4. Samuel & Charlotte (née Stein) GASSENHEIMER
5. Emma and Simon MARCUS
5. Bernhardt & Ella (née Holland) GASSENHEIMER
5. Siegmund & Amelia (née Levy) GASSENHEIMER
6. Salomon & Babette (née Wolfermann) GASSENHEIMER
7. Samuel GASSENHEIMER & Karoline (née Seckel) and Pauline (née Schwab)
8. Gustave & Minnie (née Strauss) GASSENHEIMER
THE GRÜNBAUM FAMILY
1. Hirsch & Golde (née Kohn) GRÜNBAUM
1. Löser & Johanna (née Bergmann) GRÜNBAUM
2. Jacoby & Bertha (née Grünbaum) SECKEL
3. Noah GRÜNBAUM
4. Abraham & Veilchen (née Lang) SCHLESINGER
5. Abraham & Fanni (née Fuchs) SCHLESINGER
6. Heinrich & Ida (née Schmalbach) SCHLOSS
THE HOFMANN FAMILY
Moses Löw & Margem (née Simson) HOFMANN
THE KAHN/ROSENBERG & HAASS FAMILY
Abraham & Terza (née Wolf) KAHN
Josef & Hulda (née Walther) KAHN
THE KATZ FAMILY
1. The Family of Abraham & Paule KATZ
2. Adolf/Abraham & Meta KATZ
3. Ludwig & (1) Hannchen & (2) Esther KATZ
The Mayer/Levinstein & Wolf Families
Meier & Karoline (née Eisenfresser) MAYER
Isaak & Roeschen (née Lange) LEVINSTEIN
THE MÜLLER/SACHS FAMILIES
1. Salomon & Karoline MÜLLER
2. Hermann & Babette SCHWED
3. Bertha NUSSBAUM (née Stern)
4. Leopold & Therese STEINDLER
5. Simon & Marianne SACHS
6. Gabriel & Bertha Betty SCLOSS
THE SCHWAB/ROSENGARTEN FAMILIES
1. Mayer & Riecke SCHWAB
THE WALTHER FAMILY
The Family of Abraham WALTHER
Other Descendants Lists connected to the story of Themar:
The Family of Lothar GUTHAMANN
The LEDERMANN family of Bauerbach
Leopold & Adelheid LUDWIG