Goldfoot Genealogy

                                                                                     

Rabbi Samuel Oppenheimer, the uncle

Rabbi Samson Wertheimer

   
Rabbi Samson Wertheimer b: in Worms, Germany 1658-died in 1724, joined the bank of his uncle Oppenheimer in Vienna in 1684; became a court banker with him;; established a fund to help paupers in Palestine which existed until 1914:  Uncle  Samuel Oppenheimer b: 1630-d: 1703.  Oppenheimer was the first Jew to settle in Vienna after the 1670 expulsion probably because he was Germany's

Emperor Leopold I 1640-1705 of Germany

Emperor Leopold I's agent and financier and had helped to finance his wars with the Turks and the War of the Spanish Succession.

In 1697, Oppenheimer was accused of the unthinkable;  conspiring to murder his rival, Uncle Samson Wertheimer, so he was imprisoned until vindicated.  He was a man who liberally supported the poor Jewish scholars, and also Judah Hasid's movement to settle in Palestine.

We have Oppenheim on our tree, but also know that we are connected to Rabbi Samson Wertheimer by DNA testing using triangulation of other matches.  Our surname in Telsiai, Lithuania was Goldfus.

Descendants of Sender Opengeim Oppenheim

1   Sender Opengeim Oppenheim b: Abt. 1814 in Telsiai, Telsiai, Kaunas, Lithuania
. 2   Yontav ben Sekor OPPENHEIM b: 1839 in Telsiai, Kaunas, Lithuania
..... +Gutta Golda bat Nochem GOLDFUS b: 1839 in Telsiai, Kaunas, Lithuania
..... 3   Khaim Nokhum OPPENHEIM b: September 12, 1875 in Telsiai, Telsiai, Kaunas, Lithuania
. 2   Iosif OPPENHEIM b: Abt. 1841
..... +Guta
..... 3   Mikhail Itsyk Opengeim OPPENHEIM b: July 09, 1877
. 2   Shaia OPPENHEIM b: Abt. 1843
..... +Zlate Pere
..... 3   Zelman OPPENHEIM b: July 23, 1878
. 2   Leib OPPENHEIM b: Abt. 1845
..... +Rokhel b: Abt. 1845
..... 3   Liba Tsivia OPPENHEIM b: September 06, 1897 in Telsiai, Telsiai, Kaunas, Lithuania

On Family Tree DNA's familyfinder test (autosomal) , I found I share segments from our 23 chromosomes with: Oppenheim on our tree shown above but  have no Wertheimers  on my tree as yet.

Familyfinder test:  that I am connected to 3 Oppenheims and one Oppenheimer.
.....   that I am connected to 4 Wertheimers
Familyfinder Test of my brother: 1 Oppenheim and 1 Oppenheimer, different from my matches
..... of my brother:  1 Wertheimer- I match and 1 Wertheimer I don't match.
Familyfinder Test of our 1st cousin-daughter of our father's sister:  4 Oppenheim-(2 matching mine, 1 matching my brother's, and 1 Oppenheimer not matching ours).
.....of my 1st cousin:  6 Wertheimers-(1 I match, same 2 that David matches,)

There was a Rabbi David Oppenheim (or Oppenheimer) b: 1664 d: 1736, nephew of Samuel Oppenheimer.
He was born in Worms, Germany and served as rabbi in Nikelsburg, and from 1702, in Prague.  He built up a library of books  and expended enormous sums on their acquisition, but, because of the censorship in Prague, kept them in Hanover, Germany.  The Bodleian Library Oxford purchased his collection in 1829, and it served as the basis of its Hebrew sections.

There are many descendants of these Oppenheims, Oppenheimers and Wertheimers.  One way to check if they are related is through their Y haplogroup (male line).

I found some of our Oppenheim/Oppenheimers' Y haplogroups were : J, or R's
Some of the Wertheimers were J or E's.  Not all had been tested.