Tuesday, July 30, 2019
The Connection to Rabbi Samson Wertheimer b: January 17, 1658 Through DNA
Nadene Goldfoot
We have a connection to Rabbi Samson (Shimshon) Wertheimer b: Jan. 17, 1658-d Aug 6, 1724. This has been found by researchers Andi Ziegelman and Sandy Aaronson. Dr. Jeffrey Mark Paull and Janet Billstein Akaba have also done research. This is from their study of Wertheimer and Wertheim Dynastics. I am a 4th cousin to Dr. Jeffrey Mark Paull. and am 4th and 5th cousins to 3 Billsteins; 3rd cousin to Andi Ziegelman and 5th to Sandy D. Aaronson.
In the SPANISH WAR OF SUCCESSION 1701-1714, Rabbi Samson and his Uncle Samuel Oppenheimer put up the money necessary to equip the imperial army and supply provisions as they were chief moneylenders and bankers. At the time ruled Emperor Joseph I.
During THE AUSTRO-TURKISH WAR 1716-1718 Wertheimer make large loans to the government. When Wolf became an American citizen on June 25, 1924, he gave up allegiance to others, especially to Turkey.
Wertheimer owned palaces and gardens in Vienna and numerous estates and houses in Frankfurt, Worms and other cities of Germany. He established schools and distributed large amounts of money in Europe and in the Holy Land. He answered questions from far and wide about religion, mainly of our ritual as he presided over the rabbinical court.
Stepson Isaac Nathan Oppenheimer married Posing, daughter of wealthy purveyor
1st and Eldest son Wolf Wertheimer m: daughter of Emanuel Oppenheimer.
2nd son, Lob Wertheimer m: daughter of Issahar ha-Levi Bermann of Halberstadt, relative of Leffman Behrens, court Jew of Hanover.
Youngest son Joseph Josel Wertheimer m: daughter of his stepbrother, Wolf.
Paull and Akaba did a study of genealogy tree leading to Michael Aaron Wertheimer, and our Sandra Oster matched 10 Wertheimers, including Michael Aaron. The following shows the connection by Paull. I only matched with DNA 4. My brother, David, matched 3, including Dr. Michael Aaron Wertheimer .
8th ggrandfather: Rabbi Samson Wertheimer 1658 Worms, Germany-1724Vienna
7th gg: Wolf Simon Wertheimer Vienna 1680 d: 1765 Munich, Germany
6th gg: Samuel Wolf Wertheimer b: 1710 d: 1766 m: Sara Oppenheimer
5th gg: Rabbi Jacob Itzchak) Wertheimer b: c1740 Hungary
4th gg: Rabbi Mosche ben Jacob Itzchok Wertheimer b: c1770
3rd gg: Rabbi Aryeh Wertheimer b: c1800
2nd gg: Rabbi Jacob ben Aryeh Wertheimer b: c 1830
gg: Solomon Aaron Wertheimer b: 1866 Bratislava, Slovakia
grand: Rabbi Wolf ben Solomon Wertheimer b: Oct. 10, 1890 Jerusalem
d: January 1966, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at age 74.
and I found on WWII reg: born July 18, 1892 in Jerusalem, Palestine.
father: Louis (Leon) Wertheimer b: 1923 Philadelphia, PA USA
Self: Michael Aaron Wertheimer b: 1957 Cleveland, Ohio, USA
I found on the April 3, 1940 census of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, both Wolf Wertheimer and right next door was Jacob Goldfarb. Here it is: I about plotzed! Thought it was Goldfoot!
Wolf Wertheimer age 48 born 1892 in Jerusalem peddled monuments (head stones?)
Metto (Matte Steinmetz), the wife, age 39 born in Austria/Hungary
Emanuel . age 22 born in Philadelphia did the stencil work on monuments
Jacob age 19 b: Philadelphia
Leon age 17, b: Philadelphia, goes into army Jan.1, 1943, finished high school, married Nov 7, 1950 in Cayahoga, Ohio at age 27. Mother was Mirium Solomon. Married Rose Yulish age 25 b: 1925, daughter of Sam Yulish and Rebecca Perchak. Leon was a merchant and wife was a bookkeeper.
Anna age 15 b: Philadelphia
Nathan age 12 b: Philadelphia
By 1942 we were at war so Wolf had to register and was 49 years old and an acting rabbi which was now his occupation. He lived at 994 N. Marshall St in Philadelphia, born in Jerusalem. Mr. Morris Wertheimer (his son) was the closest member to know where he was and he lived at 992 N 7th. Wolf was a rabbi at 983 N. Franklin St. Later I found that Wolf died January 1966 at age 74. He was naturalized as an American citizen on June 25, 1924 in Philadelphia.
A daughter had been born and died to Wolf and Matte on April 30, 1942, buried at Mt. Judah Cemetery.
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Jacob Goldfarb age 39 b: Russia 1901 peddled fruit from pushcart
Bessie, wife, age 39 b: Russia, helped peddle fruit
Seymour age 12 b: Philadelphia
Bernard age 7 b: Philadelphia
George Kessler, nephew age 24 b: Philadelphia, (mother's side?) worked with the fruit, produce
Both were in same homes on April 8, 1930 census
Wolf Wertheimer age 39 with $10,000 b: 1892 Palestine, father b: Hungary, mother b: Warsaw, Russia,
immigrated in 1916, retail merchant with book store (probably a Jewish book store)
Mirium, wife, age 39, b: Palestine (died before April 1940) immigrated in 1919 with 2 children
Morris 19 sold monuments, b: Palestine
Herman 15 b:1915 Palestine
Manuel 9 b: Philadelphia
Jacob 8 b: Philadelphia
Leon age 6, b: 1923 Philadelphia
Anna 4 1/2 b: Philadelphia
Nathan 2, b: Philadelphia
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Jacob Goldfarb age 38, b: Russia, retail merchant of green groceries had $6,000, immigrated in 1922.
Bessie wife, age 25 b: Russia, immigrated in 1922
Samuel age 2 b: Philadelphia
Surprisingly, I found other Wertheimers in New York.
Joseph Wertheimer was born in 1868 in Philadelphia! His parents were Louis Wertheimer and Bertha Luvon. At age 36 he married Augusta Baumgarten who was 30 and born in 1874 in New York City. They married in April 1934 in Manhattan, NY. His father, Louis, was from Germany as told on the 1900 census and was born June 1836 and was a widower now 63 years old.. In 1900 he was 33 years old, living with his father.
Dr. Michael Aaron Wertheimer and Benjamin Wertheimer are on our Goldfoot line through Dr. Sandra Oster, my brother, Dr. David Goldfoot and myself. My brother and Sandra also match Peter Andre while I do not. We three have a variety of different Wertheimer men that we match.
What shocked me was that we had 7 Wertheimers buried at the Beth Israel Cemetery which is the Reformed synagogue. They are buried in Portland, Oregon.
1. Sig died on 20 June 1929 at Block 73 Sec 2 Plot 8 all at the same block and sec.
2. Sam died on 21 Nov. 1909
3. Michael died on 1 Jan 1902
4. Gotto died on 16 Jan 1914
5. Maurice died at unknown year.
6. Edward died on 1 Jan 1907
7. Clara died on 2 Jan 1911.
On the 8 June 1880 Portland, Oregon census I found we had a Wertheimer family with the following:
M. Wertheimer b: Germany was 55 b: 1825 and a grocer
Gertrude, wife b: France in 1835 was 45
Julius was 17 b in California
Jacob was 15 born in Portland
Fredrick was 12 born in Portland
Ida was 10 born in Portland.
Maurice was 8 born in Portland
Joseph was 6 born in Portland
and their daughter Jennie 21
Daughter's husband Isador Isaacs 28
Florence 8 months
and a male lodger, 23, a Hamen maker b in France
There are many Wertheimer lines, but Dr. Paull suggests that Wertheim and Wertheimer descendants are, indeed, genetic matches. Dr Paull is related to the Wertheim line and has traced his line back to Rabbi Aryeh Leib Wertheim born in 1780 and died in Moldova in 1854.
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| Rabbi Samson Wertheimer His uncle was Samuel Oppenheimer |
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| Samuel Oppenheimer |
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Wertheimer owned palaces and gardens in Vienna and numerous estates and houses in Frankfurt, Worms and other cities of Germany. He established schools and distributed large amounts of money in Europe and in the Holy Land. He answered questions from far and wide about religion, mainly of our ritual as he presided over the rabbinical court.
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| Two things when we hear the surname of Oppenheimer; the financial institution and J. Robert Oppenheimer the physicist that is connected to the A-bomb. |
1st and Eldest son Wolf Wertheimer m: daughter of Emanuel Oppenheimer.
2nd son, Lob Wertheimer m: daughter of Issahar ha-Levi Bermann of Halberstadt, relative of Leffman Behrens, court Jew of Hanover.
Youngest son Joseph Josel Wertheimer m: daughter of his stepbrother, Wolf.
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| Rabbi Wolf ben Solomon Wertheimer was born in Jerusalem in 1890. |
8th ggrandfather: Rabbi Samson Wertheimer 1658 Worms, Germany-1724Vienna
7th gg: Wolf Simon Wertheimer Vienna 1680 d: 1765 Munich, Germany
6th gg: Samuel Wolf Wertheimer b: 1710 d: 1766 m: Sara Oppenheimer
5th gg: Rabbi Jacob Itzchak) Wertheimer b: c1740 Hungary
4th gg: Rabbi Mosche ben Jacob Itzchok Wertheimer b: c1770
3rd gg: Rabbi Aryeh Wertheimer b: c1800
2nd gg: Rabbi Jacob ben Aryeh Wertheimer b: c 1830
gg: Solomon Aaron Wertheimer b: 1866 Bratislava, Slovakia
grand: Rabbi Wolf ben Solomon Wertheimer b: Oct. 10, 1890 Jerusalem
d: January 1966, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at age 74.
and I found on WWII reg: born July 18, 1892 in Jerusalem, Palestine.
father: Louis (Leon) Wertheimer b: 1923 Philadelphia, PA USA
Self: Michael Aaron Wertheimer b: 1957 Cleveland, Ohio, USA
I found on the April 3, 1940 census of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, both Wolf Wertheimer and right next door was Jacob Goldfarb. Here it is: I about plotzed! Thought it was Goldfoot!
Wolf Wertheimer age 48 born 1892 in Jerusalem peddled monuments (head stones?)
Metto (Matte Steinmetz), the wife, age 39 born in Austria/Hungary
Emanuel . age 22 born in Philadelphia did the stencil work on monuments
Jacob age 19 b: Philadelphia
Leon age 17, b: Philadelphia, goes into army Jan.1, 1943, finished high school, married Nov 7, 1950 in Cayahoga, Ohio at age 27. Mother was Mirium Solomon. Married Rose Yulish age 25 b: 1925, daughter of Sam Yulish and Rebecca Perchak. Leon was a merchant and wife was a bookkeeper.
Anna age 15 b: Philadelphia
Nathan age 12 b: Philadelphia
By 1942 we were at war so Wolf had to register and was 49 years old and an acting rabbi which was now his occupation. He lived at 994 N. Marshall St in Philadelphia, born in Jerusalem. Mr. Morris Wertheimer (his son) was the closest member to know where he was and he lived at 992 N 7th. Wolf was a rabbi at 983 N. Franklin St. Later I found that Wolf died January 1966 at age 74. He was naturalized as an American citizen on June 25, 1924 in Philadelphia.
A daughter had been born and died to Wolf and Matte on April 30, 1942, buried at Mt. Judah Cemetery.
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Jacob Goldfarb age 39 b: Russia 1901 peddled fruit from pushcart
Bessie, wife, age 39 b: Russia, helped peddle fruit
Seymour age 12 b: Philadelphia
Bernard age 7 b: Philadelphia
George Kessler, nephew age 24 b: Philadelphia, (mother's side?) worked with the fruit, produce
Both were in same homes on April 8, 1930 census
Wolf Wertheimer age 39 with $10,000 b: 1892 Palestine, father b: Hungary, mother b: Warsaw, Russia,
immigrated in 1916, retail merchant with book store (probably a Jewish book store)
Mirium, wife, age 39, b: Palestine (died before April 1940) immigrated in 1919 with 2 children
Morris 19 sold monuments, b: Palestine
Herman 15 b:1915 Palestine
Manuel 9 b: Philadelphia
Jacob 8 b: Philadelphia
Leon age 6, b: 1923 Philadelphia
Anna 4 1/2 b: Philadelphia
Nathan 2, b: Philadelphia
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Jacob Goldfarb age 38, b: Russia, retail merchant of green groceries had $6,000, immigrated in 1922.
Bessie wife, age 25 b: Russia, immigrated in 1922
Samuel age 2 b: Philadelphia
Surprisingly, I found other Wertheimers in New York.
Joseph Wertheimer was born in 1868 in Philadelphia! His parents were Louis Wertheimer and Bertha Luvon. At age 36 he married Augusta Baumgarten who was 30 and born in 1874 in New York City. They married in April 1934 in Manhattan, NY. His father, Louis, was from Germany as told on the 1900 census and was born June 1836 and was a widower now 63 years old.. In 1900 he was 33 years old, living with his father.
Dr. Michael Aaron Wertheimer and Benjamin Wertheimer are on our Goldfoot line through Dr. Sandra Oster, my brother, Dr. David Goldfoot and myself. My brother and Sandra also match Peter Andre while I do not. We three have a variety of different Wertheimer men that we match.
What shocked me was that we had 7 Wertheimers buried at the Beth Israel Cemetery which is the Reformed synagogue. They are buried in Portland, Oregon.
1. Sig died on 20 June 1929 at Block 73 Sec 2 Plot 8 all at the same block and sec.
2. Sam died on 21 Nov. 1909
3. Michael died on 1 Jan 1902
4. Gotto died on 16 Jan 1914
5. Maurice died at unknown year.
6. Edward died on 1 Jan 1907
7. Clara died on 2 Jan 1911.
On the 8 June 1880 Portland, Oregon census I found we had a Wertheimer family with the following:
M. Wertheimer b: Germany was 55 b: 1825 and a grocer
Gertrude, wife b: France in 1835 was 45
Julius was 17 b in California
Jacob was 15 born in Portland
Fredrick was 12 born in Portland
Ida was 10 born in Portland.
Maurice was 8 born in Portland
Joseph was 6 born in Portland
and their daughter Jennie 21
Daughter's husband Isador Isaacs 28
Florence 8 months
and a male lodger, 23, a Hamen maker b in France
There are many Wertheimer lines, but Dr. Paull suggests that Wertheim and Wertheimer descendants are, indeed, genetic matches. Dr Paull is related to the Wertheim line and has traced his line back to Rabbi Aryeh Leib Wertheim born in 1780 and died in Moldova in 1854.
Labels: cousins, Oregon DNA, Penn, Philadelphia, Portland, Wertheimer
