FAMILY SHEET MORITZ MANNHEIMER

OF SCHOPFLOCH + MOENCHSROTH + DINKELSBUEHL

compiled by Rolf Hofmann (HarburgProject@aol.com) VERSION 02

 

 

 

MORITZ MANNHEIMER  (born as Moses)

practitioner (Dr med) in Moenchsroth since 1839, in Dinkelbuehl since 1855 ?

born 8 Aug 1808 Schopfloch, died 28 May 1861 Dinkelsbuehl

parents = hazzan Ruben Michael in Schopfloch (a Cohen) + wife Berl  (A)

 

married (before 1837 ? in Moenchsroth ?)

 

JOHANNA LINDENTHAL

born 6 Apr 1813 (Feuchtwangen ?), died 16 Nov 1881 Chicago, Illinois (USA)

she emigrated to the USA after her husband had died and lived with son Jacob

parents ? = Loew Gabriel Lindenthal in Feuchtwangen (born 1773) + wife Fanny

 

 

CHILDREN (01-08 born in Moenchsroth ?, 09 born in Dinkelsbuehl):

 

 

(01) MINA            ca 1837 - 1914 (died in St Paul, Minnesota)

            married before 1855

            Louis Goodkind from Bavaria

            ca 1826 - died between 1901 and 1909 in St Paul

 

            by 1880 couple lived with 6 children in St Paul

            Ramsey County, Minnesota (USA) together with

            Mina's brothers Robert + Emil

 

            The Goodkind family burial plot is at Mount Zion

            Cemetery in Maplewood, Minnesota with Benjamin L

            (1855 - 1919), William L (1859 - 4 Sep 1935) +

            Tillie (1862 - 30 Jun 1915) = W's wife ?

 

            In 1930 William L Goodkind was vice president of

            Schuneman & Mannheimer Department Store

           

(02) GODFREY            ca 1840 - ? (probably died before 1900)

            Civil War soldier at Company D, 82 Illinois

            Infantry Regiment

            married before 1873 in Chicago

            Carrie Fuller from Illinois

            ca 1853 - ? (died after 1930 in New York)

 

            couple lived in Chicago by 1880, Godfrey being

            noted as retired merchant (at age 40 !) - widow

            Carrie got a Civil War pension, unknown since when

 

            couple's only child Mary (born 1873) married

            Leonard Dessar (born ca 1864 in Indiana) -

            widow Carrie Mannheimer lived with them since 1900

            (or even before)

 

(03) ROBERT            (B)            ca 1840 - 1903 (died in St Paul, Minnesota USA)

            emigrated to US in 1858, lived in Chicago by 1870

            probably never got married

            fountain in his honor errected in 1904

 

(04) EMIL            (B)            ca 1842 - 11 Feb 1899(died in St Paul, Minnesota)

            he was not married

 

(05) MICHAEL  (DR)            ca 1843 - ?

            lived in Chicago by 1870 still unmarried

            married (according to family information)

            Augusta Rosenberg

            ? - ?

 

            probably born ca 1853 in Chicago as daughter

            of Jacob + Hanah Rosenberg ?

 

(06) JACOB            ca 1848 - 1903 (died in St Paul, Minnesota)

            (B)            married before 18812 in St Paul

            Louisa Gruber from St Paul, Minnesota

            ca 1857 - 11 Dec 1950 (died in St Paul)

            parents = George + Susanna Gruber, both immigrants

            from Bavaria

 

            in 1871 Jacob had moved from Chicago to St Paul

 

            by 1900 couple lived with 7 children in St Paul

            Ramsey County, Minnesota (USA)

 

(07) SIGMUND            ? - ?

 

(08) MATHILDA            ca 1851 - ? (died after 1930)

            married before 1876

            (C)            Albert Frankenthal from Hannover (Germany)

            ca 1843 - 28 Nov 1904 (died in St Louis)

 

            (D)            Albert Frankenthal had a wholesale gents

            furnishing business in St Louis, Missouri

            (home in 1890 = 1827 Kennett Place) - widow

            Mathilda lived with her son Julius Frankenthal

            in St Louis in 1930 at age 80.

 

(09) EMMA            16 Jan 1855 - 25 Sep 1890 (died in Chicago)

            married 3 Mar 1872 in Chicago, Illinois USA

            (E)            William Loeb from Bechtheim (Rheinhessen, Germany)

            28 Feb 1843 - 03 Mar 1904 (died in Chicago)

            parents = wine merchant Jakob Loeb + wife Ester

 

            couple had 7 children

 

 

 

(A)  Ruben Michael was born 6 Oct 1762, his wife Berl was born 9 Apr 1771.

 

(B)  Emil + Jacob + Robert Mannheimer founded "Mannheimer Brothers Department Store" in 1882 in St Paul, Minnesota USA together with their brother-in-law Louis Goodkind, who had married Mina Mannheimer.Their partner around 1890 was Benjamin L Goodkind (son of Louis Goodkind). The dry-goods retailing firm sold merchandise such as cloaks, shawls, gloves, fabrics, notions, household linens and clothing from its dressmaking department. 

 

(C)  Albert Frankenthal had a joint venture in St Louis with his brother Alexander Frankenthal (ca 1830 - 25 May 1901), who married before 1872 Julia Frank from Germany (ca 1838 - 22 Apr 1929), daughter of Jacob Frank - couple died in St Louis. They had 6 daughters, one of them being Pauline Frankenthal (born 1 Oct 1872)

 

(D)  Albert + Mathilda Frankenthal had 5 children - known details:

 

(a)  Julius Frankenthal (8 Nov 1875 - 19 Jun 1953) single, died in St Louis

 

(b)  Maurice A Frankenthal (25 Aug 1878 - 5 Dec 1953) died in University City, Missouri  -  his wife = Irma

 

(c)  Helen Frankenthal died at young age on 25 Oct 1882

 

(E)  William Loeb emigrated to the USA in 1859 and joined his brother Adolph Loeb's loan business in Chicago. Adolph had come to Chicago in 1853. In 1868 "A Loeb & Brother" had their office at 131 Lasalle Street in Chicago. During Civil War William Loeb joined Company C of 82nd Illinois Regiment in August 1862. After the Gettysburg battle in August 1863 he was promoted to First Lieutenant. He was present with all the battles in which the 82nd fought, and mustered out in June 1865. He also had taken part in General Sherman's devastating march through Savanna in 1864. (This information from Fran Loeb's book "From Rhein-Hessen to Chicago: Loeb Footprints in Time 1765-1997")