Family Origins

The First Recorded Ancestors

DAVID (d 1/1) was the earliest known ancestor. He was probably one of the many Jews expelled from their homes in the principality of Pfalz-Neuburg in the 17th century. Many of these refugees assumed the name of their former homeland.

SOLOMON DAVID (sd 2/1) came from the Neuburger border town of Möhren in the margravet of Ansbach where he obtained the right to settle in Markt Berolzheim. There he purchased a small house for 56 florins. He had three children: DAVID SALOMON (Branch 1 sd 3/1), a daughter (Branch 2 sd 3/2), and MOSES SALOMON (Branch 3 sd 3/3). Solomon David died in 1694.

BRANCH 3 - the focus of this family history

MOSES SALOMON (sd 3/3) was the third child of Solomon David. He was the town supervisor in Berolzheim. In 1692 he married Dolz, the daughter of Hirsch Männlein, in Markt Berolzheim. At his marriage, he received half the house from his father. In 1694, Moses sold it to his brother-in-law. They had three children: DAVID MOSES (ms 4/2), daughter SARAH (ms 4/3), and SALOMON LÖW MOSES (sm 4/4). Moses Salomon died 11 Oct 1745. His tombstone was identified and transcribed in the old cemetery in Pappenheim; however, the stone was lost during the stormy winter of 1928-29.

DAVID MOSES (ms 4/2), the first child of Moses Salomon, married Gütel. In 1742, he sold acreage to Georg Schaeffer and left two-story house No. 87 and barn valued at 1500 florin to his two sons.  He died in 1762; Gütel died 27 May 1774.

1. SALOMON DAVID(dm 5/3) married Delzele and died in 1767.

2. MARX MORDECHAI DAVID (dm 5/4) who later adopted the name Marx David Wertheimer, was a cattle dealer and town supervisor in Berolzheim. He bought his brother's half share of the house in 1768 and married Hendel (daughter of Rabbi Joseph from Pappenheim) on 3 Mar 1785. He died 8 Apr 1809.  They had four sons:
1. LAZARUS WERTHEIMER (dm 6/1)
2. JOSEPH SOLOMON WERTHEIMER (dm 6/2)
3. MOSES MARX WERTHEIMER (dm 6/3) was registered in 1803 as a cattle dealer. He was a merchant and town supervisor of Markt Berolzheim. His first marriage was to Süla Guthmann, daughter of Moses Salomon Guthmann - his father's cousin. Süla died 25 Apr 1854. They had three children together.  His second marriage was to Nennla Rosenfelder, with whom he had a daughter. Moses died 17 Feb 1852 in Treuchtlingen, leaving 18,567 Gulden.
1. DAVID MOSES WERTHEIMER (dm 7/2) b. 24 Jan 1807 in Berolzheim, d. 9 Jul 1872 in Fürth am Berg; was a notions dealer. He married Sofie Badmann, b. 16 Oct 1811 in Oettingen, d. 26 Dec 1897 in Fürth, daughter of Elias Badmann. They had five children:
1. Johanna HendleWertheimer
2. Rosa Raule Wertheimer
3. Max Mordechai David Wertheimer
4. Isac David Wertheimer
5. Therese Wertheimer

SALOMON LÖW MOSES (ms 4/4), the third child of Moses Salomon, married Reichel (1721-1807) who went blind in her old age and lived in the two-story house at the lower bridge. Salomon dealt in land sales in 1750, and he died 18 Jan 1806. Salomon and Reichel had five sons:

1.  HIRSCH SALOMON LÖW NAFTALI HAUSMANN BEROLZHEIMER (sm 5/5)
b. 1741; d. 11 May 1827.  He married first Tölzele (Telzela), who died 22 May 1800, and second Gitel (whose name meant the good one), who died 6 Nov 1821. He had seven children:

1. Baruch (I 6/5) 1771-1832
2. Seel (II 6/6) unknown
3. Treinle (III 6/7) 1774-1844
4. Vogel (IV 6/8) 1776-1828
5. Hänlein (V 6/9) 1778-1837
6. Moses (VI 6/10) 1780-1835
7. Emanuel (VII 6/11) 1787-1827

A separate page has been devoted to the descendents of each of these seven children on this site.

2.  MOSES SALOMON GUTHMANN (sm 5/6)
b. 1746/47; d. 31 Mar 1832.  He married Berl (Perle), who died 4 Mar 1825.

3.  DAVID SOLOMON ENGEL (sm 5/7)
b. 1749; d. 1842.  He was a cattle dealer.

4.  MENDEL SALOMON HAUSSMANN (sm 5/8)
b. Sep 1756; d. 10 Feb 1848.  He married Schifele, who died 25 Nov 1828. He was a cattle dealer.

5.  SAMUEL SALOMON HAUSSMANN BEROLZHEIMER (sm 5/9)
b. 1766; d. 19 Jun 1822.