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Special Note
Those of you with German ancestry must read this book. "Portraits of our Past: Jews of the German Countryside" by Emily C. Rose, is an extraordinary history on Rural German Jews. Most likely these people had similar lives to those of the Gottlieb family in Germany and Luxembourg. Click on the book icon above to learn more. |
Salomon GOTTLIEB |
Ancestral Town Photos |
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Adolph Gottlieb
Rikka Gottlieb (?)
Nettie Gottlieb Andors
Nettie and Isadore "Jack" Andors |
Family Overview For several centuries beginning in at least the very early 1700s, the Gottlieb family had lived in Bosen, Germany in the princedom of Birkenfeld, mostly trading cattle, working as butchers, and performing their Jewish traditions.Family lore tells us that the GOTTLIEB family was originally Sephardic Jews, and at the time of the Inquisition, moved through Hungary and later to Germany. Our earliest recognized ancestors who lived in Bosen, Gottlieb JACOB and his wife Regina GOTTLIEB, had at least two sons; Jacob GOTTLIEB (1746 - 1836) and Abraham GOTTLIEB (1759 - 1836). A fair accounting for both family lines has been accomplished and is published here, although the line for Jacob is much more complete, having been investigated for a far longer time. Family tradition from the Jacob GOTTLIEB line mentions a man named Faiwel who was possibly the father of Gottlieb JACOB, and that there was a Gottlieb house known as Faiwel's.
This web site is dedicated to both branches although your host is descended from Abraham. What this means is that much of the information provided here, in terms of pictures and certain other materials, will be weighted more heavily in that direction. Yet, there is a significant amount of documented family stories from Jacob's descendents that also appear here. The point of this is to say that there's a mix of information for both families, but at this time, the bulk of information will lean towards Abraham and his second wife, Baulen Wolf (aka Paulina Baum (1775 - 1835)).
Abraham and Baulen had three children:
In 1785, Abraham and his first wife, Eile Loeb (? - bef 1808), had a daughter named Madalen. Eventually, Madalen (1785 - 1836) married Joseph SENDER in Sotern, Germany and had six sons.
Coincidentally, Abraham and his daughter Madalen died within six weeks of each other, and Abraham's older brother, Jacob, also died in 1836, all within about 3 months of each other.
In about 1851, Abraham's eldest son, Gottlieb GOTTLIEB (1808 - 1871) and wife Eva Lea SIMON (unk b&d) moved to Consdorf, Luxembourg where they eventually had eight (8) children. We have not yet determined why they would have made such a move.
In 1866, one son, Salomon GOTTLIEB, married Rebekka Levy of Illingen, Germany and they had eight (8) children. Four of them are known to have immigrated to America between 1882 - 1887: Adolph, Gustav, Emil and Theresa.
Pictured below is Benjamin Gottlieb, brother of Salomon, along with his wife Paulina Kahn and their seven children. Photo was taken in 1890.
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Adolph and Lena Gottlieb
Adolph Gottlieb and daughter Bertha (bef 1926)
Bea & Saul Bienstock Leonard Andors
Milton Gottlieb c.1910
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