ROßKOPF


Jacob
David
( -1787)
Juda
(1739-1818)
Moses ROßKOPF
(1768-1822)

Martge Sara
(1735-1825)
Joel Moses
Meyer Jeisel Schönle OPPENHEIM
(1777-1859)
 Shönchen
( -1755)

Isac Fradel
David (1799-1890)

Maier ( -1883)

Regina (1804-1865)

Joseph (1808-1892)
Jentle GOTTGETREU ( -1897)
(Judlein & Hennla)
Regine (1845), Hanna (1849),
Sara (1852)
Kalman (1811-1873)
Karolina GOTTGETREU ( -1890)
(Judlein & Hennla)
Sarah (1841), Moses (1843),
Isadore (1845), Julius (1847),
Amelia (1849), Joseph (1855)
Isaak (1813-1900)

Fratel (1816-1893)
Gerson STRAUSS ( -1897)
Sarah (1844), Abraham (1846),
Julius (1848), Amelia (1849)
Feil (1819-1868)
Juda WECHSLER ( -1876)
(Moses & Reichel)
Sara (1853), Frumet (1855),
Fradel (1857), Eva (1859),
Moses (1866)
Juda (1821)


Juda (1739), son of David (c.1715-1787), married Sara (1735), daughter of Martge, and had children: Moses (1768), Salamon (1775), and Madel (1777).1 Juda died in Gersfeld in 1818 followed by Sara in 1825. In 1817, when the Jews in the region adopted family surnames, Moses took the name ROßKOPF (ROSSKOPF), Salamon took the name WEINBERG, and Madel's husband Joel in Niederaula took the name OPPENHEIM.



Research Notes

1. Moses' death record, which lists the father as Juda David from here [Gersfeld], confirms his connection. Also, Moses' first son born after Juda David's death in 1818 was named Juda (named for the deceased grandfather). Salomon death record doesn't explicitly confirm the connection. However, his father's name is known to be Juda, due to Salomon's name as Salomon Juda in the pre-surname period. Also, like Moses, his first son born after Juda David's death in 1818 was named Juda. Madel, who appears in the 1817 census of Niederaula as the wife of Joel Jeisel Oppenheim, is recorded as being born in Gersfeld, the daughter of Juda, and 40 years old (the right generation). Note that there is another connection to the Oppenheim family of Niederaula: Moses' wife was Schönle, daughter of Jeisel. So, it appears that Roßkopf siblings married Oppenheim siblings, a not uncommon phenomenon (in fact, two of Moses' sons married Gottgetreu sisters from Unsleben).

2. Vermittlungsprotokollbuch, 1835-1861

3. Shapell Roster of Jewish Service in the American Civil War: Roster ID 13288
(from his membership in Hebrew Union Veterans Association (HUVA), The National Museum of American Jewish Military History)