Benedict to Horowitz


Lineage Sources
(for connecting to previous generation below)
Falkman "Leopold" BENEDICT
(1828 Lichtenstadt - 1906 Cleveland, Ohio)
Mina FREUDENTHAL (1)
Sarah BECKER (2)

  • Biography in Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and the City of Cleveland, 1894 (Leopold Benedict, one of the earliest Hebrew settler in Cleveland, born in Carlsbad, Bohemia on 27 December 1828, son of Abraham and Fannie (Loewenstein); mother died in 1876)
  • New York arrival immigration record (Falkmann Benedict from Bohemia, 1852)
  • Lichtenstadt birth record (Falkman Benedikt, son of Abraham Benedikt and Franziska (or Klara) Löwenstein, daughter of Falkman Löwenstein of Lichtenstadt house No. 30 and Margaretha, daughter of Herzel Benedikt of Lichtenstadt house No. 15), 17 December 1828; Lichtenstadt is in the Carlsbad district of Bohemia)
  • Lichtenstadt birth record (Siegfrid Benedikt, son of Fani Löwenstein, daughter of Falmann Löwenstein and Margaretha nee Benedikt of Lichtenstadt house No. S15, 23 February 1844 - Franziska is also known as Fani)
Franziska "Fanny" LÖWENSTEIN
(1806 Lichtenstadt - 1875 Rochester, New York)
Abraham BENEDICT
  • Lichtenstadt birth record (Klara Löwenstein, daughter of Falk and Mary, house No. 30, 30 June 1806; Note: Klara was one of only 37 female names allowed Jews according to the 1787 royal decree; her name appears in later records of Lichtenstadt as Franziska (or Fani), which was probably her intended birth name (named after her paternal grandmother))
  • Lichtenstadt birth record (Falkman Benedikt, son of Abraham Benedikt and Franziska (or Klara) Löwenstein, daughter of Falkman Löwenstein of Lichtenstadt house No. 30 and Margaretha, daughter of Herzel Benedikt of Lichtenstadt house No. 15), 17 December 1828; Lichtenstadt is in the Carlsbad district of Bohemia)
  • Lichtenstadt birth record (Siegfrid Benedikt, son of Fani Löwenstein, daughter of Falmann and Margaretha nee Benedikt of house 15, 23 February 1844 - Franziska is also known as Fani)
  • Gravestone of Fanny Benedict (Rochester, New York - born 1808, died 1875, wife of Abraham Benedict)
Margaretha BENEDICT
(1776 Lichtenstadt - 1879 Karlsbad)
Falkman LÖWENSTEIN (1)
Salomon FISCHER (2)
  • Lichtenstadt marriage record of Falkman Löwenstein (34 years old, master butcher) and Margareth Benedikt (26 years old) on 8 September 1802
  • Lichtenstadt birth record (Falkman Benedikt, son of Abraham Benedikt and Franziska (or Klara) Löwenstein, daughter of Falkman Löwenstein of Lichtenstadt house No. 30 and Margaretha, daughter of Herzel Benedikt of Lichtenstadt house No. 15), 17 December 1828; Lichtenstadt is in the Carlsbad district of Bohemia)
Herz BENEDICT
(1724 - 1812, Lichtenstadt)
Rößel HELLER (1)
Rachel "Rosalia" (2)
  • Lichtenstadt familianten record (Herz Benedikt, son of Simon and Adelheit, married 1760 and 1779 to Rachel "Rosalia")
  • Lichtenstadt marriage record (1758, Hertzl Simon Lobositz, second born, to Rößel, daughter of Männlein of Konigswart)
  • Lichtenstadt marriage record (1779, widow Hertzl Benedict to widow Rachel)
  • Lichtenstadt death record of Hirzel Benedikt (house No. 15, 88 years old, 4 May 1812)
  • Lichtenstadt death record (Rosalia Benedikt, house No. 15, 76 years old, 13 May 1815)
Edel "Adelheit" BONDI
(c. 1705, Lichtenstadt)
Simon son of Pinchas "Benedict"
  • Lichtenstadt 1724 census (Edel, daughter of Salomon Ponti, married to Simon Pinckes from Lowositz, who settled in 1722; Salomon Ponti, Rabbi, settled in 1701, wife Sara; Vradel Ponti, widow settled in 1682 - all of these are described as deriving their protection status from Lößer of the 1618 census (corresponding to Lazarus Aaron, see below))
  • Directory of Leipzig Fair visitors (Simon Bendix of Lichtenstadt listed in 1731, 32, 34-39)
  • Lobositz 1717 Theresian Cadaster (Benedict Salomon, 36 years old, married to Esterl from Laun, 34 years old, with a son Simon, 14 years old at school in Töplitz)
  • Lobositz 1724 census (Pinckas, son of Joachim Salomon, 43 years old, married in 1701 to Esterl from Laun, 42 years old)
Salomon BONDI
( - 1745, Lichtenstadt)
Rivka Sara OETTINGEN
  • Lichtenstadt 1724 census (Salomon Ponti, Rabbi, settled in 1701, wife Sara; Vradel Ponti, widow settled in 1682 - all of these are described as deriving their protection status from Lößer of the 1618 census (corresponding to Lazarus Aaron, see below))
  • Directory of Leipzig Fair visitors (Salomon Bondi of Lichtenstadt listed in 1722)
  • Lichtenstadt gravestone (Rabbi Avraham Shlomo son of Rabbi Eliezer, died 31 May 1745)
  • Saul Wahl genealogy in Toldot Mishpachot Günzburg (Reb Avraham Lichtenstadt, Primator of the land of Bohemia, has three sons and five daughters. The name of the third daughter is Freidel in Lichtenstadt. Her second son is Rabbi Shloma of the community Lichtenstadt)
Fradel OETTINGEN
( - 1742, Lichtenstadt)
Eliezer "Lazarus" BONDI

  • Lichtenstadt 1724 census (Vradel Ponti, widow settled in 1682 - deriving protection status from Lößer of the 1618 census (corresponding to Lazarus Aaron, see below))
  • Lichtenstadt gravestone (Fradel, daughter of the master, synagogue leader here, teacher and rabbi, Avraham
    Sg"l Öttingen, may the memory of the righteous be a blessing, wife of the master, synagogue leader, teacher and rabbi Eliezer
    Yomtov, died on the 4th of Elul [5]502 [3 September 1742])
  • 1674 Lichtenstadt census (Abraham Aaron, wife Dina, children: Löserl (14 years old), Schlamele (6), Fradele (12), Edela (9), Bela (4), Rösl (1))
  • Saul Wahl genealogy in Toldot Mishpachot Günzburg (Reb Avraham Lichtenstadt, Primator of the land of Bohemia, has three sons and five daughters. The name of the third daughter is Freidel in Lichtenstadt. Her second son is Rabbi Shloma of the community Lichtenstadt)
  • Jakobovits, Tobias. "Wer ist Abraham Aron Lichtenstadt?" Monatsschrift für Geschichte und Wissenschaft des Judentums. Vol. 74 (1930), Issue 1, pp. 35-41. (online) (Abraham Aaron/Lichtenstadt, was the stepson of Jacob Aaron/Lichtenstadt, son of Lazarus)
  • Memoirs of Glückel Hameln, 1743 (Parnas Jacob Lichtenstadt quarrelled with his stepson Abraham Lichtenstadt)
Abraham OETTINGEN "ARON"
(c. 1640 - 1702, Lichtenstadt)
Dina EPSTEIN
  • Abraham Oettingen's gravestone (Abraham Oettingen sg"l is son of Herz, physician of Przemysl)
  • Saul Wahl genealogy in Toldot Mishpachot Günzburg (Abraham Oettingen "Lichtenstadt" is son of Herz, physician of Przemysl, son of Rabbi Abraham Oettingen of Wien, advisor to the Kaiser, son of Model)
  • Ephraim Wallerstein genealogy (Abraham Oettingen sg"l son of Model lived in Wien)
Herz OETTINGEN
(c. 1615, Przemysl)
Vögele TEOMIM
(c. 1590, Wien)
Abraham OETTINGEN "RIES"
  • 1614 Wien taxpayer list (Abraham Riß is son-in-law of Veit Munk and one of the leaders of the community)
  • 1622 Court Jew privilege (list of Abraham Ris' brothers which matches brothers of Abraham Oettingen in Saul Wahl and Ephraim Wallerstein genealogies [except for Moses, who did not live in the area])
  • 1626 Grant for Leopolstadt, signatures of Elders and Heads of the Jewish community of Wien (Abraham son of the late Markus Muril Lewyte of Eting [Mordechai Model Levi Oettingen] - provides connection between Abraham Ries, leader of Wien, and Abraham Oettingen)
  • 1637 Wien gravestone (Abraham Oettingen sg"l son of Mordechai Model)
  • 1639 Wien Grundbuch (lists Vögellin Risen as widow of Abraham Risen, who died between 1636 and 1639)
Samuel Phöbus TEOMIM "Veit MUNK"
(c. 1565 - 1616, Wien)
Gertraud
  • 1614 Wien taxpayer list (Abraham Riß is son-in-law of Veit Munk and one of the leaders of the community)
  • 1616 Wien gravestone (Shmuel Feibish son of Moshe Aron of the Lemel family)
Rivka HOROWITZ "STERN"
(c. 1540, Prague)
Moses Aron TEOMIM "Aron MUNK"
  • Megilat Eiva by Lipman Heller (Lipman's wife Rechel was a daughter of Nechla, who was a daughter of Rivka, who was a sister of Pinchas Horowitz of Prague and had the secular name Rivka Stern; Pinchas was the son of the leader Israel Zalman Jeshaya sg"l of the family Horowitz)
  • 1546 list of Prague Jews (Izdrahel Munk [Israel Horowitz] with wife Ursila and children, including Pinkas and Ryfka (married to Aron))
  • 1619 letter from Rechel, wife of Lipman Heller, in Wien to  Edel in Prague (Rechel is daughter of Moses Aron [Ashkenas not Teomim] and her aunts are Edel and Esther)
  • 1619 letter from Israel Lipschitz to Edel (Malka is daughter of Edel and Aron Malkes)
  • 1620 Prague gravestone of Edel Teomim (Edel is daughter of Moses Aron Teomim and wife of Aron Malbes [Malkes] - connects Edel of previous letters (and thus Rechel) to Teomim family)
  • 1635 Prague gravestone of Esther Lipsschitz (Ester is daughter of Moses Aron Teomim and widowed wife of Israel Mordechai ben Eliahu)
  • 1572 Prague gravestone of Israel Horowitz (Israel ben Zalman Yeshaya Horowitz Halevi)
Israel HOROWITZ "MUNK"
(c. 1515 - 1572, Prague)
Nissel "Ursila"
Aron Meshulam HOROWITZ ""Zalman MUNK"
(c. 1490 - 1545, Prague)
Nechama bat Menachem
Jesaja HOROWITZ "Isaias MUNK"
(c. 1465 - c. 1515, Prague)
  • 1512 Prague Siddur cover page (Jesaja ben Asher haLevi)
  • 1515 Prague Siddur dedication (Yeshaya ben Asher Halevi)
  • 1514-1518 Prague Chumash (the book completed in cooperation with Yeshaya Horowitz ben Asher HaLevi z"l)
  • Altneuschul Memorbuch (Yeshaya son of Asher haLevi)
  • Liber Contractuum Antiquae Urbis Pragensis, Prague 1519 (Jesaja Munka had previously been entrusted by his father, Zalman Horzowsky, with the incorporation of his house into the city books)
Asher Seligman "Zalman HORZOWSKY"
(c. 1440 - c. 1505, Prague)
  • Liber Contractuum Antiquae Urbis Pragensis, Prague 1481 (Zalman Horzowsky, Judge of the Jews, purchased part of a house for 80 Hungarian florin)
  • Liber Contractuum Antiquae Urbis Pragensis, Prague 1488 (Zalman the Jew, called Horzowsky, bought on behalf of himself, wife Mindl, a large home)
  • Altneuschul Memorbuch (Mindel, daughter of Rabbi Meshulam, her husband Reb Asher son of Reb Yosef HaLevi)
  • Altneuschul Memorbuch (Asher son of Yosef haLevi having sons Yeshaya haLevi and Meir haLevi)
  • Liber Contractuum Antiquae Urbis Pragensis, Prague 1507 (according to Zalman Horzowsky's will, his sons, Meir and Israel gave their father's house to their older brother, Jesaja Munk - shows that Zalman was deceased by then and corroborates that Zalman = Asher from the previous Memorbuch entry (which also lists sons Meir and Jesaja))
Yosef
(c. 1415)