Flörsheim Florsheim family genealogy

 

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Chaim FLÖRSHEIM (circa 1700, Fürth - )

  1. •   Sussmann Eliezer FLÖRSHEIM (1745, Fürth - 1835, Obergleen) & Chaiele Keile Caroline LIENEBURG (circa 1759, Fürth - circa 1836, Obergleen)    Sussman was a teacher in Obergleen, which is very close to Romrod. It is possible that being hired as a teacher is what brought him to that area.

  2. ‣   Moses Loeb FLÖRSHEIM (1788 - 1 November 1862) & Rosalia HAMBURGER

  3. -   Jutta FLÖRSHEIM (19 May 1813 - 1881, Seattle)

  4. -   Betty (Bailya?) FLÖRSHEIM (20 December 1815 - )

  5. -   Hannchen FLÖRSHEIM (26 December 1818 - )

  6. -   Hermann FLÖRSHEIM (19 August 1822 - 15 July 1871) & Helene

  7. •   Carl FLÖRSHEIM (1859, Wetzlar - 1914, Wiesbaden)

  8. -   Abraham FLÖRSHEIM (16 November 1823 - )

  9. -   Simon FLÖRSHEIM (6 December 1826 - )

  10. -   Sussmann FLÖRSHEIM (22 January 1831 - )

  11. ‣   Michael Yechiel FLÖRSHEIM (circa 1792, Romrod - 19 March 1875, Romrod) & Hendel GEISS (circa 1795, Rhina - 11 July 1868, Romrod)

        Photo of his grave is shown below.

  1. -   Feibel Chaim FLÖRSHEIM (15 December 1820, Romrod - 25 April 1892, Romrod) & Nanni/Nanny WOLF (11 September 1824 - 2 April 1902, Romrod)

  2. •   Sussman FLÖRSHEIM (5 September 1846 - 22 July 1908) & Dorothea GREIFF

  3. •   Elise FLÖRSHEIM (9 November 1847 - )

  4. •   Moses FLÖRSHEIM (9 November 1848, Romrod - 26 November 1927, Romrod) & Elise/Elizabeth BAER (12 February 1856, Nassau - 14 September 1927, Alsfeld)  See the BAER page for the family of Elise.  Her brother, Louis BAER, married Jeanette FLÖRSHEIM, see below.

  5. ‣   Julius FLORSHEIM (3 June 1879, Alsfeld - ?, Chile) & Lydia Gutzeit AGATHA (27 November 1888, Königsfeld - ?, Santiago, Chile)

  6. -   Ricardo G. FLORSHEIM* (29 March 1924, Blankensee - 6 June 1998, Guayaquil, Ecuador) & Alice M. PALM (28 November 1922, Dusseldorf - ?, Johannesburg, South Africa)

  7. •   George P. FLORSHEIM (1951 - ) & Esther MENTZER (1957 - )

       George is the source of much of the data shown here.

  1. ‣   Hila FLORSHEIM (1976 - ) & Michael BARRON (1968 - )

  2. -   Shay BARRON (2003 - )

  3. -   Noi BARRON (2007 - )

  4. ‣   Shimrit FLORSHEIM (1979 - )

  5. ‣   Lian FLORSHEIM (1986 - )

  6. -   Ricardo G. FLORSHEIM* (29 March 1924 - 6 June 1998) & Isabel TAMYO

  7. •   Ilfn FLORSHEIM

  8. ‣   Mathias FLORSHEIM

  9. -   Ricardo G. FLORSHEIM* (29 March 1924 - 6 June 1998) & Esperanza DOÑA

  10. •   Eunice FLORSHEIM* & Joe KOSOK

  11. ‣   Satvayan KOSOK FLORSHEIM

  12. ‣   Ixca KOSOK FLORSHEIM

  13. •   Eunice FLORSHEIM* & Daniel ARAVENA

  14. ‣   Valentina ARAVENA FLORSHEIM

  15. ‣   Danae ARAVENA FLORSHEIM

  16. -   Ricardo G. FLORSHEIM* (29 March 1924 - 6 June 1998) & Rita

  17. •   Gabriela FLORSHEIM & Walter KLEIN

  18. ‣   Michael KLEIN FLORSHEIM

  19. -   Albert/Alberto G. FLORSHEIM (13 January 1921, Blankensee - 21 July 1990, Santiago, Chile) & Tina SCHINDLER (17 September 1920, Germany - 11 July 1985, Chile)

  20. •   Andrea FLORSHEIM (1951, Chile - ) & Juan-Carlos VALLE (1947 - )

  21. ‣   Andres VALLE FLORSHEIM (1980 - )

  22. ‣   Felipe VALLE FLORSHEIM (1984 - )

  23. ‣   Pablo VALLE FLORSHEIM (1984 - )

  24. •   Rene FLORSHEIM (1956 - ) & Silvia TELLO (1955 - )

  25. ‣   Julian FLORSHEIM (2000 - )

  26. -   Georg G. FLORSHEIM (25 July 1919, Blankensee - 5 May 1988, Brussels) & Doris

  27. ‣   Albert FLORSHEIM (? - 1940) & Irma FATH

  28. -   Ernest FLORSHEIM (27 February 1910 - 31 May 2002, Milwaukee) & Ingeborg GOTTHILF (27 October 1911, Berlin - 21 September 2001, Milwaukee)

  29. •   Peter FLORSHEIM

  30. •   Richard FLORSHEIM (1949 - ) & Neena NIRENBERG (1952 - )

  31. ‣   David FLORSHEIM (1976 - ) & Andrea (1977 - )

  32. -   Jacob Roy FLORSHEIM (2002 - )

  33. -   Michael Ernst FLORSHEIM (2004 - )

  34. -   Claudia Fay FLORSHEIM (2006 - )

  35. ‣   Ali FLORSHEIM  (1973 - ) & Robert RUVIN (1965 - )

  36. -   Madeline RUVIN (2000 - )

  37. -   Jack RUVIN (2001 - )

  38. -   Joseph RUVIN (2003 - )

  39. -   Gabrielle RUVIN (2006 - )

  40. ‣   Rebecca Lynn FLORSHEIM (1980 - )

  41. -   Alice FLORSHEIM (27 August, 1913 - 15 January, 1987) & Dr. Paul HELLER

  42. •   Caroline HELLER (1950 - ) & Eileen Wynne BALL

  43. •   Tom HELLER (1948 - ) & Lynn SAMUELS

  44. ‣   Gabe HELLER (1976 - ) & Sara MURRAY

  45. -   Anya HELLER (2009 - )

  46. ‣   Noah HELLER (1978 - )

  47. ‣   Hannah HELLER (1982 - )

  48. ‣   Emmi FLORSHEIM & KLEEBLATT

  49. -   Walter KLEEBLATT

  50. ‣   Anna FLORSHEIM & LOSER

  51. -   Kurt LOSER & Thea

  52. •   Lou LOSER

  53. ‣   Hedwig FLORSHEIM (2 March, 1893, Alsfeld - ) & Leon LIEBENSTEIN (24 May, 1881, Mainz - )

  54. -   Ruth Therese LIEBENSTEIN (16 September, 1920, Mainz - ) & LOMNITZ

  55. •   Susan LOMNITZ

  56. •   Jeanette FLÖRSHEIM (13 November 1849, Romrod - ) & Louis BAER (24 November 1852, Nassau - )

  57. ‣   Emilie BAER (5 December 1876, Wiesbaden - 12 May 1944, KZ Theresienstadt) & Siegfried BAUM (2 August 1869 - 9 April 1935, Wiesbaden)

  58. -   Johanna BAUM (11 August 1897, Wiesbaden - 1943, KZ Auschwitz) & Albert KLEINSTRASS (8 March 1883, Bredenborn - 1943, KZ Auschwitz)

  59. •   Paul Louis KESTER (1925, Wiesbaden - ) & Susanne Jeanette LUFT (1924, Berlin - )

  60. ‣   Daniel John KESTER (1954 - ) This is me (creator of this website) & Anna Gunilla THEANDER (1958 - )

  61. -   Anya Rebecca KESTER (1989 - )

  62. -   Shiri Sophia KESTER (1991 - )

  63. •   Helen (Lena) KLEINSTRASS (12 December 1923, Wiesbaden - 1999, Los Angeles) & Max HENLEIN (2 April 1915, Hamburg - 10 January 2005, Los Angeles)

  64. ‣   Alan HENLEIN (1951 - )

  65. ‣   Dyan HENLEIN (1955 - ) & Michael NORTON (1951 - )

  66. -   Eric NORTON (1986 - )

  67. -   Laura NORTON (1988 - )

  68. -   Andrea NORTON (1988 - )

  69. ‣   Else BAER (22 November 1877 - ) & Siegfried STAMM

  70. -   Liesel STAMM* ( - approx 1985, Israel) & KOUNINE

  71. -   Liesel STAMM* ( - approx 1985, Israel) & UNNAMED

  72. -   Hans STAMM

        Born in Germany, Hans Stamm immigrated to Jamaica where he was physician to the country’s Premier, Norman Manley, as well as to his son, Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley.  He later lived in Edinburgh, Scotland.

  1. ‣   Arthur Michael BAER (18 November 1878 - )

  2. ‣   Victoria BAER (19 August 1880 - )

  3. ‣   Friedrich Wilhelm (Fritz) BAER (13 October 1883, Wiesbaden - approx 1940, New York)

  4. -   Robert BAER

  5. -   Isaak FLÖRSHEIM (20 September 1822 - 11 July 1895) & Jeanette/Schanette LEVI (14 December 1826, Angenrod - 24 April 1872)

  6. •   Moses FLÖRSHEIM (12 March 1849 - )

  7. •   Loeb FLÖRSHEIM (21 January 1850 - )

  8. •   Berolina FLÖRSHEIM (15 August 1852 - )

  9. •   Josef FLÖRSHEIM (9 January 1855, Romrod - ) & Esther LAMM (19 September 1858, Obergleen - 4 January 1925)

  10. ‣   Julius FLÖRSHEIM (1885, Romrod - 28 June 1940, London) & Elsa

  11. -   Edgar FLÖRSHEIM

  12. ‣   Fritz (Frederic) FLÖRSHEIM (19 September 1894, Romrod - 21 February 1966, London) & Frieda GRÜNBAUM (30 November 1906 - 8 June 1993, London)

  13. -   Paul FLÖRSHEIM (1932 - ) & Rosemary CHAPMAN (1937 - )

  14. •   Alan FLORSHEIM (1957 - )

  15. •   Jonathan FLORSHEIM (1960 - ) & Elaine DALY (1972 - )

  16. ‣   Maeve FLORSHEIM (1999 - )

  17. ‣   Darcey FLORSHEIM (2002 - )

  18. ‣   Oisin FLORSHEIM (2005 - )

  19. •   Daniel FLORSHEIM (1965 - ) & Deborah MAIL (1970 - )

  20. ‣   Max FLORSHEIM (1997 - )

  21. ‣   Lauren FLORSHEIM (1999 - )

  22. ‣   Nathan FLORSHEIM (2002 - )

  23. ‣   Isaak (James) FLÖRSHEIM (29 August 1897 - 8 August 1961, Alsfeld) & Muriel

  24. •   Settchen FLÖRSHEIM (8 June 1857, Romrod - 10 August 1927, Lauterbach) & Sigmund STRAUSS (17 August 1856, Grebenau - 16 September 1934 Lauterbach)

  25. ‣   Jenny STRAUSS (27 March 1885, Lauterbach - ?, London) & Adolph HAAS (15 December 1871, Battungen - ?, London)

  26. -   Kurt HAAS (born Frankfurt - )

  27. -   Richard HAAS (born Frankfurt - )

  28. ‣   Therese STRAUSS (5 January 1888, Lauterbach - July 1972, Jackson Heights, NY) & Sally EHRMAN (13 March 1882 - 16 April 1972, Jackson Heights, NY)

  29. ‣   Hedwig STRAUSS (18 April 1890, Lauterbach - 1984, Montevideo, Uruguay) & Hugo Friederick WESTERFELD (5 October 1888 - 1974, Montevideo, Uruguay)

  30. •   Unnamed FLÖRSHEIM (27 October 1859 - )

  31. •   Unnamed FLÖRSHEIM (11 November 1860 - )

  32. •   Salomon FLÖRSHEIM (20 February 1864 - 19 August 1942, KZ Theresienstadt) &  Bertha ADLER (24 February 1867, Storndorf - 23 October 1932)

  33. ‣   Moritz (Morris?) FLÖRSHEIM (20 September 1892, Romrod - August 1966, New York) & Irma MARXSOHN (20 April 1895, Königstädten - June 1966, New York)

        They went to Paraguay before WWII, but Irma didn’t like the weather, so they came to New York in 1935.

  1. ‣   Jenny FLÖRSHEIM* (15 January 1894, Romrod - abt. 1943, KZ Auschwitz) & Siegfried (Fritz) BURGHARDT (19 August 1889, Koethen - 1939, KZ Buchenwald)

  2. -   Inge BURGHARDT (1920, Halle - ) & Werner JOSEPH (27 February 1913, Ingenheim - 6 February 2005, Pound Ridge, NJ)

  3. •   Sandra JOSEPH (1943 - ) & Gerald E. MARK

  4. ‣   Jennifer MARK (1967 - ) & Gerald E. McDONALD, Jr. (1968 - )

  5. -   Gerald E. (Jared) McDONALD III (1997 - )

  6. -   Jacob Ryan McDONALD (2000 - )

  7. ‣   Laurence J. MARK (1970 - ) & Karen S. (Susie) KOLBFLEISCH (1969 - )

  8. -   Cassidy MARK (1999 - )

  9. -   Kylie MARK (2003 - )

  10. -   Shelby MARK (2006 - )

  11. ‣   Amanda MARK (1972 - ) & William “Sean” O’KEEFE (1971 - )

  12. -   Matthew O’KEEFE (2007 - )

  13. -   Manfred BURGHARDT (15 July 1925, Halle - about 1943, KZ Auschwitz)

  14. -   Hans BURGHARDT (1923 - 1924)

  15. ‣   Jenny FLÖRSHEIM* (15 January 1894, Romrod - abt. 1943, KZ Auschwitz) & UNNAMED

  16. ‣   Emil FLÖRSHEIM ( 14 September 1895 - 28 January 1916, St. Quentin, France)  Emil was a grenadier,

killed in action during the First World War.

  1. ‣   Ludwig FLÖRSHEIM (1901 - 1975, Atlanta, GA) & Kate

        Came to New York around 1942

  1. -   Rene FLÖRSHEIM & Peter RAYEL

  2. •   Lisa RAYEL

  3. •   Brenda RAYEL

  4. •   Unnamed FLÖRSHEIM (15 March 1866 - )

  5. •   Unnamed FLÖRSHEIM (7 July 1867 - )

  6. •   Hermann FLÖRSHEIM (11 August 1868 - ) Went to the U.S.

  7. ‣   Elizabeth FLORSHEIM

  8. -   Schöne (Jeanette) FLÖRSHEIM (19 October 1824, Romrod - ) & Baruch Levi WOLLANDER (1807, Rhina - 6 November 1889)   Baruch was from the Levi-Greif family of Rhina, but took the name Wollander.

  9. •   Keile LEVI (19 February 1846, Rhina - 27 April 1877, Bebra) & Salomon OPPENHEIM (16 September 1845 - 27 November 1907, Bebra)

  10. ‣  Jenni OPPENHEIM (1 January 1873, Bebra - about 1943, Auschwitz) & Philipp MIELZYNSKI ( - 1918)

  11. ‣  Jacob OPPENHEIM (27 April 1874, Bebra - 5 March 1947, Philadelphia) & Karoline/Lisel SEEMANN (28 May 1883, Tübingen or Aschbach bei Bamberg - 7 November 1944, Philadelphia)

  12. -   Dr. Heinz OPPENHEIM* (25 April 1907, Tübingen - 23 September 1969, Louisville, KY) & Dorothy HAYUM

  13. •   Lillian OPPENHEIM (1945 - ) & Jerry SELIGMAN

  14. -   Dr. Heinz OPPENHEIM* (25 April 1907, Tübingen - 23 September 1969, Louisville, KY) & Erika Anna ( - 29 August 2008, Louisville, KY)

  15. -   Gertrude (Trudy) OPPENHEIM (17 November 1911, Tübingen - 4 March 2010, Elkins Park, PA) & Dr. Fred Otto ADLER (about 1905, Frankfurt - 1971, Philadelphia)

  16. ‣  Sally OPPENHEIM (31 December 1875, Bebra - 12 April 1876, Bebra)

  17. ‣  Caroline OPPENHEIM (27 February 1877, Bebra - 1877, Bebra)

  18. •   Selig David LEVI (16 October 1847 - about 1916) & Francisca BACHARACH (about 1855 - about 1931)

  19. ‣  Karl LEVI (9 November 1879 - ) & R.

  20. ‣  Amalia LEVI (28 July 1881, Rhina - about 1962) & S. BLUMENFELD

  21. -   G. BLUMENFELD & D. KATZ

  22. •   Paul KATZ & Esther GOLDMEIER

  23. ‣   Michael KATZ & Jill

  24. -   Rebecca Gretel KATZ

  25. -   Sarah Amy KATZ

  26. -   Julie Nina-Ppnina KATZ

  27. ‣   Dina KATZ & Jesse SCHWATZMAN

  28. -   Shira Chava SCHWATZMAN

  29. -   Yael Eta SCHWATZMAN

  30. -   David Chaim SCHWATZMAN

  31. -   Jonathan Meir SCHWATZMAN

  32. -   Keren Eliana SCHWATZMAN

  33. ‣   Gary KATZ & Shelley

  34. -   Elisha KATZ

  35. -   Gabrielle KATZ

  36. -   Dylan KATZ

  37. -   Mathew KATZ

  38. -   J. BLUMENFELD & S. WARBURG

  39. •   M. WARBURG

  40. •   G. WARBURG

  41. •   H. WARBURG

  42. -   Hilde BLUMENFELD & Ludwig Felix Luiz MEINRATH

  43. •   Pedro John MEINRATH* (about 1937 - ) & A SPIELER

  44. ‣   R. MEINRATH* & L.

  45. -   L. MEINRATH

  46. ‣   R. MEINRATH* & F.

  47. -   M. MEINRATH

  48. ‣   M. MEINRATH

  49. •   Pedro John MEINRATH* (about 1937 - ) & F.

  50. •   Roberto MEINRATH* (about 1942 - ) & Deborah

  51. ‣   Sascha MEINRATH & F. SWORDS Sascha Meinrath is vice president of the New America Foundation and director of the Open Technology Institute.

  52. ‣   Shawna MEINRATH (27 July 1976 - 26 June 1995)

  53. •   Roberto MEINRATH* (about 1942 - ) & Anya JOFFE

  54. ‣   Katherine MEINRATH

  55. ‣  Jacob LEVI (18 November 1883 - )

  56. ‣  Hedwig LEVI (2 September 1885 - ) & L. VOEHL

  57. -   J. VOEHL & F.

  58. ‣  Sally LEVI (15 November 1887 - ) & Carry

  59. ‣  Jettchen LEVI (14 December 1889 - ) & Hugo PLAUT

  60. ‣  Henny LEVI ( - about 1969) & Leopold MEYER ( - about 1933)

  61. -   I. MEYER

  62. -   I. MEYER & I. HAHN

  63. •   F. HAHN & G. STEWARD

  64. -   I. MEYER

  65. •   Vögel (Veilchen) LEVI (24 August 1849, Rhina - 9 January 1884, Amöneburg) & Isaak STRAUSS (18 April 1849 - 26 June 1909, Darmstadt)

  66. ‣  Jenny STRAUSS (25 March 1875, Kirchhein - )

  67. ‣  Hermann Hugo STRAUSS (28 March 1877, Kirchhein - )

  68. ‣  Theobold STRAUSS (24 June 1880, Kirchhein - 6 October 1880, Kirchhein)

  69. •   Sussmann LEVI (11 September 1852, Rhina - ) & Marjane KNEIP

  70. ‣  Schenni LEVI (4 September 1881 - )

  71. ‣  Delphine LEVI (2 April 1883 - 14 December 1974, San Francisco) & Salomann NEUMANN (31 January 1878, Nentershausen - 20 October 1935, Hersfeld)

  72. ‣  David LEVI (7 August 1884 - 28 June 1885)

  73. ‣  Kathinka LEVI (19 November 1885 - )

  74. ‣  Hedwig LEVI (1 February 1888 - )

  75. ‣  Rosalie LEVI (17 May 1889 - )

  76. ‣  Meda LEVI (18 September 1890 - )

  77. ‣  Betti LEVI (4 February 1893 - )

  78. ‣  Baruch LEVI (31 July 1895, Kepno - ) & Rebecca (1894 - )

  79. •   Merle LEVI (15 May 1856, Rhina - )

  80. •   Solomon LEVI (11 November 1863, Rhina - ) & Johanna ROSENMEIER (21 November 1868, Langenschwarz - )

  81. ‣  Bernhard LEVI (11 April 1892 - 24 April 1892)

  82. ‣  Karl LEVI (11 April 1892 - 11 April 1892)

  83. ‣  Jenni LEVI (30 April 1895 - )

  84. ‣  Baruch Jacob LEVI (6 August 1895 - )

  85. ‣  Bertha LEVI (4 November 1897 - )

  86. -   Baruch/Bachrach/Bernhard FLÖRSHEIM (8 October 1829 - 26 November 1902) & Betty MOSES

  87. •   Siegmund FLÖRSHEIM (24 October 1859, Romrod - 27 July 1915)

  88. •   Abraham FLÖRSHEIM (24 January 1862, Romrod - 15 August 1930) & Bertha ROSENSTOCK

(23 July 1868, Eiterfeld - 23 December 1930)

  1. ‣   Hedwig FLÖRSHEIM (17 December 1897, Romrod - March 1976, New York) Photo at right (from

a display in the former Romrod Synagogue).  She came to the U.S. in September, 1939, arriving two

weeks after WWII started.  She worked as a governess, and died in 1976.

  1. ‣   Siegfried FLÖRSHEIM (1900, Romrod - ?, New York)

  2. •   Roescen FLÖRSHEIM (15 February 1868 - )

  3. •   Selma FLÖRSHEIM (18 July 1869 - )

  4. •   Hilda FLÖRSHEIM (26 September 1871 - )

  5. -   Sussmann/Sussmund/Siegmund FLÖRSHEIM (30 December 1831 - 29 January 1911)

            & Kathinka FULDA (14 October 1836 - 7 September 1891)

  1. •   Karoline FLÖRSHEIM (9 September 1864 - 1895) & Moritz LEVI After Karoline died, Moritz married her sister, Yohana, below.

  2. ‣   Lina LEVI

  3. ‣   Ludvig LEVI

  4. ‣   Julius LEVI

  5. ‣   Helene LEVI & Isidor BERLINER

  6. -   Ari BERLINER

  7. -   Karola BERLINER & Harry Uri DAVID

  8. •   Dan DAVID

  9. •   Yohana FLÖRSHEIM  & Moritz LEVI

  10. •   Henriette FLÖRSHEIM (5 December 1865 - )

  11. •   Sophie FLÖRSHEIM (5 December 1866 - )

  12. •   Jakob FLÖRSHEIM

  13. -   Sieschen/Settchen FLÖRSHEIM (15 April 1834 - ) & LOSER

  14. -   Moses FLÖRSHEIM (1 November 1836 - 14 April 1840)

  15. -   Simon FLÖRSHEIM (6 May 1837 - )

  16. •   Leonard FLÖRSHEIM (1879 - )

  17. -   Karoline FLÖRSHEIM (31 December 1838 - 18 January 1915) & SPIER (ADLER)

  18. ‣   Isaak FLÖRSHEIM (1797 - 1876, Chicago) & Friederika WEILER (1810 - 1856)

        Isaak FLÖRSHEIM and his family came to the U.S. in 1859.  German names were switched

to American names: August became Gus, Heinemann became Henry, and Fiebel became Philip.

  1. -   Sussmann FLÖRSHEIM (16 March 1833 - 16 March 1833)

  2. -   Sussmann Siegmund (Sigmund) FLORSHEIM (6 February 1834, Hesse-Kassel - 24 March 1894, Chicago) & Henrietta NUSSBAUM (October 1847, New York - )

  3. •   Milton FLORSHEIM (27 July 1868, Illinois - 22 December 1936, Chicago) & Gertrude STERN (26 July 1873, Chicago - 15 November 1957, Chicago)

        Milton Florsheim founded the Florsheim Shoe Company in 1892 in Chicago. 

                See photos below.

  1. ‣   Irving FLORSHEIM* (27 October 1893 - 18 October 1959) & Lillian HYMAN (17 May 1896, New Orleans - 30 December 1988, Chicago)

        Irving ran the shoe company after the death of Milton.  Lillian was a noted sculptress.

  1. -   Mary FLORSHEIM* (about 1919 - 5 February 2010, Rancho Santa Fe, California) & Robert SCHWAB

        Mary Jones Bradley was a philanthropist and owner of race horses. Her most famous horse was Cougar II, a horse born in Chile that was the first foreign born horse to earn more than a million dollars in the U.S. 

  1. -   Mary FLORSHEIM* (about 1919 - 5 February 2010, Rancho Santa Fe, California) & Robert PICKING

  2. •   Ellen PICKING (about 1936 - ) & Paul “Pancho” KOHNER (7 January 1939, Los Angeles - )

  3. ‣   Alexander Paul KOHNER & Alison HOWELL

  4. -   Daisy KOHNER

  5. -   Charlotte KOHNER

  6. ‣   Melissa Sullivan KOHNER

  7. •   Ellen PICKING (about 1936 - ) & William HUNT

  8. -   Mary FLORSHEIM* (about 1919 - 5 February 2010, Rancho Santa Fe, California) & Allan JONES (14 October 1907, Old Forge, PA - 27 June 1992, New York)

        Allan Jones was a singer and actor. He played in Show Boat and as straight man to the Marx Brothers in A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races.

  1. -   Mary FLORSHEIM* (about 1919 - 5 February 2010, Rancho Santa Fe, California) & Robert BRADLEY

  2. -   Nancy FLORSHEIM (8 May 1922 - November 12, 1996) & Bertrand “Bud” GOLDBERG (17 July 1913, Chicago - October 8, 1997).  Nancy owned and managed the restaurant, Maxim’s de Paris in Chicago.  Bertrand was an architect.  A student of Mies van der Rohe, he designed Chicago’s Marina City Towers.

  3. •   Lisa GOLDBERG (1950 - )

  4. •   Nan GOLDBERG (1952 - ) & Nickel VAN CLEVE

  5. ‣   Lillian VAN CLEVE

  6. •   Geoffrey GOLDBERG (1955 - ) & Lynne REMINGTON

  7. ‣   Nathan GOLDBERG

  8. ‣   Irving FLORSHEIM* (27 October 1893 - 18 October 1959) & Helen FORD (? - about 2005)

  9. ‣   Harold FLORSHEIM* (20 June 1899, Chicago - 1 February 1987, Palm Springs, CA) & Claire BLOCK (18 April 1903 - 30 September 1991)

        After the death of his brother, Irving, Harold ran the shoe company.

        Claire Block, known as Claire Zeisler after her second marriage, was an artist who, according

        to the New York Times, “helped transform the two-dimensional craft of weaving into the

        three-dimensional medium called fiber art”.

  1. -   Peter FLORSHEIM (5 April 1925, Evanston, IL - 29 May 2009, San Francisco, CA) & Mary FRIEDLICH (1927 - )

  2. •   Robert H. FLORSHEIM (1952 - ) & Claudia CASTELLO (1953 - ) 

            Robert and his brother David are homebuilders in California.

  1. ‣   Nancy FLORSHEIM (1977 - ) & Nathaniel William SEBOK (1976 - )

  2. -   Ella Anne SEBOK (2005 - )

  3. -   Hanna Shaw SEBOK (2007 - )

  4. ‣   Michael Robert FLORSHEIM (1980 - ) & Yazmin MONTEMAYOR (1981 - )

  5. -   Mateo Robert FLORSHEIM (2007 - )

  6. -   Diego Miguel FLORSHEIM (2009 - )

  7. •   David FLORSHEIM (1955 - ) & Diane BELMONT (1949 - )

  8. ‣   Benjamin David FLORSHEIM (1986 - )

  9. ‣   Brandon Herbert FLORSHEIM (1989 - )

  10. -   Peter FLORSHEIM (5 April 1925, Evanston, IL - 29 May 2009, San Francisco, CA) & Paula HOLLIS (27 December 1925, El Paso, TX - 28 August 2003, Santa Rosa, CA)

  11. -   Peter FLORSHEIM (5 April 1925, Evanston, IL - 29 May 2009, San Francisco, CA) & Frances (Fran)

  12. -   Joan FLORSHEIM* (1927 - 2001) & Samuel FRAERMAN

  13. •   Wendy FRAERMAN

  14. •   Thomas FRAERMAN & Marcia EPSTEIN

  15. ‣   Andrew FRAERMAN

  16. ‣   Amanda FRAERMAN

  17. •   James FRAERMAN & Andrea TROTENBERG

  18. ‣   Alison FRAERMAN

  19. ‣   Eli FRAERMAN

  20. -   Joan FLORSHEIM* (1927 - 2000) & Roy BINKLEY (about 1921 - 1994)

  21. -   Thomas FLORSHEIM Sr. (~1930 - ) & Nancy

        The family sold the shoe company in 1952.  In 2002 Thomas Florsheim and his sons,

Thomas, Jr., and John, reacquired ownership.  The sons are now running the company.

  1. •   Karen FLORSHEIM & UHLMANN

  2. ‣   Alexander UHLMANN

  3. ‣   Evan UHLMANN

  4. ‣   Gregory UHLMANN

  5. •   Thomas FLORSHEIM Jr.

  6. ‣   Lane FLORSHEIM

  7. ‣   Forrest FLORSHEIM

  8. ‣   Grace FLORSHEIM

  9. •   Paul FLORSHEIM

  10. ‣   Benjamin FLORSHEIM

  11. ‣   Nathan FLORSHEIM

  12. ‣   Samuel FLORSHEIM

  13. •   John FLORSHEIM

  14. ‣   Haley FLORSHEIM

  15. ‣   Morgan FLORSHEIM

  16. ‣   Lucas FLORSHEIM

  17. ‣   Harold FLORSHEIM* (20 June 1899, Chicago - 1 February 1987, Palm Springs, CA) & Sarabel WETTIG

  18. •   Felix FLORSHEIM (about 1871 - 18 April 1933, Chicago)

  19. •   Florence FLORSHEIM (January 1872 - 1945) & Alexander BYFIELD (July 1865, Hungary - )

  20. ‣   Robert Sigmund BYFIELD (24 December 1896 - )

  21. ‣   Margaret BYFIELD* (1904 - ) & Leigh BLOCK

  22. -   James BLOCK

  23. -   Mary Leigh BLOCK

  24. ‣   Margaret BYFIELD* (1904 - ) & Jerry FRIEDMAN

  25. •   Louis FLORSHEIM (18 March 1874, Chicago - 14 October 1955, Chicago) & Lillian Louise WESTHEIMER (2 December 1882, St. Joseph, MO - 28 February 1934)

  26. ‣   Lillian Louise FLORSHEIM* (15 August 1917, Chicago - 11 August 1971) & Henry KAHN (12 January  - 6 July 1989)

  27. -   Robert Henry KAHN* (1944 - ) & Amy MAY (1949 - )

  28. -   Robert Henry KAHN* (1944 - ) & Noonie KITZING

  29. •   David KAHN (1966 - )

  30. •   Heather KAHN (1968 - )

  31. •   Kristina KAHN (1969 - )

  32. -   Peggy Louise KAHN* (1948 - ) & Walter C. JANNEY III (1940 - )

  33. -   Peggy Louise KAHN* (1948 - ) & James L. STOUFER (1947 - )

  34. •   Peter B. STOUFER (1972 - )

  35. ‣   Lillian Louise FLORSHEIM* (15 August 1917, Chicago - 11 August 1971) & Dr. Saul MACKOFF

  36. •   Cora FLORSHEIM (about 1877 - 14 February 1959, Chicago)

  37. -   Wolf FLÖRSHEIM (4 July 1835 - )

  38. -   Simon “Grump” FLORSHEIM (28 May 1837 - 17 December 1917, Chicago) & Elizabeth FREISLEBEN (26 December 1845, Upstate New York - )

        Simon came to America at the age of 17.  He set out to walk from New York to Chicago, doing odd jobs along the way.  By Ohio, he had earned enough money to buy a train ticket for the rest of the way. Became owner of Kabo Corset Co. and President of Aurora Automatic Machinery Co.

  1. •   Flora (Dorley) FLORSHEIM (1863 - 1916) & Michael ALTMAN

  2. ‣   Robert ALTMAN (1889 - about 1928) & Olga OPPENHEIMER

  3. -   Floralouise ALTMAN & Edward GOODKIND

  4. •   Peggy GOODKIND & Stanton B. MILLER

  5. ‣   Margaret (Maggy) MILLER (? - 2009)

  6. •   Michael GOODKIND (1943 - ) & Marion HOM (1943 - )

  7. ‣   Jeffrey C  GOODKIND (1982 - )

  8. ‣   Lauren Elaine GOODKIND (1983 - )

  9. ‣   Barbara Emily GOODKIND (1983 - )

  10. -   Jane ALTMAN & Robert LOGAN

  11. •   Robert LOGAN

  12. •   Paul LOGAN & Marie von KLEMPERER

  13. ‣   William LOGAN (1983 - ) & Arti RANA

  14. ‣   Katy LOGAN

  15. ‣   Edith ALTMAN (? - 1976) & Jack STERN

  16. -   Elizabeth STERN & Peter SPEIGEL

  17. •   Martin SPEIGEL

  18. •   Ellie SPEIGEL

  19. ‣   Simon

  20. •   Norman FLORSHEIM & Ida STURM

  21. •   Sidney FLORSHEIM (1864 - 1936) & Louise FISHER.  No children.

  22. •   Clara FLORSHEIM (1867 - ?) Unmarried.

  23. •   Isabel Rosalie FLORSHEIM (22 April 1871 - 13 March 1960) & August GATZERT (14 January 1862 - 17 August 1931)

  24. ‣   Walter August GATZERT (3 January 1902 - 8 May 1982) & Carolyn SCHULHOEFER (29 August 1906 - )

  25. -   Robert August GATZERT* (14 October 1929 - 15 March 2004, Chicago) & Mary (Kixie) DENISON (about 1932 - 5 August 2001, Chicago)

  26. •   Robert (Chip) GATZERT Jr. (1959 - 2008, Los Angeles)

  27. •   Elizabeth GATZERT (1961 - ) & David HERTZ

  28. ‣   Isabelle HERTZ

  29. •   Elizabeth GATZERT (1961 - ) & Steven ADILMAN

  30. ‣   Rachel Evelyn Lamb ADILMAN (Steven’s daughter)

  31. •   Amy SILLMAN (approx 1956 - )(Daughter of Mary; adopted by Robert)

  32. -   Robert August GATZERT* (14 October 1929 - 15 March 2004, Chicago ) & Mary (Tudy) ALLEN  (1930 - )

  33. -   Caryl S. GATZERT (1934 - ) & Burt B. LASKO (1925 - )

  34. •   Bennett W. LASKO (1961 - ) & Cristina SCHIMERT (1964 - )

  35. ‣   Samantha Louise LASKO (1992 - )

  36. ‣   Isaac Walter LASKO (1995 - )

  37. ‣   Sofia Elizabeth LASKO (2001 - )

  38. •   Daniel LASKO (1964 - ) & Celia LEE

  39. ‣   Kekoa LASKO (2001 - )

  40. ‣   Noelani LASKO (2003 - )

  41. •   James LASKO (1966 - ) & Tria SMITH

  42. ‣   Owen LASKO (1999 - )

  43. ‣   Talia LASKO (2006 - )

  44. •   Peter A. LASKO (1968 - )

  45. ‣   Clara Elizabeth GATZERT (6 December 1904 - 20 October 2007) & Frederick William SPIEGEL

  46. -   Frederick William SPIEGEL Jr. ( - 21 July 1997)* & Joyce GLASER

  47. •   Terri SPIEGEL & Tom NETZEL

  48. ‣   Bryan NETZEL

  49. ‣   Kevin NETZEL

  50. ‣   Scott NETZEL

  51. -   Frederick William SPIEGEL Jr. ( - 21 July 1997)* & Barbara RISKIN

  52. •   Toni SPIEGEL & David GESHUS

  53. •   Dale SPIEGEL & Todd LISTER

  54. -   Andrew Gatzert SPIEGEL & Susan WOLFF

  55. •   Sally SPIEGEL

  56. •   Jill SPIEGEL & Joseph BROZIC

  57. •   Charles FLORSHEIM (1876 - ) & Clara

  58. •   Leonard FLORSHEIM (12 July 1879, Chicago -) & Bertha ABERLE

  59. ‣   Leonard FLORSHEIM Jr. ( - 1964) & Nancy ROTHSCHILD

  60. -   Cathy FLORSHEIM

  61. -   Lynn FLORSHEIM

  62. -   Abby FLORSHEIM

  63. ‣   Richard FLORSHEIM (25 October 1916, Chicago - 20 November 1979) &

            Helen PORFIEFF (about 1913, Kazan, Russia - 6 September 1988)

Richard Florsheim was an expressionist painter. His paintings are in the collections of many major art galleries.

  1. •   Leonard FLORSHEIM (12 July 1879, Chicago -) & Vilma

  2. -   Gerson FLÖRSHEIM (12 February 1839 - 12 February 1839) Only lived a day, which is why his brother (next line) has the same name.

  3. -   Gerson/August (Gus) FLÖRSHEIM (3 February 1840 - ) & Sarah

  4. •   Florence FLÖRSHEIM & Edward GROSSMAN

  5. ‣   Edward GROSSMAN Jr.

  6. ‣   Killy GROSSMAN

  7. -   Heinemann/Henry FLÖRSHEIM (19 April 1842 - )

  8. -   Feibel/Philip FLÖRSHEIM (20 January 1846 - ) & Jennie EICHBERG (about 1862 - )

  9. •   Ivan Philip FLORSHEIM (14 August 1888 - 1955) & Bernice MYER (1890 - 1967)

  10. ‣   Ivan Philip “Bud” FLORSHEIM Jr. (16 August 1914 - 11 January 2009) & Arline GERSON

  11. -   James FLORSHEIM* (1940 - ) & Carol NEIMS

  12. •   Steve FLORSHEIM (1965 - ) & Jennifer FRIEDES

  13. ‣   Riley FLORSHEIM (1998 - )

  14. ‣   Kaden FLORSHEIM (2000 - )

  15. ‣   Bodie FLORSHEIM (2003 - )

  16. ‣   Logan FLORSHEIM (2006 - )

  17. ‣   Saige FLORSHEIM (2009 - )

  18. ‣   Griffin FLORSHEIM (2010 - )

  19. •   Andy FLORSHEIM (1968 - ) & Trisha BROWN

  20. ‣   Jackson FLORSHEIM (2001 - )

  21. ‣   Lindsey FLORSHEIM (2003 - )

  22. •   Bobby FLORSHEIM (1969 - ) & Jacque KESSLER

  23. ‣   Devin FLORSHEIM

  24. -   James FLORSHEIM* (1940 - ) & Susan SCHACHTEL

  25. -   Penny FLORSHEIM* & Max RAMENOFSKY

  26. •   Timmy RAMENOFSKY (1970 - )

  27. -   Penny FLORSHEIM* & Billy PHILIPS

  28. •   Casey PHILIPS (1974 - ) & David MACKENZIE

  29. ‣   Harper MACKENZIE (2006 - )

  30. ‣   Evan MACKENZIE (2009 - )

  31. -   Penny FLORSHEIM* & Ernie WEIS

  32. ‣   Patsy FLORSHEIM (1918 - ) & William H. EICHENGREEN (1913 - 2004)

  33. -   Jill EICHENGREEN (1943 - ) & Harry MITTELMAN

  34. •   Robin MITTELMAN (1966 - ) & Dan KAPLOW (1964 - )

  35. ‣   Drew KAPLOW (1998 - )

  36. ‣   Sasha KAPLOW (2002 - )

  37. •   Michael F. MITTELMAN (1968 - ) & Sandra PURDY (1971 - )

  38. ‣   Spencer MITTELMAN (1997 - )

  39. ‣   Chloe MITTELMAN (2000 - )

  40. ‣   Luke MITTELMAN (2005 - )

  41. -   William H. EICHENGREEN Jr. (1945 - ) & Jerry DRAKE (1949 - )

  42. •   Daniel EICHENGREEN (1989 - )

  43. -   Jobie EICHENGREEN (1948 - ) & Gardner STERN

  44. •   Taylor STERN (1984 - )

  45. -   Steven F. EICHENGREEN (1952 - ) & Cindee SNYDER (1957 - )

  46. •   Bryn EICHENGREEN (1983 - )

  47. •   Chase EICHENGREEN (1986 - )

  48. •   Frieda FLORSHEIM & Arthur STEIN

  49. ‣   Babette (Bobbi) STEIN  & Herb LEAVITT

  50. -   LEAVITT

  51. -   LEAVITT

  52. ‣   Philip STEIN & Jane KARPEN

  53. •   Elta FLORSHEIM* (about 1884 - ) & Harry PORGES

  54. •   Elta FLORSHEIM* (about 1884 - ) & Harold FRANCE

  55. -   Karoline (Carrie) FLÖRSHEIM (15 December 1849 - )

  56. -   Rosa FLÖRSHEIM (6 January 1852, Maine - ) & Joseph KAUFMAN

  57. •   Fleuret KAUFMAN (1879, Chicago - )

  58. ‣   Seligmann FLÖRSHEIM (1798 - 1877)

  59. -   Malchen Amalie FLÖRSHEIM (1845 - 1927) & Moses WERTHEIM




*People with asterisks after their names were married two or more times.  They have a separate line for each spouse.



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Where the Flörsheim family came from is somewhat obscure. I have been told by one Flörsheim descendant that they originally came from Spain.  At one point they most likely lived in the town of Flörsheim, hence the name.  Flörsheim is a small town between Frankfurt and Mainz, about 17 miles (28 km) from the center of Frankfurt.  The earliest information I have has them living in the town of Fürth in the early 1700’s.  There are three Fürths in Germany, they probably lived in the one next to Nürnberg in Bavaria.  This data shows that Sussmann Flörsheim (1745 - 1835) moved from Fürth to Obergleen. The earliest person whose location I am quite sure about is Michael Yechiel Flörsheim, who was born and died in the town of Romrod, a hundred kilometers northeast of Frankfurt (see MAP).  Other than the two earliest generations, the families shown on this page all originated in Romrod. The towns of Romrod, Obergleen, Alsfeld, and Angenrod, where people on this page are from, are all within about 10 km (6 miles) of each other.


The Jews of Romrod were buried in the Jewish cemetery in the nearby town of Angenrod. I visited there and was able to identify, among others, the graves of Feibel Florsheim and his wife Nanni Florsheim (neé Wolf), my great-great-great-grandparents, and Michael Flörsheim, my great-great-great-great-grandfather (see photo).


There are several other Flörsheim families; it is not clear whether or not they are related, although it is likely that they all lived in the town of Flörsheim at some point.  Two of the Flörsheim families lived in Frankfurt in the 18th and 19th centuries.


The name can be spelled FLÖRSHEIM or FLOERSHEIM.  Those families that came to America usually spelled it FLORSHEIM.


One large branch of the Flörsheim family is that of the descendants of Isaak Flörsheim and his wife Friederika .  Isaak and his sons came to the U.S., apparently separately, in the mid-1800’s.  The family settled in Chicago and there are many descendants now living in the U.S.


Most people today associate the name FLORSHEIM with shoes.  The Florsheim Shoe Company was started in Chicago in 1892 by Milton Florsheim, who is listed below.  Milton grew the company to be one of the largest shoe manufacturers in the world, through both good shoe design and innovative distribution methods.  In 1952 the family sold the company.  After that, it slowly declined, until it went into bankruptcy in 2002.  At that point it was bought back by members of the Florsheim family.  The company, Weyco, that bought Florsheim, was headed by Thomas Florsheim, Milton’s grandson, and the company is now being run by Thomas’ sons, Tom, Jr., and John.


Much of the information on the early Flörsheims is from Eva Floersheim in Norway and Israel.  Additional information came from George Florsheim in Chile, and from Stanton Miller, Tom Florsheim, Inge Joseph, Caroline Heller, Jill Mittelman, and Janet Akaha in the U.S.   Thank you to all of them. Thank you also to the town of Romrod for the excellent work they did in restoring the former Jewish Synagogue (shown at right), which helps keep alive the memory of  the town’s Jewish community.


In the list below, names in RED are people murdered during the Holocaust, 1933-1945.

Grave of Michael Flörsheim

~1792-1875

Recently restored Synagogue of Romrod, Germany

Hedwig Flörsheim

1897 - 1976

School picture from Romrod

The Milton Florsheim family

from left: unknown, Irving, Milton, Harold (boy in front), unknown (behind Harold), Gertrude, unknown.

Photo from Thomas Florsheim

Milton and Thomas Florsheim, Sr.

Photo from Thomas Florsheim