Rosenstern

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    Joseph Abraham ROSENSTERN (1763, Fürstenau - ) & Fanni Friedrike (1759 - 29 June 1825)

1. •   Sara ROSENSTERN (1795 - )
   

2. •   Abraham ROSENSTERN (June 1797, Fürstenau - 15 December 1867) & Minchen LOWENDORF
   

3. ‣   Sara (Emmi) ROSENSTERN (15 January 1842 - )
   

4. •   Aron ROSENSTERN (1799 - 31 October 1873, Fürstenau) & Julchen LOWENSTEIN (1802 - 4 April 1870)
   

5. ‣   Friedrike (LENA) (9 November 1827 - ) & Marcus SPANIER (1823, Paderborn - )
   

6. ‣   Joseph ROSENSTERN (9 November 1827 - )
   

7. ‣   Fanni ROSENSTERN (1 August 1829 - )
   

8. ‣   Moses ROSENSTERN (21 November 1830 - )
   

9. ‣   Abraham ROSENSTERN (29 October 1832 - ) Emigrated to Louisville in 1852
   

10. ‣   Betti ROSENSTERN (2 July 1834 - )
    

11. ‣   Nathan ROSENSTERN (14 April 1836 - ). Emigrated to Louisville in 1853
    

12. ‣   Sara ROSENSTERN (19 February 1839 - )) & Gerson ADLER (16 November 1840, Herste - 22 September 1919)
    

13. -   Levi (Louis) ADLER (1 September 1873 - 27 March 1924)
    

14. ‣   Levi ROSENSTERN (19 February 1839 - )
    

15. ‣   Heinemann ROSENSTERN (21 February 1841 - 19 June 1841)
    

16. •   Nathan ROSENSTERN (1801 - 3 March 1876) & Minna LOWENSTEIN (1810 - 3 May 1874)
    

17. ‣   Fanni ROSENSTERN (16 November 1828 - ) & Heinemann NEUBERGER (12 November 1829, Wiesenbach - 31 December 1888)
    

18. -   Hermann NEUBERGER (4 January 1850 - 7 April 1860)
    

19. -   Berta NEUBERGER (30 January 1861 - )
    

20. -   Joseph NEUBERGER (18 March 1863 - 6 July 1925) & Sara GRÜNEWALD (11 October 1868, Nieheim - 11 February 1914)
    

         Joseph married his first cousin, Sara Grünewald, see below.

1. -   Carl NEUBERGER (17 July 1866 - )
   

2. -   Emilie NEUBERGER (17 September 1872 - )
   

3. ‣    Joseph ROSENSTERN (5 November 1835 - 2 December 1836)
   

        It seems to have been common that if a child died as a baby (as this Joseph did) that the next (same gender) child would be given the same name.  It was also customary to name children after grandparents, as was the case here.  In the 20th century the grandparent’s names started appearing more as middle names.

1. ‣    Joseph ROSENSTERN (20 September 1837, Fürstenau - 2 February 1914, Höxter) & Sara WINDMUELLER (24 March 1848, Beckum - 8 July 1903, Höxter)
   

                 Sara was the daughter of Salomon and Friederike. Beckum is in Westphalia.  Windmuellers were among the first Jews in  the town of Beckum in 1678.  The last left in 1938.

1. -   Nathan ROSENSTERN (8 January 1878, Höxter - 7 October 1926, Duisburg) & Tilde LUXBACHER (1892, Vienna - 1944, Vienna)
   

    Nathan was an attorney in Duisberg. He was married to a non-Jew, who was an accomplished Viennese opera star.

1. -   Minne ROSENSTERN (23 May 1879, Höxter - July 1962, New York, NY) & Max DREIFUSS (2 July 1872, Nonnenweier - 6 February 1944, Auschwitz)
   

•   Greta DREIFUSS (21 October 1908, Höxter - ) & Gustave (Gus) STRAUSS

1. ‣   Ruth STRAUSS & Sidney PREVOR
   

2. -   Jed PREVOR
   

3. -   Grant PREVOR
   

4. -   Joy PREVOR
   

•   Erna DREIFUSS (28 February 1910, Höxter - 5 May 2007, New York) & Joseph ROTHSCHILD (15 July 1892, Schaafheim - 18 April 1981)

1. ‣   John Jacob ROTHSCHILD (1938, Köln - 4 November 2010, New York) & Barbara KISHTER
   

2. -   Andrew  ROTHSCHILD & Barbra
   

3. •   Charlotte ROTHSCHILD
   

4. •   Tibor ROTHSCHILD
   

5. •   Dagmar ROTHSCHILD
   

6. •   Atticus ROTHSCHILD
   

7. -   Spencer ROTHSCHILD  & Julie
   

8. •   Oscar ROTHSCHILD
   

9. •   Daisy ROTHSCHILD
   

10. -   Juliet Ann ROTHSCHILD & Matthew WEISSMAN
    

11. •   Liana WEISSMAN
    

12. •   Daria WEISSMAN
    

•   Ilse DREIFUSS (20 October 1912, Höxter - ) & Ernst PLAUT (5 April 1906, Frankenau - 2 August 1990, New York, NY)

1. ‣   Harriett PLAUT (1941, New York, NY - ) & Leon HELLER (1939, New York, NY - )
   

2. -   Daryl HELLER (1962 - )
   

3. -   Gabrielle HELLER (1970 - ) & Jonathan RECHT
   

4. •   Maxine RECHT (1998 - )
   

5. ‣   Vivian PLAUT (1945 - ) & Alan LAWSKY (1943 - )
   

6. -   Sarah LAWSKY (1970 - ) & Gautam MEDA (1965 - )
   

7. •   Hana Savita MEDA (1998 - )
   

8. -   Benjamin LAWSKY (1970 - )
   

9. ‣   Michael PLAUT (1961 - ) & Stephanie PINZ (1962 - )
   

10. -   Elliot PLAUT (1997 - )
    

11. -   Caleigh PLAUT (1997 - )
    

12. -   Henry PLAUT (2000 - )
    

13. -   Claire ROSENSTERN (13 November 1880, Höxter - 15 September 1937, Paderborn) & Robert ROSENBAUM (23 November 1880, Paderborrn - 14 May 1938, Paderborn)
    

•   Hans ROSENBAUM (3 August 1912, Paderborn - 2 May 1934)

•   Werner ROSENBAUM (22 October 1915, Paderborn - 17 November 1915, Paderborn)

•   Ernst ROSENBAUM (22 October 1915, Paderborn - 17 November 1915, Paderborn)

•   Gerda ROSENBAUM* (1919, Paderborn - ) & Erich REICHENBERG (19 August 1912, Ruckershausen - 24 June 1982)

1. ‣   Linda RICH (1956, California - )
   

•   Gerda ROSENBAUM* (1919, Paderborn - )

1. ‣   Irene RICH (1949, California - )
   

2. -   Unnamed (5 October 1885 - 6 October 1885)
   

3. ‣    Bertha ROSENSTERN (1 March 1840 - 22 July 1912) & Levy GRÜNEWALD (24 January 1834 - 9 October 1902)
   

4. -   Moses GRÜNEWALD (29 July 1865 - 15 July 1880)
   

5. -   Sara GRÜNEWALD (11 October 1868, Nieheim - 11 February 1914) & Joseph NEUBERGER (18 March 1863 - 6 July 1925)
   

     Sara married her first cousin, Joseph Neuberger, see above.

1. -   Sally GRÜNEWALD (19 December 1871 - 6 October 1936)
   

2. -   Fanny GRÜNEWALD (13 November 1873 - )
   

3. -   Ida GRÜNEWALD (1874 - 8 August 1899)
   

4. -   Minna GRÜNEWALD (22 November 1876 - ) & Jac. IKENBERG
   

5. -   Dina GRÜNEWALD (13 August 1879 - ) & David Blumenthal
   

6. ‣    Sara ROSENSTERN (3 February 1841 - 18 May 1919) & Meyer ROTHENBERG (1815, Brakel - 1901)
   

7. -   Selig ROTHENBERG (9 July 1875 - )
   

8. -   Nathan ROTHENBERG** (29 August 1876, Brakel - about 1942-43, Theresienstadt) & Rieke (Rickchen) KLEINSTRASS (7 November 1880 - 1944, Auschwitz)
   

Nathan Rothenberg married his first cousin, Rieke Kleinstrass (she is listed below, under the children of Helena Rosenstern).

1. •   Werner ROTHENBERG (15 October 1912, Brakel - ) & Etel SLOMOVITZ
   

2. ‣   Nathan ROTHENBERG (1954 - ) & Shoshana (Sharon) (1956 - )
   

3. -   Shiri ROTHENBERG (1983 - )
   

4. -   Omer ROTHENBERG (1985 - )
   

5. -   Chen ROTHENBERG (1989 - )
   

6. -   Shachar ROTHENBERG (1993 - )
   

7. •   Margarethe ROTHENBERG (7 November 1907 - 1944, Auschwitz) & Georg SÄNGER (8 March 1902 - 1944, Auschwitz)
   

8. •   Herta ROTHENBERG (7 October 1909 - 1944, Auschwitz) & Werner FLIESS (26 July 1900 - 1943, Auschwitz)
   

9. -   Emilie ROTHENBERG (26 June 1879 - )
   

10. ‣    Helena (Lenchen) ROSENSTERN (11 December 1848, Fürstenau - 15 January 1911, Bredenborn) & Abraham KLEINSTRASS (22 May 1844, Bredenborn - 30 November 1893, Bredenborn)
    

        My aunt, Helen Henlein (born KLEINSTRASS) was named after Helena Rosenstern, her grandmother.

1. -   Minna KLEINSTRASS (25 February 1878, Bredenborn - about 1942-43, Zamosc concentration camp) & Max ROSENBAUM (28 August 1865, Udorf - 12 March 1929)
   

2. -   Karl Nathan KLEINSTRASS (25 May 1879, Bredenborn - 1941, Bredenborn)
   

3. -   Rieke (Rickchen) KLEINSTRASS** (7 November 1880, Bredenborn - 1944, Auschwitz) & Nathan ROTHENBERG (29 August 1876 - app 1942-43, Theresienstadt)
   

      Rieke married her first cousin, Nathan, see above.

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

2. •   Paul Louis KESTER (1925, Wiesbaden - ) & Susanne Jeanette LUFT (1924, Berlin - )  Born Paul Kleinstrass, he changed his last name to Kester after immigration to the U.S.
   

3. -   Daniel John KESTER (1954, Los Angeles - ) This is me (creator of this website) & Anna Gunilla THEANDER (1958, Lund, Sweden - )
   

4. -   Josef KLEINSTRASS M.D. (11 October 1884, Bredenborn - about 1943, Zamosc concentration camp)
   

5. -   Hugo KLEINSTRASS (13 July 1887, Bredenborn - 15 February 1957, Bredenborn) & Anne RITZENHOFF (1887 - )
   

6. -   Frieda KLEINSTRASS (8 July 1891, Bredenborn - about 1942, Auschwitz)
   

For more on the descendants of Helena Rosenstern and Abraham Kleinstrass, my great-grandparents, go to the KLEINSTRASS page.   Abraham (who married Helena Rosenstern, above) was the son of Selig Kleinstrass, who was the son of Aron Liefmann Kleinstrass.

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

**People with two asterisks after their name were married to a relative who can also be found somewhere on these pages.