Family Tree of the Strauss Family
Great-great Grandparents of Alfred Strauss:
Maier (Meyer) Strauss (businessman), Rothenkirchen, born 1776, died April 21, 1841, 65 years old, married to
Gidel (Gittel) Strauss née Wachtel from Gehaus, born 1781, died January 18, 1852, 71 years old
Children: Abraham, Joseph, Jakob, Kaufmann, Kalme, Joel
Jakob, Kaufmann and Joel emigrated to the USA
Great-Grandparents of Alfred Strauss:
Joseph Strauss (soap-cooker and businessman),
born 1818 in Rothenkirchen county of Hünfeld, died March 3, 1890, 72 years old, married may 29, 1850
Betty (Beschen) Flörsheim, born 1824 in Rothenkirchen, died September 5, 1900, daughter of Michel Flörsheim
and Blümchen née Sommer
Children: Maier, Jakob, Abraham, Blümchen
- Maier, born September 24, 1851, died in Barchfeld/Thüringen, children: Max, Flora, Hulda, Kathi and Hermann
- Jakob, born March 25, 1853, died February 21, 1926 in Bonn/Rhein, married to Regine née Wolf, born
Dezember 20, 1856 in Barchfeld, daughter of Löb Anschel Wolf and Hannchen née Wachtel (parents: Susmann
Wachtel 1792 and Ettel née Blau, Gehaus 1801), children: Käte, Max, Bella, Henny, Josef
- Abraham, born Juli 20, 1856 (Grandfather of Alfred)
- Blümchen, born September 26, 1857, died in Oberaula, married to Meier Wallach, no children
Grandparents of Alfred Strauss:
Abraham Strauss (businessman), born 20, 7.1856 in Rothenkirchen, died in Hünfeld, August 15, 1927, married Februar
11, 1886 (12. Teves 5683)
Emilie Kaufherr, born Juni 11, 1858 in Lütter, died Dezember 31, 1922 in Hünfeld
Children: Bertha, Julie, Meta, Paula, Joseph
- Bertha, born August 16, 1887 in Rothenkirchen, died Holocaust, married to Siegmund Kaiser (born 1882) in
Niedenstein, died Holocaust, daughter: Gertrud (Trude), born 1916, died Holocaust
- Julie, born August 28, 1889 in Rothenkirchen, died January of 1972 in Moises Ville, Argentinien, married to
David Blumenthal in Hüttengesäß, children: Walter (died in Buenos Aires about 1995), Manfred (Californien),
Adolf (Argentinien)
- Meta, born July 28, 1891 in Rothenkirchen, died Holocaust, married to Guido Meyer (born 1894) in Frankfurt/Main,
died Holocaust, daughter: Edith born 1923 in Frankfurt/Main, died Holocaust
- Paula, born October 15, 1893 in Rothenkirchen, died in March of 1971 in New York, married to Max Kuhn
(born 1887) in Mannheim, died Holocaust, son: Kurt, born 21.5.1928, died Holocaust, Sobibor 1943
- Joseph, born July 21, 1895 in Rothenkirchen, married to Lilly Strauss neé Wertheim
Parents of Alfred Strauss:
Joseph Strauss (businessman), born Juli 21, 1895 in Rothenkirchen, died 1965 in New York, married March 10,
1924 in Naumburg (near Kassel)
Lilli Wertheim, born November 9, 1903 in Naumburg, died 1992 in New York
Children: Emilie, Alfred, Gertrud
- Emilie, born March 23, 1927 in Hünfeld, died Holocaust, Sobibor May 21, 1943
- Alfred, born Mai 26, 1930 in Hünfeld (living in New York), married 1959 Doris Ruhr, daughter: Karen
- Gertrud, born November 1, 1934 in Hünfeld (living in New York), married 1953 Leo Lipschutz, 8 children