Notable German Jewish family
Moses and Fromet Mendelssohn (née Guggenheim)
TheMendelssohn family are the descendants of Mendel ofDessau . TheGerman Jewish philosopherMoses Mendelssohn and his brother Saul were the first to adopt the surname Mendelssohn. The family includes his grandchildren, the composersFanny Mendelssohn andFelix .
Moses Mendelssohn was a significant figure in theAge of Enlightenment in Germany. Mendelssohn had ten children, of whom six lived to adulthood. Of those six children, only Recha andJoseph retained theJewish religion .[ 1] Abraham Mendelssohn , because of his conversion toReformed Christianity , adopted the surname Bartholdy at the suggestion of his wife's brother,Jakob Salomon Bartholdy , who had adopted the name from a property owned by the Salomon family.[citation needed
Mendelssohn's wife, Fromet (Frumet) Guggenheim, was a great-granddaughter ofSamuel Oppenheimer .[ 2]
[ edit ] In 1795 Moses Mendelssohn's eldest sonJoseph established the bankMendelssohn & Co. inBerlin , and his brotherAbraham joined the company in 1804. Many members of the family worked for the bank until it was forced to shut down in 1938. In 2004 relatives of the banker Paul von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1875–1935), led by his great-nephew Julius H. Schoeps (born 1942), tried to reclaim paintings once owned by him and later sold in the 1940s by his widow, in breach of his will.[ 3]
Descendants ofMoses Mendelssohn
Moses Mendelssohn (1729–1786), philosopher, married Fromet Guggenheim (1737–1812); 6 childrenBrendel Mendelssohn (1763–1839), married (i)Simon Veit , (ii)Friedrich von Schlegel Recha Mendelssohn (1767–1831) Joseph Mendelssohn (1770–1848), bankerBenjamin (Georg) Mendelssohn (1794–1874), geographer Alexander Mendelssohn (1798–1871), banker, married Marianne Seeligmann (1799–1880)Marie Mendelssohn (1822–1891), married Robert Warschauer (1816–1884), bankerAnna Warschauer (1841–1866), marriedLudwig Passini (1832–1903), painter Marie Warschauer (1855–1906), married Ernst von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1846–1909) see below (A) Margarete Mendelssohn (1823–1890), married Otto Georg Oppenheim (1817–1909), juristHugo Oppenheim (1847–1921), banker, married Anna Oppenheim (1849–1931)Else Oppenheim (1873–1945), marriedJosef Block (1863–1943), painter Robert Hugo Oppenheim (1882–1956), banker married (i) Charlotte Simon; (ii) Ehrentraut Margaret Von Ilberg; 4 children Hugo Oppenheim, Alexander Oppenheim, Imogene Oppenheim, Roberta Marielouise Oppenheim Franz Oppenheim (1852–1929), chemistClara Oppenheim (1861–1944), marriedAdolf Gusserow (1836–1906), gynecologist Franz von Mendelssohn (1829–1889), bankerRobert von Mendelssohn (1857–1917), banker, marriedGiulietta Gordigiani [it ] , pianist Franz von Mendelssohn (1865–1935), banker, married Maria Westphal (1867–1957), see below (B)Lilli von Mendelssohn (1897–1928), violinist, marriedEmil Bohnke , violist and composerRobert-Alexander Bohnke (1927–2005), pianist[ 4] Robert von Mendelssohn (1902–1996), banker Clara Mendelssohn (1840–1927), marriedKarl Friedrich Otto Westphal (1833–1890), psychiatrist Henriette (Maria) Mendelssohn (1775–1831) Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1776–1835), banker, married Lea Salomon, granddaughter ofDaniel Itzig ; 4 childrenFanny Mendelssohn (1805–1847) composer, marriedWilhelm Hensel (1794–1861)Sebastian Ludwig Felix Hensel (1830–1898) married Julie von AdelsonFanny Römer, née Hensel (1857–1891) Cécile Hensel (1858–1928) marriedFriedrich Leo (1851–1914)Erika Leo (1887–1949) married Walther Brecht Ulrich Leo (1890–1964), Literary scientist Paul Leo (1893–1958), Lutheran pastor and theologian, married 1.: Anna Siegert († 1931), 2.:Eva Dittrich (1901–1998)Anna Leo (born 1931), Children's author Christopher Leo (born 1941), political scientist Monica Leo (born 1944), puppeteer Paul Hensel (1860–1930), philosopherKurt Hensel (1861–1941), mathematicianAlbert Hensel (1895–1933), law professor Ruth Hensel (1888–1979) Charlotte Hensel (1896–1990), marriedWerner Bergengruen (1892–1964), novelist Felix Mendelssohn (Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) (1809–1847), composer married Cécile Charlotte Sophie Jeanrenaud (1817–1853)Karl Mendelssohn Bartholdy [de ] (1838–1897), historianCécile von Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1870–1943), married Otto von Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1868–1949), see below (C) Albrecht Mendelssohn Bartholdy [de ] (1874–1936), law professor, married Dorothea Wach (1875–1949), see below (D)[ a] Marie Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1839–1897) Paul Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1841–1880), chemistFelix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1843–1850) Elisabeth Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1845–1910) marriedAdolf Wach Felix Wach (1871–1943) Dorothea Wach (1875–1949) married Albrecht Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1874–1936), see above (D) Rebecka Mendelssohn (1811–1858) marriedPeter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (1805–1859), mathematicianWalter Lejeune Dirichlet (1833–1887) married Anna Sachs (1835–1889)Elisabeth Lejeune-Dirichlet (1860–1920) married Heinrich Nelson (1854–1929), lawyer Paul Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1812–1874), banker, married Pauline Louise Albertine Heine (1814–1879)Ernst von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1846–1909), banker, married Marie Warschauer (1855–1906), see above (A)Katharine von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1870–1943) Charlotte von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1871–1961) Paul von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1875–1935), banker Enole Marie von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1879–1947), married Albert Constantin, Graf von Schwerin (1870–1956), diplomat, had issue Marie Busch (1881–1970), married Felix Busch (1871–1938), state officialDorothea Busch (1915–1996), married Hans-Joachim Schoeps (1909–1980), theologianJulius H. Schoeps (born 1942), historian Alexander von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1889–1917) Nathan Mendelssohn (1781–1852) instrument maker, married Henrietta Itzig, cousin of Lea Soloman and granddaughter ofDaniel Itzig Arnold Mendelssohn (1817–1854), a political follower ofFerdinand Lassalle Ottilie Mendelssohn (1819–1848) marriedErnst Kummer (1810–1893), mathematicianMarie Elisabeth Kummer (1842–1921) marriedHermann Schwarz (1843–1921), mathematician Wilhelm Mendelssohn (1821–1866) married Louise Aimee Cauer (sister to Bertha Cauer) Descendants of Saul Mendelssohn include:
Philibert Mendelssohn, as a mathematician appointed as 'Koenigliche Rechnungsrat' in the Prussian State Survey Kurt Mendelssohn , mathematician, one of Philibert's grandchildrenHeinrich Mendelssohn, biologist, also one of Philibert's grandchildren Children of Moses and Fromet Mendelssohn:
Children of Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy:
^ Albrecht and Dorothea had no children but adopted 2 daughters, Lea born 1916 and Brigitte (1920–2005) ^ Otto and Cécile had two children, Hugo Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1894–1975) and Cécile Mendelssohn Bartholdy born 1898
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