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| 401 | (Research):The Joseph Myers (Bavaria 1817) is listed on pg. 222 of Stern. Corrections on pg. 312 indicate that he is to be removed. | Myers, Joseph [removed per stern notes] (I4725)
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| 402 | (Research):V 36, No. 4 pg 261 Anthony Elsworth, late of New York, now residing in the parish of Abchurch, London. Will 30 March, 1784; proved to April, 1784. To my friend Jacob Hart, formerly of New York, but now of St. Michael, Crooked Lane, London, £too, if be die first, then to his wife Easter Hart, if she be dead to Moses Hart their son. To Hettie Blackwell, daughter of Montague and Miriam Blackwell and Grand-daughter of said Jacob Hart, £so. To my nephew Francis Elsworth, son of my brother Joseph Elsworth of New York City, £so. After the decease of my wife Elizabeth Elsworth, my estate to be divided between Sarah Penny, daughter of Archibald and Catherine Penny, and to Sarah and Jacob E1sworth, son and daughter of Francis Elsworth and to the three daughters of Joseph Elsworth . Executors: Montague Blackwell and Thomas Hayward of London. Witnesses: 19 V 36, No. 4 pg 262 [Oct., James Niven, Abm. Hart. Codicil dated March 30, 1784. My estate to be put under the control of the Lord High Chancellor of England for him to administer except the £1oo to my friend Jacob Hart. | Blackwell, Hettie (I28307)
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| 403 | (Research):Will Abstract: http://books.google.com/books?id=OJf5CdoAkrkC&pg=PA255&lpg=PA255&dq=%22Isaac+levy+maduro%22&source=web&ots=4QFl4ziPVM&sig=nXkDXSNoQ3E1j2M75oyV-N5d5uU&hl=en#PPR4,M1 The Abstract says that the will of Moses Michaels & Catherine was presented on 22 Jan 1740 to the representative of the Dutch West Indies Co. It was proved in NY on 5 Jun 1740. David De Sola Pool says (Portraits:. pg 240) "Bloeme (Blume)... She was a daughter of Moses Michael (born in Harzfeld, Germany, and died in Curacao, Tebet 25, 5500-Jan 25, 1740, aged 63 years and 4 months) and his wife Catherine Hachar." | Michaels, Moses (I593)
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| 404 | * Howard and Lexington streets - Baltimore | Loeb, Adele Gabrielle (I5036)
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| 405 | . Loeb dies after few days' illness. Passes away last night at his home. Leon Loeb, business man of Montgomery, died at 9:30 o'clock last night at his residence, 221 Clayton Street, after an illness of only a few days. Mr. Loeb was taken suddenly ill last Saturday and later pneumonia symptoms were recognized. Mr. Loeb was about 70 years of age and had been a resident of Montgomery for more than forty years. He was connected with the Winter-Loeb Company, a large wholesale firm of this city. Surviving relatives are his widow, two daughters, Miss Carrie Loeb and Miss Adele Loeb, and one son, Ralph Loeb, all of them residents of Montgomery. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. February 1, 1923 Funeral services for Leon Loeb, who passed away Wednesday night, will be held from the late residence, 221 Clayton Street, Thursday morning at 10:30 o'clock. Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery. Montgomery Advertiser | Loeb, Leon (I4718)
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| 406 | 1 child, 0 living. Father b. germany, mother b. alabama | Haas, Eva (I3635)
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| 407 | 1 child, 0 living; parents b. Alabama | Graves, Lula (I259)
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| 408 | 1 free white male between 26 - 44 yrs. 2 free white females between 16 - 25 yrs. | Levy, Jacob of Wilmington (I2082)
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| 409 | 1 free white male between 26 - 44 yrs. 2 free white females between 16 - 25 yrs. | Lopez, Miriam of Newport, Rhode Island (I2080)
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| 410 | 103 Bull Street, Charleston, SC and its Illustrious Owners http://csolinc.org/2007dsh_history.php David Lopez, Jr. was born in Charleston in 1809 and died here in 1884. David first married Catherine Hinton in 1832, and had a child Moses, born in 1836. David was a member of the congregation of Kahal Kadosh Beth Elchim on Hassel Street. When the original synagogue burned in the Charleston fire of 1838, David bid and won the contract to rebuild it. He completed it in 1840 and today the temple is a National Historic Landmark being the second oldest synagogue in the nation. David also built the Italianate steeple with bell-shaped roof on St. John's Lutheran Church in 1859. The Civil War again proved a challenge to survive and David developed into a contractor who made carriages for all the heavy guns used by Confederate troops. David learned his craft from a copy of the U.S. Ordnance Manual that had just come off the press in 1861, and which can now be seen in the Fort Sumter Museum. David Lopez also built one of the first Confederate Torpedo Boats, nicknamed "Little David", which was designed by Dr. St. Julian Ravenel of Charleston. This 48-foot torpedo boat was not totally submersible, and was steam driven. The "Little David" made 2 attacks on the Union Navy before the Hunley's successful attack. In all, 6 "Little David"s were constructed. They were destroyed by the Confederates when Charleston fell into Union hands. In 1869, David Lopez & Sons was listed as a contractor and builder at 1 Smith Street. David Lopez continued to build houses on the Peninsula, including 18 Wentworth Street. In 1880 David conveyed his Bull Street home to his son Moses. Moses and his wife Cecilia Cohen lived in the home until he sold it to Sarah N. Cormier in 1905. Moses died in 1907 in Atlanta. | Lopez, David (I3892)
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| 411 | 14 Litzinger Lane, St. Louis County, MO | Graber, Joseph Jay (I79)
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| 412 | 1750 Raiford Creek, | Hay, William (I6518)
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| 413 | 19 Tebet 5548, age 95. | Levy, Benjamin (I1898)
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| 414 | 1900 > New York > NEW YORK > MANHATTAN BORO Series: T623 Roll: 1116 Pag e: 411910 > New York > NEW YORK > 22-WD MANHATTAN Series: T624 Roll: 10 45 Page: 252 Cardozo, Benjamin Nathan (1870-1938) -- also known as Benjamin N. Cardo zo -- of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York Count y, N.Y., May 24, 1870. Lawyer; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st Distr ict, 1916; judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1914-26; chief judge of N ew York Court of Appeals, 1927-32; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1932-3 8. Jewish. Died in Port Chester, Westchester County, N.Y., July 9, 1938. I nterment at Shearith Israel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y. Books about B enjamin Cardozo: Andrew L. Kaufman, Cardozo; Richard A. Posner, Cardo zo : A Study in Reputation; Richard Polenberg, The World of Benjamin Cardo zo: Personal Values and the Judicial Process. | Cardozo, Justice Benjamin Nathan (I1065)
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| 415 | 1900 Census:32nd Ward Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA, roll 1473, page 190 Died before 1910 Pennsylvania Miracode census was taken, as only Louella and Joseph were shown at Park Avenue address in that year, | Frohsin, Samuel (I4756)
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| 416 | 1910 US Census | Dinkelspiel, Hannah (I684)
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| 417 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Heller, Edward (I5998)
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| 418 | 1st Earl of Somerset (10 Februarry 1396) Marquess of Somerset (29 September 1397) Marques of Dorset (29 September 1397) | Beaufort, John (I10594)
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| 419 | 27 Ward. | Nathan, Isaac (I691)
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| 420 | 28 Sivan 5552 | Levy, Moses (I1910)
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| 421 | 2nd Earl of Lennox, 11th Earl of Lennox | Stewart, Matthew (I10583)
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| 422 | 2nd w/o Gersham Seixas | Family F426
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| 423 | 2nd wife of Bernard Hart | Family F865
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| 424 | 3 children Has cottage near Ishpeming | Rosenbaum, William M (I5072)
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| 425 | 3 children, 3 living | Brady, Lillie (I36)
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| 426 | 3 children, 3 living | Rosenfeld, Rosa (I20)
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| 427 | 5 Jan 1811 is carved on her tombstone. Congregational records (Shearith Israel) and correspondence prove this to be incorrect. | Lopez, Esther (I2077)
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| 428 | 5th Hazzan of Shearith Israel, NY (1736-1747) | Machado, Reverend David Mendes (I3985)
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| 429 | 6 children, 5 living | Lindsay, Minnie Burns (I1624)
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| 430 | 6 children, 6 living | Davega, Dora (I15)
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| 431 | 6th Ward. Living with son (Isaac) Clifton. | Lazarus, Angelina Green (I287)
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| 432 | 7 Adar 5546 | Seixas, Isaac M. (I2117)
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| 433 | 7 Adar 5546 | Seixas, Isaac M. (I2117)
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| 434 | 7 children, 7 living | Davega, Dora (I15)
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| 435 | 8 Sebath 5541 | Levy, Bilah (I1902)
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| 436 | 9 Heshvan 5597 | Hays, Slowey (I1693)
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| 437 | 940 Ousted Road, Towsen, Maryland, USA 20204 | Frohsin, Joseph J. Snellenburg (I4758)
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| 438 | Benjamin Mendes Seixas, January 17, 1747-August 16, 1817. Son of Isaac Mendes Seixas, brother of Gershom. Born in Newport, RI, he came to New York as a young man. There he became a freeman of New York City, owning a saddler shop on Broad Street. He served as third lieutenant in the Fusiliers Company of the First Battalion of the New York Militia. He joined his parents in Stratford, Connecticut when the British overtook New York during the American Revolution, but was married in Philadelphia in 1779 by his brother Gershom. While a resident of Philadelphia, Benjamin Mendes Seixas engaged in privateering with Isaac Moses, and was a mason and treasurer at the Sublime Lodge of Perfection. He also served as a trustee for the Philadelphia congregation Mikveh Israel. In 1784, Benjamin Mendes Seixas returned to New York and opened a dry goods store. He was active in Congregation Shearith Israel, serving among his roles, as chairman of the board, trustee, and president. He was one of the founders of the New York Stock Exchange and became an auctioneer later in his life. He married Zipporah Levy on January 27, 1779 in Philadelphia. They had twenty-one children: Abigail (1779-1782), Moses B. (1780-1839), Isaac B. (1781-1839), Rebecca B. (1782-1868), Abigail (1784-1860), Abraham (1786-1834), Solomon (1787-1840), Esther B. (1789-1872), Sarah (1791-1834), Madison (died in infancy), three more, Hayman Levy (1792-1865), Grace (1794-1866), Jacob B. (1795-1854), Aaron (1796-1849), Rachel (1798-1861), Daniel (1800-1886), Miriam (1802-1833), and Leah (1805-1886). Anne Joseph: Benjamin Mendes Seixas' grave in the St. James Place (Chatham Square) Cemetery in New York is one of those decorated on Memorial Day, since he is counted among the soldiers and patriots of the American Revolution. He is described in the records as "Merchant. Born in New York City on January 28, 1748, son of Isaac Mendes Seixas. Third Lieutenant in Fusiliers' Company, 1st Battalion, New York Militia. Died in New York City, August 16, 1817." Source: An Old Faith in the New World by David and Tamar deSola Pool | Seixas, Benjamin Mendes (I1965)
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| 439 | 1939-09-23 Chicago Tribune (IL) Mrs. Rosa Frank Rosenzweig. Edition: Chicago TribuneMrs. Rosa Frank Rosenzweig, a resident of Chicago for more than 50 years, died yesterday. She was 73 years old. Mrs. Rosenzweig was the widow of Louis Rosenzweig, one of the first liquor dealers to establish a chain of stores after repeal. She lived in the Chicago Beach hotel, 1660 Hyde Park boulevard. She leaves a daughter, Mrs Lillian Orwin, and seven sons, Maurice L. and Bernie Ross, and Harry, Joseph, Jarvis, Geoffrey, and Norman Rosenzweig. Funeral services will be held Monday at 10 a.m. in the chapel at 936 East 47th street.Copyright 1939, Chicago Tribune. For permission to reprint, contact Chicago Tribune. Record Number: 19390923ob010 1939-09-23 Chicago Tribune (IL) ROSENZWEIG Edition: Chicago Tribune--Rosa Frank Rosenzweig, beloved wife of the late Louis, fond mother of Mrs. Lillian Orwin, Maurice L. and Bernie A. Ross, Harry, Joseph, Jarvis, Geoffrey, and Norman Rosenzweig. Funeral Monday, Sept. 25, at 10 a.m., at chapel, 936 E. 47th street. Interment Free Sons cemetery, Waldheim. Family at Chicago Beach hotel.Copyright 1939, Chicago Tribune. For permission to reprint, contact Chicago Tribune. Record Number: 19390923dn028 1939-09-24 Chicago Tribune (IL) ROSENZWEIG Edition: Chicago Tribune--Rosa Frank Rosenzweig, beloved wife of the late Louis, fond mother of Mrs. Lillian Orwin, Maurice L. and Bernie A. Ross, Harry, Joseph, Jarvis, Geoffrey, and Norman Rosenzweig. Funeral Monday, Sept. 25, at 10 a.m., at chapel, 936 E. 47th street. Interment Free Sons cemetery, Waldheim. Family at Chicago Beach hotel.Copyright 1939, Chicago Tribune. For permission to reprint, contact Chicago Tribune. Record Number: 19390924dn023 | Frank, Rose (I5306)
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| 440 | 96 Robinson St This house was built around 1875 for Leon Clench and his wife Eunice Cruttenden. It is now the Riverside Bed and Breakfast. The original verandah was a smaller rectangular structure with cast-iron supports. Clench was a lawyer and also a builder, inventor, violin-maker, musician and furniture-maker. He is said to have designed this house as well as 24, 28, 60 and 104 Robinson. In front the the house is a plaque for daughter Nora Clench erected by Heritage St Marys in 1999 that reads: "Esther Leonora Clench was born in St Marys, May 6, 1867. A child prodigy, she was first taught the violin by her father, Leon Clench. Encouraged by the eminent violinist, Eduard Remenyi, she studied at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Leipzig, Germany from 1884 to 1889. Here she won the gold medal for her performance of J.S. Bach's Chaconne and Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D Major. In 1883, she gave a command performance before Queen Victoria in Balmoral. This was followed by further study of in Berlin with Joseph Joachim, the greatest violinist of his time. By the late 1890's, Clench had achieved an international reputation as a concert violinist. In 1904 she started the Nora Clench Quartet in London, England. This ensemble premiered works by Debussy, Wolf, and Reger. With her marriage to the Australian landscape painter, Arthur Streeton in 1908, she gave up public performance. She died in Melbourne, Australia on May 17, 1938." | Clench, Esther Leonora (I3845)
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| 441 | Abraham Cardozo, Sephardic Cantor, Dies at 91 By ARI L. GOLDMAN Published: February 23, 2006 The Rev. Abraham Lopes Cardozo, the longtime cantor of a historic Manhattan synagogue and a major force in recovering and preserving the liturgical music of Spanish and Portuguese Jews, died on Tuesday at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan. He was 91. Picture: Courtesy of the Cardozo Family, Abraham Lopes Cardozo in 1946. Mr. Cardozo had been in failing health since fracturing a hip last year, said his son-in-law Sid Tenenbaum. Mr. Cardozo was associated with Congregation Shearith Israel, also known as the Spanish and Portuguese synagogue, for 60 years. He served as cantor from 1946 to 1984 and was cantor emeritus after retiring. The congregation, now at Central Park West and 70th Street, was founded in 1654 in Lower Manhattan by the first Jewish settlers in North America. Mr. Cardozo was born in Amsterdam in 1914 to a rabbinical family that traced its origins to the Iberian Peninsula in the 15th century, when the Jews were expelled. His great-grandfather was the Sephardic chief rabbi of Amsterdam and his father was the leader of the boys choir of the Spanish and Portuguese synagogue in Amsterdam. Mr. Cardozo earned a degree as a Hebrew teacher at the Ets Haim Seminary in Amsterdam at 18. For most of his life he used the honorific "the reverend," a term now associated with Christian ministers but once popular with members of the Jewish clergy. In 1939, he became a teacher and cantor in Dutch Guiana, now Surinam. Soon after he left Amsterdam, the Nazis invaded the Netherlands, killing tens of thousands of Jews, including Mr. Cardozo's parents and his siblings. Mr. Cardozo moved to New York in 1946 to join the staff of Congregation Shearith Israel. At his funeral at the synagogue yesterday, Rabbi Marc Angel, the senior rabbi of the congregation, called him "an ember that survived the fire" of the Holocaust. "Reverend Cardozo was not only the voice of our congregation in prayer but the voice of a community destroyed, the Jewish community of prewar Amsterdam," Rabbi Angel said. Mr. Cardozo published several books of liturgical music, including "Music for the Sephardim" and "Sephardic Songs of Praise." The Hebrew University of Jerusalem recently released a CD of his music called "The Western Sephardi Liturgical Tradition as Sung by Abraham Lopes Cardozo." Mr. Cardozo is survived by his wife of 55 years, Irma Robles Lopes Cardozo; two daughters, Deborah Smith of Monsey, N.Y., and Judith Cardozo-Tenenbaum of Jerusalem; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. He first returned to Amsterdam in 1975 to participate in the 300th anniversary celebration of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, where he had begun his career. In 2000, he was knighted by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands for his work in preserving Dutch Jewish culture. | Cardozo, Cantor Abraham Lopes (I2055)
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| 442 | Albert Schlesinger, 88, Civic Leader in West NY Times Published: July 20, 1993 Albert E. Schlesinger, a civic leader and founder of one of the largest automobile dealerships on the West Coast, died on Saturday at the California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. He was 88 and lived in San Francisco. The cause was cardiac failure, said his wife, Gail. In 1928, Mr. Schlesinger founded S & C Motors, which became the largest Ford dealership in San Francisco. He closed the business in 1942 when he joined the Navy, serving as lieutenant commander in the South Pacific, and returned to it after the war. Mr. Schlesinger was chairman of the Parking Authority in the late 1950's and 1960's, and president of the Downtown Association and the Visitors and Convention Bureau. He was also on the board of St. Mary's College and a trustee of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Retiring from S & C Motors in 1972, Mr. Schlesinger went into development; among his projects was the Still Water Cove complex at Lake Tahoe. At that time he was also a director of the Hong Kong-Shanghai Bank in San Francisco. Born in Denver, Mr. Schlesinger, who was known as Speed, graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1925. Besides his wife, survivors include his daughter, Nan Kempner of New York City; three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. | Schlesinger, Albert Edward (I1752)
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| 443 | Allison Feldman Community Information & Referral Coordinator Jewish Family & Career Services JFGA North Metro Campus 3159 Royal Drive; Suite 330 Alpharetta, GA 30022 678-948-4000 [email protected] | Sheller, Allison (I7080)
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| 444 | Carol Sulzberger, 68, Volunteer And Wife of Times Chairman Published: August 11, 1995 Carol Fox Sulzberger, the wife of Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, the chairman of The New York Times Company, and an active volunteer with foundations and social-service organizations, died yesterday at her home in Southampton, L.I. She was 68. The cause of her death was cancer. Mrs. Sulzberger was a director of the New York City Police Foundation. At one time, she also served on the boards of the National Urban League, the New York Urban League, WAIF/International Social Service, the Girl Scouts of Greater New York and the Cooperative Education Association. "She carried a very heavy schedule without talking a lot about it," a friend, Margaret Greenfield, said yesterday. "She did a lot of good works in a very quiet way." Mrs. Greenfield and another friend of many years, Sydney Gruson, said friends would remember Mrs. Sulzberger as a woman who jealously guarded the time she spent with her family, her antiques hunting and her passion for the company and conversation of intimates. "She had a wry sense of humor," Mr. Gruson said. "And she was the most direct, honest woman I have ever known." An avid reader of The Times, Mrs. Sulzberger especially championed its coverage of fashion and the arts. She was born in New York City, the daughter of Estelle and David Fox. Mr. Fox had been president of Jay Thorpe, a New York women's specialty store that has since closed. Educated at the Dalton School, she was a graduate of Goddard College in Vermont. In her youth, she spent a number of years with her family in Paris. In addition to her husband of 39 years, she is survived by two daughters, Cathy, of Chevy Chase, Md., and Cynthia, of New York City, and two stepchildren, Karen, of Beverly Hills, Calif., and Arthur Jr., the publisher of The Times, and seven grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at 3 P.M. on Tuesday at Temple Emanu-El on Fifth Avenue at 65th Street. The family said that in lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the New York City Police Foundation at 345 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10105. | Fuhrman, Carol Fox (I1191)
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| 445 | David G. Seixas, 1788-March 19, 1864. Son of Gershom Mendes Seixas. Born in New York, David G. Seixas moved to Philadelphia where by 1811 he owned a small crockery store. When English imports of crockery were banned during the War of 1812, David G. Seixas manufactured crockery and has been credited as father of this art in the U.S. He also served in the military during the War of 1812. In 1819, he began bringing deaf children into his home to care and teach them. In May 1820, he established the Deaf and Dumb Institute in Philadelphia and served as the Principal until he retired in 1821. He established a brewery in New York in 1834, and in 1840 he was among the first to introduce daguerreotypes in the United States. He also discovered ways of burning anthracite coal, and manufactured sealing wax, printer's ink, and enamel-surfaced visiting cards. He joined his brother Theodore J. Seixas in South Bend, Indiana, where he died unmarried. Anne Joseph: David Seixas, the oldest son of Hannah Judah Manuel and Gershom Mendes Seixas, was a pioneer educator of the deaf. He founded the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, which still serves the public. Seixas was driven from the school after accusations of child abuse that seem contrived. Instead of marrying and having a family, David devoted his energies as a merchant, manufacturer, and inventor to improving the quality of life around him. In 1811, David Seixas became an agent in Philadelphia for Harmon Hendricks (a pioneer in the American copper business), then served in the War of 1812. Seixas was a successful pioneer manufacturer of English-style crockery and is credited with producing a better sealing wax, inexpensive printer's ink, and laminated visiting cards. John Carlin, painter of Seixas's portrait, was himself a graduate of the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf. Source: Loeb Portrait Database - painting and bio | Seixas, David G. (I3926)
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| 446 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Uhlmann, Robert (I8324)
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| 447 | Edward Wardwell, 90, Lawyer and Arts Patron By WOLFGANG SAXON Published: November 4, 1994 Edward Rogers Wardwell, a retired New York lawyer and patron of the arts, died on Tuesday at his home in Manhattan. He was 90 and also had a home in Lawrence, L.I. He died after a brief illness, said a partner in his old firm, Francis J. Morison. Mr. Wardwell, an amateur pianist, was a promoter of classical music in New York along with his wife, Lelia. Their decadeslong involvement fostered Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Juilliard School and Yale Music School. He was a senior partner in Davis Polk & Wardwell, a large international law firm based in Manhattan. He practiced corporate law during more than 40 years at the firm, working for clients like Morgan Stanley and J. P. Morgan & Company, and retired about 20 years ago. In the late 1930's, he was one of the organizers of the American Lyric Theatre, which made its debut in 1939 to encourage and produce the lyric musical drama. He was the company's first president. He was commissioned a captain in the United States Army Air Force in World War II and served as a legal officer. He was discharged in 1945 as a lieutenant colonel. He was made a law partner in 1946, and in 1962 opened his firm's first European office in Paris and remained as resident partner until two years later. He served as a director of the Juilliard School from 1951 to 1962, and of Lincoln Center from 1973 to 1980. His involvement with the Chamber Music Society predated the society's birth in 1968. He belonged to an exploratory committee the year before, and became the society's first vice president and a director when it emerged as a constituent of Lincoln Center. He later served as president and remained a director at his death. He joined Alice Tully, another founding director, in 1980 to endow the society's Music Chair for piano. The income from their gift helped pay the fees of performing pianists. He was a backer of the Education Committee, and attended its annual meeting and the society's season opener even last month. Mr. Wardwell, a native of Lawrence, graduated in 1927 from Yale University. In 1931, he received his law degree at Columbia Law School and joined Davis Polk. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Lelia Morgan Wardwell; two daughters, Lelia Seidner of Inverness, Calif., and Helen DuBois of Manhattan; a son, Allen, also of Manhattan; nine grandchilden and three great-grandchildren. | Wardwell, Edward Rogers (I11197)
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| 448 | From Deeds / Nations http://www.adamsheritage.com/deedsnations/c.htm Joseph Brant Clench [born c.1790 at Niagara-on-the-Lake; died February 22, 1857 in London], Mohawk warrior and civil servant, eldest son of Ralphe Clench and Elizabeth Johnston; he was married Esther Serena Joseph Leon before 1816; he fought in the War of 1812-14; he was superintendent of Rice Lake Reserve, 1830-1835; he was elected as a Tory to the Upper Canada House of Assembly in 1834; he became the superintendent of the Chippewas and Munsees of the Thames from 1837 until he was removed for mismanagement in 1854 [he, his wife and his sons had all embezzled Indian Department funds]; on February 5, 1834, Clench arranged Surrender #37, for the sale of 3000 acres of the Ojibwa reserve [Muncey], sold through public auction - the Ojibwa of the Thames were not paid for 1200 acres of the land sold; in 1845 he moved to London, Upper Canada; Joseph Clench witnessed the signing of Surrenders 58½b, #58½c, #58½d, and #58½e, for schools and churches at Muncey, February 13, 1849 (Canada 1891 vol. I: 90, 128; Patterson: 400, Read and Stagg: 328; DCB vol. VII: 161-163; Riley pers. com.). | Clench, Joseph Brant (I3838)
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| 449 | Gershom Mendes Seixas, 1746-1816. Son of Isaac Mendes Seixas. He was the first native-born minister in the United States and one of the most noted of early American Jews. During the Revolutionary War he fled first to Stratford, Connecticut where he joined his father (1776), residing as well in Norwalk, Connecticut. In 1780, he moved his family to Philadelphia (1780), where he served as minister and helped establish Congregation Mikveh Israel. He returned to New York in 1784, one year before his first wife Elkalah died. He may have been present at the inauguration of George Washington in New York in 1789. As Hazzan (prayer leader) of Congregation Shearith Israel, he also served at times as the community's mohel (circumciser), teacher, and shochet (ritual slaughterer). He founded the oldest existing Jewish philanthropic organization in New York, Hebra Hased Va-Amet (1802- ), a funeral society. He also initiated the formation of a charity society, Kalfe Sedaka Mattan Basether (1798-1816). He was a trustee of Columbia College from 1784-1814. He married Elkalah Myers-Cohen (1749-1785) in 1775 in New York and they had four children: Isaac (died in infancy), Sarah Abigail (1778-1854), Rebecca Mendes (1780-1867), and Benjamin (1783-1847). He then married Hannah Manuel (1766-1856) in 1786 and they had eleven children: David (1788-1864), Grace (1789-1826), Samuel (1792-1852), Joseph (1794-?), Elkalah (?-1831), Rachel (1801-1827), Joshua (1802-187?), Theodore J. (1803-1882) and his twin Henry (1803-1822), Lucy Orah (1804-1825), Selina (1806-1883), and Myrtilla (1807-1859). Anne Joseph: PORTRAIT IN SCRAPBOOK ------------------------ The unattributed miniature of Gershom Seixas is reported upon by Hannah London in her 1926 book Portraits of Jews. At that time it was owned by his great-granddaughter, Mrs. Annie Nathan Meyer of New York. Rabbi Seixas was born in New York City on 14 January 1745 (for some reason, FTM will not accept this in the date column). He was the son of Isaac Mendes Seixas and Rachel Levy, who in turn was the daughter of Moses Levy. The first wife of Rabbi Seixas was Elkalah Cohen, whom he married in 1775; his second wife was Hannah Manuel whom he married in 1789. As an ardent patriot during the Revolutionary War, he protested taxation without representation. When the British were about to enter New York, he closed Synagogue Shearith Israel, of which he was minister, rather than fly the British flag. In 1789, after the Revolution, George Washingtron invited him, together with thirteen other clergymen, to his inaugural in New York. At this ceremony Rabbi Seixas offered a prayer invoking God's blessing upon the First President and the new nation. Rabbi Seixas was a trustee of Columbia College. He died in New York in 1816. Source: London, Hannah R. - Miniatures of Early American Jews. 1953 ------------------------ Gersham Mendes Seixas' grave in the St. James Place (Chatham Square) Cemetery in New York is one of those decorated on Memorial Day, since he is counted among the soldiers and patriots of the American Revolution. He is described in the records as "Minister of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue. Born in New York City on January 14, 1745 (for some unknown reason, FTM uses 1745/46 - interestingly, Stern gives the birth date as 15 Jasnuary 1746), son of Isaac Mendes Seixas, Associator. Preached the American cause in the Revolution, closed the synagogue and removed the holy scrolls to Stratford, Connecticut, when the British occupied New York City. Died in New York City, July 2, 1816." Source: An Old Faith in the New World by David and Tamar deSola Pool ------------------------ Gershom Mendes Seixas was the only Jew among one of the 13 American religious leaders invited to invoke a blessing at George Washington's inauguration in 1789. The first American-born leader of a Jewish congregation, his title was hazzan, rather than rabbi. Gershom was the son of Isaac Mendes Seixas and Rachel Levy Seixas. Reverend Seixas, as he was known, fathered 16 children by his two wives, Elkalah Myers-Cohen and Hannah Manuel. Seixas became minister of Congregation Shearith Israel in 1768 and, when the British occupied New York in the Revolution, he served as minister to Congregation Mikveh Israel in Philadelphia until 1780, when he returned to New York. Seixas was the first American bazzan to preach in English in a synagogue. Seixas sat on the board of trustees of King's College, later renamed Columbia University, and was widely respected among the non-Jewish social and political leadership of New York. Source: Loeb Miniatures Database - Miniature and bio. | Seixas, Hazan Gershom Mendes (I1166)
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| 450 | Henry Alfred Loeb '29 Henry died Jan. 27, 1998. He prepared for college at Horace Mann School in NYC. After Princeton he went to Harvard Law School and joined the New York and California bars. He practiced first with the firm of Cook, Nathan, and Lehman and then with Steinhart, Feigenbaum, & Goldberg in San Francisco. He returned to NYC in 1938 to begin his remarkable career in investments and philanthropy. After senior partnership in several of the family firms such as Loeb, Rhoades & Co., he became vice-chair of Loeb Partners. Henry's remarkable philanthropic career included leadership of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies, and he was a life trustee of the New School (which gave him an honorary law degree), president of the Mt. Sinai School of Nursing, and a board member of the National Urban League, the Institute for Research on Deafness, and many other charitable organizations. At the start of WWII, Henry volunteered in the Army and became a first lieutenant and tank officer, participating in the Omaha Beach landing. He received a Bronze Star and five battle stars. In 1934 Henry married Louise Steinhart. She survives, as do their two daughters, Jean Troubh and Betty Levin, seven grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, and a sister, Margaret Kempner. The class extends sincere sympathy to Henry's family. The Class of 1929 ======================================= Henry A. Loeb Dies at 90; Philanthropist and Financier By ERIC PACE Published: January 28, 1998 Henry A. Loeb, financier and philanthropist, died yesterday at his home on the Upper East Side. He was 90. Mr. Loeb had been since its founding two decades ago the vice chairman of the Loeb Partners Corporation, a Manhattan-based investment firm whose president is Thomas L. Kempner . At his death he was also a life trustee of the New School, an honorary trustee of the Mount Sinai Medical Center and board member at the Jacob and Valeria Langeloth Foundation. The chief beneficiaries of his philanthropic largess were Mount Sinai, where he had been vice chairman, and the New School, where he had been chairman. Mr. Loeb's firm, Loeb Partners, was founded after Loeb Rhoades, Hornblower & Company, another investment firm where he had been a senior partner, merged in 1979 with Shearson Hayden Stone to form Shearson Loeb Rhoades. At the time of the merger, Mr. Loeb, his brother John Langeloth Loeb, his nephew Mr. Kempner and other relatives, left Loeb Rhoades, Hornblower to form Loeb Partners. The original Loeb family firm was Carl M. Loeb & Company, which became Loeb, Rhoades & Company, which merged in 1978 with Hornblower, Weeks, Noyes & Trask to form Loeb Rhoades, Hornblower. Henry Loeb was a senior partner of both firms. Henry Alfred Loeb was born in Manhattan, the youngest of the four children of of Carl M. Loeb, who was born in Frankfurt, Germany and lived for many years in Manhattan, and of the former Adeline Moses, who came from a distinguished Montgomery, Ala., family. Carl M. Loeb, former president of the American Metal Company, was a co-founder with his son John Langeloth Loeb -- who died in 1996 -- and two others of Carl M. Loeb & Company. Henry Loeb graduated from Horace Mann School, received a bachelor's degree in 1929 from Princeton University and a law degree in 1932 from Harvard and became a member of the New York and California Bars. From 1932 to 1934 he was with the Manhattan-based law firm of Cook, Nathan & Lehman. Then, after his marriage in 1934 to Louise Steinhart of San Francisco, he spent four years with her father's San Francisco-based law firm, Steinhart, Feigenbaum & Goldberg. In 1938 he returned to New York to become a senior partner in his own family's investment firm, which was then named Carl M. Loeb, Rhoades & Company. After the United States entered World War II, Henry Loeb volunteered for the Army, although he had two children and was in his 30's. He began as a private and became a first lieutenant and a tank officer. He won the Bronze Star medal for his participation in the Omaha Beach landing on D-Day. He saw combat in France, Belgium and Germany, and his hearing became slightly impaired because of the noise during tank engagements in which he took part. Mr. Loeb went on to direct the 1964-65 fund-raising campaign of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York, of which he was a trustee. He oversaw 15,000 volunteer workers seeking funds for the federation's affiliated hospitals, child care and family agencies, homes for the aged, camps and community centers. Over the years, he was also chairman of the American Council for Emigres in the Professions, an organization aiding people who left their native lands for political reasons, a director of the Narragansett Capital Corporation, the Deafness Research Foundation and Ramapo Anchorage Camp in Rhinebeck, N.Y. The other honors he received included an honrary doctorate in law from the New School in 1980. In addition to his wife of 63 years, the former Louise Steinhart, he is survived by two daughters, Jean Troubh and Betty Levin, both of Manhattan; seven grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Margaret Kempner of Purchase, N.Y. | Loeb, Henry Alfred (I66)
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