Gerson

Male 1660 - 1742


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  • Name  Gerson   [1
    Born  1660  Kirchardt, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender  Male 
    Residence  Aft 1690  Richen, Lkr. Heilbronn, Baden, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Anecdote  1730  [3
    • A listing of Jews from 1730 includes information on Gerson. "Gerson, born in Kirchardt. He was of moderate wealth, already under protection in the Kurpfalz for 36 years and therefore could have been the first Jew that came to Richen before 1700. Gerson had previously lived with his father, Morchel, in Ittilingen and in 1730 had three married sons, of which one was living out of the country , the other two were likewise under protection in the Kurpfalz, while he also had two single sons and five daughters, four of whom were married. Gerson also lived with a maid and a rabbi. Gerson died in 1742 at the age of 96 and was buried in Heinsheim."
    Reference Number  11283 
    Died  28 May 1742  Richen, Lkr. Heilbronn, Baden, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried  Jun 1742  Jewish Cemetery, Heinsheim, Baden, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID  I11283  My Genealogy
    Last Modified  12 Mar 2006 

    Father  Morchel 
    Family ID  F2856  Group Sheet

    Family 1  Rivka,   d. 14 Oct 1718, Richen, Lkr. Heilbronn, Baden, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  Y  [5
    Children 
     1. Abraham
     2. Wolf Gerson,   d. Apr 1719, Richen, Lkr. Heilbronn, Baden, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Samuel,   b. 1690, Ittlingen, Lkr. Heilbronn, Baden, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1752, Richen, Lkr. Heilbronn, Baden, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Alexander,   b. 1700, Richen, Lkr. Heilbronn, Baden, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 08 Oct 1779, Richen, Lkr. Heilbronn, Baden, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID  F2845  Group Sheet

    Children 
     1. Herz (Hirsch),   b. 1724, Richen, Lkr. Heilbronn, Baden, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1792, Richen, Lkr. Heilbronn, Baden, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID  F2855  Group Sheet

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  • Sources 
    1. [S645] The Dreifuss Family of Richen, Berthold Rosenthal, (1930s), Nachfahren=(Deszendenz)tafel des Schutzjuden Gerson in Richen.

    2. [S85] Jewish Communities in the County and City of Heilbronn, Angerbauer, Wolfram, (Wilhelm Röck GmbH, Weinsberg, 1986), p. 200.

    3. [S85] Jewish Communities in the County and City of Heilbronn, Angerbauer, Wolfram, (Wilhelm Röck GmbH, Weinsberg, 1986), Richen, Stadt Eppingen, p. 200.

    4. [S647] Heinsheim Jewish Cemetery List, Monika Preuß, (Landesdenkmalamat Baden-Württemberg, Berliner Straße 12, 73728 Esslingen a.N., 1997), Gerson, Sohn des Mordechai, Grave 278.

    5. [S647] Heinsheim Jewish Cemetery List, Monika Preuß, (Landesdenkmalamat Baden-Württemberg, Berliner Straße 12, 73728 Esslingen a.N., 1997), Rivka, Frau des Gerson, Grave 474b.