Alfred Heinsheimer

1867 - 1929

• Name	Alfred Heinsheimer  [1, 2]
  Born	1867  [3]
  Gender	Male
  Anecdote	After his graduation he travled extensively in the practice of his profession. He spent several years in Mexico in work on railroad properties. On January 1, 1919, occured the death of Mr. Heinsheimer's brother, Louis C., a partner in Kuhn, Loeb & Co., who made Mr. Heinsheimer the chief beneficiary of an estate estimated at more that $5,000,000. The will provided a gift of $1,000,000 for six Jewish charitable institutions, provided they form a federation, which they declined to do. Every effort was made by the executors and the surving brother to carry out the provision for this gift. Mr. Heinsheimer offering to relinquish the $1,000,000 which otherwise came to him, if but five of the institutions would merge. At the end of two years, the project was abandoned and Mr. Heinsheimer used the money to establish and endow the New York Foundation, a non-sectarian organization to promote charitable, educational and philanthropic enterprises. In July, 1916, the newly formed Federation of Jewish Charities announced the receipt of $25,000 from Mr. Heinsheimer, who stated that he wished to open the books of the federation with this gift in memory of his mother. In December, 1925, he presented to the Hospital for Joint Diseases a country home at Breezy Point, Far Rockaway, L.I., with an endowment of $500,000, as a memorial to his mother and brother, Louis. He also had made a gift of $10,000 in 1911 to the hospital to aid its equipment and maintenance.
  Graduation	1884	Columbia University, New York, New York   [3]
  	with the degree of civil engineer.
  Occupation	a civil engineer and later a philanthropist.  [3]
  Reference Number	6456
  Died	31 Aug 1929	Davenport Neck, New Rochelle, New York, USA   [3]
  	of heart disease
  		1sep1929p17.pdf
  Buried	02 Sep 1929  [3]
  	The funeral services were held at 10 a.m. in the Universal Chapel, Lexington Avenue and Fifty-Second Street.
  Person ID	I6456	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2006

  
  

  Father	David Heinsheimer,   b. 16 Sep 1821, Eppingen, Baden, Germany ,   d. 26 Jun 1886
  Mother	Natalie Loeb,   b. 1834, Rhine Hessen, Germany ,   d. 31 Dec 1915, Far Rockaway, New York
  Family ID	F1608	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map

  Graduation - 1884 - Columbia University, New York, New York Died - 31 Aug 1929 - Davenport Neck, New Rochelle, New York, USA  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S157] Werner Frank (Frank4.FTW), Compiler: Werner Frank, (about 2000), Date of Import: Feb 16, 1999. [S156] Werner Frank, Compiler: Werner Frank, (circa 2000), Date of Import: 16 Feb 1999. [S622] NYT-Obit, A.M. Heinsheimer Dies after Golfing, 1 Sep 1929, p.17.