AARON WORMS
(1640 - 1722), Rabbi in Metz, is known through “Memoriaux
Alsaciens” by Moise Ginsburger and through entry # 839
in the Metz Memorbuch. Pascal
Faustini describes Aaron Worms’
family and origin in Metz and Worms, based on unknown
documents he has found in Metz Notary deeds. He concentrates on
his grandfather, ABRAHAM ABERLE LANDAU, Dayan and parnass in Worms.
Several namesakes had been mixed up, the confusion being repeated
without check-up by genealogists. Faustini applies the same process
to SARA BALLIN, Aaron’s wife, whose family tree he publishes,
based on 17th century sources.
The
origin of a Parisian family: the Lehmann.
J.B. has recently
unearthed documents about the couple SIMON LEHMANN - MINETTE
MEYER and now shows their ancestral line. They lived in Sarreguemines
at the end of the 18th century and begot a large
family of bankers and high government officers. Simon’s
ancestors are traced back to the village of Romanswiller around
1700 while Minette’s are Court Jews to the Lords of Hessen-Darmstadt
and the Palatinate.
The
Jews in Einville during the 19th century.
Einville is a small town near Luneville in Lorraine which has
suffered a lot during the 18th century: plague, famine, arson
(mainly by the French). Einville really started to prosper only
in the early 19th century. Francoise
Job scrutinizes the specificities and evolution
of its Jewish families and establishes their detailed genealogy.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Georges
Graner, our webmaster, statistically analyzes
the Questions/Answers section of our website..
A family
meeting in Jerusalem in December 2004 has been initiated by
Lyse Schwarzfuchs for the descendants of Rabbi LEOPOLD
CAHN and his wife LEONORE PERLE WEIL. Eliane
Roos-Schuhl, with Jean-Francois
Hurstel assisting, reports about the work performed.
In November
2004, Pierre Katz
has devoted a lecture at the Alsace local group of our Cercle
to a problem often encountered when practicing Jewish genealogy:
not to rely only on patronymics. A family belonging
to the Schwenheim community exemplifies the case.
