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Genealo-J, publication of the Jewish Genealogical Society of France, Issue 131,
fall 2017 has just been published.
Hector Guimard (1867-1942) was a French architect, who is now the best-known
representative of the Art Nouveau style of the late nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries. After building many remarkable houses, he was chosen to
make the famous entrances to the Paris Metro.
On February 17, 1909, he married Adeline Oppenheim (1872-1965). She was the
daughter of a wealthy Jewish banker and broker Edouard Louis Oppenheim from
New York and of Fanny Lippmann. The Oppenheim family originates from
Frankfurt-am-Main and Louis has emigrated to the USA at the age of 16 but
kept strong links with the many European branches of the Oppenheim family.
Adeline wanted to become a famous painter and could convince her parents to
let her settle in Paris. Bruno Montamat tells us about her paintings and her
presence in many salons. She was already 36 when she met and married Guimard.
With her large fortune, he was able to build a "dream home" in Paris and
several other buildings.
He also built a synagogue in rue Pavee whereas Adeline continued her career
of paintress. In the 1930 krach, they lost a large part of their wealth. In
1938, they were scared by the Hitlerian threat and went back to the USA
where Guimard died in 1942. The paper gives a detailed genealogical tree of
the Oppenheim family.
Roger Mettout is born in Tlemcen (Algeria). His family lived there for
several centuries. The earliest ancestor he could find is Yaakov ben Moshe
Mettout (ca. 1690-1760). The grandson of Yaakob, named Mimoun, had four sons
who were registered at their births under four different names: Moutoute,
Mettout, Moutot, Mattout ! As for the origin of the name, the author
suspects a Spanish origin but he cannot prove it. Several family trees are
given.
Simone Veil, nee Jacob was a very popular political woman. She is the
author of the law legalizing abortion in France (1975) and she was the
first President of the European Parliament (1979-1982) and later member
of the French Supreme Court. Born in 1927, she died on June 30, 2017.
Her body will probably be brought soon to the Paris Pantheon, the place
where famous citizens are buried. During the war, she survived
deportation whereas her whole family was murdered. Pierre-Andre Meyer
takes this opportunity to establish the family tree of Simone Jacob and
of her husband Antoine Veil (1926-2013) on 6 generations only. The Jacob
family comes from Bionville in Lorraine but other ancestors are from
Metz and Neuwied (Germany). The Veil family comes from Blamont, Metz,
Nancy and Furth (Bavaria).
The protestant Gymnasium of Strasbourg is the heir of the school founded
in 1538 under the impulsion of Jean Sturm (1507-1589). Since the end of
the 18th century and especially since the French Revolution, this
school, although it is a protestant school, accepts pupils of other
religions. Francoise and Bernard Lyon-Caen studied its registers and
found 7 to 15% of Jewish pupils. They give us the list of these pupils
during the period 1800-1880 and add a few more recent names. Note that
during the annexation of Alsace by Germany (1871-1918), the registers
were written in German.
Anne-Marie Fribourg was puzzled by the Felix and Bloch families in
Auxerre. At her birth in 1810, Rose Bloch is said to be the daughter of
Benjamin Bloch and Annette Felix. But when her parents get married, in
1813, they are called Benjamin Bloch and Antoinette Hendel Megnes. The
latter is said to be the daughter of Felix Megnes. Fribourg finds that
Annette was called Hendel before 1808 and guesses that the Felix family
was called Feissel in 1784. But the name Megnes is still a mystery.
In the modern times, the Italian Jews have three different origins. Some
have been in Italy since many centuries, maybe since the Roman times.
Some are Ashkenazis, coming from Germany or other northern countries.
Some were previously Portuguese or Spanish Jews, often crypto-jews
(marranos) for a while and arrived in Italy through various itineraries.
Some were expelled from France or from Provence. Alexandre Beider
analyzes several family names in order to understand their origins. For
instance, the name Bassan is found in many places in northern Italy in
the 16th century. At that time, there were no Sephardic Jews in these
places. Moreover, many given names of the people named Bassan are
clearly Germanic. Therefore Bassan is not a Spanish name. It is likely
that an Ashkenazi family took the name of the city of Bassano del
Grappa, 80 km from Venice. Similar arguments prove that the names Novara
and Noveira are those of Ashkenazi families living in the city of Novara
near Milano. Although Saul Levi Morteira (circa 1596-1660) is an eminent
member of the Sephardi community of Amsterdam, Beider claims that the
Mortara and Morteira found in northern Italy in the 16th century are
Ashkenazis and that their name comes from the city of Mortara near
Pavia. Even Porto is not a Portuguese name! The names Basevi and Castro
are also studied.
Georges Graner
www.genealoj.org
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Genealo-J, publication of the Jewish Genealogical Society of France, Issue 131,
fall 2017 has just been published.
Hector Guimard (1867-1942) was a French architect, who is now the best-known
representative of the Art Nouveau style of the late nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries. After building many remarkable houses, he was chosen to
make the famous entrances to the Paris Metro.
On February 17, 1909, he married Adeline Oppenheim (1872-1965). She was the
daughter of a wealthy Jewish banker and broker Edouard Louis Oppenheim from
New York and of Fanny Lippmann. The Oppenheim family originates from
Frankfurt-am-Main and Louis has emigrated to the USA at the age of 16 but
kept strong links with the many European branches of the Oppenheim family.
Adeline wanted to become a famous painter and could convince her parents to
let her settle in Paris. Bruno Montamat tells us about her paintings and her
presence in many salons. She was already 36 when she met and married Guimard.
With her large fortune, he was able to build a "dream home" in Paris and
several other buildings.
He also built a synagogue in rue Pavee whereas Adeline continued her career
of paintress. In the 1930 krach, they lost a large part of their wealth. In
1938, they were scared by the Hitlerian threat and went back to the USA
where Guimard died in 1942. The paper gives a detailed genealogical tree of
the Oppenheim family.
Roger Mettout is born in Tlemcen (Algeria). His family lived there for
several centuries. The earliest ancestor he could find is Yaakov ben Moshe
Mettout (ca. 1690-1760). The grandson of Yaakob, named Mimoun, had four sons
who were registered at their births under four different names: Moutoute,
Mettout, Moutot, Mattout ! As for the origin of the name, the author
suspects a Spanish origin but he cannot prove it. Several family trees are
given.
Simone Veil, nee Jacob was a very popular political woman. She is the
author of the law legalizing abortion in France (1975) and she was the
first President of the European Parliament (1979-1982) and later member
of the French Supreme Court. Born in 1927, she died on June 30, 2017.
Her body will probably be brought soon to the Paris Pantheon, the place
where famous citizens are buried. During the war, she survived
deportation whereas her whole family was murdered. Pierre-Andre Meyer
takes this opportunity to establish the family tree of Simone Jacob and
of her husband Antoine Veil (1926-2013) on 6 generations only. The Jacob
family comes from Bionville in Lorraine but other ancestors are from
Metz and Neuwied (Germany). The Veil family comes from Blamont, Metz,
Nancy and Furth (Bavaria).
The protestant Gymnasium of Strasbourg is the heir of the school founded
in 1538 under the impulsion of Jean Sturm (1507-1589). Since the end of
the 18th century and especially since the French Revolution, this
school, although it is a protestant school, accepts pupils of other
religions. Francoise and Bernard Lyon-Caen studied its registers and
found 7 to 15% of Jewish pupils. They give us the list of these pupils
during the period 1800-1880 and add a few more recent names. Note that
during the annexation of Alsace by Germany (1871-1918), the registers
were written in German.
Anne-Marie Fribourg was puzzled by the Felix and Bloch families in
Auxerre. At her birth in 1810, Rose Bloch is said to be the daughter of
Benjamin Bloch and Annette Felix. But when her parents get married, in
1813, they are called Benjamin Bloch and Antoinette Hendel Megnes. The
latter is said to be the daughter of Felix Megnes. Fribourg finds that
Annette was called Hendel before 1808 and guesses that the Felix family
was called Feissel in 1784. But the name Megnes is still a mystery.
In the modern times, the Italian Jews have three different origins. Some
have been in Italy since many centuries, maybe since the Roman times.
Some are Ashkenazis, coming from Germany or other northern countries.
Some were previously Portuguese or Spanish Jews, often crypto-jews
(marranos) for a while and arrived in Italy through various itineraries.
Some were expelled from France or from Provence. Alexandre Beider
analyzes several family names in order to understand their origins. For
instance, the name Bassan is found in many places in northern Italy in
the 16th century. At that time, there were no Sephardic Jews in these
places. Moreover, many given names of the people named Bassan are
clearly Germanic. Therefore Bassan is not a Spanish name. It is likely
that an Ashkenazi family took the name of the city of Bassano del
Grappa, 80 km from Venice. Similar arguments prove that the names Novara
and Noveira are those of Ashkenazi families living in the city of Novara
near Milano. Although Saul Levi Morteira (circa 1596-1660) is an eminent
member of the Sephardi community of Amsterdam, Beider claims that the
Mortara and Morteira found in northern Italy in the 16th century are
Ashkenazis and that their name comes from the city of Mortara near
Pavia. Even Porto is not a Portuguese name! The names Basevi and Castro
are also studied.
Georges Graner
www.genealoj.org
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Watch JewishGen's video -- click here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nASSn4rDXh4
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Planning to use Ancestry.com? Start by using the "Ancestry Search Box"
on the JewishGen homepage.
By doing this, any eventual subscription to Ancestry.com will result in
Jewishgen receiving a commission.
It's an easy way to help JewishGen!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Support JewishGen with a contribution to the JewishGen General Fund!
http://www.jewishgen.org/jewishgen-erosity/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sign up for the JGFFAlert!
http://www.jewishgen.org/jgff/jgff-faq.html#q3.7
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Join our mailing list at http://lyris.jewishgen.org/ListManager if you
would like the convenience of receiving all soc.genealogy.jewish posts in
your mailbox, instead of having to search for them in the newsgroup, whose
content may not be consistently carried in its entirety by all providers.
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