Benedict and Sarah Baum Hess and their Descendants
 

A photo taken around 1918-1920 showing (beginning second from left) Benedict Hess (grandson of Benedict and Sarah Baum Hess), Betty Neumark Hess, Rosalie Levi Hess and Josef Hess. Woman at left is unknown but thought to be Jettchen Hess.

 

 

First Generation

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1. Benedict Hess.

 

Benedict married Sarah Baum.

 

They had the following children:

          2            i.          Salomon (1811-)

          3           ii.          Moses

Second Generation

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2. Salomon Hess. Born on 13 Oct 1811 in Hintersteinau, Kries Schleichtern, Germany. Occupation: Merchant.

 

On 19 Feb 1846 when Salomon was 34, he first married Hanna Stern, daughter of Joseph Stern & Bette [Stern], in 2nd Marriage Hintersteinau. Born on 4 Oct 1820 in Flieden, Germany.

 

They had the following children:

          4            i.          Benedict (Baruch Shalom) (1846-1925)

          5           ii.          Josef (1848-1919)

          6          iii.          Gitta (1849-)

          7          iv.          Belchen (1851-)

          8           v.          Jetta (1852-)

          9          vi.          Samuel (1854-1915)

        10         vii.          Rekla (1856-)

        11        viii.          Lazarus (1861-)

 

Salomon second married Hanna Kahn, in First Marriage. Hanna died on 1 May 1843.

 

3. Moses Hess.

 

Moses married Rebecca Stern, daughter of Jacob Stern & Esther Goldschmidt.

 

Third Generation

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Benedict (Baruch Shalom) Hess

 

4. Benedict (Baruch Shalom) Hess. Born on 8 Dec 1846 in Hintersteinau Kries Schluctern, Germany. Benedict (Baruch Shalom) died in Fulda, Germany (Moved There In 1903), on 1 Mar 1925; he was 78. Occupation: Horse Dealer.

 

 

Betty Neumark

 

On 26 Jun 1872 when Benedict (Baruch Shalom) was 25, he married Betty Neumark, daughter of Hirsch Neumark (30 Jul 1815-5 Nov 1877) & Minna Ottensosser, in Vollmerz. Born on 11 Apr 1845 in Vollmerz, Kr. Schluchtern, Germany. Betty died in Fulda Germany, on 18 Dec 1910; she was 65.

 

They had the following children:

        12            i.          Josef (1873-1957)

        13           ii.          Samuel (1876-1959)

        14          iii.          Bernhard (1879-)

        15          iv.          Jettchen (1881-)

        16           v.          Karolina (1884-1963)

        17          vi.          Rebekka (1886-1918)

        18         vii.          Mina (1887-1943)

        19        viii.          Hirsch (1889-)

        20          ix.          Heineman

        21           x.          Naftalie

        22          xi.          Sara

 

5. Josef Hess. Born on 18 Jan 1848 in Hintersteinau. Josef died on 16 Dec 1919; he was 71.

 

Child:

        23            i.          Bernhard (1879-1942)

 

6. Gitta Hess. Born on 7 Oct 1849 in Hintersteinau.

 

7. Belchen Hess. Born on 22 Jan 1851.

 

8. Jetta Hess. Born on 10 May 1852 in Hintersteinau.

 

9. Samuel Hess. Born on 27 Apr 1854 in Hintersteinau. Samuel died on 12 Feb 1915; he was 60.

 

10. Rekla Hess. Born on 9 Jul 1856 in Hintersteinau.

 

11. Lazarus Hess. Born on 7 Mar 1861 in Hintersteinau.

 

Fourth Generation

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Josef Hess

 

12. Josef Hess. Born on 19 Apr 1873 in Schluchtern Hintersteinau, Kr Germany. Josef died on 28 Jan 1957; he was 83. Occupation: Horse Dealer In Fulda. Emigration: To US In 1941.

 

 

Roseli (Roselyn) Levi

 

On 19 Sep 1900 when Josef was 27, he married Roseli (Roselyn) Levi, daughter of David Levi & Rebekka Oppenheim. Born on 3 Jan 1874. Roseli (Roselyn) died on 19 Mar 1951; she was 77.

 

They had the following children:

        24            i.          Karl (Charles) Siegfried (1902-1981)

        25           ii.          Elsbeth (1905-)

        26          iii.          Meta (1906-1981)

        27          iv.          Julius (1914-)

 

13. Samuel Hess. Born on 5 Nov 1876 in Schluchtern Hintersteinau, Kr Germany. Samuel died on 14 Jun 1959; he was 82. Immigrated to Baltimore MD, on 7 Oct 1940; he was 63. Emigrated on 21 Sep 1940 from Lisbon. Occupation: Cantor, Teacher. Emigration: To US 1940.

 

Samuel married Jenny Schuster. Jenny died bef 21 Sep 1940.

 

They had the following children:

        28            i.          Siegfried (1902-ca1997)

        29           ii.          Martha (1903-)

        30          iii.          Max (1907-)

 

14. Bernhard Hess. Born on 16 Jul 1879. Bernhard died in ZAMOSC,POLAND.

 

Bernhard married Fanny.

 

They had one child:

        31            i.          Karl

 

15. Jettchen Hess. Born on 15 Jun 1881 in Schluchtern Hintersteinau, Kr Germany. Emigration: To Urspringen Bayern Feb 1920.

 

Jettchen married Issac Adler.

 

Karolina Hess

 

16. Karolina Hess. Born on 19 Mar 1884 in Schluchtern, Hintersteinau, Kr. Germany. Karolina died in Brooklyn, NY (25 TISHREI), on 13 Oct 1963; she was 79. Buried in Montefiore Cemetary, Long Island, NY. Immigrated to NY, NY, on 30 Aug 1906; she was 22. Emigrated on 18 Aug 1906 from Hamburg, Germany. Occupation: Housewife. Emigration: To US (NY,NY) On August 30, 1906 On The Steamship, Patricia.

 

 

Isaac (Joe) Dreifuss

 

On 5 Jun 1910 when Karolina was 26, she married Isaac (Joe) Dreifuss, son of Leopold Dreifuss (29 Oct 1850-14 Dec 1909) & Eugenia Bloch (29 Apr 1849/1853-29 Oct 1937). Born on 21 Jan 1882 in Brooklyn, NY. Isaac (Joe) died in Brooklyn, NY (9 TAMUZ), on 5 Jul 1968; he was 86.

 

They had the following children:

        32            i.          Beatrice (1911-2002)

        33           ii.          Jeanette (1913-1964)

        34          iii.          Leonard L. (1916-1997)

 

 

Rebekka Hess

 

17. Rebekka Hess. Born on 10 Jan 1886 in Hintersteinau, Kr. Germany. Rebekka died on 18 May 1918; she was 32. Buried in Fulda Cemetery.

 

 

Mina Hess

 

18. Mina Hess. Born on 23 Oct 1887 in Schluchtern Hintersteinau, Kr Germany. Mina died in Sobibor Poland (Killed In Concentration Camp), on 23 Jul 1943; she was 55. Emigration: To Holland Jan 1939.

 

On 31 Aug 1920 when Mina was 32, she married Michiel Bloemendal, son of Izaak Markus Bloemendal (30 May 1838-26 Jun 1932) & Rozetta Polak (4 Nov 1845-22 Dec 1933). Born on 15 Nov 1883 in Winschoten, Netherlands. Michiel died in Sobibor, Poland (Holocaust Victim), on 23 Jul 1943; he was 59.

 

They had the following children:

        35            i.          Hans (1923-)

        36           ii.          Betti Brunhilde (1930-1943)

 

19. Hirsch Hess. Born on 20 Jun 1889 in Schluchtern Hintersteinau, Kr Germany.

 

Hirsch married Louise Wimpfheimer.

 

They had the following children:

        37            i.          Ernst

        38           ii.          Ruth (Rose)

 

20. Heineman Hess. Heineman died in Died Young.

 

 

Naftalie Hess

 

21. Naftalie Hess.

 

 

Recha

 

Naftalie married Recha.

 

They had one child:

        39            i.          Ludwig

 

 

Sara Hess

 

22. Sara Hess. Sara died in Auschwitz.

 

Sara married Ferdinand Wild. Born in Dornitz, Fuert, Bayern.

 

They had the following children:

        40            i.          Heinrich

        41           ii.          Josef

        42          iii.          Leo

        43          iv.          Michael

        44           v.          Betty

        45          vi.          Sophie

 

23. Bernhard Hess. Born in 1879 in Fulda. Bernhard died in May 1942; he was 63. Occupation: Showmaker.

 

Bernhard married Fanny Etshtein, daughter of Shmuel Etshtein. Born in 1879 in Beringhausen. Fanny died in 1942; she was 63.

 

They had one child:

        46            i.          Kalonimus

 

 

For more recent generations,  contact petedr@aol.com  or jsgran@erols.com

 

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