Henry J. Labatt Values Codes I – H – E – L The Labatt family was a prominent Sephardic Jewish presence in pioneer San Francisco. Abraham Cohen Labatt, who had been born in Charleston, South Carolina, became the first president of Congregation Emanu-El when it was
Read more →Emanuel Marum Berg Values Codes I – E – L P Emanuel Marum Berg was born in Bamberg, Germany, in 1817. Berg married Karoline Uhlfelder in 1849. Shortly afterwards, they left for America, landing in 1850. San Francisco That same year, they arrived in San Francisco
Read more →Amelia Dannenberg Values Codes I – E – L Amelia Dannenberg was born in Geislingen, in the Rhineland region of Germany, in 1829. San Francisco In the 19th-century American West, few women were employed in business or industry. Other than school teaching, gainful employment
Read more →Hannah Marks Solomons Values Codes I – E – L – P Hannah Marks was born in Connecticut in 1835, soon after her parents arrived from Europe. Following the death of her Polish-born parents in 1850, she was raised in the Philadelphia home of an uncle. San
Read more →Elizabeth Fleischman-Aschheim Value Codes I – E – L – P Elizabeth Fleischman-Aschheim was born in 1859 in El Dorado County in the Gold County of California. Though virtually unknown in the annals of American Jewish history, she was recognized as a martyr to the new science of radiology. San
Read more →Dr. Max Sichel Values Codes I – E – L There were not many Jewish professional men in the Early West. Most adult Jews in the decades following the Gold Rush were European immigrants, and it was very difficult for European Jews to get a professional
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